>>729601727
the mandatory lowrider minigame is the actual filter because it's broken

>>729601826
I beat that on my first try too anon..

I had a lot of trouble with, and I don't really understand why are we suddenly pretending it wasn't bullshit. I was following that fucking train, no matter where I was following around, close, far, whatever the fuck, he just refused to actually hit those motherfuckers and we ran out of time. It took well over 5 tries or more, which wouldn't be the end of the world but retrying a mission in old GTA games is fucking cancer and takes 10 times longer than it should so it's 10 times as annoying as failing a mission in a game released today.

yeah it's a bit of a meme. I beat the RC plane mission first try too. It's a bit harder than the missions surrounding it but not enough to get the reputation it has

>>729601727
it's a filter for retards that don't know how to keep proper distance & speed, same as the mission where CJ & Cesar steal the tanker

it was hard when I played it on the PS2 when I was 10.

>>729601727
It filters people that stay too close to the train which causes Smoke's shots to hit it instead of the Vagos.

>>729601727
It's been repeatedly nerfed over the years.
If you're playing the modern PC/Console version (even before the definitive edition) it's nowhere near what it was back on release.

The bullshit was that toy plane mission where you had to blow up the vans, eventually I just memorized the routes and camped on the right intersections

>>729601727
It's only hard if you play the mission as the game suggests. Big Smoke is a horrible shot, which artificially makes the mission harder if you just follow the damn train.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIvG8aCuYFw

>>729603306
Source?

Yes it is
You just have to line him up at a 45 degree angle.