Avoid police:
Upon reaching level 4 (Most Wanted) there will be an overwhelming amount of
police officers coming after you. At this level, cops are excellent at boxing
you in. If you cannot move forward, use reverse for two seconds to get away from
the block. Spin your car around and get out of there.
For an easy way to get away from cops at high wanted levels, find the baseball
field. Look on the map for a small triangle towards the top left. Use highways
in a circle around the field to achieve your missions. Once you have gained
enough bounty, city damage, roadblocks, etc., drive through an entrance to the
baseball field, hitting the pursuit breaker on the way in. Make sure that you
slow down some before hitting the breaker so that it does not send you through
the other side of the field. Once you make it in the field, stay there and wait
out the cool down period. The cops should be off of you, and cannot find you.
This works almost all the time to get rid of the cops. Just driving through
random blockers rarely works when you are at wanted levels 4 and 5.
The best way to escape the cops is to evade long enough to get into cool down
mode, than find a hiding spot. By sticking to the cities you will find lots of
cool down spots to sit and hide your car until the heat is off. This is also a
good way to avoid helicopters which appear if your reach level 4 on your map.
Another good method is to run into the triangles on your map, which mark places
where you can ram into shops and other roadside items to disable the cops.
Highways are good places to get blockades and strike strips which are challenges
for milestones.
Once you complete Razor's (Blacklist #1) five challenge races, an intermission
sequence featuring you, Mia, Razor, and the other Blacklist members will start.
Once you get your car back (BMW M3 GTR), you will go to a heat level 6. Every
cop in all cities will try to bust you. You must evade them for five minutes,
then you will get a call for Mia. Try getting to the golf course. There is a
little building that you can crash into to get rid of the cops. Then, try to
wait it out until you get Mia's call. An icon will then appear on your map.
Quickly get there as soon as possible. Get to the spot, jump the bridge, and you
will be home free.
Never respawn your car in a pursuit, as the police will always catch you.
Blacklist cars:
If you win the pinkslips to a Blacklist car, you may want to use the Blacklist
car as your own and make the necessary upgrades to performance, as most of the
upgrades will have been already made by the Blacklist owner. You do not need to
spend too much money to increase the performance, handling, etc. Sometimes these
cars will have upgrades that have not been unlocked yet, but most of these are
usually visual. Only do this if the vehicle you have won has better attributes
than the one you are currently driving in its standard mode. You can check this
out in the car shop. Keep about three to five good quick cars in your safehouse.
Blacklist milestones:
Blacklist milestones are things you need to do to rack up your bounty so you can
challenge the next person on the Blacklist. Check out these so you know what you
need to do to rack up the points. Once the milestones are completed, you must
work on racking up the points. The best way to do this is to cause as much major
damage as possible by taking out police cars, traffic, and crashing through
shops (for example the donut shop and others you will notice in the later
levels). Try to rack up as much bounty and escape before your status has reached
level 4. If your status is already level 4, then choose a different car for
awhile until the status goes down before returning to your favorite car. Once
your status hits level 4, it is harder to get into cool down mode to find
somewhere to hide. Avoid getting caught, as you will lose the bounty you have
racked up during the chase.
Car test:
If you are unsure which car is the best to use when upgraded, you can upgrade
all the cars that are unlocked for free in the main menu. Go to "My Cars",
choose a car that is available, and upgrade it with the parts that are
available. By doing this, you will not waste all your money in career mode.
Cheat Codes:
Enter one of the following codes at the main menu to activate the corresponding
cheat function:
Effect - Code
Unlocked cars - iammostwanted
Burger King challenge - burgerking
Pontiac GTO - givemethegto
Castrol Ford GT - castrol
Easy bounty:
Get some cops after you then go to the bus stop. G on top of the buses. Make
sure that the front of the car is at the edge of the last bus so that the cops
can see you and do not lose you. Keep looking behind you because the cops will
sometimes find a way on top of the buses. When they do that, just reverse as
soon as you see them coming and push them off. Only one cop car will come on top
of the bus. Do this for as long as desired. When you want to lose them, just
reverse, park in the middle of the buses, and wait until your cool down bar
fills. The cops will also drive crazy and crash into themselves, giving you
extra bounty and bring up your rap sheet rankings on police vehicles immobilized
and police vehicles involved.
Easy money:
If you are low on cash, just defeat one of the opponents on the black-list. You
will get two marks to use on several different things. Do not use them on the
Uniques early in the game. Instead, use them on the middle or the left "Random"
choices. They should always come out to either be a big cash bonus or the
opponent's pink slip.
Easy pinkslips:
When you face "Blacklist" racers you can win their car. Starting with #15,
Sonny, the second "?" marker is his pinkslip. From there on through the rest of
the game it ascends until you get to the third "?" marker, then it descends to
the first "?" marker then repeats itself.
Easy upgrades:
Before you can do anything, you must win the Burger King Challenge. When you win
it, you will unlock all unique parts (also called Junkman parts). Get any car
and put all the parts except performance. Once you have your car the way you
desire, go to the performance shop. Max out your car. Then, put the Junkman
parts on. Max out your car again. Then put on the Junkman parts again. Your car
should be fully upgraded.
Extra cars:
Defeat the indicated Blacklist Boss to win the corresponding car.
Aston Martin DB9: Blacklist Boss 7
Audi A3 3.2 Quattro: Blacklist Boss 15
Audi A4 3.2 FSI Quattro: Blacklist Boss 14
Audi TT 3.2 Quattro: Blacklist Boss 15
BMW GTR (Race version): Blacklist Boss 1
Cadillac CTS: Blacklist Boss 12
Corvette C6: Blacklist Boss 5
Corvette C6.R: Complete 100% of the game
Dodge Viper SRT 10: Blacklist Boss 6
Ford GT: Blacklist Boss 4
Lamborghini Gallardo: Blacklist Boss 6
Lamborghini Murcielago: Blacklist Boss 4
Lotus Elise: Blacklist Boss 8
Mazda RX-7: Blacklist Boss 9
Mazda RX-8: Blacklist Boss 12
Mercedes-Benz CLK 500: Blacklist Boss 8
Mercedes-Benz SL 500: Blacklist Boss 11
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren: Blacklist Boss 3
Mitsubishi Eclipse: Blacklist Boss 14
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII: Blacklist Boss 11
Mustang GT: Blacklist Boss 12
Pontiac GTO: Blacklist Boss 10
Porsche 911 Carrera S: Blacklist Boss 7
Porsche 911 Turbo S: Blacklist Boss 5
Porsche Carrera GT: Blacklist Boss 3
Porsche Cayman S: Blacklist Boss 10
Renault Clio V6: Blacklist Boss 13
Subaru Impreza WRX STi: Blacklist Boss 9
Toyota Supra: Blacklist Boss 13
Vauxhall Monaro VXR: Blacklist Boss 10
Get ,000:
To an extra ,000 in career mode have a Need For Speed Underground career game
saved on your hard drive. After the prologue you will get ,000.
Getting the most money from selling your car:
When in your safe house and you sell a car, you will only get half of its list
value. However, there is a loophole that works well for pink slips that you have
won and no longer want. Take your car to the shop. Go to the parts area. Go into
the body kit, spoiler, hood, rims, and roof air areas and set everything to
stock. When you check out, you will see anywhere from ,000 to ,000, depending on
what pink slip car you are stripping. Do not try this with performance parts.
The shop charges you money for downgrading. Once you have stripped your car of
all accessories, leave. Then, go to your safe house. Sell the car, and you will
have made a lot of money on the side. Do this every time you intend to sell any
car.
Nitrous and grip:
Hitting nitrous torques the chassis back, giving the rear tires immensely more
weight under the new acceleration. The end effect is that you will go straight.
If you find your tail sliding out or are about to spin out of control, hit your
nitrous. You will be surprised at how fast you will get straight again. This is
a great trick in combination with Speedbreaker. With the correct timing, there
is no corner you cannot take at any speed.
Nitrous boosting:
It is critical when you get past Blacklist Member #6 to use your nitrous wisely
and strategically. Instead of just holding [Nitrous] in desperation to get
ahead, press and release it when the tachometer is about to shift to the next
gear. Upon the next gear shift, continue pressing [Nitrous] until the next
upcoming gear shift. This is the way precious milliseconds are spared.
Police action levels:
The various levels of police action are as follows.
Level 1: Marked patrol cars and cruisers. They mostly chase and try to run you
off the road. If you have a quick car you will get away from these easily.
Level 2: Unmarked patrol cars and cruisers, roadblocks. They mainly try to ram
you off the road and setup roadblocks. Avoid roadblocks by doing an emergency
brake lock U-turn or go through them. You can get through by ramming the cars on
either end of the roadblock or by going through a weak point like the sawhorse
or a gap between the cars. Use Speedbreaker to see the weak point in the
roadblocks and use nitrous to ram straight through. Some road blocks will not
extend all the way across the road; you can go through where they haven not
placed a car.
Level 3: Marked GTO (Monaro) police cars, marked 4WDs (Rhinos), rolling road
blocks, roadblocks. These are quicker and you need to use objects to knock down
in front of them to disable them. Lead the chase with these vehicles through the
cities to use knock down points (for example, the giant donut sign, etc.) to
disable the vehicles and end the chase. Then, find somewhere to hide when you
hit cool down mode. "Rhinos" will ram you from the front. Listen for the call
over the police radio. You can usually see these coming on your map or on the
road ahead. Depending on which car you have, you can get away with ramming them
head on. Otherwise, just use Speedbreaker again to change lanes before they ram
you.
Level 4: Unmarked GTO (Monaro) police cars, helicopters, spike strips. The
unmarked GTOs (Monaros) usually chase in packs and are very difficult to avoid.
They will try to box you in by surrounding the car from the front and back and
slamming the brakes to not give you any room to escape. Avoid this by staying
ahead and using the same tactics used in level 3. For the helicopters, use
tunnels and underground parking lots to escape from-them. Once they spot you,
they can radio the police to your location. Spike strips are set up usually on
main roads and highways. You can see them on the map, when you see only one
vehicle over to left of the road not driving. Aim for the police car and use
nitrous to ram it and get away. If you hit the spike strip you will get caught.
Level 5: You will not have to worry about this until you are at Blacklist #3. By
then if you are still running and the level reaches 5, all the best and toughest
police come out. The helicopters get more aggressive, there are more spikes, and
more belts are called in on you. You must also deal with "cross" cop Corvettes.
Cross and his team will apprehend you at all cost. Like in level 4. the unmarked
GTO cars will surround and box you in and hit the brakes. Corvettes will also
try to use rolling road blocks. If you run into the level 5, make sure you are
in your fastest vehicle. You will need the nitrous.
Quick start:
Pay close attention to your tachometer when launching from the start line. Grab
a perfect launch to gain a few precious seconds. When the needle turns blue drop
the clutch and hold on.
Recommended car:
The best start car is the Cobalt SS. Use that car until you get the Eclipse.
When you win blacklist races, try for the three "?" markers. You can get cash or
the pink slip car. If you get their car, go to the safe house and sell it. You
can get good money by doing this, and get unique upgrades after you start
getting into the visuals (after you switch from the Cobalt).