Need For Speed Heat - General Discussion

[LotusEvoraGTE]

Turns out my issue was that my save file was corrupted so I had to delete it and now the game runs as normal again.

Not really a fan of having to start over though, I had just reached Lv50 and I had all the Legends cars...

 

[FT-1]

My most hectic night thus far (I intended to stop after hitting a million )

 

[C_Raccoon23]

Yeah, now that I’ve completed the game, I’ve been working on getting at least a million REP in different cars that I haven’t driven yet. Should keep me busy until we get some DLC.

 

[FT-1]

Yeah, now that I’ve completed the game, I’ve been working on getting at least a million REP in different cars that I haven’t driven yet. Should keep me busy until we get some DLC.

Yep, my endgame tactic is mostly to do both high heat races, acquire a million+ rep a night, buy a new car and repeat. I'll do the occasional daytime race for additional bank.

 

[Bloodytears]

I have experienced some minor graphics glitches too, after patch. Mostly with shadows being not transparent, covering screen.

 

[SomePlayaDude]

TIL car weight is a thing in the game.

AFK in a 718 Cayman, decided to push him by the swamp north of the Rivera garage. Had trouble pushing in a S2000, and then a Lancer IX. Then I brought out the G-Wagen. It was still a hassle, but it was way better at the pushing.

I took a picture before the inevitable moment.. edited here soonsies.

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[LotusEvoraGTE]

Finally back at Level 50. Only took about an entire weekend to get back to where I was on my old save file!

 

[Chikane_GTR]

This drifting 3 star challenge thing is the worst thing i have ever experience in a game 🤬 Not even gonna try any more with it.

Its hard to keep the car under control.
It feels like your driving on ice with racing tires

 

[SomePlayaDude]

This drifting 3 star challenge thing is the worst thing i have ever experience in a game 🤬 Not even gonna try any more with it.

Its hard to keep the car under control.
It feels like your driving on ice with racing tires

Do what I do and use a drifting G-Wagen.

Or don't, just instead of Showcase parts, you use Speedcross parts so that your car is optimized for offroad drifting. Thing is, it's a lot better for on road drifting than with the road parts.

I just finished a session today with getting 3 stars on all drift zones (with a million dollar valued engine swapped G-Wagen), and getting the M4 GTS. But don't follow my advice on a drifting G-Wagen; thing has no acceleration to get the tight angles.

 

[Chikane_GTR]

Do what I do and use a drifting G-Wagen.

Or don't, just instead of Showcase parts, you use Speedcross parts so that your car is optimized for offroad drifting. Thing is, it's a lot better for on road drifting than with the road parts.

I just finished a session today with getting 3 stars on all drift zones (with a million dollar valued engine swapped G-Wagen), and getting the M4 GTS. But don't follow my advice on a drifting G-Wagen; thing has no acceleration to get the tight angles.

Your advice and this video i bought the str video since its my 2nd favorite car ever and i got a 3 star on my first try thank you


EDIT - drifting is easy in this game

 

[Sage Ages]

Drifting is easy once you figure it out lol. You don't need speedcross parts or drag tires or any of that nonsense.

 

[Bloodytears]

On drift tires, or probably elite part called showcase tires, drifting on brake works the best. The only moment you need to worry, don't try to evade cops on this car, because every turn will turn into 20k drift. Plus don't forget about hp and rwd set up. Slower car with boost like turbo will loose momentum up hill and in longer drifts, and fwd, awd is harder to control with gas, so probably need to adopt to drifting with gas.

All this switching up in live tuning menu. By default all cars, at least which I had, have drifting with gas.

 

[Chikane_GTR]

Took me over 20 tries to finally get this speed trap but boy did it feel good when i did.

 

[Bricks50]

This drifting 3 star challenge thing is the worst thing i have ever experience in a game 🤬 Not even gonna try any more with it.

Its hard to keep the car under control.
It feels like your driving on ice with racing tires

I can’t drift worth a crap

 

[Chikane_GTR]

I can’t drift worth a crap

Use the video link i posted above from that youtuber i finished all the drift challenge with 3 stars easily.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I decided to actually get this game despite my hate for EA and their business practices. It's excellent, I'm having quite a bit of fun with it so far.
The driving isn't too bad for what it is and I really like the customization. So far, the only thing frustrating me are the police and of course traffic.

 

[LotusEvoraGTE]

I decided to actually get this game despite my hate for EA and their business practices. It's excellent, I'm having quite a bit of fun with it so far.
The driving isn't too bad for what it is and I really like the customization. So far, the only thing frustrating me are the police and of course traffic.

Cops become somewhat easier to deal with when you get a faster car (they become a non-issue once you've got around a Lv350 car) but if you want to deal with them immediately, find some places on the map where you can get some air time. Cops don't like jumps in this game apparently.

 

[maxi25]

So what is everyone's "go to" car for heat races? I'm using the Countach but I'm open to trying something else if it's better.

 

[Last Daimyo]

So what is everyone's "go to" car for heat races? I'm using the Countach but I'm open to trying something else if it's better.

I use the 918 or Huayra BC.

 

[Chikane_GTR]

So what is everyone's "go to" car for heat races? I'm using the Countach but I'm open to trying something else if it's better.

I'm done with heat races but when i was doing them my go to car was

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[GTFan24]

WELP i caved in and bought the $42 Deluxe edition, gonna be my first NFS experience since 2017

 

[flatdarkmars]

gonna be my first NFS experience since 2017

Considering that they've gone to a biennial development cycle, that hardly seems surprising.

 

[Sage Ages]

I'm bored. I did everything there is to do and I've reached the point of being competent at most things.

6/10. This game is a step in the right direction but it would benefit from more content and a lot of polishing.

No seriously, like a lot. This is the buggiest game since Rivals. Not nearly as broken as that game but there's still plenty of work to do.

 

[JER_CREST]

I have a question reguarding some cars in the dealership, some have a bluish purple square with a four sided star what does this mean?

 

[SomePlayaDude]

So what is everyone's "go to" car for heat races? I'm using the Countach but I'm open to trying something else if it's better.

To me, it's anything but a super lightweight car.

Cops can suddenly just hit you like an RKO outta nowhere and in something like an EK Civic or the classic 911, it'll probably ruin the night.

Aside that, drive what suits you. Just use what auxiliary gadgets suit your style. The Countach is probably my favorite Lamborghini to drive in the game, so you're in excellent hands.

 

[LotusEvoraGTE]

So what is everyone's "go to" car for heat races? I'm using the Countach but I'm open to trying something else if it's better.

Been using my Evo 9 as well as my Hawkeye and M3 GTR.

I have a question reguarding some cars in the dealership, some have a bluish purple square with a four sided star what does this mean?

Means customization is severely limited for those cars. Most of them are high-performance versions of existing cars (ie. 488 Pista, Huracan Performante, 991 GT2 RS/Turbo S, FXX K Evo, P1 GTR) and then there's the Testarossa (which I'm assuming is probably also because Ferrari are still stuck-up to a degree about modding their cars).

 

[T0MMY3688]

So what is everyone's "go to" car for heat races? I'm using the Countach but I'm open to trying something else if it's better.

Diablo SV and whatever new car that I bought. Also avoid Dodge Challenger, that thing is utterly useless in races and cop chases.

 

[BLiTZ]

So far my Garage consists of:

BNR34 - Main car and with the Forged RB my highest rated car. It's the car I've built in every NFS game that I can remember. Pearl black with tasteful mods.

EBA-R35 - Originally built as a full Varis car to get a 300 car for the story, now a (I can't believe I'm saying this) fully Rocket Bunnied-out drift car.

993 'GT2' - Painted Turquoise Blue, it's for looks more than anything else. Despite a fast top speed, it's not particularly highly rated without an engine swap.

Hawkeye WRX - Running the full WRC conversion, this is my off-road car. When funds allow, I'll swap in the Forged Flat 4.

RPS13 - Would well it if I could. Currently painted metallic beige, it's not done a lot since I bought the BNR34.

NFSMW M3 - Am I m the only person in the world that doesn't feel anything particularly special towards this car? Haven't even driven it since it landed in my garage, but feel as though I shouldn't sell it?!

Evo X - Only bought to try on a few kits. Settled on a full Varis kit, haven't done anything since then.

Ive played with a few other cars, mainly to try out mods, but usually sold them on straight away. I'd have kept the Testarossa had it had a few mods and if the rear lights didn't glitch at speed (the left hand rear light dims after a while).

The latter point has to be my biggest bug bare with this game. The LODs seem to be broken on many cars/parts. For example, the Z-Tune front bumper for the BNR34 is missing the textures for the front indicators on the highest LOD. As you accelerate they reappear as the camera zooms out.

The 993's stock lights flicker at certain distances due to how the lightning reacts with the texture (had to put the smoked ones on to stop it).

I've also noticed issues with certain wheel/tyre/fender combos where under the car the rims leave a gap with the tyres.

As for the Wrap Editor... Now I know I've been spoilt for the last couple of years by GT Sport, but NFS 2015's editor was a masterpiece and once I'd completed the main game, became my source of entertainment. By comparison (and despite being almost exactly the same) Heat's feels like an afterthought.

The lack of zoom, whilst the biggest issue for me in terms of use, masks the bigger issue of severely low resolution graphics. It's safe to say I won't be spending any time with it.

 

[T0MMY3688]

As for the Wrap Editor... Now I know I've been spoilt for the last couple of years by GT Sport, but NFS 2015's editor was a masterpiece and once I'd completed the main game, became my source of entertainment. By comparison (and despite being almost exactly the same) Heat's feels like an afterthought.

The lack of zoom, whilst the biggest issue for me in terms of use, masks the bigger issue of severely low resolution graphics. It's safe to say I won't be spending any time with it.

Pretty sure the editor in Heat is identical to NFS2015, is just that Ghost haven't updated the editor since NFS2015 and we got a lot more games with much better editor. Even The Crew 2 editor has some of the much needed features in it like a decal maker and having all the pieces lock as a "set".

Also, I think the chrome setting for decals is bugged in Heat, it is badly pixelated when it is chrome. Don't remember that being the issue in Payback and 2015.

 

[NLxAROSA]

So what is everyone's "go to" car for heat races? I'm using the Countach but I'm open to trying something else if it's better.

I personally love the Ferrari F40. It's not the fastest out there (though still quite fast), but it's really nimble.