Stop prioritizing cops in NFS
As much as I love the NFS community and the fact that we got street racing culture back since 2015, there is one thing I always disagree with others, which are cops. There, I said it. I understand...
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@ThargorDraconis Don't worry about it. I missed a safe house call one time, but got it again few sessions later, so I have collected all safehouses even I missed it one time.
@Likebai Yes way to many cops but at the same time I find it pretty easy to hide from them by going cross country. Obviously only works when your trying to avoid them. Once spotted it’s a chore to be sure
@ScarDuck14 Yes you are right! Once the heat level is high enough to have undercover cops, I always go cross country to the safehouse to avoid the undercover cops on main roads.
- @ScarDuck14 I know that going crosscountry is an option, but I would've bought Dirt or WRC if I wanted a rally game. I find it stupid that the only way to make distance in this game without being spotted is take a streetracer car with a rideheight inching the asphalt, with sideskirts and splitters and go all Collin McRea with it. Not that I don't do it, but only after the game driven me to pure frustation.
@Caelum_NL wrote:
I find it stupid that the only way to make distance in this game without being spotted is take a streetracer car with a rideheight inching the asphalt, with sideskirts and splitters and go all Collin McRea with it.There are several strategies to lose cops besides this one. But you need to spec the car to the strategy/style or it won't work. Going offroad with a street car is not enjoyable as you already discovered.
If you prefer a nimble street racer, stick to the asphalt and/or drive back to the city or the industrial/harbor area and lose the cops in there. Plenty of options to lose both cars and choppers between the high rises and many alleys, tunnels, overpasses, etc. But spec the car accordingly (acceleration/cornering over top speed)
Offence is also a good strategy. But needs proper car and setup (e.g. heavier car, increased damage aux).
Offroad is a good strategy. But needs proper car and setup (e.g. AWD, big frame, suspension/tires/etc.).
And there's probably more. I have not found a one-size-fits-all car/setup that does everything btw. I have different cars/setups for different purposes.
- @NLxAROSA Cheers for the detailed post, firstly 🙂 My feelings are just that. I would be more agressive, but I got a Beetle and a Silvia K's, which are neither burly like a Camaro/Raptor or built for offroad. The thing about offroad is that my Silvia, built as a drift car does quite well offroad, but it just feels stupid. And doesn't matter which type of cop is chasing you, they also do very well offroad.
Also, you can't switch cars on the fly, so you can't do your races in your streetracer, then switch to your Dakar vehicle to get rid of the cops in the mountains (not that it matters because the cops can easily follow you everywhere, from my experience). Plus there is not enough offroad races (at least in the early part) to rectify an offroad build for what are mostly street races.
Also I am done driving to the city every time I get chased, after which I have to play Metal Gear Solid on wheels to get back to my desitination outside the city. Mostly before making one screwup and have the whole circus starting again.
- @Caelum_NL I know. But it’s an arcade racing game. So you’re going to have physics and mechanics that are beyond reality. Going cross country is actually the more realistic. I’ve encountered many boy racers attempt it in my time. Hitting a huge rock in this game. Just smashes the rock to pieces in real world Rock smashes car and you to pieces. Not to mention the huge jumps across bridges etc in this game, impossible. in real would car and you destroyed attempting it. And highly unlikely you would even get to the other side.
- @ScarDuck14 It's an arcade STREET RACING game 😉 Even though it is an arcade game, you have to be kept in the mindset that you are a streetracer. Fast and the Furious 1 to 3 are also fantasy car movies, where stuff happens beyond real physics. But the moment they would take that Supra or the Eclipse on a Dakar stage, you'd also walk away because there are limits to where your believe will take you.
Wrecking stones and metal pillars is only allowed because otherwise the game would be unplayable. Those are gameplay mechanics to keep the game fun 🙂
Jumping bridges and trucks with car loaders and ramps with roadgoing vehicles have been a car fantasy used in media since the car and television have been around, like Dukes of Hazard, Smokey and the bandit, etc etc. Never have I seen them roadcars going cross country through grass, forests, jumping from one hill to the next and off ravines. 😉
- @Caelum_NL Since you mentioned Fast and Furious. Was it number 4 or 5 where they drove over and under the Desert going from Mexico to USA. The Scooby wouldn’t have any real issues. But Classic American Muscle? Both of them. I see no difference. Besides avoiding detection means just that. You can drive slow in the game. In real life the best way to avoid detection is not bringing attention to yourself. I trust me I’ve been behind every kind of car that street legal. It’s amazing just how fast high performance cars can go across any terrain when driven by someone that really doesn’t want to be caught.
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