Crazy Taxi 2 by Hitmaker is still about one simple job: pick up customers, drive fast, drop them off, and earn as much fare money as possible before the clock ends. The sequel adds a few twists that change how you should think about every run, especially group pickups, Crazy Hop shortcuts, and Crazy Pyramid practice.
This guide focuses on the Dreamcast version’s core driving and scoring habits. It is not a full map route, but it will help you build the timing and decision-making that make Around Apple, Small Apple, and the mini-games click.
Essential Tips
1. Treat the Arrow as a Hint, Not a Perfect Route
The destination arrow keeps you pointed toward the general goal, but Crazy Taxi 2 rewards players who learn streets, ramps, low roofs, parks, bridges, and awkward turns. Follow the arrow when you are lost, then start noticing where it sends you into traffic or around a slow block.
When a route feels bad, replay the area and look for a hop line, a wider turn, or a straighter approach. The best runs come from combining the arrow’s direction with your own memory of shortcuts.
2. Build Speed Before You Chase Style
Crazy Dash, Crazy Drift, and Crazy Hop all matter, but they are most useful when the cab is already under control. If you mash every move at once, you will miss stop zones, bounce into traffic, or overshoot a destination.
Start with a clean pickup, point the cab toward the route, then add speed. A controlled dash out of a pickup zone is better than a flashy start that turns into a wall hit.
3. Use Crazy Hop to Change the Route
Crazy Hop is the sequel’s biggest new habit. It is not just a jump button for obstacles. Use it to clear traffic, hop onto low shortcuts, keep a combo alive, or avoid taking a long street turn when a direct line is available.
Because faster cabs hop higher, try to jump after building speed instead of from a weak crawl. If a hop shortcut keeps failing, practice the approach angle before blaming the jump itself.
4. Make Group Fares Your Scoring Priority
Customers with number icons can create huge runs because multiple passengers multiply tip opportunities. The catch is that every passenger has a separate destination, and the fare is only settled after the full group is delivered.
Before grabbing a group, make sure you have enough control and time to commit. Once they are aboard, drive cleanly and keep the combo alive. A sloppy group route can waste more time than a safe single fare, but a clean group route can carry a run.
5. Stop Fast, Then Leave Fast
Beginners often lose time at the pickup and drop-off, not only on the road. Learn to brake into the circular stop zone without sliding past it, then face the cab so the next exit is easy.
Do not park sideways just because the cab barely entered the circle. A tidy stop gives you a faster launch, and fast launches matter because every delivery is a chain of pickup, route, stop, and exit.
6. Practice in Fixed-Time Modes
Normal Rules can feel chaotic because time bonuses change the rhythm of the run. The three-, five-, and ten-minute work modes are useful because they give you a fixed session length with no time bonuses added.
Use fixed-time runs to learn routes, test cabbies, and practice high-risk jumps without worrying that one failed fare ended the whole lesson. Then return to Normal Rules once your routes are cleaner.
Crazy Hop, Dash, and Drift
Crazy Dash is your basic speed tool. Use it after stops, out of slow corners, and whenever you have a straight enough lane to convert the burst into distance. It is especially valuable after a pickup, because the first seconds of a fare set the tone for the whole route.
Crazy Drift is your fast-turn tool. It helps you rotate through sharp turns, recover when the arrow suddenly points across a corner, and keep speed while changing direction. Practice drifting in open streets first; learning it in heavy traffic usually turns into collisions.
Crazy Hop is your route-breaking tool. It lets you clear low obstacles, reach shortcut surfaces, and skip slower street layouts. Use it deliberately. Jumping every few seconds may feel active, but a mistimed hop can launch you away from the destination or ruin a stop.
The moves work best as a sequence: dash to build speed, drift to keep the route tight, and hop when it creates a shorter line. Once that rhythm feels natural, you can add more advanced speed techniques and combo chasing.
Customers, Groups, and Money
Customer icons tell you what kind of pickup you are approaching. A dollar sign marks a standard fare, while a number marks a group. Stop inside the circular zone cleanly and watch the destination information as soon as the passengers board.
For single customers, the main goal is fast delivery. For groups, the goal is clean chain management. You may need to deliver several passengers to different places before the fare fully pays out, so do not treat the first drop-off like the end of the job.
Tips come from crazy driving, but they are fragile when traffic gets involved. Threading near cars, drifting, jumping, and maintaining movement can build money, while smashing into another car can break the rhythm. In a group fare, clean tricks are more valuable because several passengers can multiply the payoff.
If you are learning a map, take easier visible customers first and memorize where they tend to send you. When you know the roads better, start prioritizing group pickups and difficult shortcut routes.
Map and Mode Practice
Around Apple and Small Apple require different habits. Around Apple is larger and gives you more room to build speed, but long routes can punish poor direction choices. Small Apple is denser, so sharp turns, traffic control, and precise stops matter more.
Spend practice runs with one goal at a time. In one run, focus only on clean pickups and stops. In another, search for hop shortcuts. In another, practice group fares. Trying to master every system at once makes it harder to tell what actually improved your score.
Replay mode can help when you know a run had one great route or one awful mistake. Watching a short recording gives you a better sense of whether you lost time from steering, route choice, a missed dash, or a bad stop.
Crazy Pyramid Habits
Crazy Pyramid is not just side content. It teaches the specific skills that matter in the main cities: jumping distance, hop timing, obstacle clearing, ball control, and fast maneuver execution. The first available mini-games are simple enough to use as drills.
Treat each mini-game like a lesson. Crazy Jump-style challenges teach speed before hopping. Hurdle and balloon challenges teach hop accuracy. Golf-style challenges teach approach angle and timing. As you clear lower games, new selections open above, so steady progress also expands your practice options.
Do not grind Pyramid only for rewards. Use it when a city run exposes a weakness. If you keep missing hop shortcuts, practice jumping. If stops are messy, use maneuver challenges until braking and direction changes feel automatic.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
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Do not trust the arrow blindly - Learn when a shortcut or cleaner street beats the obvious turn.
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Do not jump without a route reason - Crazy Hop is strongest when it saves time, clears traffic, or reaches a shortcut.
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Do not ignore group fares - Multi-passenger trips can multiply tips when your driving stays clean.
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Do not overrun pickup zones - A fast approach is useless if you slide past the customer.
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Do not drift first in heavy traffic - Learn the turn timing in open space before using it between cars.
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Do not chase tricks after a bad angle - Stabilize the cab, then rebuild speed.
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Do not use one map habit everywhere - Around Apple favors route memory and speed; Small Apple punishes sloppy turning.
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Do not skip Crazy Pyramid - The mini-games are practical drills for the main cities.
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Do not treat fixed-time modes as throwaway - They are useful for route learning without bonus-time pressure.
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Do not end a group fare mentally after one drop-off - Keep routing until every passenger is delivered.
Summary
| Category | Top Tip |
|---|---|
| Routes | Use the arrow for direction, then replace weak paths with learned shortcuts |
| Speed | Crazy Dash after clean stops and stable exits |
| Turning | Practice Crazy Drift before forcing it through traffic |
| Jumping | Use Crazy Hop to change routes, not just to look busy |
| Groups | Prioritize multi-passenger fares once you can drive cleanly |
| Stops | Brake into the circle and face a useful exit |
| Practice | Use fixed-time modes and Replay to isolate mistakes |
| Pyramid | Treat mini-games as drills for city skills |
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