Ryder

Overview

In Ryder, CJ visits his old friend Ryder, who wants to teach a lesson to a pizza restaurant in Idlewood that keeps painting over Grove Street tags. The mission introduces barbers, restaurants and the wanted level: Ryder drives CJ to Old Reece's barber shop for a haircut, then robs the pizza place across the street, forcing a getaway.

Ryder is also the first mission that shows how the game's cities work. Barbers, restaurants and tattoo parlours all open up afterwards, letting CJ change his look and eat to manage his weight. The mission also shows Ryder's character in full: impulsive, rude and happy to turn a lunch run into an armed robbery without warning.

Walkthrough

1. Get into Ryder's Picador outside his house on Grove Street.
2. Drive to the barber shop in Idlewood and go inside to choose a haircut.
3. Walk across the street to the Well Stacked Pizza restaurant and order some food.
4. Watch Ryder hold up the restaurant, then get back into the car as the police respond.
5. Drive back to Grove Street to lose the wanted level and drop Ryder at his house.

Tips

• Any haircut works; you can change it again later at any barber.
• The wanted level is low, so a direct drive home is usually enough.

Rewards and unlocks

Respect increases and barbers, restaurants and tattoo parlours become available. The mission Tagging Up Turf is unlocked.