Cops
Personally, I am liking the game. My biggest gripes are difficulty and cops. This game on relaxed doesn't seem relaxed. I've had a crazy time trying to win races. One of the big issues are the police...
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This has already been mentioned in this forum, but it cannot be stressed enough how much the game experience is ruined by too frequent cop chases and redundant chopper patrols.
The fun in this game comes from the races, missions, car upgrades etc, but it's all too often interrupted by cop patrols which especially on higher heat levels are sometimes impossible to avoid.
I've read many comments where players where quitting the game in the middle of a cop chase, because they where tired of starting yet another cop chase after having just finished two or three others when all they were trying to do is get to a mission.
I think there are several improvements that could be done in this regard:
- remove the choppers altogether - there are enough car patrols that are successfully ruining the experience anyway.
- reduce the amount of patrols, especially once you manage to escape a chase - a successful escape should be rewarded, not punished by throwing you into another chase.
- add another difficulty level which greatly reduces the police frequency and the speed with which the heat is raised for those who want to enjoy racing and not spend 80% of the time on escaping from the cops and avoid rage quitting.
- let the heat decrease after a short time of not being in an active chase
Let's make NFS fun again!
Why the hate for choppers?
They can easily be avoided by standing still and turning off engine, they won't be able to see you, unless they were following you already. If they are following you, drive under a bridge, tunnel, warehouse, or whatever and they will lose you as well. If that doesn't work either just drive for 2 minutes or so and they need to refuel. So plenty of options to deal with them.
Car patrols can be easily avoided as well, especially by taking less obvious routes (they dont go into offroad unless following you for example) Their spotting range will be decreased if you stop and turn off engine as well. That said: the best approach for a patrol or undercover car that spots you is a head-on nitrous burst, takes them out instantly. No cop, no chase. 🙂
Heat 5 is pretty much doable, even on Challenging or hire. Just not with any car/setup.
Last, but not least: if you don't want heat to rise, pay attention to the events you pick, as each will rise heat differently. But don't expect to get the biggest payouts with zero/no risk.
