Need For Speed Payback: Play as the Cop
We all know for those people who played or heard of Need For Speed Rivals, you can play as a racer or a cop. This is the only game in the whole Need For Speed series that has a mode where you can pla...
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You're right about that. I do this all the time online in AllDrive freeroam servers, it's great! Me and my friends often play as cops, to deliver player-driven "freeroam cops" which is very interesting in my opinion, as a player controlled police car can't have rubberbanding like an AI, yet can make up for it by using shortcuts and driving skill. We can't use spike strips or call in air support, but even with just the Crown Vic and some custom police cars we still have a great time, all you need is a Crown Victoria or some cop vanity items and then you're set. With some backup units in the form of your friends and other random cop cars in the server, you can request roadblocks, use advanced pursuit techniques, and have an awesome time playing as the FVPD, to some extent. For these reasons, I tried to convince the devs to add the FVPD Charger (and others, maybe as abandoned car?) on the same basis as the CVPI, but that clearly didn't work. Hope that your question has been answered. Essentially, we can play as a cop.
I think that's fabulous you found a way to be creative in the game and invite your friends.
Enjoy your day!:eahigh_file:
- @BLVD69 In Payback you don't have to follow the escape route.Use the open world all you want.Turn around on them if you like.Use the escape route when you like.A pickup truck or SUV works best.I have 54 hours in pursuit and 4,013 crashed police.Race on everyone!
Whilst that's very correct, the 1 mile slowdown proximity of an escape point still causes the cops to stop spawning properly and despawn completely when not on the mini map. Depending on your escape point, this will still leave a good chunk of the map inaccessible if you don't want to risk ruining the chase. This is especially visible when the escape point is in Silver Rock (city area in the South-East).
In addition to that, the limitations of Bait Crates mean there are unfortunately no Rhinos, spike strips, or roadblocks as they were scripted to missions. Great job wrecking all those units though!
- @Jacobba55 204 busts.You are right about getting to close to the escape point. I agree that Rhinos, spike strips, and roadblocks would make a Bait Crate escape more challenging as in a high level Heat escape!! Race on.
