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Following are the basic skills you'll wind up using about 95% of the time in a typical game of Crazy Taxi. The better you learn 'em, the better you'll do... promise! We'll start with the easier ones and work up to the hardest.

Crazy Dash

(from full stop, very slow speed, or normal floored speed)

Drive > Floor Gas Pedal

Throughout this page, you'll see references to the 'normal floored speed' of your cab. This means the speed your cab travels when you floor the Gas Pedal and do nothing else but steer. Later, you'll see that this speed is only a fraction of the speeds actually possible...

How Do I Do It?

This move can be done while your cab is at a standstill, moving very slowly, or at its 'normal floored speed.' It involves two actions done in quick succession, like a one-two punch combination. The actions are:

Tap the gearshift to Drive from either the neutral or Reverse position. (I usually hold it in the Drive position as well.)
Floor the Gas Pedal immediately afterwards.

It won't work if you push the gearshift to Drive and floor the Gas Pedal simultaneously; the movements must occur one after the other with a very slight pause in between. This may help with the timing (it sounds a bit weird, but bear with me). Quickly say 'taxi' out loud. Now, the timing for the Crazy Dash is as follows:

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How Can I Tell If I Did It Correctly?

When you do the Crazy Dash from a standstill, your cab won't burn rubber as it slowly picks up speed the way it normally does. All of that energy gets converted as if the wheels had 100% traction. Your cab will zip off, going noticably faster than its normal floored speed for a short period of time.

Anything Else?

Glad you asked! Here are a few additional points.

This move can be 'buffered in' during the passenger entry/exit animation. Do the Crazy Dash right as they start climbing in or just after their feet hit the ground as they're getting out. It'll automatically kick in as soon as the animation is completed, saving you precious seconds over the long run.
Don't turn the wheel all the way to the left or right while executing this move. If you do, you may get a different move, the Crazy Turn, instead. If you want to turn your cab while Crazy Dashing, wait until you see your cab moving forward before turning the wheel.
If your cab is at a standstill and you mess up the Crazy Dash, quickly take your foot off the gas, letting the gearshift return to the neutral position, then try it again. There's a 'dead zone' between moving slowly and your cab's normal floored speed during which you are blocked from getting this move to work. That's why it's better to take your foot off the gas and try again right away.
The greatest thing about this move is that it leads to even higher speeds, as you'll see when you get to the Limiter Cut below...
If you happened to select the bicycle as your cabbie's vehicle, there's an additional surprise. When you do the Crazy Dash from a standstill, occasionally the screen will remain in a fixed position as the bike zips away, rapidly growing smaller and smaller. A second or two later the screen will 'catch up' again. I'm no huge fan of the bike for other reasons, but must admit this effect is a huge crowdpleaser.

Crazy Stop

(while driving forward)

Reverse > Hold Brake

How Do I Do It?

Obviously, this should only be only be done while your cab is moving. Like the Crazy Dash, it involves two actions done in quick succession:

Move the gearshift to Reverse from either the Drive or neutral position (you can leave your foot on the Gas Pedal if you want).
Press and hold down the Brake Pedal.

How Can I Tell If I Did It Correctly?

Your cab will come to a halt more quickly than it would if you were using the Brake alone. There's no need to do any case-by-case comparisons. Trust me on this one, okay?

Anything Else?

One little technicality...

This isn't the 'real' Crazy Stop move (but it does work; use it liberally!). The description for the 'official' one is on the Additional Skills page.

Crazy Drift

(while driving forward)

Hold Brake > Reverse > Drive > Turn Wheel

How Do I Do It?

This move must be done while your cab is moving. It involves several actions done in quick succession:

Press and hold down the Brake Pedal.
Tap the gearshift to Reverse.
Tap the gearshift to Drive.
Turn the wheel hard left or right.

How Can I Tell If I Did It Correctly?

When you do the Crazy Drift, your cab will turn sideways on the screen and skid. If you turn sharply enough, you will begin a Crazy Drift Combo and successively increasing tip amounts will be added to your fare until the cab stops skidding.

This is easily the most versatile move in the game. It has several variations in addition to a special move you can tack on to the end. I find myself using the Braking Crazy Drift variation described above around 95% of the time when dropping off customers. Here's why:

Holding down the brake pedal from the beginning to the end of the Crazy Drift will keep your cab from veering off course when you start skidding. As shown in the diagram, the front of the vehicle will remain on target, while the back swivels in the opposite direction you turn the wheel. You can use this to your advantage when traffic is light to run up fares by making very long Crazy Drift Combo skids without worrying about missing your destination.
Unlike the other versions, the Braking Crazy Drift can be done soon after the speed burst of a Limiter Cut. You can't count on getting the others to work until the speed burst from the Limiter Cut begins to subside.
If the destination is backed by a wall and time is short, do a Braking Crazy Drift, but give yourself time to make sure you rotate enough so that a rear corner of your cab strikes the wall. This will ensure that you don't become a victim of wall-stick.

There are some additional variations of this move:

Non-Braking Crazy Drift

This version is simply done without using the Brake Pedal (Reverse > Drive > Turn Wheel).

Unlike the Braking Crazy Drift described above, your cab will not continue in a straight line during the skid. It will also slide a considerable distance in the direction you turn the wheel. In other words, during the skid you retain some traction in the direction your cab is facing. Tapping (or holding) the Brake Pedal after you've started a Non-Braking Crazy Drift will cause your cab to continue in the direction it is skidding, but without that 'forward traction.'

Granny's Crazy Drift

This is the way some of the other Crazy Taxi sites have advocated doing the Crazy Drift. It's based on the belief (common among some elderly drivers on the road) that it's always good to 'turn a little bit left before turning right.'

To do this kind of Crazy Drift, you veer a little bit in the opposite direction you plan to face when you skid while moving the gearshift (Reverse > Drive), then steer hard in the desired direction and tap or hold the Brake Pedal (Turn Wheel > Brake).

This version of the move does have certain advantages: you get a bit of extra speed in your skid and the Crazy Drift combo starts sooner (and points earned during the combo may also accumulate at a slightly faster rate). The bad news is, you don't have the same degree of control over the path your cab takes, and sometimes that extra speed has undesirable consequences (wall-stick or impact bounce) when this move is done too close to a wall or other object. You may want to use this v