Easy seasons and races under the hard difficulty setting
The solution to winning hard seasons is to get the #2 bike by winning the challenges. The way you get the bike is by taking the challenges that have a photo card. If you complete these, you will have won the #2 bike. Although the game gives the impression that the longer the race, the better off you are in the possibility of winning, this is false. All hard arcade races, seasons, etc. should be set to only 2 laps. The races are short, but the racers gear themselves for a 2 lap race, which can be used to your advantage. Before you begin your arcade race or season, set the #2 bike up correctly. Go to "Settings" and use the following values.
Transmission: Set to only 2 notches
Brakes: Set to maximum
Handling: Set to maximum
Acceleration: Set to maximum
Once you have these settings, you will win every arcade race, and will come in first for seasons you have to race. If you place second in a couple of races, you will still win the season. All challenges from here on in become relatively easy.
Easy training
In the training section, turn your bike around and go the opposite direction from the starting point. You may go as far as needed so that when you turn back around, you will build enough speed shave seconds off the clock and complete the test within the time requirements.
On the number 3 training course in which you must follow a driver and be a few seconds behind for gold, keep driving right off the course until you see him smoke his tires. This will enable you to be right next to him or in front of him. On the first or second turn, if you ram your bike into his side from the inside of the track, knocking him to the outside, you can knock him off. Then, race to the end. If you are a decent driver, he may catch up with you at the end, but most likely you will only be a second behind and still get the gold.
In training, there are some challenges that have you go through the board with obstacles that you cannot touch or you will fail. On the same boards, you have time limits and you cannot go off course or you will fail. However, the time does not begin until you go a small distance in front of you. Instead of going forward, turn around and go the other way until you reach an obstacle in the road. Bump into it. If you are playing for the gold, which you should be in the first place, you have two seconds taken away from the little time you have. Ignore this, and just keep bumping into it until it does not take any more time away. Then, go back the way you were originally facing to start the challenge. When you go past the start mark, the clock will not change. You can now take as much time as needed to complete the challenge.
Loris Capirossi
Get 200,000 points at Brno in arcade mode.
Max Biaggi
Get 200,000 points at Valencia in arcade mode.
Norick Abe
Get 200,000 points at Mugello in arcade mode.
Race as Klonoa
Win Challenge 22 to unlock Klonoa as a rider.
Reverse tracks
Complete Certain Challenges To Unlock Following Tracks For Time Trial Mode.
Unlockable
How to unlock
Donington Reverse
Complete Challenge 28.
Jerez Reverse
Complete Challenge 29.
Motegi Reverse
Complete Challenge 31.
Paul Ricard Reverse
Complete Challenge 30.
Suzuka Reverse
Complete Challenge 27.
Riders
Complete Certain Challenges To Unlock Following Riders.
Rider
How to unlock
Alex Barros
Complete Challenge 17.
Alex Criville
Complete Challenge 8.
Carlos Checa
Complete Challenge 15.
Gun Koma
Complete Challenge 24.
Haruchika Aoki
Complete Challenge 2.
Jean Michel Bayle
Complete Challenge 4.
John Kocinski
Complete Challenge 9.
Jose Luis Cardoso
Complete Challenge 11.
Juan Borja
Complete Challenge 3.
Jurgen Vd Goorbergh
Complete Challenge 1.
K1
Complete Challenge 23.
Kenny Roberts
Complete Challenge 10.
Klonoa
Complete Challenge 22.
Max Biaggi
Complete Challenge 16.
Mick Doohan
Complete Challenge 21.
Mike Hale
Complete Challenge 12.
Nobuatsu Aoki
Complete Challenge 5.
Norick Abe
Complete Challenge 6.
Regis Laconi
Complete Challenge 13.
Sete Gibernau
Complete Challenge 18.
Simon Crafar
Complete Challenge 7.
Tadayuki Okada
Complete Challenge 19.
Takuma Aoki
Complete Challenge 14.
Tetsuya Harada
Complete Challenge 20.
Sete Gibernau
Get 200,000 points at Jerez in arcade mode.
Shinya Nakano
Get 200,000 points at Donington in arcade mode.
Time Trial Internet Ranking Passwords
Select the Save/Load option at the main menu. Select Records, then Time Trial. Hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 and press Select to convert each of your time trial records into passwords. You can use these passwords to submit your times to the offical Namco Moto GP site: http://www.namco.co.jp/home/cs/ps2/motogp/ranking-world/
Tohru Ukawa
Get 200,000 points at Suzuka in arcade mode.
Valentino Rossi
Get 200,000 points at Philip Island in arcade mode.
