As such, it is still recommended that you cut corners and use shortcuts as much as possible. Though this all seems daunting, there is a decent amount of give in the time allowance and acceptable severity of your driving.Below you can see the accrued time, the number of fares completed, and the tip bar. The tip meter acts as a risk-reward system, which will reward you for delivering fares quickly, yet punish you for driving carelessly OR for taking too long. San Andreas is the first GTA game to add a tip meter to taxi faring.