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The Beast In Me


The Beast In Me
Type Side Job
Giver Claire Russell
District Arroyo
Region Santo Domingo
Location Claire's Garage
Items The Beast, Type-66 Cthulhu, Mackinaw "Beast"
Previous Double Life
Next The Distance

The Beast In Me is the side job in which Claire Russell, the bartender of the Afterlife, asks V to drive for her in a series of illegal street races. It starts with a text from Claire after Double Life, at her garage in Arroyo, Santo Domingo. Three qualifying races in City Center, the Badlands and Santo Domingo lead to The Big Race, where Claire's real reason for racing comes out.

Story

Claire's Offer

The journal points out that nobody in Night City is only one layer deep. Claire tends bar at the Afterlife, and on her breaks she burns rubber in illegal street races. If V wants some adrenaline, her garage is the place.

Claire asks V to meet her at her garage on Valley Street in the daytime. She slides out from under her car, which she calls the Beast. The races have almost no rules, she explains, except that each team has a driver and a gunner. She is more of a mechanic and a shooter than a driver, so she needs someone behind the wheel. Her previous driver died in a race the year before.

If V agrees, Claire explains the season. There are races in City Center, the Badlands and Santo Domingo, and a final race. The winners take the prize money, split equally. To reach the final, the pair must finish in the top three in at least two of the qualifying races. The choice of car is mostly up to V. If V turns her down, the job ends.

The Qualifiers

The first race starts on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Vista del Rey and runs through Corpo Plaza to the docks in Wellsprings. For the second, on the Laguna Bend reservoir in the Badlands, Claire insists on using the Beast, to test it in the field. The third runs through Arroyo in Santo Domingo, with V's own choice of car again.

Claire's Secret

After the Santo Domingo race, Claire asks V to pull over, and they sit on a ledge to talk. Her previous driver was her husband, Dean. He died in a crash during a race, and Claire believes it was no accident. She blames a rival racer, Peter Sampson, and wants V's help to kill him during the final race.

V can agree, say that V will only drive to win, or refuse. Refusing to help with Sampson gets V sacked from the team.

The Big Race

The final race starts on Pardey Street in Charter Hill. Midway, Sampson's car breaks down and leaves the road, and Claire wants V to follow him. He crashes into another car, and Claire mocks him as he tries to crawl out of the wreck. Sampson begs for his life and says that he did not kill Dean: Dean tried to pass him just before the finish, and lost control when Sampson rammed him, which the rules allow. Whether Sampson lives depends on V.

The Beast In Me Map Location and Walkthrough

The Beast In Me map location:

The Garage

  1. Answer Claire's text after Double Life.
  2. Visit Claire at her garage in Arroyo in the daytime and talk to her.
  3. Agree to be her driver.

Each Qualifying Race

  1. Wait about a day for Claire to get in touch.
  2. Head to the race location and call Claire.
  3. Sit on the bench and wait for Claire, then talk to her.
  4. Take the shard with the race details at the first race.
  5. Get into the chosen car, or Claire's Beast in the Badlands.
  6. Finish the race and stop at the finish line.
  7. Talk to Claire.

After Santo Domingo

  1. Pull up near El Capitan's place and sit by Claire on the ledge.
  2. Hear her out about Dean and Sampson, and choose whether to help.

The Big Race

  1. Wait for Claire's call and head to Pardey Street in Charter Hill.
  2. Call Claire, sit on the bench and talk to her.
  3. Get into Claire's car.
  4. Finish the race, or stay close to Sampson.
  5. Follow Sampson off the road when his car breaks down.
  6. Confront Sampson at Claire's side.
  7. Talk to Claire.
  8. Get into Claire's car and talk to her on the way back, if she offers.

Map credit by Map Genie.

Choices

Sampson's Fate

To spare Sampson, ask what he means, say V wants to hear him out, ask Claire if it is true, and then tell her to let him go. Claire gives V the Beast either way. If Sampson lives, he later texts V and gives V his own car. If V cannot stop Claire, she shoots him.

Claire's Plan

After the Santo Domingo race, V can help Claire with her plan, offer to drive only to win, or refuse. Refusing outright ends V's place on the team. Some answers anger Claire so much that she refuses to serve V at the Afterlife afterwards.

Rewards

Completing The Beast In Me rewards Thorton Mackinaw "Beast" (depending on choices) and Quadra Type-66 "Cthulhu" (depending on choices).

V always gets Claire's car, the Thorton Mackinaw "Beast". If Sampson is spared, he texts V some time later and gives V his car, the Quadra Type-66 "Cthulhu".

Tips

In City Center, a fast car of V's own works better than the Beast. A pistol aimed at the cars ahead can help. In the Badlands, the Beast handles the dirt well, but slow down on the bumpy, slippery stretches. Some rival cars are bulletproof and immune to the self destruct quickhack. In Santo Domingo, slow down in sharp turns and avoid oncoming traffic.

Characters

The characters who take part in The Beast In Me are listed below.

Name Image
Claire Russell Claire Russell

Notes

  • A computer in Claire's garage holds her messages.

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