Like I'm not here to put anyone down.But what is with so many people saying the police are OP?I've recently finished the game (all story and rep 50) and even from the very start the police where never that bad.Like yeah very rarely for me they will rubber band but 99% of the time I can just outrun them in a straight line, other than a stock starter car, then you just have to get creative with the turns you take for the most part.Are people just getting into high heat with low level cars and saying that the game is bad because of their poor choice or what?

There is absolutely no way you go 250 km/h (~180/190 m/h) and not lose a Heat 1 cruiser. You either mistakenly think your car is faster than it is, or you're just not trying. Perhaps both, but there is no way your car is hitting >170m/h if you can't lose them.

The only problem i have is with the NPC traffic they seem to be more at night time crashing into them every 30 seconds, go to bed poeple let us street racers have some fun.

THANK YOU! The cops are totally fine (except for the damage you take when crashing them?!).I guess people just try to get to heat 5 with a starter car and cry about being arrested.I also never had a problem, not even with heat 5 after getting my car on level 300+.Mostly first time NFS players and people who can't drive who complain.

My experiences have been really similar to those above me.Driving the starter M3, upgraded to about level 170, my heat has been climbing almost twice as fast as it was the first few nights. The starter cops were relatively slow on the first night as wellNow, starter crown vics at level 1 heat will blow my doors off like i'm standing still, while i'm going 160-170mph, and will hit me for 20-50% health with ANY contact, even if i'm the one hitting them at speed trying to force them off the road. The chargers put out even more damage, and the corvettes are so fast they have to be going 200+ mph almost all the time.My last chase started at the bottom of level 1 and I couldn't escape the starter cops for about 3 minutes, then the chargers and corvettes showed up within about 30 seconds of each other. I could lose them for a few seconds, but cops were FOLLOWING MY EXACT PATH in the city after I had broken line of sight and would obviously catch up and pass me in a few seconds. Now at heat level 4, all I could do was go to the marina and brake at the jumps and try to make them fall in the water.In the time it took me to take out 3 cops, 4 or 5 more would spawn in. After a few minutes of this bouncing between ramps, I got up to heat level 7, I had used all 3 of my repairs and eventually got busted.I have not had a single pursuit except for those on the first night that I could get away from, even with severe exploits like finding the two closest ramps over water and bouncing between them.I've heard plenty of stories of people who have no problems with cops and even like them, but somehow the game is either bugged for me or has a really messed up way of calculating cop strength and it needs to be fixed, whatever it is.

@jhall181 And you can pretend that you‘re good at driving and still can‘t outrun the cops. But reality is you must be really bad at driving. And maybe the majority wants cops to be nerfed and that is because most hardcore NFS players are not here anymore and casual players like you try to ruin a good NFS cops comeback.

Why are so many people having a problem with the police?

36 Replies

JORDIRX8
6 years ago
I've been arrested on heat one with a broken car due to how overpowered is the damage on those. Also, heat 2 with a 204 level car is also impossible to escape on a reasonable manner, unless police just freak out somewhere and you lose them on that oportunity.
Rednth
6 years ago
The only problem i have is with the NPC traffic they seem to be more at night time crashing into them every 30 seconds, go to bed poeple let us street racers have some fun.
Yetskii
6 years ago
@Rednth I hate that too...streets are deserted for the most part during the day, but racing at night, is traffic everywhere, going both ways....
Estiem1
6 years ago
I spent more time attempting to outrun/hide from the cops, than with the measly few rep points i was going to earn. i had a modded i8, used up all my gas station trips, and couldn't get away. not in a straight line, not by ramming their cars, blocking them into buildings, turning back and forth down various streets, etc. There was no escape- with heat rising. it was ridiculous.

you can play one mission at a time before having to return to redeem your rep. it's not worth staying out for several.
ColAvalanche311
6 years ago
The problem is that people don't fully comprehend the game mechanic. It seems most (still early in, but so far) are unaware that the Rep level actually matters quite a bit.
If you're at or around level 30, or struggling with cops, it's because YOUR CAR IS SLOW. Not a problem with the cops, but rather your own stupid mistake to take on much faster cars than yourself and hope to get away.

Get your level up, get your car better engine components, and as long as you can pull at least 170-180 m/h on a stretch of road, you should have no problem what-so-ever.
HowlingBeast
6 years ago
THANK YOU! The cops are totally fine (except for the damage you take when crashing them?!).
I guess people just try to get to heat 5 with a starter car and cry about being arrested.
I also never had a problem, not even with heat 5 after getting my car on level 300+.
Mostly first time NFS players and people who can't drive who complain.
ColAvalanche311
6 years ago
Even then, the cops don't do much damage.
I have a maxed Ford GT with a 10 rating on every category, fastest car, I'm nearly certain :D . I've collided head on with Rhino trucks coming at me (me going >230m/h vs Rhino coming >200m/h at me) and with a Lvl2 Damage Reduction, you only lose half your health.
Any issues with the regular cop cruisers dealing too much damage is merely a case of your car being poop. Get your Rep level up, otherwise your car will remain poop.
MechanicalSlime
6 years ago
@JORDIRX8 honestly I'm not too sure about that, with the starter Mustang with how it comes I never had any issue with it being like level 130-140 getting away from heat 2 and then being more strategic at heat 3 but nothing more.

The only time you take "overpowered" damage is when you allow them to catch upto you at a high rate of speed and you allow them to ram you because the smaller hits do next to nothing to you and doing it back to them does next to nothing as well, only the real big hits count as damage for the most part.
JamieK81
6 years ago
@MechanicalSlime wrote:
@JORDIRX8honestly I'm not too sure about that, with the starter Mustang with how it comes I never had any issue with it being like level 130-140 getting away from heat 2 and then being more strategic at heat 3 but nothing more.

The only time you take "overpowered" damage is when you allow them to catch upto you at a high rate of speed and you allow them to ram you because the smaller hits do next to nothing to you and doing it back to them does next to nothing as well, only the real big hits count as damage for the most part.
Oh, you mean when i am going the fastest my car can go in a straight road and the cops are 1400+ yards away and they catch up in 2 seconds and no matter what i do, they perfectly match speeds with me and this is a new game, i deleted my saves to try a different car, but the same problem arises.....the cop cars are too fast and deal too much damage, i am guessing you cheated to get where you got, because the cops are too STRONG, they need nerfing, so please, stop making stuff up.
MechanicalSlime
6 years ago
@JamieK81 Well I've never had that issue at all.

I came into the game knowing the cops are going to be agressive which means they will be able to keep up with you for the most part.
But damage wise they are honestly fine, as I previously said they only really do damage when you allow them to do heavy hits to you, if it's them bumping against you while both going fast, it does literally next to nothing.

Also lol @ you thinking that I must of cheated, just get better and think about what you're doing in a police chase, it's not that hard.