Need For Speed Most Wanted Prima Official Guide PDF
Need For Speed Most Wanted Prima Official Guide PDF
Need For Speed Most Wanted Prima Official Guide PDF
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Huge thanks to the EA team for taking time out of their hectic schedules to help out on this guide; it was great working with all of you. Big high-fives in no particular order to: Peter Lykke Nielsen, Habib "The Habibinator" Zargarpour, Mataio Gardi, Michael Upton, Kristian von Fersen, Justin Wiebe, and Adrian Vershinin. And of course, to my mother Barb, who keeps me alive by sending tons of canned fruit via courier.
Table of Contents
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Game Modes . . . . . . . . .2 Quick Play . . . . . . . . .2 Custom Race . . . . . . .2 Challenge Series . . . . .4 Racing 101 . . . . . . . . . .5 Braking . . . . . . . . . . .5 Street Lines . . . . . . . .6 Nitro . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Speedbreaker . . . . . . .7 The Rides . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Aston Martin . . . . . . . . .8 Audi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Cadillac . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Fiat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 General Motors . . . . . .11 Lamborghini . . . . . . . . .12 Lexus . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Lotus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Mazda . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Mercedes-Benz . . . . . . .14 Mitsubishi Motors . . . .15 Pontiac . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Porsche . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Renault . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Subaru . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Toyota . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Vauxhall . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Volkswagen . . . . . . . . .18 Bonus Cars . . . . . . . . .19 Black Edition Exclusive Cars . . . . .20 Big Pimpin' . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Performance Upgrades .22 Parts Upgrades . . . . . .24 Visual Upgrades . . . . . .26 Career Mode . . . . . . . . . .29 Intro . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Pursuits . . . . . . . . . . . .30 The Heat Is On! . . . . . .32 Rap Sheet . . . . . . . . . .42 The Blacklist . . . . . . . . .43 Blacklist Cars . . . . . . . .59 Rockport City Tracks . . . . .64 Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Sprint . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Drag . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Lap Knockout . . . . . . .107 Speedtrap . . . . . . . . .117 Challenge Series . . . . .133 Black Edition Exclusive . . . Tracks . . . . . . . . . .150 Online Play* . . . . . . . . . .151 Behind the Scenes . . . . .153 Josie Maran as Mia . .153 Did You Know? . . . . . .154
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basics
>> GAME MODES From the start of the game, there is no shortage of racing to be done. Hone your skills on a variety of tracks, challenge your friends, and gain valuable experience for Career mode. In this section, we cover the race types available in Need for Speed Most Wanted. >> QUICK PLAY
Welcome to Rockport! Its a new year and a new city; in time you will own the streets. This year, Need for Speed Most Wanted ups the ante, bringing you both a fresh new feel and hot new looksand its all covered inside this guide. In the following pages, youll find all you need to know to make it through Career mode while working your way up the Blacklist and taking on the best of the best in underground racing. Beating the 15 bosses isnt easy, but we supply you with everything you need, from car details to strategies on avoiding the local authorities. Thats not all. Weve included details on car customization (with visual, part, and performance upgrades), everything you need to know about the 15 bosses, full outlines of Career mode, a master unlocks list, and maps for the nearly 200 tracks in the game, revealing shortcuts and pursuit breakers. Plus, we give you exclusive materialbehind the scenes of Need for Speed Most Wanted with Josie Maran and some awesome facts about the making of Need for Speed.
Quick Play is by far the best way to progress in allaround racing skills. The game shuffles through race types, tracks, and cars to give you a fully randomized race experience (relative to your progress in Career mode). You must play the hand youre dealt. It could be a drag race through Bayshore & Boardwalk or a speedtrap race through Bond & Riversideyou never know what youll get. Practice often in this mode and youll be ready for anything, anytime, anywhere. >> CUSTOM RACE Custom Race is the opposite of Quick Play: you choose the track, the event, your car, and several other game-specific options, including laps (if applicable), traffic level, and so forth. The following are descriptions of the different race types in Custom Race mode. >>
CIRCUIT RACE
Doing a lap doesnt necessarily mean youre just going around in a big circle. The circuit races around Rockport vary from short, straightforward routes in the Highlands, to long tracks with series of complicated turns that run all around the fringes of the city. Use the first lap to gauge the track at high speed; by the second lap, you should be hitting the turns perfectly. If a circuit gives you trouble, practice it a few times before challenging other racers.
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Drag racing is all rush: Go big or go home! These events are run on short tracks at maximum speed. The key to winning on the drag strip is honed intuition and superfast reflexes, but preparation goes a long way. Learn the rhythm of your car. Always watch the indicators, and eventually youll be able to anticipate the shift indicator popping up, to gain a millisecond of advantage. Sometimes thats your margin of victory when the competition is fierce. Tracks usually have a lane-change rhythm that gives you a clear shot through traffic and obstacles. Pay close attention to which sequence of lanes and lane changes work and which ones dont. Do a practice run on a trackhang back and watch the lead car to see which lanes it follows. Remember that you dont need to steer in drag races. Just tap the controller in the direction you want to go; the rest is automatic. The best use of Nitrous Oxide often determines the winner. Its arguable whether its best to use it off the start for maximum acceleration or to save it for later to get up into the top gears. Both strategies work, but its most important to get in front of your opponents and block them from passing. That means always either keeping an eye on your rearview mirror or using the look-back button. >> LAP KNOCKOUT RACE
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You have a few laps to work with, allowing time for mistakes, crashes, even for hanging back and watching the other racers to find new routes through shortcuts. Go easy on the first lap, assessing everything you can, then step it up for the win. >> SPRINT RACE
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Sometimes flying blind leads to successwith a whole lot of adrenaline and maybe some sheer luck! When racing a sprint track for the first time, check your minimap every couple of seconds. You dont have time to be caught off guard by a surprise corner. There is no time to practice in a sprint race from one end of Rockport to the other. If you want to do well, you must practice this track well in advance of your official race event. There is an army of sprint tracks to rip it up onfrom short sections in Bristol & Bayshore to long, fast blasts through the Lions & State area. The secret to doing well on sprints is knowing the tracks perfectly. You get only one chance to access the features on the map as you race past them at blistering speeds. >> DRAG RACE
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You must be aggressive to win lap knockout racesget out in front right from the start and defend your position with solid blocking. Timing, timing, timingthese are the three best words of advice for aspiring drag racers. You must learn to hit perfect shifts every time, no exceptions.
Lap knockout races are new this year. The principle is simplethe last person around the circuit each lap is eliminated. These lap tracks have a size range comparable to those of circuit tracks, from short
tracks like Hickley Field to an epic track of nearly 30 kilometers in Riverside. In these races, you cant afford to hang back to see how things go. Any stalling usually results in elimination. You must know the ins and outs of these courses to become serious competition. >> SPEEDTRAP RACE
It doesnt matter what your speed is between speed trapsthe important thing is to get your speed maxed out by the time you pass the next speed trap. Speedtrap races are another new feature this year and may even be the best way to promote high-speed driving. Along the course, speed traps are detected by your cars radar and show up on the minimap. Speed traps clock your speed as you pass by them; the highest cumulative value of all the clock entries wins the race. It doesnt matter who comes in first, second, third or fourth; the racer with the highest total speed throughout the track wins. Nitro is key to winning in these events. Regenerate your Nitro and keep it blasting away to maintain the highest possible speed. If you find yourself lagging behind and youre in front of a speed trap, use a shot of Nitro to boost your speed as much as you can before youre clocked going through it.
>> TOLLBOOTH TIME TRIALS Tollbooth time trials are timed events: You must get from tollbooth to tollbooth within a designated period of time. Conditions differ between eventsyou drive different cars and race on various tracksbut the objective is the same: Dont run out of time. The initial challenges are fairly easy; they soon become more difficult. It doesnt take long to figure out that you need perfect driving to meet these challenges. The margin for mistakes is infinitely small. That means no collisions and definitely no speed loss from friction on the walls. >> PURSUIT CHALLENGES
Pursuit challenges automatically start with a police chasethat is a huge part of the game, after all. There are several types of pursuit challenges, but usually only one for each milestone event. Heres a list of the different types of pursuit challenges: Pursuit LengthMaintain a pursuit for at least the given minimum amount of time, then evade the authorities. BountyGain a given amount of bounty during your pursuit, then evade the authorities. Trade PaintTag (bump into) a given number of police cars during your pursuit, then evade the authorities. Cost to StateAttain a given amount of CTS (cost to state) during your pursuit, then evade the authorities. Spike StripAvoid a given number of spike strips during your pursuit, then evade the authorities. Road BlockAvoid a given number of road blocks during your pursuit, then evade the authorities. InfractionsGet a given number of infractions, then evade the authorities.
Dont fall behindpoints are lost after the first car crosses the finish line.
>> CHALLENGE SERIES The Challenge series contains more than 60 events, either Tollbooth Time Trials or milestone challenges that involve being pursued by the authorities. All these events unlock progressively as you beat previous challenges. The series starts at a very low difficulty rating, which becomes incredibly high by the time you reach the last events. Heres an explanation of the two types of challenges:
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>> BRAKING Skillful use of the brake undoubtedly makes you a better racer. Every racer should have working knowledge of and experience with several braking techniques. Every corner is divided into three segments; the turn entry, the apex of the curve, and the turn exit. Learn to recognize these segments in every corner to master the essential art of technical braking. >> STRAIGHT-LINE BRAKING This principle is the holy grail of braking. Always brake the hardest when traveling in a straight line before a turn entry. Given sufficient speed, any turn in the wheels could force your car to understeer or oversteer, resulting in an uncontrolled drift. Learn the threshold of your cars brakes to anticipate just how hard to brake without losing traction. When approaching a corner, apply the brakes to near maximum in the straight section immediately in front of the entry point; once at the turn apex, release the brakes and accelerate to rip out of the turns exit. >> TRAIL BRAKING A more difficult technique to master, trail braking involves delaying your braking until you are just ahead of the turn entry, then braking through the turn to the apex, where you can begin to accelerate out of the corner. The trick here is not to force your car to drift as you brake through the turn. Learn your cars braking threshold so you know how hard to brake without causing it to oversteer and slide into a wall. >> ENGINE BRAKING On manual transmissions, gearing down once slows the engine and results in reduced speeds. Excessive downshifting will over-rev your engine, reducing speed and adding costly seconds to your time. Engine braking is sometimes favored by racers who want that extra torque coming out of a turn.
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Here is where you find the true head-to-head experience. In Split Screen mode you can challenge your friends in circuit races, sprint races, drag races, or speedtrap races. When you set up the races, you determine the number of laps, traffic level, and difficulty level, and whether Catch-up mode is off or on.
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You can change many options, even when a race is in progress. Audio, game play, player, and controller options menus are all accessible by pressing Start during a race.
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>> RACING 101 Practice, practice, practice! These are the three most important words youll hear when learning to race. Get to know your tracks very well; run through them over and over to identify all the obstacles. Most important, get closely acquainted with all the best lines.
Oversteering
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Understeering
Oversteering and understeering are common when driving a high-performance vehicle on the race track. In oversteering, the rear of the car slides away from the cars direction of travel. The front wheels
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Slow inFast Out: make this your braking mantra and chant it over and over. The sooner you slow down before taking a turn, the faster you can accelerate out of it. Using this technique will avoid costly seconds of added lap time by preventing uncontrolled slides or disastrous collisions. Its natural opposite, Fast inSlow Out, is a terrible racing technique, commonly executed by amateurs because it is the natural tendency of inexperienced drivers.
track in the right direction, but the rear of the car veers away from the direction of the front wheels. When it can be controlled, oversteering is often beneficial in finding the tightest line through a course. But when the rear of the car loses traction and slides out uncontrollably (in oversteering, the rear always slides to the outside of a curve), it can send you into a spin. Correct this condition by throttling up (which adds more weight and force to the rear of the car) and steering in the direction of the skid. In understeering, the front wheels are not steering the car effectively. They have lost the traction needed to drive the car around a corner, and the car generally goes straight into the wall or off the road, no matter how much the front wheels are turned. Correct this condition by slowing down and returning more weight to the front of the vehicle. But be cautious when recovering from understeering, because the car will have a tendency to suddenly grab the road, possibly throwing the back end into an oversteering condition. This is called fish-tailing, and it is why understeering is often more hazardous than oversteering.
>> 180-TURNS (HAIRPINS) Hairpin turns generally have two accepted lines, which depend on circumstances. For safety (low-risk cornering), the easiest line to execute is the one that hugs the inside of the turn, keeping wide on both the entry and exit. The other line is faster, but it is more challenging and requires more practice. Start at the center of the turn entry, move to the outside edge of the turn when you pass the middle of the apex and follow the outside to the turn exit; you should still be hugging the outside edge, maximizing your exit speed, when you shoot out of the corner. >> CHICANES Chicanes create a horizontal diversion in the track. Treat them as S-turns with a narrower path between the curve apexes. In city driving, chicanes are used to divert the path of travel, shifting it sideways. On closed circuits, they are a short, tight challenge. Chicanes get even more complicated when elevation changes are thrown into the mix. Try to go through them in as straight a line as possible, from the inside line of one curve to the inside line of the next. The straighter your line, the faster your exit. >> DOUBLE APEXES Double apexes can be treated like hairpin corners. The difference is that they have a straightaway within the corner, effectively separating it into two parts. Base your decision on which line to take on the track conditions before and after the turn. How do you wantor how are you ableto enter and exit?
Imaginary lines on the track follow a path of least resistance that allow for either the safest or fastest route. There are several types of lines in racing theory, but generally there is one standard line for each turn alignment. Remember that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. The lines can be slightly altered depending on your situation, speed, and track conditions. Use mild curves between the apex of a curve and around its corners, straightening them out as much as possible. How you want to exit the turn depends on how you enter it, so set up your turn entry correctly. Remember, these lines are theoretical and cornering success depends on you. Read the conditions of each turn in the course, and follow these basic guidelines to build racing skill. >> RIGHT-ANGLE TURNS This line has a good balance between entry and exit speeds, and passes evenly through the apex of the turn. Right-angle turns are the most common type. Experiment in time trials to find the best line through them.
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INCREASING TURNS
Decreasing turns start with a wider radius and become tighter as you get deeper into the corner. These are possibly the most challenging turns in terms of maintaining proper alignment and speed. They are also the most frequent cause of spins and collisions with the outer guard rail at the turn exit. Cut in close to the inside as you enter the turn, then move to the outside as you exit, applying full throttle. These become wider in radius as you get deeper into the turn. Start cornering early and keep tight to the apex as you exit the corner. >> NITRO Speedbreaker, a new feature this year, brings a fresh element to high-speed racing. Imagine yourself a pro racer, with supernatural reflexes and razor-sharp intuition. When you get into your groove on the course, things seem to slow down. Everything moves in slow motion, giving you the ability to react to impossible circumstances or pull off dangerous and unbelievably daring maneuvers. No need to use your imaginationSpeedbreaker gives you the ability to slow down time. When you activate it, you have a limited time to pull off your moves before normal time resumes (you can, however, hit the button again to come out of Speedbreaker mode). Conserve it and use it wisely when it is truly needed. This is one thing you dont want to be short of in dire circumstances. Another important aspect of Speedbreaker is that when youre in this mode, your car takes on incredible characteristics: Vehicle mass increases Traction increases Steering increases With these changes to your ride in mind, imagine hitting a roadblock normally, and then imagine a train plowing through a roadblock. For much more drama and significant effect, activate Speedbreaker just before you contact the cars in a roadblock. Be sure to deactivate once you get away.
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The Nitrous Oxide system has been redesigned this year, into a perpetually regenerating supply, with one condition: You must reach 50 mph to start the refill process. The faster you go, the faster it fills up. The Nitrous gauge fills up much more rapidly if youre going over 100 mph. There are no fancy tricks needed to regenerate it, just speed. You must, however, install a Nitrous Oxide performance upgrade on your car before you can reap the benefits. When the upgrade is installed, you will see Nitro gauges on your in-game HUD screen. This gauge tracks your current N20 level and indicates when your tank is empty and in need of regeneration. Check the gauge often to know when the extra boost is available. How you use your Nitro is up to you. You can use it off the starting line to get into the middle gears quicker, or to push your ride to new top speeds. Either way, hang on to your hat! >> SPEEDBREAKER
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Speedbreaker regenerates much like Nitrous Oxide; it recharges slowly with speed once you are traveling faster than 100mph. However if you want to fill the gauge much more quickly, try some extended power slides with the handbrake. Using this strategy you should be able to fill your Speedbreaker gauge with only a few good driftsthe longer you sustain a drift, the faster the gauge fill rate accelerates!
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DB9
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AUDI
A3 3.2 QUATTRO
DRIVE TYPE: AWD HP: 250@6,300 TORQUE (LB-FT): 236@3,000 PRICE: $32,000 UNLOCKED: BEAT BLACKLIST BOSS #15
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ASTON MARTIN AUDI CADILLAC DODGE FIAT FORD GENERAL MOTORS LAMBORGHINI LEXUS LOTUS MAZDA MERCEDES-BENZ MITSUBISHI MOTORS PONTIAC PORSCHE RENAULT SUBARU TOYOTA VAUXHALL VOLKSWAGEN
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TT 3.2 QUATTRO
DRIVE TYPE: AWD HP: 250@6,300 TORQUE (LB-FT): 236@3,000 PRICE: $35,000 UNLOCKED: BEAT BLACKLIST BOSS #15
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CTS
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 255@6,200 TORQUE (LB-FT): 252@3,200 PRICE: $32,000 UNLOCKED: BEAT BLACKLIST BOSS #12
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VIPER SRT10
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FIAT
PUNTO
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FORD GT
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MUSTANG GT
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CHEVROLET COBALT SS
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CORVETTE C6
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GALLARDO
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MURCIELAGO
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IS300
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ELISE
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CLK 500
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SL 500
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ECLIPSE
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GTO
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911 CARRERA S
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 355@6,600 TORQUE (LB-FT): 295@4,600 PRICE: $75,000 UNLOCKED: BEAT BLACKLIST BOSS #7
911 TURBO S
DRIVE TYPE: AWD HP: 420@6,000 TORQUE (LB-FT): 413@4,600 PRICE: $105,000 UNLOCKED: BEAT BLACKLIST BOSS #5
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CARRERA GT
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 604@8,000 TORQUE (LB-FT): 435@5,750 PRICE: $280,000 UNLOCKED: BEAT BLACKLIST BOSS #3
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CAYMAN S
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 295@6,250 TORQUE (LB-FT): 255@5,000 PRICE: $60,000 UNLOCKED: BEAT BLACKLIST BOSS #10
ASTON MARTIN AUDI CADILLAC DODGE FIAT FORD GENERAL MOTORS LAMBORGHINI LEXUS LOTUS MAZDA MERCEDES-BENZ MITSUBISHI MOTORS PONTIAC PORSCHE RENAULT SUBARU TOYOTA VAUXHALL VOLKSWAGEN
renault
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CLIO V6
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 230@6,000 TORQUE (LB-FT): 221@3,750 PRICE: $40,000 UNLOCKED: BEAT BLACKLIST BOSS #13
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toyota
SUPRA
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 225@5,800 TORQUE (LB-FT): 210@4,800 PRICE: $40,000 UNLOCKED: BEAT BLACKLIST BOSS #13
Vauxhall
MONARO VXR
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 350@5,200 TORQUE (LB-FT): 365@4,000 PRICE: $35,000 UNLOCKED: BEAT BLACKLIST BOSS #10
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GOLF GTI
DRIVE TYPE: FWD HP: 200@5,100 TORQUE (LB-FT): 207@1,800 PRICE: $35,000 UNLOCKED: AUTOMATIC
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bonus cars
bmw
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chevrolet
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mercedes-benz
CORVETTE C6.R
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: UNDISCLOSED TORQUE (LB-FT): UNDISCLOSED PRICE: N/A UNLOCKED: BY COMPLETING 100% OF THE GAME
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SL65 AMG
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 604@5,500 TORQUE (LB-FT): 738@2,000 PRICE: N/A UNLOCKED: BY COMPLETING EVENT #68 IN THE CHALLENGE SERIES
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porsche
chevrolet
911 GT2
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 475@5,700 TORQUE (LB-FT): 457@3,500 PRICE: N/A UNLOCKED: BY COMPLETING EVERY EVENT IN THE CHALLENGE SERIES
CAMARO SS
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: UNDISCLOSED TORQUE (LB-FT): UNDISCLOSED PRICE: N/A UNLOCKED: AUTOMATIC
CORVETTE C6
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DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 400@6,000 TORQUE (LB-FT): 400@4,400 PRICE: N/A UNLOCKED: AUTOMATIC
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lotus
ELISE
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 190@7,800 TORQUE (LB-FT): 138@6,800 PRICE: N/A UNLOCKED: AUTOMATIC
911 CARRERA S
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 355@6,600 TORQUE (LB-FT): 295@4,600 PRICE: N/A UNLOCKED: AUTOMATIC
ASTON MARTIN AUDI CADILLAC DODGE FIAT FORD GENERAL MOTORS LAMBORGHINI LEXUS LOTUS MAZDA MERCEDES-BENZ MITSUBISHI MOTORS PONTIAC PORSCHE RENAULT SUBARU TOYOTA VAUXHALL VOLKSWAGEN
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SL65 AMG
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 604@5,500 TORQUE (LB-FT): 738@2,000 PRICE: N/A UNLOCKED: AUTOMATIC
911 GT2
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 475@5,700 TORQUE (LB-FT): 457@3,500 PRICE: N/A UNLOCKED: AUTOMATIC
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Toyota
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SL 500
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 302@5,600 TORQUE (LB-FT): 339@4,750 PRICE: N/A UNLOCKED: AUTOMATIC
SUPRA
DRIVE TYPE: RWD HP: 225@5,800 TORQUE (LB-FT): 210@4,800 PRICE: N/A UNLOCKED: AUTOMATIC
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PERFORMANCE UPGRADES
Customizing your car can be done in two places. Go to My Cars from the main menu to access the customization area, where you can pimp out all the cars you have unlocked and added, but not your career cars. To customize your career cars, you must go to a shop in Rockport City while in Free Roam mode.
Performance upgrades are where to spend your cash if you want to increase your cars acceleration, handling, or top speed. There are seven performance packages to help you win on the tracks: engine, transmission, suspension, Nitrous Oxide, tires, brakes, and turbo/supercharger. The turbo and supercharger packages are considered one package, because any given car can have only one or the other. There are four levels of upgrades: Race, Pro, Super Pro, and Ultimate. Entry-level cars usually have all four levels of upgrades available, but high-end cars like the Gallardo have fewer performance upgrades available. Thats because, well, its a Lamborghini and it doesnt need much to make it eat any track alive. If a package (such as Race level) doesnt show up as an option for your current car, it means youre above that level already, so look to the next performanceboosting packages. Many manufacturers have taken part to provide the best performance-upgrade packages available. Heres a breakdown of the various packages:
>> RACE PACKAGE Cold Air Intake Sports Muffler Intake Manifold >> PRO PACKAGE Forged Pistons Racing Throttle Body Racing Crankshaft >> SUPER PRO PACKAGE Racing Valves Cat-Black Exhaust System Replace Headers >> ULTIMATE PACKAGE Racing Pistons High-Flow Fuel Injectors High-Capacity Oil Cooler
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INCREASES TOP SPEED & ACCELERATION
BASICS
>> RACE PACKAGE Short Throw Shifter Lightweight Flywheel Racing Transmission >> PRO PACKAGE Upgraded Differential High-Performance Clutch
>> SUPER PRO PACKAGE Limited Slip Differential Twin Disc Clutch
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>> SUPER PRO PACKAGE Large-Diameter Sway Bars Racing Shocks >> ULTIMATE PACKAGE Engine Torque Damper Camber Kit Coil-Over Suspension System
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>> PRO PACKAGE Strut Tower Bars Sport Springs and Shocks Front and Rear Sway Bars
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>> RACE PACKAGE Not Available >> PRO PACKAGE Dry Shot of Nitrous
>> SUPER PRO PACKAGE Wet Shot of Nitrous >> ULTIMATE PACKAGE Direct Port Nitrous System
INCREASES HANDLING
>> RACE PACKAGE Not Available >> PRO PACKAGE Sport Tires
>> SUPER PRO PACKAGE High Performance Tires >> ULTIMATE PACKAGE Racing Tires
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INCREASES HANDLING
>> RACE PACKAGE Street Compound Pads Stainless Steel Brake Lines >> PRO PACKAGE Cross-Drilled Rotors Sport Compound Pads
>> SUPER PRO PACKAGE Slotted and Drilled Rotors Titanium Brake Kit >> ULTIMATE PACKAGE 6-Piston Racing Calipers Ceramic Brake Kit Racing Compound Pads
>> SUPER PRO PACKAGE Stage 2 Turbo Upgraded Turbo Manifold Blow-Off Valve >> ULTIMATE PACKAGE Stage 3 Turbo Custom Wastegate
>> SUPER PRO PACKAGE Stage 2 Supercharger >> ULTIMATE PACKAGE Stage 3 Supercharger
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To push your rides appearance away from stock, consider spending some hard-earned cash on some new aftermarket parts. You can turn even the most basic entry-level car into a custom masterpiece if you have the time and the money to invest.
Customizing (or making any changes to) your ride decreases the Heat level for that car. The authorities have a more difficult time recognizing your ride after its been a little more pimped outthis change is shown by the lower Heat level. Watch the Heat indicator to see how each selected part affects your cars rating.
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Aftermarket parts come in the following forms: Body Kits Spoilers Rims Hoods Roof Scoops
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Body Kits
UPGRADES
CAREER MODE
Two body kits are available for the higher-end cars; as many as five kits are available for entrylevel cars.
What would your ride be without the latest and greatest rims on the market? Choose from more than 30 sets of rims by these aftermarket manufacturers: Racinghart 5Zigen OZ ADR Volk BBS Roja Enkei Knig Lwenhart
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Spoilers
Hoods
Choose from over 50 spoilers in four categories to give your ride that special winged appearance. Sport Tuner Sport Carbon Tuner Carbon When selecting a spoiler, use the left and right triggers to switch between categories.
To customize your rides nose, choose from more than 30 different hoods. There are 17 original hood styles, most with a carbon-fiber version for that crisp, lightweight look. Your opponents may only see the back of your ride, but at least it will look hot in the showcase!
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Roof Scoops
Paint
To get that extra bit of airflow, take a look at these accessories. There are 10 models in three placements, and carbon-fiber versions of them all. If you want extra air, there is no shortage of ways to get itthe hardest decision is which one looks best on your ride.
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VISUAL UPGRADES
Choosing the right paint is often difficult, but it just comes down to the kind of feeling you want to get from your ride. Darker colors tend to be ominous and intimidating, while lighter colors are more showy and flamboyant. Your choices arent limited, thats for certain. There are 200 colors available in three categories: 80 in gloss, 80 in metallic, and 40 in custom. Trial and error works just as well as anything when finding just the right color. Dont be afraid to try a color scheme that wouldnt be your first choice for a showcase car. It may end up looking really hot on the track.
Viny ls
Visual upgrades are the way to add ultimate flair to any of your cars. This is undoubtedly where racer pride most comes into playand you will spend countless hours here finetuning your rides for the showcase. Visual upgrades come in the following categories: Paint Vinyls Rim Paint Window Tint Decals Numbers Custom Gauges Vinyls are probably the easiest and quickest way to dramatically change the appearance of your whip. You can take a stock car, put on a body vinyl, and suddenly it looks like it can do some damage on the track. Even if just for show, vinyls are an excellent way to express yourself through graphics. What are you all about as a racer? Do you want something symbolic, artistic or abstract? Its all here!
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Vinyls
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Window Tint
BASICS
Choose from eight categories of vinyls, each with varying amounts of designs: 12 Flames 14 Tribal 16 Stripes 9 Race Flags 22 National Flags 40 Body Vinyls 2+ Unique Vinyls per car 5 Contest Winners
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Rim Paint
Every racer should invest in tinted glass; its more than stylish, it also protects your eyes from harsh light. Choose from 30 different colors and styles, in varying degrees of opacity. The really sweet ones are usually the last to unlock: the dark pearl colors look sick with the sun glinting off them!
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Theres nothing like putting a fresh powder coat on a new set of rims to really put the icing on the cake. This is high-end street fashion; the wrong color choice can make or break the overall look of your ride. You can choose from 60 powder coat colors, and its worth going through them all to see how they match up with your color scheme. Do you want to keep your rides skin clean and spotless, or show your support for your generous sponsors and favorite parts companies? The choice is yours, but if you want to make your whip stand out and look like a professional racers, decals are the way to go. There are more than a hundred decals, available in either black or white, to slap on in any of these locations: Windshield Rear Window Left Door (six spots) Right Door (six spots) Left Quarter Panel Right Quarter Panel
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For your rims powder coat, pick a color that matches a splash of color in the body paint. Its a great trick to accentuate the overall color scheme and make your ride look really punchy.
NUMBERS
Got a favorite number? A racing number? Or just want to look the part? Pick a number, any number, from 0099 and its automatically included in the visual design for both the left and right doors of your ride.
Custom Gauges
For the ultimate personalized accessory, pick from 10 styles of custom gauges. Not only can you vary the overall style, you can also choose the color scheme for the needles, numbers, and faceplates. We recommend using high-contrast colors that are easy to see in various lighting conditionsfor example, bright needles on dark backgrounds or vice versa.
The shopping cart feature is new this year. It gives you the opportunity to shop for single upgrades and to create something of a custom order list. Selected items are displayed on your car while shopping; you make the final decision when youre ready to check out. After youve completed your shopping, review your cart to see the inventory of purchases. If you are running low on cash or simply decide against a certain part, you can delete it or exclude it from the purchase order by unchecking it from the list. Once youve made your decision, press the checkout button to leave the shop with your sweet new ride.
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Career mode
>> WORLD MAP & MINIMAP >> INTRO Career mode is where the full Need for Speed Most Wanted experience comes to life. Its here in Rockport City where your practice in the front end of the game is worth so much. Career mode also unlocks features like customer race tracks that you'll be able to check out later on. Spend time playing both sides of the game to get the most out of Need for Speed Most Wanted. In this section, we take you through Career mode and explain everything you need to know to reach the top of the Blacklist. Make no mistake: Aside from our valuable directions, the only other way youre going to win is with some hot racing skillsthe Blacklist bosses are unbelievably fast! >> FREE ROAM Rockport City is a massive expanse of city spread across several regions including Rosewood, Gray Point, Downtown Rockport, and Point Camden. The area around Collegetown and Rosewood is where you begin Career mode; by moving up the Blacklist you eventually unlock the other regions. There is a lot of terrain to get to know, so spend some time exploring the various regions when they become available so you know what to look for. Drive around making mental notes of all the interesting features, especially the pursuit breakers (which we cover later in this section). You will be referring to the world map often, so get up to speed on how it works. This is the big-picture version of what you see in your minimap, but with interactive elements like zoom, event toggles, and GPS functionality. Zoom is used to get a better view of map areas that you want to see at a larger scale. Use the thumbstick to toggle the display icons to show either the currently available races and events or the safe houses, shops, and car lots. If you want help finding a feature on the map in the world of Rockport City, put the cursor over an item and click the GPS activation button. After the text prompt, you are put back in the city and the GPS arrow is ready to direct you to your selected feature. GPS is extremely useful if you dont know the city that well yet; use it often to make your travels more efficient. >> SAFE HOUSES, SHOPS &
BASICS INTRO
THE RIDES
UPGRADES
CAREER MODE
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CAR LOTS
Your safe house is home base, where you can chill out and change your cars, check out your next Blacklist race or milestone event, and investigate your rap sheet with the authorities to track your progress. You will use your safe house often, so get comfortable with all of its menus.
Several shops are located around Rockport; look for them on your world map. This is where you go to upgrade your whips throughout your career. You have
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to be winning all of your current levels races to earn enough money to pimp your ride, though, so dont think that you can skimp and just jump aheadthis tactic may work earlier on in Career mode if youre hot on the controls, but later you need all the help you can get. If you spend all your money on paint, youll find out just how tough the competition can be without the adequate performance upgrades. Head on down to the car lots when you think youre ready to take on another whip. Sometimes you can get pretty good deals by trading in your current ride, but we all know how hard it is to sell something you built up. If youve been winning all your races, you may not have to trade it in at all, just buy that new whip and start working on your collection!
the one-shot photo tickets have been activated, they disappear from the map and count as completed events toward your current levels milestone events.
Watch your radar HUDit warns you when youre approaching one of the many photo tickets in Rockport City.
>> SMS
When you buy a new whip, you can choose to either drive it off the lot or have it delivered to your safe house to drive and pimp out later on. In that case, you keep driving your current vehicle until you head back to the safe house to switch it up. >> RACE EVENTS &
MILESTONES
New calls and text messages come in on your SMS. Pay attention to this, because new and important information comes through the pipe from Mia, Rog, and even members of the Blacklist from time to time. You can delete messages, but theres plenty of room to store them, so keep them all for reference. >>
PURSUITS
The races identified on your world map and minimap are all associated with your current position on the Blacklist. If you just beat the #15 Blacklist boss and are now on Level 14, all of the race events and milestones appearing on your world map are for the new level. Keep in mind that you dont have to complete all of the events for each level, just enough to qualify to challenge the levels boss. The number of races or events required is indicated on the Blacklist race summary screen in the safe house. >>
The authorities dont have much patience or tolerance for racers, and they have many ways of dealing with you. First, though, we need to discuss the various displays that are constantly relaying to you the big 411 on your situation. You need to be very much in tune with several parts of your HUD for the greatest chance of success. The HUD is just the information side of things, though. Well explain gameplay features, too, including pursuit breakers, Cooldown mode, and hiding spots. >> PURSUIT INFORMATION
PHOTO TICKETS
TECHNOLOGY
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These milestones are also found on both the world map and minimap. They represent additional events for the current level, as they do for the race events. All of these milestone events are listed in the Blacklist menu under the photo ticket events. Once
This is just our fancy way of saying that theres a lot of information to process when it comes to evading the authorities during a pursuit. Not only that, but you must take the pursuit to completion by successfully sitting out your Cooldown mode; only then do you get
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The middle number on top of the pursuit HUD is the current wave of police vehicles. Each wave has a set number of remaining vehicles that triggers the backup timer (BUT). Thats how much time you have before the next wave shows up to continue the pursuit. The best time to evade a pursuit is between waves of cops, so watch your wave counter. When it gets low, start thinking about using pursuit breakers and finding hiding spots! Look through the Heat level summary table (page 46) to find the ideal time to make a break for it. Pay specific attention to the backup timers for each Heat level.
BASICS
credit for your efforts. So, on to the HUD and its many uses: minimap, map ring, radar, pursuit HUD. Refer to your game manual if youre not sure which is which. The minimap is your best friend; check this puppy as often as you check your mirrors. It indicates all the immediately important information about your current situation, including the pursuit cops, pursuit breakers, and hiding spots, depending on what stage of a pursuit youre in. If you know whats out there, youre better prepared when it appears in the road in front of you. Around the minimap is the Heat indicatorwhich consists of two parts. The Heat indicator number tells you at which level the authorities have your current ride listed; this affects their behavior toward you. We'll discuss this more later on in The Heat Is On! section. The Heat indicator map ring is the progress timer; you must spend several minutes at Heat Level 1 as the map ring gradually fills before the authorities call in the bigger guns and upgrade the pursuit to Heat Level 2. At that point, the Heat indicator number changes to x2. Its important to note that the progression from level to level is time-based and not related to the infractions you incur while engaged in a pursuit.
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CAREER MODE
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The higher your Heat level, the more Bounty you can earn.
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You have a radar detector that warns you when radar traps or actual police units are in the area. Watch the indicator arrow as it moves, showing where the detection is coming from. You occasionally see the radar blipping crazily, as if the authorities are right on top of you, and then shutting off. This sometimes happens when the radar detects a unit on a different elevation (on the highway above, for example, while you squeak by through the underpass) and it is almost immediately out of range as you pass by. The pursuit HUD is your most important indicator. It works like a spectrum: at the red end, you have a chance of being busted by the authorities; at the green end, you have the chance of evading the authorities. The indicator bar changes color according to what your odds are during the pursuit. If you see any red in your pursuit indicator bar, get out of there quickly! The goal of any pursuit is evasion. Once youre far enough away from any police units, you should see the green start to appear on your pursuit HUD. If you are having difficulty getting away, there are other options. Lets go on to the pursuit breakers.
Many features scattered around Rockport City present something of a danger to the public if they were to, say, topple over into the street or accidentally fall down, blocking a certain passageway after you have come and gone. A feature like that is a pursuit breaker (PB for short), and they all show up on your minimap and world map during a pursuit. At every indicated PB icon on the map, there is some type of structure or physical feature that can stop the pursuing authorities in their tracks.
The huge arena (located in Rosewood) has two entrances, both with pursuit breakers present. If youre very sneaky you can temporarily trap yourself inside the arena to evade the police, then use the hiding spot inside the arena to complete the pursuit.
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Look for gas stations, water towers, large signs, construction scaffolding, and dry-docked boats; these
are all PB features. The action is always triggered by driving your car through the physical part of the featurelook for the colored and floating icon at the trigger areabut you must make contact with some part of the physical structure to trigger it. In the case of gas stations, for instance, the icon may show up between the gas pumps. But you could drive right between the two pumps and nothing would happen. To trigger the PB action, you must actually drive over or through one of the pumps to cause an explosion. Keep in mind that pursuit breakers have an areaspecific effect. What this means is that when a PB is triggered, all pursuing police units within a certain radius stop and provide assistance at the site of the new emergencyoften leaving the road ahead wide open for your escape. If the PB is triggered at the wrong time or if there are many staggered police units involved in the pursuit, the area effect may not be great enough to capture all of the units attention, leaving a few to continue the pursuit.
a specific amount of time. Refer to the Heat Level Summary table under The Heat Is On! Instead of waiting out in the open for the timer to tick down, you can make your way to nearby hiding spots indicated on the minimap.
The radar detector and scanner are your early warning systems during Cooldown mode. Rely on them to keep you moving in the right direction (away from the police) on your way to a hiding spot.
Try to have as many police units as possible right behind you when you trigger a pursuit breaker to have the maximum effect. Get them as close to the PB as you can so they are affected by the PBs emergency radius. >> COOLDOWN
Now that youve evaded the authorities and the pursuit has gone into its final stage, you must wait out Cooldown mode. This is a critical time: the police have lost track of you and are scouring your last known position, so you either need to hightail it out of there before they find you or stealthily make your way to a hiding spot.
Once youre in Cooldown mode, hiding spots are displayed on the minimap and the world map. These areas are well concealed, usually underneath or between buildings, difficult to see from the outside. If you can make it to a hiding spot during Cooldown mode, notice that the meter fills up much more quickly than it would if you were driving around or just parked somewhere waiting it out. It is well worth the effort to get into a hiding spot to reduce the chances of a nearby patrol spotting you and reinitiating the pursuitand this can happen repeatedly if you dont fully complete the pursuit. Refer to the Tracks section for all the official hiding spots in Rockport City.
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After Heat Level 2, the police start setting up roadblocks and quadrants around your last known location once you hit Cooldown mode. Dont let them see you again during this critical time or the pursuit will restart. Notice that the pursuit HUD has changed from the spectrum-like graph to a Cooldown meter. The meter gradually fills up as you wait in Cooldown, and indicates how close you are to completing the evasion and winning the pursuit. The Cooldown meter is a timer, and you must wait out each Heat level for
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On the streets, there is no doubt you will have issues with the authorities. In this section, we outline everything you need to know about them, so your time in Rockport is not all spent getting busted and having your sweet rides impounded. We cover all of the Heat levels, including unit types, their tactics, and strategies to use against them to assist in your pursuit evasion. Once you have all this down, you will have a much easier time retaining your freedom and continuing your racing career.
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In the Heat Level Summary table, we list the most pertinent pursuit info. Some of these items are mentioned elsewhere but to recap it all here:
BASICS
Units Deployed: The number of cops actively chasing you at any given time during a pursuit. Wave Count: The total number of cops you must evade or immobilize before getting a chance to enter Cooldown mode. New Wave Trigger: The number of remaining police vehicles in the wave counter that triggers a call from the RPD for backup. Backup Timer: The amount of time you have before RPD backup arrives. Cooldown Timer: The amount of time you have to wait in Cooldown if not concealed in a hiding spot. Tactics Used: The tactics, both ground or air, that the RPD uses to bring your pursuit to an end.
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* Heat Level 13: Racers must be committing a speeding infraction and clocked at over 65 mph. Alternately, you will initiate pursuit if a racer collides intentionally or unintentionally with a police vehicle. * Heat Level 45: Pursuit is to be initiated automatically upon recognizing the confirmed or suspected racers vehicle.
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Heat Level 1 2 3
Units Deployed 4 civic cruisers 5 civic undercover 7 state pursuit/ maybe a few light SUVs
Wave Count 5 10 15
Tactics Used Follow, rolling roadblocks Box, stationary roadblocks Box, herd, pit, rolling roadblocks, stationary roadblocks (low chance of light SUV roadblock), light SUV ram (low chance) All ground tactics/ helicopter patrol only (180 seconds before needing to refuel) spike strips, heavy SUV ram, heavy roadblock All tactics, including ram and heavy roadblocks are common; 5% chance that cross becomes involved in pursuit Epic pursuit and challenge race only; all tactics; cross is guaranteed to be involved in pursuit at this Heat level. Challenge Series Event #69 in Black Edition only
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>> STATE UNDERCOVER Heat Level: 4 Base Bounty: 5,000 Tactics Used: All
Heat levels are capped at certain points in your career. For example, if youve only just beaten Blacklist Boss #14, you can only raise your Heat level to 2. It takes a mid-Blacklist position to unlock Heat Levels 4 and up.
>> UNIT TYPES You need to be familiar with a whole host of police units. We know many of them look similar and elicit similar emotions with the lights and sirens on, but soon youll know the subtle differencesand knowing works to your benefit.
>> LIGHT SUV Heat Level: 3 Base Bounty: 10,000 Tactics Used: Ram, stationary roadblocks
All police unit tactics (with explanations) are listed later in this chapter, in the Tactics section.
>> HEAVY SUV (NORMAL) Heat Level: 4 Base Bounty: 15,000/25,000 for supercharged heavy SUVs Tactics Used: Ram, stationary roadblocks (super SUVsAll Tactics) >> HEAVY SUV (SUPERCHARGED) Heat Level: 6 (also 7 in Black Edition) Base Bounty: 25,000 Tactics Used: All
>> CIVIC CRUISERS Heat Level: 1 Base Bounty: 250 Tactics Used: Follow, rolling roadblocks
>> CIVIC UNDERCOVER Heat Level: 2 Base Bounty: 500 Tactics Used: Box, stationary roadblocks
>> STATE CRUISERS Heat Level: 3 Base Bounty: 2,500 Tactics Used: Box, herd, pit, rolling roadblocks
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Black Edition has some supercharged Rhinos, or heavy SUVs, in the Challenge Series Event #69. They only occur at Heat Level 7 and they are even more deadly than the ones in the regular game edition. Theyre faster and have a deadly punch when in close. Get out onto the freeway and outrun themdont waste time fighting them in close quarters.
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Heat Level: 5 Base Bounty: 20,000 Tactics Used All There is a bonus multiplier that allows you to quickly add up your Bounty during a pursuit. The secret timer starts when one police vehicle is immobilized; from that instant, you have 10 seconds to immobilize other vehicles to take advantage of the bonus multiplier. If you do manage to accomplish several immobilizations in a row, a text display onscreen informs you of your bonus.
BASICS
THE RIDES
UPGRADES
UNDERCOVER
Heat Level: 6 Base Bounty: 25,000 Tactics Used: All
CAREER MODE
TRACKS
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>> CROSSCUSTOM Heat Level: 5 (5% chance)/6 (100%) Base Bounty: 100,000 Tactics Used: All
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Heat Level: 4 Base Bounty: N/A Tactics Used: Patrol
A great way to take advantage of the bonus multiplier is to lead pursuing police vehicles through one of their own roadblocks. This usually causes enough chaos to trigger some bonus Bounty.
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Heat Level: 5 Base Bounty: N/A Tactics Used: Patrol, skid hit
>> TACTICS Weve managed to get our hands on some confidential documents from the Rockport Police Department. Well use these to brief you on all the police tactics you can expect to see throughout many pursuits across Rockport City. There is everything from passive following (used by the civic police), to the highly aggressive police helicopter tactics. Take this information and use it to your utmost benefit. >> AIR SUPPORT
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Rockport Police Department Internal Memorandum File No. RPD-3606 Re: Helicopter Pursuit Participation Due to this years budget cutbacks, senior managers will only authorize helicopter involvement in a pursuit if the suspect vehicle is well known to the department. Also, only one helicopter is to be authorized per pursuit and involvement is of course limited by fuel capacity. For our fleet, that usually amounts to three minutes of flight time. While our heli is in the air, ground units must fully support Fast Airs involvement in the pursuit to get the most out of those three minutes. There must be ground units present and interacting with the suspect vehicle. In order to maintain and maximize your contact time on the ground, all units are currently rescheduled to update their high-speed pursuit tactics courses by next month. The department has developed a two-pronged protocol for bringing racers to a quick and safe halt. It is important for all units to understand the role of our chopper in a pursuit, for each of the two scenarios. Passive Pursuit Tactics Passive involvement and tactics are authorized for pursuits involving cars well known to the department that have been assigned a Heat Level 4 and below only. All units should understand the strengths and weaknesses of helicopter involvementit is a complement to the ground forces in the pursuit, not a replacement! Our chopper is fast and not limited by the road network, but if the pursuit lasts longer than three minutes, the heli must return to the department for refueling. It is important to note that passive helicopter tactics include only patrollingthey are your eyes in the sky and will under no circumstances become directly involved with a racers vehicle; that is your responsibility. Ground units must remain diligent with their pursuit tactics and execute proper radio communications at all times. Refer to the updated department radio contact protocol sheet attached. Aggressive Pursuit Tactics Aggressive involvement and tactics are authorized for serious pursuits involving cars well known to the department that have been assigned a Heat Level 5 and above only. Please be advised that at this Heat level, RPD ground units will be used only at the request of the NCIC. So until requested, relinquish control of the pursuit to the feds and return to mobile duty. The RPD chopper will directly engage the racers vehicle at this Heat level. Not only does the chopper provide long-range pursuit capabilites, but it is also an intimidating physical presence to enforce the end of a serious pursuit before it becomes critical.
As a physical tool, Fast Air is authorized to make direct contact with a suspect vehicle with a technique commonly known as a skid hit. For those units having little experience with aggressive helicopter tactics, the following section pertains to you. A skid hit is executed when the chopper comes down low enough to the ground that it can make physical contact with the vehicle. The helicopter pilot attempts to use the skid to force the vehicle off the road in a sideswiping motion. This type of contact at high speed is extremely efficient in causing loss of control and ending dangerous pursuits.
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Rockport Police Department Internal Memorandum File No. RPD-3672 Re: Box Technique At Heat Level 2, all units will utilize the Box maneuver against aggressive racers. This technique is designed to be a coordinated action between at least two mobile pursuit units. It is crucial to update dispatch in the event that additional units are required to execute this formation. Officers taking lead car position must be in place in front of the suspect vehicle before the wing cars can move into their positions. When the wing cars are in place, the six car blocks any retreat route.
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When the formation is complete, all cars should collapse or abruptly apply their brakes in one coordinated action. This in effect is where the formation takes its name the suspects vehicle is boxed in with little or no room to move and allows for quick apprehension of the driver. While often very successful, this technique is not without its weaknesses. Skilled racers have at times taken advantage of pursuit officers who are not aggressive enough. If the sides of the box are not tight, high powered cars can effectively push through the seams. As pursuit officers you must strive to prevent the seams from appearing. Note: The box formation can be used against a side wall. In this case only one wing car is required. All units must comply with Dept. protocol to break formation at civic intersections.
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Use their own weaknesses against them; wait for them to break formation at an intersection and jet out of one of the gaps fast! , Alterna tely if you prevent the lead box car from getting in front, the t police can fully execute this formation against you.
Rockport Police Department Internal Memorandum File No. RPD-3673 Re: Follow Technique At Heat Level 1, civic pursuit units are authorized to use this basic technique against known or suspected racers. From the onset of a pursuit, follow the racer from a distance to ascertain his destination. Units in pursuit may use their emergency equipment (lights and sirens) and notify the car driver via radio to pull over and stop the vehicle. If the racer does not comply, notify dispatch and additional mobile units will be called in to assist the pursuit. Because of the more passive nature of this pursuit technique, skilled racers are aware of the inherent weaknesses. Todays street legal cars, which nearly parallel racing machines, coupled with drivers that go through private racing schools make our jobs that much more challenging. In light of that, the department is ordering mandatory autocross track training for all mobile unit officers.
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If you do get boxed in and slowed down, don panic. T units let up in a few t he seconds. T his presents you with an opportunity to push through one of the opening s. Always push the lighter rear end of their cars don try to move the t end with the engine.
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At very slow speeds, pursuing cops will forgo all attempts at conventional tactics and just try to collapse in around you with all of their cars effectively blocking most his is extremely escape routes. T lt to escape at higher Heat difficu levels, so keep your speed as high as possible.
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At Heat Level 1, thi s maneuver should be fa irly easy to eva de. T cops only he want to find out wh ere you going, re so they just hang ll back and attempt to keep you in sight outrun, outsmart, or ignore them.
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Herding as most units should be well aware, is only utilized against racers that the department has assigned a Heat Level 3 or greater. The tactic is designed to be used only when two or more pursuit vehicles are available to herd the racer in one direction. Usually the direction is off the wide, open roadway and into constricting areas more suitable for ending a pursuit. Units coordinating to use this tactic must work with other units utilizing additional tactics. Herding alone is commonly not enough to force an end to a pursuit. Once the herd formation is being executed, additional units must move in quickly to complement the formation with other tactics. Consequently, if additional units do not respond quickly enough, the onesided herd will fail as the racer turns away to the open side of the formation. It is with this issue in mind that all units should have at least 20 hours of joint pursuit tactics training at the RPD test track by the end of the next shift cycle. Note: All units should now be carrying spike belts in their vehicles to buffer roadblocks. This will assist unit tactics such as herding, where the racing vehicle will be directed toward the spike strip.
Rockport Police Department Internal Memorandum File No. RPD-3675 Re: PIT Technique When a pursuit escalates to a dangerous level, units are authorized to execute the PIT technique against racers designated Heat Level 3 or greater. Pursuit units utilizing this tactic must be well versed in high-speed emergency maneuvers. As the PIT requires intentional contact between pursuit and suspect vehicles, the officer driving must be able to recover immediately if the technique is not successful upon first attempt. All units attempting PIT maneuvers will use the front quarter-panel of your vehicles only. Remember that the object of this tactic is to force the suspect vehicle into a spin and not to cause a chain MVA. Note: All units should differentiate between the PIT and the ram. Your pursuit vehicles (excluding Rhino units) are not designed to withstand front-end impact damage to the engine.
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there is little chance of recovery and continued participation in the pursuit. In this situation, update dispatch to have additional Rhinos deployed.
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ner If you hear a cop on the scan a PIT maneuver, you calling for quick. need to book it out of there often to keep tabs on where Look back y from the units are. Sharp turns awa on your tail can the unit hot and eliminate the threat of spins rol. loss of cont
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Rockport Police Department Internal Memorandum File No. RPD-3676 Re: Ram Technique ATTN: Rhino Units All Rhino units have been specially customized with high-performance safety and driver protection equipment. The use of the Ram tactic is authorized only as a last resort and against racers designated by the department as Heat Level 3 or higher. Light Rhino units are always to be the first response unit, unless the racers status is upgraded to Heat Level 4. In this latter case, Heavy Rhinos will be deployed to assist the pursuit. High-impact collisions are extremely dangerous and only authorized in special circumstances. When a pursuit is judged to cause sufficient concern for public safety, notify dispatch of your request and this tactic may be granted. All Ram tactics are to be executed from the front, or side/front. Two high-speed SUVs are to initiate forcible contact with the racers vehicle to successfully end the pursuit, whereupon the driver may be apprehended. Note: Committing to this tactic is a oneshot deal in a high-speed pursuit. If the tactic fails to make contact with the suspect vehicle,
Rockport Police Department Internal Memorandum File No. RPD-3677 Re: Rolling Roadblocks Be advised that all units are required to immediately implement rolling roadblocks as part of their pursuit tactics for racers on all Heat levels. This tactic is very effective and relatively low risk; consequently the department wishes to promote its use over more challenging formations. When executing an RR, units should attempt to get at least two cars abreast in front of the racer. Four cars abreast is ideal, but is entirely dependent on the road width. Once the formation is complete, all units are to quickly engage their brakes and bring the racer to an abrupt halt. Following units should be staggered in place to cover the rear.
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This tactic is known to be very effective across all jurisdictions and is also used by the state and federal pursuit units. In enclosed roadways, the RR is commonly fail-safe. On the open freeway, however, racers can sometimes crack the formation and elude the units. To avoid presenting these types of openings, all participating RR units should be ready to get into place in the formation as soon as the lead car is established. Note: All units must comply and break formation at public intersections according to department safety protocol.
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T trying to cre hey re ate a rolling wall in front of you and then jam on the brakes. T e her are two easy ways out evade the lead car before it gets into position or, once in forma tion, wa it until they break at an intersection and book it through one of the openings by using Nitro. Alterna tely, you cou ld just pull a Speedbreaker 180 an d the opposite direction rip off in .
anticipated. All pursuits will involve racers officially designated at Heat Level 2 and above. Units in pursuit must notify dispatch and additional units will be deployed to set up roadblocks at suitable chokepoint locations. The size of the roadblock will be determined by the road dimensions. The number of units deployed will be increased for setting up SRs on freeways and open roadways where applicable. In the case of interchange locations with multiple routes of travel, the SR will be situated at the racers most likely anticipated route of travel. Should sufficient units be unavailable to cover all alternate routes, however, units should be prepared to break from the SR and involve themselves directly in the pursuit or move to another location and form another stationary roadblock. Note: Spike strips will be used for racers designated Heat Level 4 and above. Safety signs must be present at all roadblocks; including warning sawhorses and stop signs.
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y Look for the sweet spot in ever k often indicated by the roadbloc or presence of warning sawhorses sign. If you must try to bypass a stop it. s a roadblock, that where to do s-ey it as a bull e. hink of T If you really want to make an the impact, hit your Speedbreaker with the instant before making contact mass is he roadblock vehicles. T added them flying for often enough to send er to some really sick drama! Rememb of the vehicles hit the ligh ter end ll , if you hit the engine end you stop dead. t If you don want to try to get ays through the block, U-turns alw . At higher Hea t levels, work well e when the 5-O start using spik look for them at the obvious strips, s better to openings in the roadblock it easy ugh cars than take the go thro ntially lose way through and pote your tires.
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Rockport Police Department Internal Memorandum File No. RPD-3678 Re: Stationary Roadblocks
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Unit Request Handles Fast AirEagle 1 helicopter RhinoSUV units ZuluSport pursuit cruiser SRUStreet racing unit Pursuit Stage Codes Code 1Situation under control Code 2ASAP, no lights or sirens Code 3Lights and sirens Code 4Suspect under arrest Code 6High-risk racer Supplemental Codes Positive hitAfter running the suspect on a 28/29 the officer has had a positive hit, showing information on file (the race has a criminal record) 28/29Run the suspect for wants and warrants EMSEmergency medical services MVAMotor vehicle accident NCICNational Criminal Information Center PCPolice car/cruiser PDTPortable data transmitter WreckerTow truck
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Rockport Police Department Internal Memorandum File No. RPD-3606b Re: RPD Radio Contact Protocols All units are responsible for understanding all of the following radio protocols. Commit them to memory, write them on your bathroom wall, do whatever you must. Senior department managers are not forgiving with mistakes, especially when we are dealing with serious pursuits that have progressed from civic to state and god forbid, federal control.
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10-4OK, message received 10-6Responding from a distance 10-7Detailed, out of service 10-8In service 10-10Negative, standing by 10-20My Location Is_______________ 10-23On scene 10-25Out of service 10-29Run for wants and warrants 10-32Wanted suspect 10-33EMERGENCY, OFFICER NEEDS
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10-34Request Zulu unit 10-36Police unit traffic collision 10-37Request wrecker 10-38Request ambulance 10-39PIT maneuver 10-41Self PIT 10-42Traffic accident 10-43Traffic tie-up 10-44Request Rhino 10-45Ram suspect 10-50Hit & run 10-59Herding 10-63Offset 10-65Vehicle box 10-67Spike strip 10-70Notify city engineering 10-71Request air support 10-73Roadblock 10-75Rolling roadblock 10-83Set up quadrant
So what happens when you get busted? Well, a few things: you must pay the fines for all the infractions youve committed. Also, depending on how many impound strikes you have against your car, it could be impounded until you can get it back by using impound markers. Or you can choose to sell it and recoup some of your financial losses. A few criteria must be met before you can be busted in a pursuit: Must be involved in a pursuit, Must be reduced in speed to less than 30mph long enough for the police to apprehend you (your pursuit HUD goes completely red), or Must drive over a spike strip which stops your ride immediately.
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It is possible, but unlikely, to escape after losing a tire to a spike strip. One tire is a manageable loss if its not one of your driving wheels. But even if you are still able to drive, evading the pursuing police is another story. When you reach position #13 on the Blacklist, you earn a rap sheetthis is your own personal file with the Rockport Police Department. Its also where you track your progress from the perspective of the authorities. From the safe house, you can hack into the local authoritys computer system and access their database. From the login screen you gain admittance to the main page and several subdirectories containing various record types, which we explain below: >> SUMMARY As a summary, this entry lists the basics of the departments records on you. The most basic information is your current Bounty, CTS (Cost to State), and how many of your cars they have impounded so far. The notification box in the middle of the screen outlines how the cops are told to handle you if youre ever apprehended. Dispatch forwards this info to the deployed units during a pursuit so they know who theyre dealing with. At the bottom the screen, both unserved and served infractions are tallied, along with your pursuit success figures, fines information, and the number of police vehicles that have been affected by your pursuits. >> VEHICLE DATABASE The vehicle database tracks all of the cars youre either known to drive or suspected of driving. Until youre busted in a car, they dont know its you behind the wheel. This database details your preferred cars and keeps stats on each of them, including just how active each of the cars have been with the authorities. Earned Bounty is listed by the amount earned by each car. Use this record to help decide which car you should be driving in case the Heat on another ride is getting too much to handle. Check for cars that the authorities havent confirmed that you drivethis way you can keep driving the car with the lowest Heat level.
>> INFRACTIONS
If a cop has a line of sight on your car in a pursuit and witnesses any of the infractions listed here, they are counted towards your final total whether you evade or are busted. If you evade, they remain as unserved infractions against your car; if youre busted, they are served infractions because you must pay them off with either a bonus marker or cash. Heres the breakdown of the infractions you can incur during a pursuit: Damage to Property: Incurred whenever you drive through or over public property, including signs, highway barrels, tollbooths, kiosks, and so forth. Driving Off Roadway: Incurred when your ride leaves the pavement or other areas officially designated for driving on. Excessive Speeding: Incurred when you are clocked traveling faster than 180mph. Hit & Run: Incurred when you are seen colliding with a civilian vehicle. Ramming a Police Vehicle: Incurred when you collide with a police vehicle, intentionally or not. Reckless Driving: Incurred when you are clocked traveling faster than 200mph. Resisting Arrest: Incurred when you evade the police during a pursuit (by entering Cooldown mode). Speeding: Incurred when you are clocked traveling faster than 150 mph.
The Trading Paint milestone that occurs when you collide with police vehicles only adds unique cars to the total. Colliding with the same vehicle over and over doesnt add to your Trading Paint total.
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>> TOP EVADED PURSUITS This directory contains everything you need to know about all of the topranked pursuits youve completed in your career. The first screen shows the summary entries for each of the best pursuits, including the vehicle you were driving, the pursuit length, and the amount of Bounty achieved. Select the pursuit youre interested in and another screen pops up, detailing the full 411 on that pursuit. This record includes all pursuit information including length, vehicles involved, roadblocks dodged, and overall damage done. >> RANKINGS
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>> INFRACTIONS This record tracks all of the infractions youve incurred in your racing career. They are split into two screens for unserved and served infractions. Keeping track of your unserved infractions is a good idea so you know what to expect if youre busted. If there are myriad unserved infractions, you will have a heavy bill to pay should the authorities get their hands on you. It would serve your interests to use a low-Heat car and avoid the cops at all costs until you can lower your overall Heat level for all cars.
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As long as youre winning races and evading the police during pursuits, the Heat level for all cars in your safe house decreases. The Heat level of those cars drops 10 percent for each successful pursuit evasion and each race victory. >> COST TO STATE Want to know how much carnage youve caused in your career? The Cost to State records break it all down for you. Most are very straightforward, but a few warrant some discussion. Damage to Property: Incurred any time you damage public property by crashing through signs, kiosks, doughnut shops, and so forth. The more objects you hit, the more tickets are written up. Insurance Claims: Every time youre involved in a hit and run with a privately owned vehicle, an additional insurance claim is filed. Patrol Units Deployed: These are all the regular patrol units that have taken part in your pursuits. Special Units Deployed: These are all the support units (such as SUVs) that have participated in your pursuits.
The rankings directory keeps files on the top 15 racers in every pursuit category available. The summary screen shows your ranking in all of the categories. If you want to make it to No. 1 in each category, this is the screen to use to compare your performance to other racers. You can select a category and see the comprehensive ranking list that shows your level in relation to the other top racers. Use this screen to determine what you need to do to move up in rank. For example, Rocket (thats us) is ranked #4 in pursuit length at 27:03. Ronnie is ranked #3 with a pursuit length of 30:00we should be able to move into his spot quite easily on the next pursuit.
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Think of it in terms of the rungs of a ladder: you start at the bottom rung, Level 15, and must complete the required events to qualify to challenge that levels boss. To beat a Blacklist boss, you then need to challenge them in the series of events in which they excel.
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>> BIO Name: Ho Seun Ride: VW Golf GTi Strength: Circuit Races This is Sonny. Hes dumped a whole lot of cash into his car. That ride is worked, so dont be fooled, its a rocket. He does anything he can to get hold of parts before they hit the streets.
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Race Options Circuit: Petersburg; Heritage Heights Drag: N/A Lap Knockout: Rosewood College Speedtrap: N/A Sprint: Hwy 99 & State; Clubhouse & Hollis Tollbooth: Skyview & Campus Milestone Options >> BIO Name: Vince Kilic Ride: Lexus IS300 Strength: Sprint Races This crazy fool is a major Heat score. Blacklist gave him the name Taz. He hates cops and they hate him. Watch yourself around this guy. He prowls the streets of Rosewood looking for newbies. Bounty Cost to State Infractions 2 Photo Tickets
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>> BIO Name: Victor Vasquez Ride: Toyota Supra Strength: Pursuit Length This dudes been holding it down in the #13 slot for a while now. He cant break out of his rut and no one can run him out. Hes slack and dangerous but knows how to handle his ride. Hell smoke you if he gets the chance.
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Race Options Circuit: Omega Drag: Bayshore & Boardwalk Lap Knockout: N/A Speedtrap: Hwy 4 & Clubhouse Sprint: Campus & Chancellor; Rockridge & Union Tollbooth: Hwy 99 & Route 55; North Bay & Chase Milestone Options >> BIO Name: Isabel Diaz Ride: Mazda RX-8 Strength: Lap Knockout Races Izzy is definitely a chick you dont want to mess with. She knows everything there is about cars, on and off the road. Shes got her ride wired tight. She comes from a long line of race fanatics. Everybody she runs with is a cousin, friend, or uncle. They all stick close, so dont get on her bad side. Trade Paint Pursuit Evasion Pursuit Time 2 Photo Tickets
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>> BIO Name: Lou Park Ride: Mitsubishi Eclipse Strength: Tollbooth Time Trials This slab of Korean muscle considers himself a real ladies man. Hes all show. Rumor has it, he panics around the cops and bails on races the first chance he gets. Along with that, they say he has problems working the clutch so hes slow off the line. I wouldnt count on it.
Targets 5 3 300,000
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Race Options Circuit: Hospital Switchback Drag: N/A Lap Knockout: Ocean Hills; Bayshore Speedtrap: North Bay & Seaside Sprint: Boundary & Marina; Stadium & Hwy 1 Tollbooth: Hwy 99 & Union; Waterfront & Bristol Milestone Options >> BIO Name: Karl Smit Ride: Porsche Cayman S Strength: Infractions This flake calls himself Baron. Hes a rich guy from the coast. He thinks garage custom is an excuse for being broke. As far as hes concerned, If its not name brand, its nothing. Go show im what homegrown rides can do. Bounty Cost to State Pursuit Time Roadblock 3 Photo Tickets
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Every time you beat a Blacklist boss, you win the opportunity to choose a couple of bonus markers
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Save all your unique upgrade bonus markers until later in your career. Competition gets incredibly tight near the top of the Blacklist; you want access to rare and valuable parts to give you an edge when its needed most.
Race Options Circuit: Dunwich Bay; Boundary Drag: Seaside & Camden Lap Knockout: Fisher Road Speedtrap: Seagate & Horn; Hollis & Chancellor Sprint: N/A Tollbooth: Skyview & Waterfront; Bristol & Route 55 Milestone Options Trade Paint Bounty Pursuit Evasion Roadblocks 3 Photo Tickets
>> BIO Name: Eugene James Ride: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII Strength: Sprint Races This guy hails from the lower east side of Rockport City but now rides on the coast. Hes a big fan of imports and goes out of his way to take on the big blocks.
Speedtrap: North Bay Cannery Sprint: Camden & Route 55 Winners Take: $16,000
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Race Options Circuit: N/A Drag: N/A Lap Knockout: Cascade; Hwy 201 Speedtrap: Dunwich & Bayshore; Rose & Rockridge Sprint: Heritage & Diamond Tollbooth: Union & Hwy 99; Waterfront & Hwy 99 Milestone Options >> BIO Name: Jade Barrett Ride: Ford Mustang GT Strength: Drag Races This sweet thing goes by the name Jewels. Shes all about big block and muscle. She has a lot of mileage under her wheels and serious power under the hood, so dont be tempted to do anything stupid. Trade Paint Pursuit Time Spike Strips Infractions 3 Photo Tickets
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>> BIO Name: Kira Nakazato Ride: Mercedes-Benz CLK 500 Strength: Cost to State Kaze is crazy. What she cant conquer with skill, she demolishes with speed. Dont let her sweet looks fool ya. Shell trash anything she sees, including you. Shes not afraid to ding her ride to put you out of commission.
Milestone Options Bounty Cost to State Pursuit Evasion Roadblocks 3 Photo Tickets
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Race Options Circuit: N/A Drag: Riverside & Terrace Lap Knockout: Coastal; Rosewood Hillcrest Speedtrap: Boardwalk; Hwy 99 & Campus Sprint: West Park & Lyons; Hwy 201 & Lyons; Bond & Country Club Tollbooth: Interchange & Tunnel; Penitentiary; Hwy 201 & Forest >> BIO Name: Hector Domingo Ride: Lamborghini Gallardo Strength: Speed Traps This here is Ming. He prides himself on keeping his ride looking stock. Hes fast and shreds radar traps everywhere he can. Hes the straight goods. Word is he got his ride from some rich cat who talked when he should have been listening. Dont take im on until youre ready. Milestone Options Trade Paint Pursuit Time Roadblocks Spike Strips 3 Photo Tickets
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Circuit: Little Italy Speedtrap: North Bay & College Winners Take:$28,000
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>> BIO Name: Wes Allen Ride: Corvette C6.R Strength: Escaping Pursuits Websters always talking about rides, performance, racers, blah, blah, blah. Wont shut up. Hes got some crazy idea that hes gonna make it big. When he aint street racing, hes hanging out at shops. His ride is tuned to the max. Apparently the interior is stripped of everything that isnt related to speed.
Milestone Options Bounty Cost to State Pursuit Evasion Spike Strips 3 Photo Tickets
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Race Options Circuit: Waterfront; Gray Point Drag: N/A Lap Knockout: Chancellor Way; Industrial Front Speedtrap: Terminal & Financial; Hwy 99; Green & Fairmont Sprint: Valley & State Tollbooth: North Bay & Beacon; Beacon & Riverfront; Industrial & Omega >> BIO Name: Joe Vega Ride: Dodge Viper SRT10 Strength: Speed Trap Races I dont know how JV does it, man. His nights are spent in the clubs and days on the streets. This guys got a lot of street rep. Cops hate him and racers want to be like him. His flash green Dodge Viper has cops swarming around it all the time. Milestone Options Trade Paint Bounty Cost to State Infractions 3 Photo Tickets
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>> BIO Name: Ronald McCrea Ride: Aston Martin DB9 Strength: Immobilizing Police Vehicles You know Ronnie. Hes one of those rich freaks who thinks hes ghetto. He definitely aint from around the way. Got his car as a graduation gift from his parents. Dont be fooled though, the guy knows how to drive. Hes been to every race school you can think of.
Milestone Options Trade Paint Bounty Pursuit Evasion Pursuit Time 3 Photo Tickets
Targets 8 5 5,550,000
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Race Options Circuit: Campus Interchange; Country Club; East Park Drag: Camden & Seaside Lap Knockout: Petersburg Crossing; Valley & Hwy 201 Speedtrap: Lennox & Camden; Industrial & Green Sprint: Camden & Dunwich Tollbooth: Beacon & Petersburg; Petersburg & Bond; Bond & Beacon Bridge Milestone Options Cost to State Pursuit Time Roadblocks Spike Strips 3 Photo Tickets
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>> BIO Name: Toru Sato Ride: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Strength: Sprint Races If it werent for Razor, Toru would still be hanging down at the docks, dreamin of the Blacklist. This fool thinks hes got a sleeper, calls it reverse psychology. The only thing stock on his ride is the paint. Toru likes to keep his car mint, so give him a bump when you can.
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>> BIO Name: Clarence Callahan Ride: BMW M3 GTR Strength: Everything Razor rocketed to the top of the Blacklist using your ride. Now hes holding it down and rolling the streets like he owns them. Hell do anything he can to give himself an edge. That includes messin with your head. Remember, you cant trust anything he says.
Milestone Options Trade Paint Bounty Pursuit Evasion Pursuit Time 3 Photo Tickets
Epic Pursuit
Targets 9 5 10,000,000
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You must evade the police and make it to the bridge jump in Collegetown. Its right off the highway at the road construction area. You must have seen it by nowremember the huge piles of dirt blocking the road off the highway? Construction is now complete and the road beyond is open. You must get there and make the final bridge jump to finish the game. Get that whip crackin!
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Once youve beaten Razor, the endgame begins. In this final pursuit, Cross and the RPD have you and you alone in their sightstheyve even created a brand-new Heat levelHeat Level 6just for this pursuit.
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You need to harness all your horses to make the bridge jump. Get up to top speed and blast off all your Nitro to make this dramatic escape.
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Campus Way
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Pursuit Breakers can be used to block other racersnot just the police!
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HIGHLANDS
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Heritage Heights
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Omega
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Diamond
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Circle Rose
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Switchbac k
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Hospital Switchbac k
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Dunwich Bay
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Boundary
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Century Square
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Little Italy
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Ironhorse
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Waterfront
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Gr ay Point
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Bay Bridge
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Camden Tunnel
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Campus Interchange
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Oil Refinery
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While power-sliding around sharp corners, wait until you're pointed in the right direction, then engage your Nitro to straighten out more easily and recover lost speed.
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To be really hot through the corners, tap your handbrake to force a slight slide even before starting to turn. This must be done accurately just before the corner starts so you're in the slide when the track changes direction.
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You can often slow down enough for a corner just by letting off the gas for a few seconds. We never use our regular brakes, only the handbrake if it's really needed.
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Diamond Valley
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The key to perfect power-sliding is counter-steering. To stop your slide in one direction, steer in the opposite direction to counteract the spin. This finesse is used by drifting masters.
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Seaside Interchange
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Hwy 2001
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Diamond Park
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>> DRAG TRACKS There is nothing like the rush of drag racingmaximum torque and nailing perfect shifts! Your knowledge of the drag tracks can make or break you, however. There is no substitute for field testing, but definitely watch for the features listed for each track. The warning categories for drag racing are different from those you've seen so far. They are similar to those used for other events, but in this case they call your attention to intersections that have constant cross traffic, or to bottlenecks (track sections that constrict to two lanes from four). Safe lanes, a new visual feature that you'll see on a couple of tracks, are exclusive to drag racing. These are single traffic-free lanes on one side of the track. The benefit is brief, but it can let you avoid cars in an emergency and keep from being totaled. Enough gab; let's have a look at the tracks.
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Every car has its own ideal RPM range for maximum torque applied to the asphalt. Watch the needle on your tachometer; when it goes blue is when you've got the most grip. Time your perfect launch to the start of the race, and take off ahead of the group right off the line.
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If you're ever faced with a large semi across the road ahead, try to thread the needle underneath its trailer. The risk is high, but the rewards are great.
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After you pass a vehicle, it's a good idea to switch into its lane. There is usually only one vehicle in any one lane for at least a short distance.
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Practice with your car to get used to its transmission. To hit the perfect shift every time, you must learn to anticipate your shift indicator. Early shifts and over-revving your engine cost you precious seconds, and probably the race.
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You only have to tap in the desired direction to switch lanesthere is no regular steering in drag races.
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Rosewood College
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City Center
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Ocean Hills
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Bayshore
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Fisher Road
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Cascade
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Century
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Coastal
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Dunwich Village
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Chancellor Way
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Industrial Front
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Riverside
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College Switchbac k
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Petersburg Crossing
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To master speedtrap racing, you must master efficient use of your Nitro. Winning is all about the timing of use and quick regeneration of more Nitro for upcoming traps.
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Always blast off some Nitro at least a few seconds before each speed trap.
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Country Club
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Don't pay much attention to the shortcuts you see during speedtrap races unless they are in a straight line with the next trap. In that rare case, the shortcut allows for more speed by the time you rip through the trap.
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Between traps, always maximize your speed so you can regenerate as much Nitro as possible!
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Hwy 99
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It is possible to "miss" a trap if, for example, you're driving too slowly after an accident. If the trap doesn't trigger, go back and take a good run at it. Winning is decided by total speed, not by who comes in across the line first.
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Ignore all pursuit breakers in a course except for the ones located immediately before a trap. If you time it right, your opponents may react poorly and get clocked at a reduced speed when passing through the trap.
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>> TOLLBOOTH TIME TRIALS Tollbooth Time Trials are the track-based events in the challenge series. The only thing you need to be concerned with is the main track, which almost always allows the fastest overall time. You must get from tollbooth to tollbooth in the allotted time per stage or you lose the event. Shortcuts, if available, rarely save time, so keep to the open road.
A single crash is often enough to lose a tollbooth time trial. Practice with the various vehicles to learn how each handles.
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The EA team has been working hard to streamline the online experience and make it easier for gamers to do what they loveplaying, not waiting to play. Once into the online system you will find the layout of the menus familiar, but thats where the similarities end. This new system is quick to get you to the action. >> Use the lobby to find active games. Its easier now to find races at random, or you can search according to your preferred options. You can search not only for races that havent started but also for races in progress. This way, you can join a group of racers and play immediately when their current race is completed.
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By default, the lobby sorts by connection qualityall of the first game rooms in the list should have the best connection. Alternatively, you can select and sort by name or by number of players.
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Once you have found a game room, youre guaranteed to race in mere moments. As soon as the minimum number of racers (24) is in the game room, the automatic timer begins. This time cant be stopped, nor can anyone kick you out of the game room. When the race is complete, you and your group (or opponents) return to the game room. The process begins again, cycling you almost immediately into the next race.
to try when you want to focus on best track time and limit the race variables. You still have the same motivation, because you can see other racers, but you avoid costly collisions.
With the improvements to the online system, players now spend more time playing than waiting in menu screens for the game to start. >>
ONLINE BLACKLIST
Players can come and go from the game room as long as there are free slots available. Invite your online friends to fill your game room for action-packed races!
The online Blacklist is similar in principle to the story mode Blacklist, but its always changing, with new talent arriving to challenge the 15 most skilled racers. You must complete at least 20 ranked races to be listed in the online Blacklist. The online Blacklist has two variations: Weekly, which tracks the best overall racers each week, and All Time, compiled from the continual tally of daily results.
If you make it onto either the Weekly or All Time Blacklist, pat yourself on the back. Youve got some mad skills, playa! Not many people ever get good enough to make it into these rankings.
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Most of the options for the online races are straightforward, but two deserve special discussion: performance matching and collision detection. Performance matching equalizes the performance attributes of all cars in a race to those of the highest-performing car in the current game. For example, if you are driving a stock Volkswagen GTI and the group host is driving a McLaren, the GTIs performance will be boosted to match the McLarens. This option creates an even playing field for all players. Collision detection affects the physical elements of everyones vehicles. When its on, cars have an impact on each other; turning it off creates something of a ghost effectyou can drive right through another players car as if it werent there. Turning collision detection off is an interesting option
The Leaderboard is a more specific version of the Blacklist that tracks the best players in various events (circuit, sprints, and so forth). Use this screen info to follow your progress as you move up or down in rank, compared to the Top 100. To be ranked on the Leaderboard, you must complete at least 20 ranked races. This menu tracks your win percentage, top speed, use of Nitro and other factors, all contributing to your position on the Leaderboard. There is an important distinction between rank and rating; in this section well discuss rank, because it is most relevant to the Leaderboard. Your rank is determined by your values in the various column headers on the Leaderboard screen. For example, the highest-ranked player in the Win% column is the player with the highest percentage of wins. The #1 ranked player in the Top Speed column is the player with the highest top speed. Essentially, you are ranked in comparison with everyone else in each of the categories.
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The Personal Stats screen stores all of the racespecific information relevant to your online career. Use this info to track your skill rating, win/loss statistics, current rank, games played, even right down to how many pounds of Nitrous Oxide youve consumed in total. Your skill rating is listed in the main window of the Personal Stats screen. You want to keep this value moving up instead of down, obviously, but here is how it works:
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Your skill rating is not a comparison of you against the rest of the gamer population. It is a mathematical assessment of how youre doing on an individual level.
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Prima: Yes, so it would seem. All of your scenes were filmed in front of a green screen. How did that go? Josie: A bit disorienting at first, but working with the director, David Footman, and seeing the environments we were going to be inserted in right there on the set really helped us imagine ourselves in that world. After a few shots the whole cast was really into it. Prima: I can imagine that would be a bit of a challenge. How did you like working on a video game? Josie: At first I wasnt sure how I would fit into the game, but once they did some tests and showed me, it was very cool. It felt like being in a full-on FX movie but I knew they would do their magic to make me look computer-generated. Prima: Okay, so we know Mias a great driver, but what about Josie? Josie: Of course! Id like to think so.
Prima: You play Mia in this years Need for Speed Most Wanted. Who is Mia and how does she fit into the storyline? Josie: Mia is a hot streetracing babe that helps you get into the scene. She gives you tips about how to race against the No. 1 racer on the Blacklist and avoid cops. Ultimately you begin to find out theres more to her than you originally thought.
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Prima: Hmmm, so how does that compare to your racing game skills? Josie: I can hold my own. Nobody dares see my angry side when I lose.
Josie: Dont judge a girl by her cover. Theres more to Mia than meets the eye. I would say the same thing about dating models. Dont assume they are a certain way or are all the same. Prima: Fair enough. Whats next for you? Josie: Not sure yet.
Prima: The next time youre here we need to sit down and test your racing skills. Can we pencil you in? Prima: Sounds like trouble. How similar are you to your character, Mia? Josie: Theres a bit of me in there. The script and the rest of the cast made it very easy to be in the racing scene and I like to tease people and be the center of attention. Prima: You chose the right line of work for that! What do you like best about the game? Josie: The cop chases. I like ramming into roadblocks. Prima: We heard there were many test shoots for wardrobe. What did Electronic Arts ask you to wear while shooting tests? Im sure the fans were hoping to see you in a bikini somewhere in the game. Josie: They had me try on all kinds of things. They were doing this research on how to make clothes look computer-generated and they would treat them with different substances and test them on me. The fine wrinkles in clothes, they felt, were what made people look more real than virtual. Ive worn lots of different clothes as part of my job but this was something completely different. Some of them were too tight but they picked the ones that looked best. Prima: Whats your favorite car in the game? And your favorite car in real life? Josie: In the game my car is a tuned Mazda RX-8, but I like the BMW GTR the best, with the blue and silver vinyl. In real life I drive a Volvo S60R. Prima: A Volvo? We wouldnt have guessed that. Do you have any tips for our players on either Need for Speed or dating models? Josie: Sure, youre on, but get ready to lose. >> DID YOU KNOW? During the writing of this guide we had the opportunity to sit down with several members of the Need for Speed Most Wanted production team to do research for the guide, gather resources, and get their insights on the game's development. The following is a glimpse into what we found out inside the high security areas of EA Black Box. >> DID YOU KNOW all of the footage for the characters in the full motion videos were filmed in front of a green screen at Lion's Gate Studios? Electronic Arts shot the liveaction footage on a massive 220-foot motion picture green screen stage over the course of five days, all in HD [high definition]. The same type of camera was used during the making of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones. there are three main stages in game design: preproduction, full production, and finalizing? During preproduction the team brainstorms with new ideas, tries out all sort of wacky proposals, and does many exciting things (such as photo shoots of exotic cars). Full production involves creating the game's building blocks; usually this is the longest part of the project and the one with the most people involved. Finalizing is all about polish, tuning, and bugfixing. A lot of time is spend getting feedback from people who are new to
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the game, so they can see what needs to be improved to make sure the learning curve and difficulty is as well-balanced as possible. that developing this title for the next generation platforms such as the Xbox 360 has opened up a new era in gaming? Graphics are pushing into new areas, the quality of which we've never seen before. Soon we'll be able to transition between the interactive game world into the more passive storytelling cinematics world without even noticing it. that the Senior Art Director Habib "The Habibinator" Zargarpour is the same special effects wizard responsible for the magic we've seen in big screen movies? Some of his work includes the pod races and crash scenes in Star Wars: Episode IThe Phantom Menace, the tornados in Twister, the story seas in The Perfect Storm, Spawn's cape in Spawn, space anomalies for Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: First Contact, underwater scenes in Star Trek: First Contact, and the alien creatures in Signs, just to name a few. that Need for Speed Most Wanted employs the same camera tricks used to give the Star Wars: Episode IThe Phantom Menace pod races their sense of speed? The techniques were taken to a new level for this year's Need for Speed. that the game features a dynamic visual filter that causes location and activity specific unique tones and color treatments? For example, the mood of the screen changes if you're being pursued by the police. This is similar to effects used in the movie Traffic. that film-specific processes were used to give the game a more illicit and gritty feel? One such process used was bleach-bypassing, where the silver chemical in the film laboratory printing process is not bleached out, resulting in deeper blacks and more contrast with blown-out highlights. This technique was used in films such as A.I. and Minority Report. next generation platforms like the Xbox 360 have enough power to use dynamic lighting? Game developers can light everything in a game world with real-time shadows and lighting effects, giving a dynamic time of day. In Need for Speed, this means that players witness a moving sun for the first time in the history of the franchise. It takes about a half-hour for the sun to rise and set, giving the player the sensation that they are in a living world. The dynamic weather effects enhance this feeling even more. For the current-gen versions of the game on PS2 and Xbox, EA decided to only have two times of daymidday and sunsetso that they could capture and provide as much of that dynamic feeling as possible.
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Toll Booth Time Trial Pursuit Length Toll Booth Time Trial Bounty Toll Booth Time Trial Pursuit Evasion Toll Booth Time Trial Cost to State Toll Booth Time Trial Roadblock Toll Booth Time Trial Trade Paint Toll Booth Time Trial Infractions Toll Booth Time Trial Spike Strip Toll Booth Time Trial Pursuit Evasion Toll Booth Time Trial Pursuit Length Toll Booth Time Trial Roadblock Toll Booth Time Trial Infractions Toll Booth Time Trial Trade Paint Toll Booth Time Trial Cost to State Toll Booth Time Trial Bounty Toll Booth Time Trial Pursuit Evasion Toll Booth Time Trial Roadblock Toll Booth Time Trial Trade Paint Toll Booth Time Trial Infractions Toll Booth Time Trial Pursuit Length Toll Booth Time Trial Roadblock Toll Booth Time Trial Spike Strip Toll Booth Time Trial Cost to State Toll Booth Time Trial Pursuit Evasion
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Complete this toll booth time trial in under 2:40 to win. Evade the police pursuit after at least one minute to successfully complete this challenge. Complete this toll booth time trial in under 2:45. Evade the police pursuit with a Bounty of 1,000 to successfully complete this challenge. The time to beat for this toll booth time trial is 3:30. Evade this police pursuit in less than five minutes to successfully complete this challenge. Someone on the Blacklist posted a best time of 3:00 in this toll booth challenge. To win, beat that time. Evade the police pursuit with a Cost to State of 25,000 to successfully complete this challenge. Complete this toll booth time trial in under 2:50 to hold the record. Dodge at least two police roadblocks and evade the pursuit to successfully complete this challenge. Complete this toll booth time trial in under 3:30 to win. Evade the police pursuit and tag a minimum of five police vehicles to successfully complete this challenge. You must reach the last toll booth before the 3:45 mark to win this challenge. Evade the police pursuit with a minimum of four infractions to successfully complete this challenge. Complete this toll booth challenge in under 4:00. Dodge at least two police spike strips and evade the pursuit to successfully complete this challenge. Complete this toll booth time trial in under 3:20 to win. Evade this police pursuit in less than four minutes to successfully complete this challenge. Reach the last toll booth before the 4:05 mark, or its all over. You must evade the police pursuit after at least seven minutes to successfully complete this challenge. Complete this toll booth time trial in under 4:00 to win. Dodge at least six police roadblocks and evade the pursuit to successfully complete this challenge. Complete this toll booth time trial in under 3:15 to post a new record. Evade the police pursuit with a minimum of five infractions to successfully complete this challenge. You have only 4:00 to reach the last toll booth and win this challenge. Evade the police pursuit and tag a minimum of eight police vehicles to successfully complete this challenge. Complete this Toll Booth Time Trial in under 3:30 to win. Evade the police pursuit with a Cost to State of 50,000 to successfully complete this challenge. The Blacklist record for this toll booth challenge is 3:00. To win, beat that mark. Evade the police pursuit with a Bounty of 50,000 to successfully complete this challenge. Complete this toll booth time trial in under 3:45 to win. Evade this police pursuit in less than three minutes to successfully complete this challenge. Reach the last toll booth before the 3:30 mark to win this challenge. Dodge at least eight police roadblocks and evade the pursuit to successfully complete this challenge. Complete this toll booth time trial in under 3:35 to win. Evade the police pursuit and tag a minimum of 12 police vehicles to successfully complete this challenge. It takes a time better than 3:35 to win this toll booth time trial. Evade the police pursuit with a minimum of six infractions to successfully complete this challenge. Complete this toll booth time trial in under 2:40 to win. Evade the police pursuit after at least 10 minutes to successfully complete this challenge. One of the toll booth attendants ordered pizza. If you dont get his pizza to him in the next four minutes and 33 seconds, he gets it free and the money comes out of your pocket. Use a pickup truck and dodge 6 roadblocks to evade the pursuit and successfully complete this challenge. One of the lower-end nonranked Blacklist racers posted a time of 4:30, and is bragging about the run. Beat that time with just a minivan and a bottle of Nitro. Using a police cruiser, dodge 6 spike strips and evade the police to successfully complete this challenge. Its the annual pursuit skills competition; you must participate in this closed-course time trial. The Bayview police hold the record at 3:35. You represent Rockports best, so dont let them down. Driving a garbage truck, evade the police pursuit with a Cost to State of 100,000 to successfully complete this challenge. A car broke down near a toll booth, and its driver needs a cab urgently. A rival cab driver is also on the way. Reach the passenger in less than 4:30, or the other cab gets there first. Using a police SUV, evade the pursuit in less than four minutes.
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The Bayview Police Department struck again, this time posting an incredible time of 3:45 in the annual police pursuit skills competition. You have been selected once again to participate in this closed-course time trial. Bounty Using a cement truck, evade the police pursuit with a Bounty of 100,000 to successfully complete this challenge. Toll Booth Time Trial Complete this toll booth time trial in under 4:10 to win. Pursuit Evasion Evade the pursuit in under four minutes to successfully complete this challenge. Toll Booth Time Trial Complete this event in under 4:10 to post a new record for this toll booth challenge. Cost to State Evade the police pursuit with a Cost to State of 150,000 to successfully complete this challenge. Toll Booth Time Trial You only have 3:45 to beat this toll booth challenge. Bounty Evade the police pursuit with a Bounty of 1,000,000 to successfully complete this epic challenge. Toll Booth Time Trial Complete this toll booth time trial in under 4:35 to win. Roadblock Dodge at least 10 police roadblocks and evade the pursuit to successfully complete the challenge. Toll Booth Time Trial The best time posted in this toll booth run is 5:05. To win, beat it. Pursuit Length To successfully complete this challenge, achieve a 15-minute police pursuit at the highest Heat levels, then evade it. Toll Booth Time Trial Complete this toll booth time trial in under 5:00 to advance. Spike Strip To beat this challenge, you have to dodge 10 spike strips and evade the pursuit. Toll Booth Time Trial This is the second-longest run in the toll booth challenge records. Only a time better than 7:00 wins this event. Trade Paint To complete this challenge, you must trade paint with 20 different police vehicles and, as always, evade the pursuit. Toll Booth Time Trial The best time running between these toll booths is 4:50. Beat that time to complete the challenge. Cost to State Get 200,000 in CTS and evade the pursuit to win this challenge. Toll Booth Time Trial This is the longest time challenge in the Blacklist records. Reach the last toll booth before the 8:50 mark to win this challenge. Pursuit Length You must last in a pursuit for 30 minutes without getting busted. Once thats accomplished, you still need to evade the pursuit to be successful. BURGER KING Challenge Win the BURGER KING race to unlock unique performance upgrade parts in the performance (unlocked via cheat code) customization menu. Black Edition Challenge In this event you are pursued by supercharged heavy SUVs. This is the most difficult challenge in the (Collectors Edition Exclusive) series. To win, you must accumulate a Bounty of 500,000 and evade the pursuit.
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>> CHEAT CODES Note that all the cheats should be entered on the Press Start to begin screen. >> BURGER KING CHEAT Cheat Code: Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right Unlocks: BURGER KING Challenge Event (#69). Prize for Completing Event: Unlocks all the Junkman performance parts. These can be added to your car by going to performance customization from the My Cars menu. Note: This event can be completed only once.
>> CASTROL SYNTEC CHEAT Cheat Code: Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Down, Up, Down Unlocks: Special Edition Castrol Syntec Ford GT, which is added to your bonus cars. >> MOST WANTED DEMO CHEAT Cheat Code: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Up, Down Unlocks: Free engine upgrade bonus marker for use in the backroom of the customization shops.
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