/vr/ - Retro Games

I know glitches to get an invisible board and bike in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details for these, especially the bike, so sorry if I get some bits wrong.

Invisible board:
Go to the Skate Ranch, then go out of bounds anywhere beyond the fence encircling the place. Then get off your board, and throw or drop it right before you're warped back into the level. If done right, you'll see your board under your feet when you respawn, but once you roll away, you'll leave the board behind.
This only works at the Skate Ranch because it uses a unique out of bounds warp, where you see the camera zoom out for a second or two before the warp (giving you a chance to throw the board), as opposed to the standard one used elsewhere in the game (and all the other TH games) where you're warped instantly.
Once you have the invisible board, you keep it until you get off your board, at which point the game realizes you don't really have one. You'll have to press the button to get a new, visible board again. Also, for some strange reason, you can't do Sticker Slaps or Wallplants with the invisible board.

Invisible bike:
This one can be done anywhere in the game, but is harder to pull off, and I seem to recall only works on PS2. You have to get into a manual, and tilt back so you'll bail, but right before you do, unplug the controller. Instead of bailing, you'll go into a loop of starting a new manual, tilting back, then starting another when you should bail. And each time you "bail", your bike will fall out from under you and bounce around a bit, as if you really did bail, while you keep doing manuals on an invisible bike. To actually ride around with it, you have the plug the controller back in right when a new manual starts (so you aren't tilted too far back and bail immediately), then land the manual. Now you can ride around however you like with the invisible bike, but next time you bail, you'll pick up a normal, visible bike.