Racer Tactics

We all know that a simple offline game differs from playing online. The same applies to NFS Hot Pursuit.

The online game here is divided into 3 types:
- race
- pursuit
- interception
Since the pursuit and interception modes are, in principle, the same thing, and differ only in the world limit and the number of participants, we will combine them into one and consider 2 general types of events: race and pursuit.

Race

In this mode everything is very simple, the main goal is to win.

Your starting position directly depends on the number of your wins in the overall standings in the autolog list. There are no types of weapons in this mode, just as there are no cops. For this type of event we recommend choosing light cars, such as the Pagani Zonda or Lambo, since the lower weight of the car gives you a significant advantage in acceleration, however such cars are very low, which will significantly reduce your speed off-road, and since shortcuts in the game consist of 90% off-road, this can play a cruel joke on your car, which will significantly worsen your result.

Try to drive in the oncoming lane, find shortcuts to replenish nitro, especially enter drifts in the oncoming lane. This will replenish your nitro reserves much faster than the previously listed methods. Also speed plays an important role in replenishing nitro reserves.

An alternative way of nitro acceleration is slipstream - tuck in behind the racer ahead of you, thereby getting into the rarefied air space, accelerating and replenishing nitro reserves. Choose the right moment and use nitro to overtake your opponent, however do not forget that opponents can also use this method, so we recommend using the moment with a full nitro reserve for the longest possible gap after slipstream.

Unfortunately, the game is not without that bug that all NFS parts suffer from - a wheel or a pad gives an advantage over a keyboard, so if you own one of these devices, you already get an advantage over keyboard players. Learn the tracks and cars and defeat your opponents.

Pursuit

In this mode, many experienced racers after offline events are surprised at how quickly they get caught in online mode. The thing is that the developers made this mode such that the police side replenishes nitro reserves very quickly, simply at lightning speed, naturally, at speed. They do not need to perform all those tricks that racers need to replenish their nitro reserves.

In this mode, a lot depends on the track distance, the more km, the more weapons both racers and cops will have, with the only difference being that the cops, in any scenario, will have more weapons! Speed in the game does not play much of a role, the cops will catch up with you anyway, so you need to use defensive tactics, and in some places even offensive ones! Experienced racers most often team up in a group and start smashing police cars, but this method can only be used after long training, since if you crash and a cop pulls up next to you, then it is enough for his car to stand near your wrecked one for 3 seconds and you will be arrested before you manage to press the R button.

Therefore, I want to tell you about one of the techniques for destroying a police car, naturally provided that you are one on one with a cop, since if the odds are at least 2 against 1, you already have almost no chance for this maneuver. The first 20 seconds of the race proceed in the usual race mode with weapons loading for both you and the cops. The first to load is the EMP, the very last is the turbo boost.

At the start of the race I recommend driving into the oncoming lane to quickly replenish nitro reserves, then the difficulties begin. The cops gain speed very quickly and will catch up with you very quickly, for this you need to perform evasion maneuvers, for this you will need a rear-view mirror, by the way, for fans of driving from the hood or bumper - forget it! You will be caught very quickly, a normal view is needed for normal play! So, at high speed, when a cop is catching up with you, look in the rear-view mirror, when he is already very close, hit the brakes and turn to the side! The cop will not have time to hit you and will fly off to the side, which will lead either to his car crashing and you getting time to escape, or to the cop starting to spin and you getting a chance for an EMP attack! This is a very effective evasion maneuver, but in order to perform it at a decent level without damaging your car, practice is needed.

Spike attack. The spikes are thrown out with a small delay, so you need to activate them not when the cop is already kissing your trunk with his bumper, but when he is about 5 meters away from you, that is, when his car is slightly smaller than the frame of your rear-view mirror! In that case the cop will 100% run into the spikes, otherwise, if you throw out the spike strip when the cop is right behind you, it will simply fly under his wheels!

Also, an excellent way to throw spikes is in reverse. That is, if you have pulled far ahead of the cops, but you have nothing left of your weapons except spikes, then you can do the following: with the handbrake sharply turn around and drive towards him, watch the map, when the cop is already close, simply throw the spikes in his direction, while zigzagging, as a result one spike strip flies to the right and the other to the left, the cop simply will have no chance to slip away, since there will be nowhere to dodge, and the handbrake turn will simply reduce his speed and the spike strip will fly under his wheels by itself. But do not forget that you need to dodge the head-on collision with the cop yourself, since whoever has the greater speed will knock down the opponent in a head-on clash, and since the cops always have more nitro, the chances that his car will fly at a higher speed into your face are greater.

Dodging an EMP attack. For this you have a jammer, but despite the size of the track, you still only have 1 jammer! So don't waste it!! A cop has at least 2 EMP attacks, and if you jam one, there will be nowhere to hide from the second, so you can use the following method: first of all, you need a large amount of nitrous. When the cop starts aiming, you need to brake sharply, but not with the handbrake, since you'll lose speed entirely, but with the regular brake, and make a sharp U-turn in the opposite direction, then hit the nitrous until the very end! You need to overtake the cop so that you are behind his car, since the EMP attack only occurs along the frontal line. Doing this is quite hard, and for a beginner racer it's outright impossible, so all that will help you is practice!

Turbo boost. You only have one of these too, no matter what, but the problem isn't even that, it's that it's of no use! Don't count on using it to break away from the cops and avoid an EMP attack, not at all, it's better suited for a head-on attack against a cop.

Evading the helicopter. The helicopter in online play isn't as dumb as in offline. It can chase you and then suddenly drop spikes while moving without stopping, or hover in the air on the left and drop spikes on the right. The helicopter is very treacherous in online mode, so we recommend slowing down before its attack and driving around the spikes. It's also worth mentioning that an EMP attack on the helicopter drives it off from the pursuit.

Police roadblocks drive around them nicely, without crashing into them, since that takes health away from your car. Slow down and drive through an empty section, or go around the barricade along the shoulder if the track allows it.

These are, in principle, the main methods of survival in pursuit mode. If something isn't working out for you, don't disparage them, you just need practice. And don't forget that it's like a lottery, since the cops also have effective methods of taking out racers, and even if you did everything according to the instructions, don't forget that the cop might turn out to be quicker than you.

P.S.: An example of evading a pursuit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMS8ZOkl_9I&feature=plcp