Taxi Driver

Master Yakuza 5's Taxi Driver missions: driving, conversation, and races. Learn about taxi customization and earning money.

You are introduced to the Taxi Driver side story in Yakuza 5 during Chapter 2 when you head to the Taxi Office. You will encounter three types of missions: Driving Taxi Missions, Conversation Taxi Missions, and Race Missions.

• Driving Taxi Missions require you to transport a passenger from one point to another within Nagasugai, obeying traffic laws and ensuring passenger comfort.
• Conversation Taxi Missions involve speaking with a passenger during an automated drive, requiring correct responses to prompts. You may need to engage in a fight afterward, and good responses can lead to a tip.
• Race Missions take place on a specialized highway area not found on the regular map, where you abandon traffic rules to compete against opponents in laps, utilizing turbo and Heat Moves.

In the evening of Chapter 2, you can speak to Hirakawa-san at the Taxi Office to select missions and customize your taxi. Race Missions must be completed sequentially. For Taxi Missions, you receive a random selection of three of each type until they are depleted.

Completing these missions earns you money, which can be withdrawn from an ATM at any convenience store. This activity is quite lucrative.

Taxi Customization

To perform well in races, you need to tune your taxi. As your Driver Level increases, more customization options become available, purchasable with TP (Taxi Points). Customization is primarily for races, with some purely cosmetic options. It is advised to complete many Taxi Missions to increase your level and TP for race upgrades.

Performance Upgrades

• Tune-Up: Level 1 to 2 costs 500 TP at Level 2.
• Tune-Up: Level 2 to 3 costs 4000 TP at Level 4.
• Tune-Up: Level 3 to 4 costs 5000 TP at Level 10.
• Tune-Up: Level 4 to 5 costs 6000 TP at Level 14.
• Tune-Up: Level 5 to MAX costs 7000 TP at Level 18.
• Change Tires: Standard Tires are Free at Level 1.
• Change Tires: Pure Sports cost 2000 TP at Level 12 and improve all stats.
• Change Tires: Semi Racing cost 3500 TP at Level 16 and offer a greater increase to all stats.
• Change Turbo: Normal Turbo is Free at Level 1.
• Change Turbo: Hyper Turbo costs 3500 TP at Level 6; turbo builds faster, but max speed drops slightly.
• Change Turbo: Twin Turbo costs 3500 TP at Level 11; handling becomes tough, but turbo is very fast.
• Change Chassis: Chassis Type A is Free at Level 1.
• Change Chassis: Chassis Type B costs 2000 TP at Level 7 and boosts acceleration and handling.
• Change Chassis: Chassis Type C costs 2000 TP at Level 15 and boosts speed and turbo, but reduces acceleration and handling.

Cosmetic Upgrades

• Change Wheels: Standard Type A is Free at Level 1.
• Change Wheels: Standard Type B costs 500 TP at Level 4.
• Change Wheels: Spoke Type A costs 500 TP at Level 5.
• Change Wheels: Spoke Type B costs 500 TP at Level 6.
• Change Wheels: Tornado Type A costs 500 TP at Level 9.
• Change Wheels: Tornado Type B costs 500 TP at Level 13.
• Change Color: Dark Blue is Free at Level 1.
• Change Color: Warm Orange costs 500 TP at Level 8.
• Change Color: Shiny Yellow costs 500 TP at Level 11.
• Change Color: Sky Blue costs 500 TP at Level 8.
• Change Color: Forest Green costs 500 TP at Level 15.
• Change Color: Aqua Blue costs 500 TP at Level 19.
• Change Color: Passion Pink costs 500 TP at Level 22.
• Change Color: Otaku costs 9000 TP at Level 25.
• Change Decal: None is Free at Level 1.
• Change Decal: Haruka Sawamura costs 100 TP at Level 1 (only available in Premium Adventure in the Remastered version).
• Change Decal: Fire costs 500 TP at Level 3.
• Change Decal: Japanese costs 500 TP at Level 5.
• Change Decal: Angel costs 500 TP at Level 9.
• Change Decal: Racing costs 500 TP at Level 8.
• Change Decal: Sweet costs 500 TP at Level 20.

Set Music

To set music for your races, speak to Kiyotaka in the Taxi Office after the "Searching for a Son" Race Mission. He will give you the CD for "Get to the Top!" and inform you about an online store where you can buy more CDs for 2500 yen each. You can purchase up to four CDs.

Driving Taxi Missions

For Driving Taxi Missions, you must complete the journey with minimal errors, adhering strictly to traffic laws. During the ride, you may need to respond to passenger prompts to maintain their satisfaction. Performance impacts the Taxi Points (TP) received at the end of the mission.

Controls

• Steer: Use the left analog stick. Avoid swerving.
• Camera Control: Use the right analog stick.
• Accelerate: Use the right trigger. Accelerate gradually.
• Brake: Use the left trigger. Do not brake suddenly.
• Turning Signals: Use the D-pad left/right.
• Respond to Customer: Use the Circle button (PlayStation) or B button (Xbox).
• Honk Horn: Use the Square button (PlayStation) or X button (Xbox). Useful for getting pedestrians across crosswalks.
• Change Camera View: Use the Triangle button (PlayStation) or Y button (Xbox) to switch to the interior view.
• Reset Position: Use the L1 button (PlayStation) or LB button (Xbox) to reset your position on the street, incurring a point penalty.

Driving Guidelines

• Good Ideas (Points awarded): Turning With Signal, Coming to Full Stop, Stopping at Red Light, 20 Sec. Safe Driving, No Repositioning, Avoiding Sudden Hazard, Good Service, Early Arrival.
• Bad Ideas (Points deducted): Sudden Acceleration, Sudden Braking, Sudden Swerving, Turning Without Signal, Leaving the Road, Striking an Object, Driving the Wrong Way, Bad Service, Ignoring Stop Sign, Ignoring Red Lights.