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The Hustlers · Class guide

Taxi Driver

Where to, boss? You're the one friendly face in a city full of people who want to rob each other. Somebody waves, hops in, and you take them across Vice City while the meter pays you. No haggling, no waiting at the bank: the money lands in your pocket every thirty seconds.

Risk
You earn from
Passenger fares (you set the price)
Signature move
The meter

How you earn

  • Sit in the driver's seat of any vehicle and write /taxi <fare>: the fare for every 30 seconds, from $1 to $5,000 (/taxi 250, /taxi 2k). The meter is on.
  • Everybody who sits in a passenger seat pays you automatically, the moment they get in (that covers the first 30 seconds) and then every 30 seconds until they get out. /taxi shows your meter and what you've earned, /taxi 400 changes the fare (your passengers are told), and /taxi off stops it.
  • Get your customers. A player who isn't a taxi driver and writes /taxi (or /calltaxi) is saying "I need a taxi." Every taxi driver online is alerted with the caller's position and how far away they are. Click the message, or type /gpstrack <name>: the same live GPS the police use, with direction, distance and coordinates on your action bar (/gpstrack stop ends it). /drivers shows every taxi that is running, with its fare and how far away it is.
  • It adds up fast. A passenger who rides for five minutes at $250 pays you about $2,500. Your price, your route, your customers.

What can go wrong

  • Your income is cash, and cash can be robbed with /rob. Bank it.
  • A taxi is a normal vehicle. Leave it unlocked (a locked one keeps your passengers out) and anybody can take it the moment you step out (+1★ for them), and a Car Jacker can break a lock.
  • A passenger who can't afford the fare is let out, and you're told.
  • The meter switches itself off if you leave the driver's seat for 5 seconds, and a server restart switches every meter off.
  • At 4–5★ the police can pull your vehicle over like any other.

Pro tips

  • Pick a vehicle with seats: a Sedan seats you and one passenger, a Delivery Van you and three. A motorcycle carries nobody.
  • Park where people gather: spawn, the banks, the Parachute NPC, the casino.
  • Set a fair fare. A passenger just gets out of an expensive taxi, so check /drivers before you set your price.
  • Bank your cash after every shift.