Quick Answer
100% completion is best handled after the story. During the story, mark discoveries and keep moving; once your cash, vehicles, weapons, and flight control improve, clean up by region.
Cleanup Order
| Priority | Content | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Story and required strangers | Unlocks characters, map flow, and later activities |
| 2 | Hobbies and pastimes | Fixed activity types are easy to batch |
| 3 | Stunt jumps | Better vehicles make failures less painful |
| 4 | Letter scraps and spaceship parts | Large counts are easier with region routing |
| 5 | Random events and gold medals | Better as final cleanup |
Region Method
Split the map into city, coast, mountains, desert, and freeway surroundings. Clean one region at a time, combining collectibles, jumps, and strangers before moving on.
100% Checks
- Finish or nearly finish the story before heavy cleanup.
- Complete required strangers and activity types.
- Do not assume one attempt satisfies an activity category.
- Mark failed stunt jumps and retry with a better vehicle.
- Save letter scraps and spaceship parts for deliberate route cleanup.