When you are not doing anything else, you focus should be on repairing your car. The car start off with full armor and 00.00% repair status. Every millisecond you spend repairing the car increases the repair status –at 100% the car is ready to go. Now, each time an enemy attacks the car, the armor takes damage –repairing an armor damaged car takes a few seconds away as Dude will first bring the armor status back to full prior to resuming work on the repair statues. Lastly, at certain points in the process, you will be prompted to grab several items from the stage (such as the car door and the tires). Once you reach this point, you must walk over to the needed part, lift it up and bring it back to the car. Dude will move slower when bringing a part and you will not be able to jump or fire your gun. So if a wave comes in while you are bringing a part, simply press the repair button to put down the part –you can come back for it once the coast is clear.
Lastly, those aiming for the highest game rankings should keep the repair status at a low level, once it hits 100% dude will automatically hop into the vehicle and end the game –simply finish fixing the car when you are ready to stop playing.
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