That’s a bad thing, isn’t it? Actually, no: we’re delighted with it.
It’s essentially just race after race, then. There are 78 racer events and 63 cop events, and you can get a gold medal/distinction if you exceed a certain performance milestone (usually finishing in a certain position or time).
Earning bounty points also unlocks a series of cars which are regularly thrown at you like confetti, until it gets to the point where you almost have more cars than you can keep track of. Sometimes you’ll go it with just your car as your only equipment other times you’ll be armed with gadgets like spike strips, EMPs and jammers.Īs you perform well in each event you’ll earn bounty points, which eventually increase your Wanted Level as a racer or your Cop Rank as… well, a cop, up to level 20. Sometimes you’ll be going head-to-head with one other car while the cops are chasing you, sometimes you’re the cop trying to take down one racer (or even every competitor in a race). Sometimes you’ll be doing a standard street race, sometimes it’ll just be a time trial. You’ll encounter different types of events during both campaigns.
Other missions, however, hand you a badge and a gun (okay, maybe not the gun) and put you in the law-loving boots of an SCPD cop, with your aim now being to break up any races you see and take down as many punks as you can. Some missions obviously have you taking part in races, hurtling through country and city roads at obscene speeds while trying to avoid being taken down by the cops. The twist here is that Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit lets you see what life is like on both sides of the fast/fuzz divide.
As such, there’s a constant battle going on between the racers looking for their next fix of hi-octane hijinks, and the SCPD officers trying to get these speed freaks off the roads before they do themselves a mischief. Turns out Seacrest County is ideal for illegal street races, the sort of ones where there’s some sort of… desire for velocity, for want of a better phrase. "Reset Heat" will no longer reset your racer level Ģ019.12.12: Updated for v20191212 game version.Ģ019.11.21: Updated for v20191121 game version.Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)įor those not familiar with it, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is set in Seacrest County, a fictional region of the United States that’s based on the states located on the country’s west coast. Note: the updated heat and reputation options are not backward compatible.Ģ. "Max Reputation/Racer Level" no longer part of "Max Heat" option, it's now a standalone option.
You must set Origin to offline mode for it to work.Ģ020.06.11: Updated for v20200609 game version.Ģ020.03.03: Updated for v20200303 game version.ġ. Note this option only works in offline mode. "Infinite Money" takes effect when money changes.Note: you need to enter garage to level up. "Max Reputation/Racer Level" takes effect when reputation increases."Max Heat/Max Wanted Level" and "Reset Heat/Reset Wanted Level" take effects when heat increases."Slow Down AI Vehicles" works on vehicles near player, if the AI vehicles are too far away from player, it will not work on them."Infinite Vehicle Health" will keep player's vehicle health bar full, but will not prevent cosmetic damage.