Need For Speed Heat - General Discussion

[Boxout]

Here's a quick observation about the AI and difficulty levels.
The cars you race against are based on the difficulty level you play, I tested this out on a 180 recommended track and on easy the fastest car is a 171 Evo X. While if you try the same race on hard you'll face cars that are way above 200. Didn't try medium but I'd guess they'd be 180 as recommended.
What made me realize that was watching some other people play the game and seeing that they race against cars I never seen before, like a miata with the renown wrap on the early 120 races, so I thought it could be the difficulty level they play on? And surely it is.
Pretty interesting way to increase difficulty without using rubberbanding.

 

[FT-1]

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.

Completed races (or any activity for that matter) have a small tick on the icon.

Edit for PSA: Stunt Jumps are the equivalent of pursuit breakers in this game, cops won't go on them.

 

[MroczMR]

Ok. I have my copy also. Is there any GTplanet crew to join?

 

[Chikane_GTR]

Hope i get lucky and it comes by Tuesday

Edit - Tuesday the 12 not the 19

 

[nhraracer]

I played a total of 10 minutes. Got tired of multiculturalism getting jammed down my throat. Does xbox offer refunds?

 

[WannaRaceBro]

Taking a break from grinding heat races but I only have 5 or 6 ultimate parts left to unlock. Maybe later tonight I’ll grind to get some money and see what engine I wanna build for the 370z to make it the fastest it can be.

 

[TS050]

Got tired of multiculturalism getting jammed down my throat.

Ok boomer

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

We still get rep/money if we won/restart a race?

 

[Turboteg90]

I played a total of 10 minutes. Got tired of multiculturalism getting jammed down my throat. Does xbox offer refunds?

Low key racist post.

 

[TS050]

Low key racist post.

Nothing lowkey about it

 

[GTvsForza]

Got my first bust at Heat 3. I would've reached Rank 7 if I escaped...

 

[SestoScudo]

I got busted many times with my 180sx lmaoooo

Im really enjoying this game so much but man this game would be so much better with a cockpit view.

Thank God there is spotify but the game would actually benefit from custom soundtracks like in nfs rivals.

With spotify i get songs from past nfs, forza horizon 1 and midnight club. Some of GT5s songs like soul on display actually suit the game when driving a JDM and drifiting around.

We also need touge events and events similar to Carbon like the canyon duel.

For NFS this is the right direction.

 

[C_Raccoon23]

I just got to level 50 and a race unlocked at night that circles the whole map. Love those kinds of events. 👍

We still get rep/money if we won/restart a race?

Yep, a good way to grind events is restarting them immediately after its over.

 

[GTvsForza]

Yep, a good way to grind events is restarting them immediately after its over.

Is it less than original, though?

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Bought my first car a cuda, did a few upgrades no visual ones yet, very tail happy.

 

[GTvsForza]

That's how the starter Mustang felt. Luckily I have the Deluxe so I switched to one of the Evos when I unlocked the garage.

 

[ExoticMachines]

Got a question about the Ferrari 488 Pista. How do you get all Collectibles and get 3 stars on all activities?

Also, Which race track to race over and over again to unlock all cars?

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

That's how the starter Mustang felt. Luckily I have the Deluxe so I switched to one of the Evos when I unlocked the garage.

I was using the silver EVO before the Cuda.

 

[C_Raccoon23]

Is it less than original, though?

Once you do the same event twice, the payout will start to go down.

 

[Silver Arrows]

Low key racist post.

If that post is 'low key', then is a punch in the face 'low key' ?

 

[WannaRaceBro]

My 350z now have the v12 day engine with almost every ultimate part, just missing the ultimate cooling part but have no more interest in grinding level 5 heat races so the car fast enough. Doing 230mph easily

 

[Sage Ages]

I played a total of 10 minutes. Got tired of multiculturalism getting jammed down my throat. Does xbox offer refunds?

It's... Florida. How's it being jammed down your throat?

 

[SestoScudo]

I played a total of 10 minutes. Got tired of multiculturalism getting jammed down my throat. Does xbox offer refunds?

Usa is one of the most multicultural countries in the world what did you expect, Blonde Blue Eyed Super Aryans in the streets of Miami?

 

[WannaRaceBro]

Wait a min.... I grind this whole time to max my car and there’s no pvp online matches smh. Wish I knew to check this the minute I played this game. Groundbreaking, are they gonna add this or am I gonna have to refund the game? Smh

 

[T0MMY3688]

Wait a min.... I grind this whole time to max my car and there’s no pvp online matches smh. Wish I knew to check this the minute I played this game. Groundbreaking, are they gonna add this or am I gonna have to refund the game? Smh

They probably going to add it in later, NFS 2015 launch without it and Payback launch without online free roam. Both of those modes were added in post launch.

 

[girabyt3]

Thank God there is spotify but the game would actually benefit from custom soundtracks like in nfs rivals.

So, does Spotify cuts the music like in GTSport... Or just overlays??...

Got tired of multiculturalism getting jammed down my throat.

Bro, this is a Miami-based game... The MOST multicultural city in USA, you should know that...

Anyway... By the videos I've seen, once I can get a shot, I will play it!! I would love to experience the story mode by myself since it's a bit short, but amazing!! Again... "One thing is watching it, other thing is playing it "

Spoiler

Man, the M3 GTR can't catch a break, can't it...

 

[Famine]

Is it ever explained anywhere why the city with a fascistic anti-street racing task force which will literally commit vehicular homicide with zero concern for collateral damage at night...

... has sanctioned street races across huge swathes of land every day during daytime?

 

[SestoScudo]

Is it ever explained anywhere why the city with a fascistic anti-street racing task force which will literally commit vehicular homicide with zero concern for collateral damage at night...

... has sanctioned street races across huge swathes of land every day during daytime?

Literally I asked this myself. This is why stories do not belong in a racing game.

A lot of people can use carbon or most wanted I look at those stories they are cheesy as hell I dont really get the appeal.

 

[Moglet]

So...what the hell have they done to the drift steering? If you set the car up for pure drifting then the moment you make the back end snap out the car either launches itself to 90° which slows it down so much you can't continue the drift, or you try and counter steer and it ends the drift almost immediately. It's absolutely awful!

It seems like a mix of drift and on-road handling is the best combo but there is a line that you can cross that automatically makes the back end step out to 90° almost instantly. If you try and tune the car back the other way then suddenly chaining drifts becomes impossible as, once the first drift is complete, brake to drift or double tap throttle to drift just stops working for a few seconds. The one thing they did well was drifting so why the hell change it?!

EDIT: Just got busted for the first time at level 3, it seems they've completely failed to balance the cops for the level of the car you're in as there is no way you could lose level 3 cops in my 214 rated car, they're all faster and much stronger than you. It's a shame that you have to resort to cheesing it by using jumps.

 

[GTvsForza]

EDIT: Just got busted for the first time at level 3, it seems they've completely failed to balance the cops for the level of the car you're in as there is no way you could lose level 3 cops in my 214 rated car, they're all faster and much stronger than you. It's a shame that you have to resort to cheesing it by using jumps.

What I think is that the higher your Heat level, the more powerful the cops. So, you would need a higher performance car to have a chance. I just started playing last night and my Evo KS is only 145, and the cops were sticking with me like glue.

They probably want you to pick your cars carefully if you want to rack up your Heat. I think beginners should have at most 2, because I can outrun them.