Racers encountered in free drive | Cop career NfS Rivals Guide

Last update: 01 February 2017

In addition to elimination of successive racers in Interceptor and Hot Pursuit events, you can also encounter them while free driving in the game world and in this case they do not appear in strictly defined areas of the world map. This is because that each event of this type is random and it is only up to you if you get interested in the activities of given driver or you let him go. It is worth noting that cars in the game world can be controlled both by AI as well as other players.

Pursuit after the racer can be started in two main ways: by activating police siren or getting close to the vehicle (screen above) and hitting it or using one of possessed pursuit technologies. The important feature of each event is that opposite to Interceptor tasks you do not have to watch out for time limit, so you'll get the same reward regardless of whether the pursuit lasted 30 seconds or 3 minutes. The amount of points awarded for catching the racer depends on fact how strongly was he wanted. The higher Heat factor (value shown next to the flame icon) the more points you'll get, although it is harder to catch more experienced racers who use better cars.

Notice - if the given racer is lost from your point of view and can't be seen on the radar, it doesn't mean that you've failed to catch him. You can still try to get that driver but you have to do it without any help from the game in locating him (usually it works only on highways and sections without additional crossings).

Notice - the pursuit can be joined by other police cars. Their presence will help you in the event and in the same time you'll get the same amount of points achieved by destroying or stopping racer's car.