Sleeping Dogs Vehicle Controls & Actions

Q: How to perform an action hijack in Sleeping Dogs?

Master vehicle controls in Sleeping Dogs with handbrake drifts, directional rams, action hijacks, and radio station selection.

Q: How to use the handbrake for burn-outs in Sleeping Dogs?

Master vehicle controls in Sleeping Dogs with handbrake drifts, directional rams, action hijacks, and radio station selection.

Q: What are the radio stations in Sleeping Dogs?

Master vehicle controls in Sleeping Dogs with handbrake drifts, directional rams, action hijacks, and radio station selection.

Q: How to use directional ram in Sleeping Dogs?

Master vehicle controls in Sleeping Dogs with handbrake drifts, directional rams, action hijacks, and radio station selection.

Q: What does the Square button do in Sleeping Dogs?

Master vehicle controls in Sleeping Dogs with handbrake drifts, directional rams, action hijacks, and radio station selection.

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Controls:

Circle = Handbrake (emergency brake)

You can hold Circle while turning to perform a drift turn. Also when your vehicle is stationary you can hold the handbrake and apply the accelerator and steering together to do a burn-out move that's handy for turning around (or just doing doughnuts).

Square = Directional Ram

As long as you're not driving too slow you can perform a ramming move by tapping Square. By default this gives a forward ram but if you tap or hold the left stick to the left/right as you press the button you can do a sideways ram. You can use rams to take out vehicles that are chasing you - slow down a little to let them come alongside you then sideswipe them. Use the rear view to check their position or (at night) watch for the beams of their headlights. You can also use sideways rams to "dodge" left/right to avoid an obstacle, swerve between traffic or re-align on the centre of the lane after taking a corner at high speed.

Cross = Hold to initiate an action hijack, then tap to perform the hijack

Wei Shen can perform a dramatic "action hijack" move - leaping heroically onto another moving vehicle and taking control of it. You begin this by holding X while driving a road vehicle - if it's a car he will open the door and lean out (and if it's a bike he will perch on the saddle ready to jump). When you approach another vehicle from behind, a large arrow symbol will appear and when this turns green you can tap X to jump across and hijack it. Completing an action hijack earns you the Stuntman trophy. When you do an action hijack on a larger vehicle (like a truck or van) Wei will hang onto the back and you'll need to work your way up to the cabin, with an occasional QTE to hang on.

R3 = Horn / Sirens in emergency vehicle

Using the horn makes pedestrians move out of the way.

D-Pad = Hold left/right to adjust the radio volume

Tap left/right to cycle through the radio stations:

Real FM - modern hiphop
Kerrang! Radio - rock (with Kerrang! magazine)
Sagittarius FM - classic rock
Daptone Radio - modern funk/soul (with Daptone Records label)
Softly - atmospheric / traditional Chinese
Boosey & Hawkes - classical (with Boosey & Hawkes publishers)
H-KLUB - Hong Kong hiphop
Warp Radio - electronica/experimental (with Warp Records label)
Ninja Tune Radio - downtempo (with Ninja Tune label)
Roadrunner Records - rock/metal (with Roadrunner Records label)

(In a police vehicle you can also tune into the "HKPD" channel to listen to random cop chatter.)

Tips

With the cop upgrade Slim Jim (see Section 05a) you can steal a parked car more quickly and without causing damage to it or triggering the anti-theft alarm.
With the cop upgrade Increased Ram Damage (see Section 05a) you can deliver extra damage when you ram another vehicle.
With the upgrade Action Hijack Reduced Heat (see Section 05a) you can use action hijacks to lose Heat (wanted rating).

Pause Menu Overview:

The pause menu allows you to Resume, access the Map, view Upgrades (Cop, Triad, Face levels, fighting moves, health upgrades), and interact with the Social Hub (Social Log, Stat Awards, Stat Games). You can also replay Missions / Races, Restart from Checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death), Cancel Mission, Save / Load (using up to four slots, manual saves recommended as backup), review the Game Log, check Statistics, adjust Options, or Quit to Main Menu.

Face Meter:

The Face meter is the yellow gauge on the right.