Need For Speed Heat - General Discussion

[C_Raccoon23]

This, so much this. The rap is terrible and I just can't get into the whole Cuban club music that's every other song. In my opinion, the game missed a huge opportunity in not putting in at least some synthwave. The atmosphere is begging for it.

Other than the soundtrack, I'm not loving the police chases. The cops are far too aggressive, have this weird way of being able to see you no matter how hard you try and hide, and do way to much damage to your car. You also lose way to much money when you're busted as well. I got so annoyed by it I even put the game on easy for the difficulty setting. The races are now stupidly simple to win but the cops are still just as aggressive.

I do like the customization though since it's not just a bunch of stupid-looking parts. The performance parts are good as well and way better than those cards you got in Payback.

Oh and does anyone have a crew on the PC yet?

I think the cops are fine. Granted, they can be unfair when you’re starting out, but they become easier to manage once you have better cars. I’ve only been busted twice so far: once in my slow 180SX when I first started playing and the second time was totally my fault.

The key is to just take your time and play it safe until you have access to more powerful cars and upgrades. Then you’ll be able to easily escape from low Heat chases and stand a chance against the higher Heat levels. If you want to avoid cops as much as possible, just do a couple of events per night (Tip: sprint races are safer to do than circuit races) and then bank it.

 

[RedRockValley]

Is it bad I like some of the soundtrack? It's not something I'd listen to normally but it fits the setting.

 

[Moglet]

My main problem with the soundtrack is the fact all I seem to hear when driving about is "100 Bands" and then the Cuban club music style stuff that Joey mentioned. I really like hip hop and rap but they picked absolute garbage to go into the game for the most part IMO.

 

[RedRockValley]

My main problem with the soundtrack is the fact all I seem to hear when driving about is "100 Bands" and then the Cuban club music style stuff that Joey mentioned. I really like hip hop and rap but they picked absolute garbage to go into the game for the most part IMO.

Yeah some of it definitely isn't great but some songs I don't mind.

 

[Bricks50]

Is it true that this game doesn’t have vibration? If so wow

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

I saw a setting for it I turned it off anyway.

 

[WannaRaceBro]

Anyone know how to sell your cars? I search all over within the garage but can’t find the option

 

[MIE1992]

My main problem with the soundtrack is the fact all I seem to hear when driving about is "100 Bands" and then the Cuban club music style stuff that Joey mentioned. I really like hip hop and rap but they picked absolute garbage to go into the game for the most part IMO.

It sounds understandable why they'd pick it, though. I mean, it's Miami. Cuba is literally right next door. But that said, I'd imagine there surely must be more to Latin-American music than that. Like, maybe some salsa? Haha, I kid. But seriously, I'd imagine that there's Latin-American rock, electronica, and so on.

At any rate, I think the concept is good and has a lot of good intent, in that it's meant to add the verisimilitude, but from what I hear, it has a few mis-steps in the execution.

 

[ELmarcotuff]

I also find all the comments saying this story isnt cheesy, despite it being extremely cheesy. Shaw is a cartoon character, the motorcycle chick is the way to obvious "lawful good cop" here, Mercer is basically that guy, ana is that bff before your actually bffs, Lucas is a heart warming big brother. The while story is as cheesy as the past 2 nfs games.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

What’s the best way to do this? Get lots of rep at night to unlock stuff, or do day races to get money?

 

[ELmarcotuff]

What’s the best way to do this? Get lots of rep at night to unlock stuff, or do day races to get money?

I've just been doing all the races I can be competitive in during the day, and then just ending night when I feel like I have 0 chance against the cops. Which apparently doesn't take long in the early stages.

 

[T0MMY3688]

Anyone know how to sell your cars? I search all over within the garage but can’t find the option

• Go to the garage, then select Showcase
• Select "toggle my garage" to show your rides instead of your crew's
• Select the car you wanna sell, and you get the "sell car" option

You can't sell your starter car though, deluxe cars can be removed from the garage.

 

[WannaRaceBro]

• Go to the garage, then select Showcase
• Select "toggle my garage" to show your rides instead of your crew's
• Select the car you wanna sell, and you get the "sell car" option

You can't sell your starter car though, deluxe cars can be removed from the garage.

Thank you so much

 

[xlDevontelx]

I'm in love.

 

[WannaRaceBro]

Beat the game without even knowing that was the end Lmaoo. Well have that overly overrated m3 gtr now. I need to grind from 30 to 50 heat rep so time to YouTube some rep tricks so I can max at as quick as possible to really have fun just building low end cars.

 

[Sage Ages]

The cops in this game are a joke.

 

[SestoScudo]

Playing the game with Eurobeat.

Gas gas!!

Do you like My Car!!

 

[imported_rik19]

Ok guys a couple of questions, is there any way to turn off the vignette effect around the screen when driving? It disappears when you go into photomode

Also only just started playing, and won a race in daytime, didn't get any reward, and it said retry, so i did, won again, still said retry and no reward, what am i doing wrong.??

 

[C_Raccoon23]

I beat the main story last night. You do get the BMW M3 GTR for free, which is nice. Next thing I’m going to work on now is getting to level 50 so I can have most of everything unlocked. My crew is also in the late 30s, so in due time I’ll have the FXX-K unlocked as well.

I also barely touched the activities and side-campaigns. This game has a lot of stuff to do.

 

[Ak1504]

I hate that theres a lvl cap at 50...

 

[C_Raccoon23]

Yeah, I wish it was like Horizon 4 and The Crew 2 where you can keep leveling up infinitely and get some kind of bonus. Once you get to level 50, the only reasons to play at night is to level up your crew and get free Ultimate parts from Heat races.

 

[FT-1]

I never played Rivals so this is my first venture into the Rep banking mechanic and my word it is so addictive... A little too addictive.

For instance, I would attempt a night challenge that says you should take out 4 cops in one night. Achieving the target is relatively easy but escaping in a near-stock starter car is a different story. Before I know it, I've reached Heat level 3 and the kamikaze Chargers with EMPs have arrived!

I'm grateful we've got competent cops again, please avoid nerfing them in future.

 

[GBalao888]

Hey guys so apparently I'm in level 45 where I've unlocked every performance part up to Elite+ level, but when I race at night, all the High Heat races do not provide Ultimate or Ultimate+ level parts. Am I missing something, or do I need to play more of the story? Because I remember hearing from somewhere that you need to have all Elite or Elite+ parts to actually get them from High Heat Races.

 

[C_Raccoon23]

Hey guys so apparently I'm in level 45 where I've unlocked every performance part up to Elite+ level, but when I race at night, all the High Heat races do not provide Ultimate or Ultimate+ level parts. Am I missing something, or do I need to play more of the story? Because I remember hearing from somewhere that you need to have all Elite or Elite+ parts to actually get them from High Heat Races.

I read on Reddit that you must be level 50 to be guaranteed Ultimate parts from Heat races.

 

[WannaRaceBro]

Anyone on PS4 got a crew I can join? Right now I’m just level 10 in my crew by myself lol

Also this video I found, I think the best and quickest way to get rep



I also use radio jammer to make this rep trick even easier, take me about 5 mins to reach 100k so that’s an example to prove how quick this method is.

 

[Ak1504]

The cops in this game are a joke.

Wrong game thread ? They are hard enough for me. I don´t like them to be frustrating.

 

[Sage Ages]

Wrong game thread ? They are hard enough for me. I don´t like them to be frustrating.

- They're fast enough to be an absolute pain in the ass at the start of the game, but not enough to keep up with higher tier cars.
- They instakill themselves off of jumps and have trouble getting into certain areas. You can easily evade Heat 5 pursuits just by camping.
- Roadblock/spike strip spawning is very rare. They may occasionally despawn out of nowhere as well.
- The helicopter is literally useless. It only sticks around or ~60 seconds and it immediately leaves the pursuit if there are no ground units chasing the player.
- Cooldown mode is incredibly short and immediately after losing the cop's line of sight.

 

[WannaRaceBro]

Level 45 now, only took me one hour of gameplay from level 30 with method.

 

[Bloodytears]

I'm in love with this game, wow. And damn, the Buick, how cool to have that car and run from cops in it.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Got my first bust last night it had C7 cop cars in the chase. Also did a few races/missions with the silver EVO. Just wish there was a braking line, rewind, and a way to see what events are left/not done besides just putting new on them.