Cash, park goals and competitions
Separate collection runs from score attempts and prepare for the three contest venues.
Original 2000 PlayStation release by Neversoft. This guide excludes the Xbox Pro Skater 2X additions, handheld adaptations and the 2020 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 remake. Original PS1 controls and cash-based career progression are used.
Choose one cluster of goals per run
Ordinary career parks give you two minutes to pursue scores, S-K-A-T-E letters, hidden tapes and stage-specific tasks. You do not have to finish every objective in a single run. Learn one collectible route, bank that progress and return for the scoring challenge. Read a task's required trick exactly; passing over an object is not enough when the goal specifically asks for a kickflip, wallride or grind.
Open The Hangar’s hidden areas
The Hangar contains two rooms divided by the halfpipe and low wall. Grinding the helicopter's blades triggers its departure and opens the hidden outdoor area; the propeller area also provides access to another hidden space. Explore these routes in Free Skate after unlocking the park and note how to approach them with enough speed. Return to Career for the relevant tape, cash and goal pickups rather than expecting Free Skate to award career earnings.
Prepare a controlled contest run
Marseille, Skatestreet and The Bullring are competition venues rather than ordinary ten-goal parks. Their heats use shorter timers and judges reward successful scoring while penalizing bails. Practice a varied route with a safe finishing point before entering the contest. Career totals and medals matter to progression; spending your earned cash on upgrades does not erase the career earnings already recorded. For a full park clear, check both the goals and extra cash, and check gold plus cash at competitions.
If a score goal is going badly, use the remaining time to learn a collectible route for the next attempt.
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