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Beforewegetstartedwiththefundamentalsofhan-dlingthecarthereareacouplebasicprincipalsyoushouldunderstand thatmay help you understand the car better.TheseareAerodynamics,Inertia.Wellgoovertheseinverybriefdetailandifyouliketolearnmoretherewillbereferencesattheendoftheguide.

Aerodynamics: Down forceanddragarearguablytwoofthemostimportantaspectsofacarsaerodynamicswhenitcomes toracing.Ascars reachhigher speeds theirpo-tentialforgenerating liftismuchhigher,theycanbecomeunstableandlosecontrolorevenleavetheroadssurface.Adjustingformoredown forcewillhelpthecarstayonthegroundandachievebettertractionbutcanalsoproducemoredrag.

Dragisanaerodynamicforcethatopposesthecarsmotion

andcanhinderthecarsabilitytoacceleratequicklyandef-ciently. As more dragisproducedthecarmustgeneratemorepowertoreachitstopspeeds.Racecarsaredesignedtoproduceminimaldrag and street cars can be modiedtodothesamebutasageneralrulemoststreetcarsaredesignedwithlittle concern fordrag efciency or downforce.

Inthegameyoucanpurchasepartslikebodykitsandtailsorrearwingsthatwillgiveyourcartheoptionforadjust-ableaerodynamics.Asfaraswecantellthedifferentpartsdo not have an effect on the efciency of the aerodynamics

ofthecar.Havingbothabodykitandataildoesntseemtomakemuchdifferenceeither.Thismeansthatusingacar-

bon ber tail will be no different from using a normal tailand adding a tail to your car that is already tted with a bodykitwillnot increasedown force.InNeed For Speed:Most Wantedtheonlychangewillbeinstyle.

Inertia: An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an ob-ject in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speedand in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbal-anced force. Thats Isaac Newtons rst law and its triedandtrue.

Asthecarmovesforwardatitscenterofgravityitcreatesinertia,inertiaistheresistanceanobjectinmo-tionhastoanychangeinitsmotion.Themoreweightacahasandspeedthecarmaintains,themoreinertiaitdevel-ops.Whenacartriestochangeitsdirectionalvelocityithasto ght its own inertia.

Inthediagramtheredlinerepresentsthecars forward motion and inertia, thebluelinerepresentstheturnthecarwillmake.Wecanseethateventhoughthe car turns, its inertia main-tainstheforwardmomentum.Thecarmusteffectivelyresistandchangeitsinertiatocompletetheturnwithoutlosingcontrol.

This is an unofcial guide so it is in no way afliated with EA GamesorNeed for Speed.TheonlythingithastodowithNeed ForSpeedisthatallofthetipsandtrickshereinareinreferencetothegameNeed for Speed: Most Wanted.Thisguideisfreeandisnotintendedforsale,ifyouwishtodistributetheguidefeelfreeaslongasyoudosowithoutalteringthecontent.Givecreditwherecreditisdue.Gotit?Good.Letsgetstarted.

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Resisting its own inertia, especially at a highrateofspeediseasiersaidthandone.Asthecarturns,itsweightwillshiftinthedirectionofits inertiaandpullthecarawayfromitsturn.Ifthisisntcounteredthecarsweightandgravitational forcesor(g-forces)willpullthetiresinadirectionopposingtheirrotationandthecarwillloseits

traction.While lowering the center of gravity can help reduce thedrasticeffectsofinertiaonthecarandwhiledownforcethroughsuperioraerodynamicscanhelpthetiresmaintaintheir traction, the most efcient way to counter the ef-fect,istoredirectthecarsinertiatowardsthedirectionwewouldlikethecartotravel.

Changingacarsinertia is a tricky task, rst the car mustbeabletoresistthemomentumofitsownweight,athighspeedthisisalmostimpossiblesothecarhastoslowdown.Asthecarslowsdownitsweightshiftsinaccordancewithitsinertia,itistransferredtothefrontofthecar.Because

of this the front tires gainmore traction.Withthis im-proved traction the front tirescan beused tograduallyshifttheinertiaofthecarbyturningandmanipulatingthetransferredweightinanewdirection,inthiscase,thedirec-tionofourturn.

Inracingaturnmustbebrokendownandanalyzedinorderfor the driver to understand the most efcient way to enter,traverseandexittheturn.

Herewehave threeturnsand the paths that a car couldtheoretically take around them. The rst turn shows the cartakingthetightestpatharoundtheturn,whilethispathisthe most efcient in terms of distance travelled it would alsorequirethecartoslowdownconsiderablyinordertoeffec-tivelyresistinertiaandredirectitselfsuccessfully.

Inthesecondturnthecartakesthewidestpatharoundtheturn,thiswouldallowthecartomaintainahigherspeedwhile turning sinceit isnot resisting its inertiaasdra-maticallyas itwould inturnone.However this turnalsorequiresthecartotraversemoregroundandtakealongerroutethroughtheturn.

Inthethirdturnweseethatthecaristakingthesamehighspeedpatharchasitwouldhaveinturntwobutitismeetingtheturnsapexatthesamepointthatitwouldhaveinturnone.Thisistheidealpathtofollowsincethecarmain-tainsahigherrateofspeedaswellastraversinglessdis-tancethroughtheturn.

Inordertobetterunderstandhowthisisproperlyexecuted,letsbreaktheturndown.Thereare5partstoeveryturntheyare:

1. The Corner Entry

2. The Cut Zone

3. The Middle

4. The Acceleration Zone

5. The Exit

1. At theCorner Entry the driver begins applying thebrakesandslowingthecardown,thisshiftsweighttothe

frontofthecar,pushesthefrontenddownandgivesthefronttiresmoretraction.

2. As the driver enters the Cut Zone they release thebreaksandbeginturningthecartowardstheinnerapexoftheturn.

3.TheMiddleorApexoftheturnisaveryshortdistanceand foronlyasplitsecondthecarshouldberollingwithneitherbrakesorthrottleapplied.

4.TheAcceleration ZoneisjustpasttheMiddle,atthispointthedriverappliesthethrottleandbeginstoaccelerateoutoftheturnandtowardstheExit.

5.AttheExitthedrivercompletesthearchwhileacceleratingouttowards thewall

andleavestheturn.

Turning & BrakingWide on the walls, close on the curves

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Now we need to keep in mind that Need forSpeed: Most Wantedisanarcadestyleracerandnotadrivingsimulator,whatthismeansisthatwhiletheprin-ciplesmaybethesametheactualapplicationofthephys-icsdiffer.Generallyarcaderacersarealotmoreforgivingwhenitcomestothingslikeg-forces,theyalsotendtogivethecarsabitmoretraction.Sowhileyoushouldconcen-

trateonexecutingaturnproperly,youdontalwayshaveto be precise and in some cases you can just at out gun it.Youllalsoneedtobethejudgeofwhichturnstotakeathighspeedswithlittletonobrakesappliedandwhichturnstoslowdownfordramatically.Youcandothisbyanalyzingthetrackandpracticingtheturns.Belowisatrackanalysisforarealworldracetrack.Havealookatitandletsdecipherwhatitsaysandwhy.

The Line: inouranalysiswellbefollowingthewhiteline.Thereareacoupledetoursinthismapforlightweightandheavycarsbutwellbefocusingonthestandardracingline.Alsotakenoteoftheyellowandblackbarsalongtheout-side,theseareareaswherepoordrivingwillleadcarsoffofthetrack.

Turn One:As you can see the most efcient plan of attackistobrakeatthestartoftheturnorcorner entryandbe-ginwide on the wall,asthecartraversestheturnatitsapexthedrivershouldmaneuverthecartowardsthecenteroftheturn,close on the curve,arcingwideagainattheexit.

Turn Twohasaslightdeviationjustpasttheapexwherewewouldnormallyseetheacceleration zonebutisnttoodrastic.Sinceitsbetterexplainedinturnseightandninewellmoveontoturnthree.

Turn Threeistakenabitdifferently,almosttheoppositeofwhatwevediscussedonthepreviouspage,thisisdueto

theS-curveaheadintoturnfourandthenagainthroughturns ve and six. As you can see the car still breaks beforegoingintotheturn,asindicatedbythereddashedline,butthistimethecargoeswideattheapexoftheturnandanglesitselftomovestraightthroughtheSandreachesanothersharpturnatthecornerentryofturnfour.

Turn Four:Sincethecarprobablyhasntreachedtoohighofaspeedbythetimeitnearsthewallatturnfourthedrivershouldbeabletoeaseoffthegasjustenoughtomakethisturnwithoutapplyingthebrakes,thiswouldchangeifthedistancebetweenthetwoturnswasgreaterandthecarhadenoughroomtoreachhigherspeed.

AtTurns Eight and Ninewecanseeamoredramaticexampleofthedrivingpathseeninturntwo.Ratherthanapproach this as one turn the car executes the rst half oftheturnlikeanindividualturnandthenappliesthebrakesjustwideoftheapex,drawinganewturnlineoutofturnnine. This may seem inefcient but in application it allowsforslightlymorespeedandallowsthestraightpathtoturnonetobelengthened,givingthedrivermoretimetoacceler-ateandreachfasterspeedsbeforethenextcornerentry.

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Steering & Handling

NitrousOxideorN2Owasoriginallyusedasanan-estheticbydoctorsanddentists.Howeverwheninducedinthe combustion chamber of a car it produces more efcientuseoffuelandgivesthepistonsaboostaswellasafewotheradvantages.Allofthisamountstomorespeedandpower,whichcanhelpusachieveourgoalsofworlddomination!;)ThemostimportantthingtounderstandaboutN2Ousageinthegameiswhenandwheretouseit.

Atthestartofaraceyoullbegivena3secondcountdown,thisiswheredriverswillbetryingtokeeptheirspeedome-

tersneedleintheoptimalpositionforaPerfect LaunchoncethewordGO ashes in your screen its time to ooritandhittheN2O.UsingyourN2Oheregivesthecartheextrapowertoquicklyacceleratethroughgearsandreachitstopspeedfaster.MostofthetimeitsbesttouseallofyourN2Orightoffthestarttogetthecartotopspeed,butagainyoullneedtoanalyzethetracktodeterminethemosteffectiveuseoftheN2O.Intracksthatstart

atanuphill orwindy roadand are immediately followedbyalongstretchofdownhillorstraightroadyoumaywanttoconservesomeN2Osoyoucanmaximizeyourspeedthroughthestraights.N2Orechargesasyoudrivesoyoullhavetheopportunitytouseitmorethanonceinarace,conservingyourN2Oforsectionsoftrackwhereyoucangetthemostoutofitisagoodidea.Rememberalsothateverycarhasatop speedthatitcannotgofasterthan,thisisreferredtoasits terminal

velocity,wherethecarnolongerhasthepowertopushthroughresistingoutsideforces.Onceyourcarhasreached

itsterminal velocityusingyourN2Oisntalwaysappro-priate,whileholdingtheN2ObuttondownwillhelpthecarmaintainitstopspeeditssometimesbesttoconservetheN2Oforthenextstraightorwidecurvetogiveyourcara

speedadvantagewhenothersarestillaccel-eratingslowly.

SteeringandhandlinginNeed for Speed: MostWanted is a bit tricky at rst but a few tips should help getyouonyourway.ForPCgamersitsrecommendedthatyouuse an analog controller. There are several manufacturesmakegoodcontrolpadsforthePClike,Logitech,SaitekandMicrosoft.

Ideallysteeringisdonebygentlyturningthewheelinthedirectionthatyourcarneedstoturn.Turningthewheelfur-therthanneededcanoftentimesleadyourcarintoanun-wantedslideordrift.Driftiscausedwhenthecartriestoturntofast.Thecarsownweightandinertiaresisttheturnandcanpullthecarstiresawayfromtheroad,decreasingtraction andcausingthecartoslideinthedirectionofitsinertia.Sincethere are nodrift styleraces inNeed for Speed:Most Wantedthisisundesirable.Whenacardriftsitislosing valuabletraction that couldbeput tobetteruse bymovingthecarforwardandclosertothegoal.

Ifyoufeelorhearyourcarstartingtodrift,correctforthisbygentlyeasingoffthegasandturninginthedirectionyourcarissliding,thenusinganothergentlemovementturnyourcar back into the direction you were originally travellingYoucanalsouseyourN2Otosavethecarfromadriftifthedriftisnttoobad,dothisbyhittingtheN2OandthenimmediatelyturninginthedirectionyouwantthecartogoHowever ifthe car has alreadydriftedandturnedtofarawayfromthedirectionitneedstobemoving,N2Omayonlyhelptoslamyourcarintoawall.Watchoutfordriftingindirtorgrass,mostcarswillslideuncontrollablyandsometimesinthesesituationsevenN2Oandgooddrivingcanthelpyou.Almosttotallossof trac-tionathighspeedswillleaveyouatthemercyofthecaranditsinertia.

Note:Ifyourcontrollerseemstopullyourcarinonedirectionevenwhentheanalogstickiscentered,trymovingthesteeringsliderafewclickstotheleft.Thismayhelpcorrecttheissueofanover-sensitivecontroller.

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Police driving tactics:The TVIorPITmaneuverhasbeenusedfordecadesbythepolice.Generallyapolicecarorcruiserwilltrytousetheirfrontendtopushyourrearendtooneside,forcingthecartoturnsharply.Sincewevealreadycoveredinertiayoucanseehowpushingthecarintoasharpturnathighspeedswill

causeittolosecontrolandspinout.Assoonasthishappenstheylltrytopinyou.Evasive Tactics: Outrunning the PCsusuallyisnttotoughifyouvegotafastcar,butoncetheyvespunyoutrytoslowdown, turninto thedirectionofyourslide,turnafull180anddriveaway.

The Box: As more police carscloseinonyouoneofthemmaytrytogetinfrontofyou,whenthis happens they are usually

trying to slow you down andsurround you or box you inoncethishappenstheywillallslowtoastopandeffectivelytrapyourcar.Evasive Tactics: Avoiding a box is rela-tivelyeasy,simplynotdrivingbehindtheleadcruis-ercanhelptoavoidthebox.Weavingbackandforthwillcausetheleadcruisertoloseyouandallowyoutopass.Ifyoucantpassthecruisercontinueweavinguntilyoucannd another way to evade, such as a sharp turn or pursuitbreaker.YoucanalsoperformaTVImaneuveronthelead-ingcruiserbynudgingthecruisersrearendwithyourfrontfender,onceyouvegottherearendofthecruiserangled

enough towhere it startsdrifting, accelerate oruse yourN2Otomaximizetheeffectandspinthecruiseraround.

The Rolling Block:TherollingblockisasituationwherethreeormorePCswillgetinfrontofyouandsimultane-ouslyslowtoastop.OncestoppedmorePCswillcloseinbehindyouandendyourreignofvehicularterror.Evasive Tactics:Thebestwaytoavoidarollingblockistonotbearoundit,ifyouseePCstryingtopassyouitmaybetimetotakeasharpturnontoadifferentstreetortrytoper-formaPITmaneuveronthePCsinfrontofyoutogetthemoutofyourway.IfthePCsmanagetostopyouimmediatelytryaJ-Turnandseeifyoucantescapegoingtheotherway.

The Road Block:Inaroadblock,multiplecruisersorRhinoSUVswilllineupandtry to block off the road. Slammingintoaroadblockatthewronganglecanbringyoutoacompletestoporeven cause your car to ip. Listentotheradiosincepolicewillnotifyothercruisersofaroadblocksetupahead.Evasive Tactics: Look for theweakspotintheroadblock,using

thespeedbreakerwillslowdowntimeandgiveyouachancetoanalyzetheblock.Onceyouhavespottedtheweakspotoruncoveredarea,useyourN2Otoplowthrough.Ifyouhavenochoicebuttoramacruiser,aimfortherear,sometimesthiscanhelpspinthecruiserorSUVoutofyourway.

Road Spikes:Roadspikescanendyourrunimmediately.Ifyourcarhitsthespikesyourtireswillblowandyourcarbecomesun-drivable,copswillhaveyoublockedinwithinafewseconds.Policewillnot only an-

nouncearoadspikeovertheradiobuttheywill also indicatewhether ornot thespikesareontheright,leftorcenter,keepyourearsopen.Evasive Tactics:Evasivetacticsforroadspikes are the same as road blocks. Useyourspeedbreakertoquicklyseewherethe

spikesareandnavigatearoundthem.

Rhino SUVs:Rhinoswillcomeatyoufromthefrontandattempttoslamintoyourcar.If

theyresuccessfulyoullbebroughttoacompletestopwhichincreasesyourchancesofbeingbusted.

Evasive Tactics:TryleadingtheRhinostoonesideoftheroadandastheygetclosequicklydrivetotheotherside,al-ternativelyyoucanquicklyshiftintoreverseandturn180.

General Tactics:

PracticeyourJ-Turn,dothisbyshiftingintoreverseandturningthewheeljustenoughtoperforma180.Onceyourcarhasturnedaround,hitthegasandgetoutofthere.

Look for Pursuit Breakers, when you nd one make surethatmostofyourpursuersareclosebehindyou,thisinsuresthatyoutakeoutasmanycruisersaspossible.

InCoolDownlookforhidingspots,indicatedbytheblueringsonyourmap.ThesewillspeeduptheprogressoftheCoolDownmeter.

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Online

Whilepracticingoff-linewillhelpyouanalyzeandbetter know the tracks, yourcarmayperform completelydifferentlyonline.Becauseofthis,speedsthatyoumaintainoff-lineareusuallyprettydifferenton-line.ThisguidewillfocusonRankedon-lineracingandtheissuesinvolved.

Performance Matching:PerformancematchingSoundslikeanoptionthatmightmakeallcars,regardlessoftheirpartsandtuning,performexactlythesame.Thisisactuallyprettyfarfromthetruth.Itskindoftoughtotellexactlywhatperformancematchingdoesbutonethingwecanbeprettysureofisthatitwillslightlyde-tunefastercarsandslightlyupgradeslowercars.ThisdoesnotmeanthattheCamaroSScanmatchtheperformanceofaCarreraGTon-linebutitdoesmeanthatcarsinthesameperformancerangeorofthesametypewillbecloselytunedtoeachother.Asfarastestingshowsthereareonlyafewcars(whendriv-encorrectly)thatcanracewithsimilarresults.Thosecarsare;

The Porche Carrera GTThe BMW M3 GTRThe Lotus EliseThe Lamborghini MurcielagoAlthoughitsimportanttonotethattheLamborghinishan-dlingisseverelydecreasedduringonlineplayandwilltakesomegettingusedto.WhiletheLotuscannotmatchthetopspeedoftheCarreraithasexcellenthandlingandcangener-allyperformbetterontrackswithlotsoftightturns.Mostoftheothercarscantreallycompetewithagooddriverbehindthecontrolsofoneofthesecarsandwillusuallygetleftprettyfarbehindwhencompetingagainstone.Themostpopularchoicefortoprankeddriverson-lineis

theBMWM3GTR.

Rubbing & Ramming:A lotofdriverswilltellyouthatrubbingisapartofracing.Thisisactuallyverytrueforthemostpart.Whentwocarstrytofollowthesamelinearoundatracktheyllgenerallybumporrubeachotherinthepro-cess. Depending on thelevel of professionalismoraggression,onecarwillbe given the opportunitytotaketheleadwhiletheother will have to lookforanotheropportunityto

pass.Ifbothdriversareag-gressive,toomuchrubbingcanleadtobothvehiclesslowingdownquite a bit or even losing control.Forthisreasonifyourcarisnotintheleadwhilerubbingupagainstan-other,itsgenerallyinyourbestinter-esttoslowjustenoughtogetbehindtheothercaruntilanotherpassingopportu-nityarisesorhittheN2Oandattempttopassthemimmediately.Rammingisadifferentballgameentirely

andisusuallyconsideredpoorsportsmanship.Whenacarramsanothercaritisintentionallyhittingtheothercarwiththesolepurposeofforcingtheothercaroutofcontrol.Sincethiswillalmostalwaysslowbothcarsdownandcanoftentimescausebothcarstolosecontrolitsnotarecommendedtacticandisbestavoided.Adriverthatcanavoidrammingandkeepacoolheadwhilemaintainingsmoothlineswill

alwaysbeatadriverwhoswervesaroundontheroadtryingtohitothercars.

Cheating: Unfortunately with almost all on-line gamestherearecheatersandwithNeedForSpeed:MostWantedthisisnoexception.Cheatersareusuallyprettyeasytospotbuttheyarealmostimpossibletodealwithbecauseofthelackofhostcontrolandoptions.Somecheatsthathavebeennoticedarethefollowing;

Infnite N2O: These guys are pretty easy to spot, the in-niteN2OcheatgivesthemtheabilitytoholddowntheN2Othrough theentire raceif theyfeellike it.AquicklookattherestatswillshowthattheyusearidiculousamountofN2Ocomparedtoanyoneelse(forasprintracetheaverageisaround40-55)sometimesthesenumberswillbeinthehighhundredsforsprintracesandeveninthethousandsforcircuits.

Acceleration Cheat:Theaccelerationcheatisabittough-ertospotsinceitgenerallywontchangetomuchintheusersstatsotherthanaveragespeed.Onewaytotellifsomeoneisusingthischeatistowatchthemcloselyaftertheycrashandorcometoacompletestop.Theaccelerationcheatgivesitsusertheabilitytoinstantlyregaintopspeedaftercom-ingtoacompletestop.Ifsomeoneiscrashingalotandstillwinningtheracesagainstgooddrivers,thisisusuallythe

cause.Cop Car Cheat:Thischeatwontactuallygivetheuseraclearadvantageoverothercarssinceperformancematchingwillkeepthemde-tuned.Allthecopcarcheatdoesisallowtheusertodriveoneofthepolicevehiclesforarace.IfyouseeaRhinoSUVoranyoftheotherPCsatthestartofarace


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Online (cont.)thentheuserisapplyingtheCopCarCheat.Again,becausethischeatisnotaperformanceenhancingcheat,itsgener-allynothingtobeconcernedwith.Dealing with cheaters:Sincetheresreallynowaytodealwitha cheateryourself, the best things todo are toleavetheraceorifyouarethehost,closetheraceandopenyourmessagingsystembyclickingtheEAlogoatthebottomof

the screen. Once inside the messaging system nd the usersnameanddoubleclickit,thiswillpullupalistofoptionsre-latedtotheplayer.FromthislistyoucanselectFeedbackand then select Cheating. This will apparently send a agtoEAthatsomeoneischeatingonlineandwillencouragethemtoresearchanddealwiththeissue.

Connecting:Connecting toa host can befrustratingforeveryone.Theinterfacehasmultipleiconsforthestateofeveryonesconnection.Theiconsareasfollows;

Connecting:thisiconindicatesthattheuser

isstilltryingtoconnecttothehostandthatasolidconnec-tionhasnotorcannotbeestablished.

Great:ThisIconindicatesagreatconnectionwith the host, the race should gosmoothly and with outmuchlagifanyatall.

OK:ThisiconindicatesagoodorOKconnectiontothehost.Theremaybesomelag,buttheraceisstillplay-able.

Poor:Thisiconindicatesapoororbelowaveragecon-nectiontothehost.Racingwithapoorconnectioncanresult in lag and difcult or hindered play.

Unsure:Indicatesthattheconnectiontothehostcannotbedetermined.Resultscouldvarydramaticallyortheusermaynotbeabletoconnectatall.

Sportsmanship: Its a bigword! Nothing ruins a goodrace like a poor loser or a bad winner. If you nd yourself inlastplacealot,dontimmediatelyassumethatsomeoneischeating.Therealitycouldbethatthepersonyouareracinghasdonealotofpracticingandreallyknowsthetracks.Insituations like this it can be very benecial to ask the winnerfortipsoreventotryandcloselyfollowtheirracingpattern

TakenoteofwhereandwhentheyapplytheirbrakesandN2O.Findoutiftheyareusingshortcutsthatyoumightnotyetbeawareof.Goodsportsmanshipandrelationshipswithother racers can help you nd new friends to race against,effectivelyreducingyourchancesofracingagainstcheatersandevenhelpyoulearntoracebetterthroughteamworkandcommunication.Ifyouwindupwinningalotoftheracestakenoteofwhatsomeoftheotherracersaredoingwrongandofferuptips,pointoutshortcutsthattheymayhavemissedorletthemknowthattheymaybetakingacertainturntoofastortooclosely.Thebettertheracersyouraceagainstthemoreex-hilaratingtheraceswillbeandthemorefunyoullhave.It

benets everyone to help each other get better and pusheachothertoraceharder.If you nd racers that you enjoy racing against, be sure toaddthemtoyourfriendslistinyourmessagingsystem.Thiswaywhenyoureonlinetogetheroneofyoucanstartarace

andinvitetheotherstojoin.Insomecircumstancesrac-ers are more concernedwith their online statsthentheyarewithracingOccasionally a racer willsimplydropoutoftheraceiftheyarentgoingtowinsothatithasnoeffectontheir

overallranking.Againthisisre-allypoorsportsmanshipsincenotonlycanitdepriveagoodracerofawelldeservedwin,butitalsodoesntchallengeeitherdrivertoracebetteby learning from each other. Not tomentionthatitjusttakesthefunandthrilloutoftherace.


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Tips & Tricks CreditsKeepyourhead,ifanotherracergetsoutinfrontofyoujustcontinuetorace smoothly and effectively.Gettingtoexcitedandtryingdesperatelytopassanoth-erdriverwillusuallyresultinmoremistakesandinef-

cient use of your N2O.

Dontgiveup,ifyoucrashor get pushed intoan ob-stacle, straighten out andkeepdriving.Theresagoodchance thatyourcompeti-tors will make a mistakeas well, giving you theopportunity to catchupandpassthem.

Know your tracks, Itsalwaysagoodideatoprac-ticeatrackafewtimesbe-foreyoucompeteinit.Tryto memorize your turns.Pay attention to your topspeedsandtrytomaximizeevery corner and straightthat you can. Look forshort-cuts but alsomakesure that theyre helpingyourtimeandnothinder-

ing it, some short-cutsarepointlesstotakeandwillonlyslowyoudown.

Rememberthatbrakingbefore a turn can helpyou navigate the turnquicker. Taking turnstoquicklywillresultindrifting or even com-plete loss of control.Every time you toucha wall or drift your los-

ingvaluablesecondsfromyour nish time.

Ifyouretryingtorackuptimeorbountyinapursuittryevad-ingthe cruisersfor justenoughtime toget the CoolDownmeter,then turn around and nd the cops again,this resets the reinforcement timer andwillhelp keep the number ofcruisersonyourtailtoaminimum.

This guide was designed and developed byMicheal sub7th Filer.

Special thanks to:

Jeff Reid, for all of his help and

dedication in the Basic Concepts

section as well as his contribu-

tion of the Willow Springs TrackMap.

Big Thanks go out to:

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their suggestions and contribu-

tions to the guide. Kopoians for

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Racing guide. EAcomSmoothie

for maintaining the forums and

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