

I generally only used restarts for extremely profitable races, or when a race had an expensive buy-in. If you come 2nd / 3rd, so long as you make more than your buy-in (and it’s not a “first place wins a car” race), it’s often better to accept the result and move to another race. As such, getting the lower class races done first is sensible, as they’ll often have a post-race police chase, and you really don’t want to be trundling along in a B class car against heavy police cars!Īdditionally, within this grouping by class, completing the lower heat gain events first makes it all a bit safer. This is especially true when at lower car classes. Obviously, higher heat levels are more risky. They’ll all use different car classes and give different amounts of heat, so doing them in a tactical order is important! Plan your race orderĮach day / night, you’ll probably have 3-4 events you want to complete. I usually targeted $50k for the first couple of weeks, then $100k later on, and by the end having a good car meant there wasn’t much risk, so I could complete any events I wanted. Losing all your earnings to the police is… extremely painful and frustrating, so you’ll need to balance risk vs reward. The risk system is the core of the game, and you’ll constantly be tempted to do one more race when at heat level 5. This really doesn’t make much sense, but is worth keeping in mind before you accidentally take your drift tuned car into a high speed race. Nope, you can’t tune your car’s drift vs grip in the event selection screen, but you can by pausing the game! I found that even a regular race car could usually come 1st / 2nd in these events when adjusted to focus on drift. You definitely shouldn’t buy a car just for these events, all cars can be tuned to be more drift friendly, and events give bonus points for speed anyway. Whilst the rewards can be great, you don’t need to complete these events at all, and the story missions are all races.

The game makes it seem like “takeovers” are the main focus of the game, with A$AP Rocky introducing himself as part of one.
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If you’re asked to deliver an undamaged car, just drive by a gas station immediately before handing it over! If you’re asked to drive a route quickly, feel free to skip corners and break through road barriers. Side missions can be cheesedįor these side missions, just remember that you don’t need to strictly follow the suggested routes. They’re usually pretty easy to get the maximum cash, have no buy-in price, don’t earn you any heat, and even unlock new cars to buy! 6. The car delivery and racer escort side missions are absolutely always worth doing.
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On the plus side, you’ll be going so much faster than overtaking other cars will give you decent near miss bonuses. You’ll also get more “temporary” nitro from near misses (as they’re much faster), and at lower car classes there’s no real reason to drive on the correct side of the road!Īt S+ class the oncoming traffic can be a bit hard to see in time, especially during the day, so only do it when safe. If you’re in the left-hand lane, you’ll slowly gain nitro. Since this usually only takes a few seconds, it should be done whenever possible. Driving close to the collectible (billboard / balloon / street art) will display it on the minimap and the overall map. Whilst driving around, a green circle will appear on the minimap when near a collectible. Put in the minimum effort for collectibles Luckily, they have pretty distinctive blue / red branding! 3.

During normal gameplay, always go out of your way to drive close enough to gas stations to display them on the overall map. Unlock every gas stationĭuring police chases, finding a gas station can be what makes or breaks your escape. There’s a collection of tips further down in police chase tips, but this “escape the police” skill is going to be essential to actually complete the game. The risk vs reward breaks, and you can easily do as many events as you want! I played the standard edition game through on “Challenging” difficulty, and had a somewhat frustrating experience until I tried out some new tactics. If you can consistently escape heat level 5, the game becomes easy. Here’s what I learned along the way (without spoilers), give it a quick read if you’re having trouble with the game! General tips Whilst I was waiting for FH5’s Rally DLC, I finally got round to buying Need For Speed Unbound and putting 30+ hours into it.
