Beforewegetstartedwiththefundamentalsofhan-dlingthecarthereareacouplebasicprincipalsyoushouldunderstand that may help you understand the car better.TheseareAerodynamics,Inertia.We’llgoovertheseinverybriefdetailandifyouliketolearnmoretherewillbereferencesattheendoftheguide.

Aerodynamics: Down forceanddragarearguablytwoofthemostimportantaspectsofacarsaerodynamicswhenit comes to racing. As cars reach higher speeds their po-tentialforgeneratingliftismuchhigher,theycanbecomeunstable and lose control or even leave the roads surface.Adjustingformoredown forcewillhelpthecarstayontheground andachieve better tractionbut canalso producemoredrag.

Dragisanaerodynamicforcethatopposesthecarsmotionandcanhinderthecarsabilitytoacceleratequicklyandef-ficiently. As more drag isproducedthecarmustgeneratemorepowertoreachit’stopspeeds.Racecarsaredesignedtoproduceminimaldrag and street cars can be modified to do the same but as a general rule most street cars aredesigned with little concern for drag efficiency or down force.

Inthegameyoucanpurchasepartslikebodykitsandtailsor“rearwings”thatwillgiveyourcartheoptionforadjust-ableaerodynamics.Asfaraswecantellthedifferentpartsdo not have an effect on the efficiency of the aerodynamics ofthecar.Havingbothabodykitandataildoesn’tseemtomakemuchdifferenceeither.Thismeansthatusingacar-bon fiber tail will be no different from using a normal tail and adding a tail to your car that is already fitted with a body kit will not increase down force. In Need 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 speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbal-anced force.” That’s Isaac Newtons first law and it’s tried andtrue.

Asthecarmovesforwardatit’scenterofgravityitcreatesinertia,inertiaistheresistanceanobjectinmo-tionhastoanychangeinit’smotion.Themoreweightacarhasandspeedthecarmaintains,themoreinertiaitdevel-ops.Whenacartriestochangeit’sdirectionalvelocityithasto fight it’s own inertia.

In thediagramthered linerepresents the

cars forward motion and inertia, thebluelinerepresentstheturnthecarwill

make. We can see that even thoughthe car turns, it’s inertia main-tainstheforwardmomentum.Thecarmusteffectivelyresistandchangeit’sinertiatocompletetheturnwithoutlosingcontrol.

This is an unofficial guide so it is in no way affiliated with EA GamesorNeed for Speed.TheonlythingithastodowithNeed For SpeedisthatallofthetipsandtrickshereinareinreferencetothegameNeed for Speed: Most Wanted.Thisguideisfreeandisnotintendedforsale,ifyouwishtodistributetheguidefeelfreeaslongasyoudosowithoutalteringthecontent.Givecreditwherecreditisdue.Gotit?Good.Letsgetstarted.

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BASIC CONCEPTS

Drag

Resisting it’s own inertia, especially at a highrateofspeediseasiersaidthandone.Asthecarturns,it’sweightwillshiftinthedirectionofit’sinertiaandpullthecarawayfromit’sturn.Ifthisisn’tcounteredthecarsweightandgravitational forcesor(g-forces)willpullthetiresinadirectionopposingtheirrotationandthecarwillloseit’straction.While lowering the center of gravity can help reduce thedrasticeffectsofinertiaonthecarandwhiledownforcethroughsuperioraerodynamicscanhelpthetiresmaintaintheir traction, the most efficient way to counter the ef-fect,istoredirectthecarsinertiatowardsthedirectionwewouldlikethecartotravel.

Changingacarsinertia is a tricky task, first the car must beabletoresistthemomentumofit’sownweight,athighspeedthisisalmostimpossiblesothecarhastoslowdown.Asthecarslowsdownit’sweightshiftsinaccordancewithit’sinertia,itistransferredtothefrontofthecar.Becauseof this the front tires gain more traction. With this im-proved traction the front tires can be used to graduallyshifttheinertiaofthecarbyturningandmanipulatingthetransferredweightinanewdirection,inthiscase,thedirec-tionofourturn.

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

Here we have three turns and the paths that a car couldtheoretically take around them. The first turn shows the car takingthetightestpatharoundtheturn,whilethispathisthe most efficient in terms of distance travelled it would also requirethecartoslowdownconsiderablyinordertoeffec-tivelyresistinertiaandredirectitselfsuccessfully.

Inthesecondturnthecartakesthewidestpatharoundtheturn,thiswouldallowthecartomaintainahigherspeedwhile turning since it is not resisting it’s inertia as dra-matically as it would in turn one. However this turn alsorequiresthecartotraversemoregroundandtakealongerroutethroughtheturn.Inthethirdturnweseethatthecaristakingthesamehighspeedpatharchasitwouldhaveinturntwobutitismeet-ingtheturnsapexatthesamepointthatitwouldhaveinturnone.Thisistheidealpathtofollowsincethecarmain-tainsahigherrateofspeedaswellastraversinglessdis-tancethroughtheturn.

Inordertobetterunderstandhowthisisproperlyexecuted,lets break the turn down. There are 5 parts to every turntheyare:

1. The Corner Entry

2. The Cut Zone

3. The Middle

4. The Acceleration Zone

5. The Exit

1. At the Corner Entry the driver begins applying thebrakesandslowingthecardown,thisshiftsweighttothefrontof thecar,pushes the frontenddownandgives thefronttiresmoretraction.

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

3.TheMiddleorApexoftheturnisaveryshortdistanceand for only a split second the car should be rolling withneitherbrakesorthrottleapplied.

4.TheAcceleration ZoneisjustpasttheMiddle,atthispointthedriverappliesthethrottleandbeginstoaccelerateoutoftheturnandtowardstheExit.

5.At theExit thedriver completes thearchwhile accelerating out towards the wall

andleavestheturn.

Turning & Braking“Wide on the walls, close on the curves”

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Now we need to keep in mind that Need for Speed: Most Wanted isan“arcadestyleracer”andnotadrivingsimulator,whatthismeansisthatwhiletheprin-ciplesmaybethesametheactualapplicationofthephys-icsdiffer.Generallyarcaderacersarea lotmore forgivingwhenitcomestothingslikeg-forces,theyalsotendtogivethecarsabitmoretraction.Sowhileyoushouldconcen-trate on executing a turn properly, you don’t always haveto be precise and in some cases you can just flat out gun it. You’llalsoneedtobethejudgeofwhichturnstotakeathighspeedswithlittletonobrakesappliedandwhichturnstoslowdownfordramatically.Youcandothisbyanalyzingthetrackandpracticingtheturns.Belowisatrackanalysisforarealworldracetrack.Havealookatitandletsdecipherwhatitsaysandwhy.

The Line: inouranalysiswe’llbefollowingthewhiteline.Thereareacoupledetoursinthismapforlightweightandheavycarsbutwe’llbefocusingonthestandardracingline.Alsotakenoteof theyellowandblackbarsalongtheout-side,theseareareaswherepoordrivingwillleadcarsoffofthetrack.

Turn One: As you can see the most efficient plan of attack istobrakeatthestartoftheturnorcorner entryandbe-gin“wide on the wall”,asthecartraversestheturnatit’sapexthedrivershouldmaneuverthecartowardsthecenteroftheturn,“close on the curve”,arcingwideagainattheexit.

Turn Twohasaslightdeviationjustpasttheapexwherewewouldnormallyseetheacceleration zonebutisn’ttoodrastic.Since it’sbetterexplained in turnseightandninewe’llmoveontoturnthree.

Turn Threeistakenabitdifferently,almosttheoppositeofwhatwe’vediscussedonthepreviouspage,thisisduetothe“S-curve”aheadintoturnfourandthenagainthroughturns five and six. As you can see the car still breaks before goingintotheturn,asindicatedbythereddashedline,butthistimethecargoeswideattheapexoftheturnandanglesitself to move straight through the S and reaches anothersharpturnatthecornerentryofturnfour.

Turn Four:Sincethecarprobablyhasn’treachedtoohighofaspeedbythetimeitnearsthewallatturnfourthedrivershouldbeabletoeaseoffthegasjustenoughtomakethisturnwithoutapplyingthebrakes,thiswouldchangeifthedistancebetweenthetwoturnswasgreaterandthecarhadenoughroomtoreachhigherspeed.

At Turns Eight and Nine we can see a more dramaticexampleofthedrivingpathseeninturntwo.Ratherthanapproach this as one turn the car executes the first half of theturnlikeanindividualturnandthenappliesthebrakesjustwideoftheapex,drawinganewturnlineoutofturnnine. This may seem inefficient but in application it allows forslightlymorespeedandallowsthestraightpathtoturnonetobelengthened,givingthedrivermoretimetoacceler-ateandreachfasterspeedsbeforethenextcornerentry.

Analyzing a track

Steering & Handling

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

Atthestartofaraceyou’llbegivena3secondcountdown,thisiswheredriverswillbetryingtokeeptheirspeedome-tersneedleintheoptimalpositionfora“Perfect Launch”oncetheword“GO” flashes in your screen it’s time to floor itandhittheN2O.UsingyourN2Oheregivesthecartheextrapowertoquicklyacceleratethroughgearsandreachit’stopspeedfaster.Mostofthetimeit’sbesttouseallofyourN2Orightoffthestarttogetthecartotopspeed,butagainyou’llneedtoanalyzethetracktodeterminethemosteffectiveuseof the N2O. In tracks that start

at an uphill or windy road and are immediately followedbyalongstretchofdownhillorstraightroadyoumaywantto conserve some N2O so you can maximize your speedthroughthestraights.N2Orechargesasyoudrivesoyou’llhavetheopportunitytouseitmorethanonceinarace,conservingyourN2Oforsectionsoftrackwhereyoucangetthemostoutofitisagoodidea.Rememberalsothateverycarhasatopspeedthatitcannotgofasterthan,this isreferredtoas it’sterminal velocity,wherethecarnolongerhasthepowertopushthroughresistingoutsideforces.Onceyourcarhasreachedit’sterminal velocityusingyourN2Oisn’talwaysappro-priate,whileholdingtheN2Obuttondownwillhelpthecarmaintainit’stopspeedit’ssometimesbesttoconservetheN2Oforthenextstraightorwidecurvetogiveyourcara

speedadvantagewhenothersarestillaccel-

eratingslowly.

SteeringandhandlinginNeed for Speed: Most Wanted is a bit tricky at first but a few tips should help get youonyourway.ForPCgamersit’srecommendedthatyouuse an analog controller. There are several manufacturesmakegoodcontrolpadsforthePClike,Logitech,SaitekandMicrosoft.Ideally steering isdonebygently turning thewheel in thedirectionthatyourcarneedstoturn.Turningthewheelfur-therthanneededcanoftentimesleadyourcarintoanun-wantedslideor“drift”.Drift iscausedwhenthecartriestoturntofast.Thecarsownweightandinertiaresisttheturnandcanpullthecarstiresawayfromtheroad,decreasingtraction andcausingthecartoslideinthedirectionofit’sinertia.Since there are no drift style races in Need for Speed: Most Wantedthisisundesirable.Whenacardrifts itislosing valuable traction that could be put to better use bymovingthecarforwardandclosertothegoal.

Ifyoufeelorhearyourcarstartingtodrift,correctforthisbygentlyeasingoffthegasandturninginthedirectionyourcarissliding,thenusinganothergentlemovementturnyourcar back into the direction you were originally travelling.YoucanalsouseyourN2O tosavethecarfromadrift ifthedriftisn’ttoobad,dothisbyhittingtheN2Oandthenimmediatelyturninginthedirectionyouwantthecartogo.However if the car has already drifted and turned to farawayfromthedirectionitneedstobemoving ,N2Omayonlyhelptoslamyourcarintoawall.Watchoutfordriftingindirtorgrass,mostcarswillslideuncontrollablyandsometimesinthesesituationsevenN2Oandgooddrivingcanthelpyou.Almost total lossoftrac-tionathighspeedswillleaveyouatthemercyofthecarandit’sinertia.

Note:Ifyourcontrollerseemstopullyourcarinonedirectionevenwhentheanalogstickiscentered,trymovingthesteeringsliderafewclickstotheleft.Thismayhelpcorrecttheissueofanover-sensitivecontroller.

N2O

Police driving tactics:The TVIorPITmaneuverhasbeenusedfordecadesbythepolice.Generallyapolicecaror“cruiser”willtrytousetheirfrontendtopushyourrearendtooneside,forcingthecartoturnsharply.Sincewe’vealreadycoveredinertiayoucanseehowpushingthecarintoasharpturnathighspeedswillcauseittolosecontrolandspinout.Assoonasthishappensthey’lltrytopinyou.Evasive Tactics: Outrunning the PC’susuallyisn’ttotoughifyou’vegotafastcar,butonce they’vespunyoutry toslow down, turn into the directionof your slide, turn a full 180 anddriveaway.

The Box: As more police carscloseinonyouoneofthemmaytry to get in front of you, whenthis happens they are usuallytrying to slow you down andsurround you or “box you in”oncethishappenstheywillallslowtoastopandeffectivelytrapyourcar.Evasive Tactics: Avoiding a box is rela-tivelyeasy,simplynotdrivingbehindtheleadcruis-ercanhelp toavoid thebox.Weavingbackandforthwillcausetheleadcruisertoloseyouandallowyoutopass.Ifyou can’t pass the cruiser continue weaving until you canfind another way to evade, such as a sharp turn or pursuit breaker.YoucanalsoperformaTVImaneuveronthelead-ingcruiserbynudgingthecruisersrearendwithyourfrontfender,onceyou’vegot the rearendof thecruiserangledenough to where it starts drifting, accelerate or use yourN2Otomaximizetheeffectandspinthecruiseraround.

The Rolling Block:TherollingblockisasituationwherethreeormorePC’swillget infrontofyouandsimultane-ouslyslowtoastop.OncestoppedmorePC’swillcloseinbehindyouandendyourreignofvehicularterror.Evasive Tactics:Thebestwaytoavoidarollingblockistonotbearoundit,ifyouseePC’stryingtopassyouitmaybetimetotakeasharpturnontoadifferentstreetortrytoper-formaPITmaneuveronthePC’sinfrontofyoutogetthemoutofyourway.IfthePC’smanagetostopyouimmediatelytryaJ-Turnandseeifyoucantescapegoingtheotherway.

The Road Block: Inaroadblock,multiplecruisersorRhinoSUV’swilllineupandtry to block off the road. Slammingintoaroadblockatthewronganglecanbringyoutoacompletestoporeven cause your car to flip. Listen totheradiosincepolicewillnotifyother cruisers of a road block setupahead.Evasive Tactics: Look for theweakspot in the roadblock,using

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

Road Spikes:Roadspikescanendyourrunimmediately.Ifyourcarhitsthespikesyourtireswillblowandyour

carbecomesun-drivable,copswillhaveyoublocked inwithina fewseconds. Police will not only an-

nouncearoadspikeovertheradiobutthey will also indicate whether or not thespikesareontheright,leftorcenter,keepyourearsopen.Evasive Tactics:Evasive tactics for roadspikes are the same as road blocks. Useyourspeedbreakertoquicklyseewherethespikesareandnavigatearoundthem.

Rhino SUV’s:Rhino’swillcomeatyoufromthefrontandattempttoslamintoyourcar.If

they’resuccessfulyou’llbebroughttoacompletestopwhichincreasesyourchancesofbeingbusted.

Evasive Tactics:TryleadingtheRhino’stoonesideoftheroadandastheygetclosequicklydrivetotheotherside,al-ternativelyyoucanquicklyshiftintoreverseandturn180.

General Tactics:

Practiceyour“J-Turn”,dothisbyshiftingintoreverseandturningthewheeljustenoughtoperforma180.Onceyourcarhasturnedaround,hitthegasandgetoutofthere.

Look for Pursuit Breakers, when you find one make sure thatmostofyourpursuersareclosebehindyou,thisinsuresthatyoutakeoutasmanycruisersaspossible.

In“CoolDown”lookforhidingspots,indicatedbytheblueringsonyourmap.Thesewillspeeduptheprogressofthe“CoolDown”meter.

Pursuit

Online

Whilepracticingoff-linewillhelpyouanalyzeandbetter know the tracks, your car may perform completelydifferentlyonline.Becauseofthis,speedsthatyoumaintainoff-lineareusuallyprettydifferenton-line.ThisguidewillfocusonRankedon-lineracingandtheissuesinvolved.

Performance Matching:PerformancematchingSoundslikeanoptionthatmightmakeallcars,regardlessoftheirpartsandtuning,performexactlythesame.Thisisactuallyprettyfarfromthetruth.It’skindoftoughtotellexactlywhatperformancematchingdoesbutonethingwecanbeprettysureofisthatitwillslightlyde-tunefastercarsandslightlyupgradeslowercars.ThisdoesnotmeanthattheCamaroSScanmatchtheperformanceofaCarreraGTon-linebutitdoesmeanthatcarsinthesameperformancerangeorofthesametypewillbecloselytunedtoeachother.Asfarastestingshowsthereareonlyafewcars(whendriv-encorrectly)thatcanracewithsimilarresults.Thosecarsare;The Porche Carrera GTThe BMW M3 GTRThe Lotus EliseThe Lamborghini MurcielagoAlthoughit’simportanttonotethattheLamborghini’shan-dlingisseverelydecreasedduringonlineplayandwilltakesomegettingusedto.WhiletheLotuscannotmatchthetopspeedoftheCarreraithasexcellenthandlingandcangener-allyperformbetterontrackswithlotsoftightturns.Mostoftheothercarscantreallycompetewithagooddriverbehindthecontrolsofoneofthesecarsandwillusuallygetleftprettyfarbehindwhencompetingagainstone.Themostpopular choice for top rankeddriverson-line istheBMWM3GTR.

Rubbing & Ramming:A lotofdriverswill tellyouthatrubbingisapartofracing.Thisisactuallyverytrueforthemostpart.Whentwocarstrytofollowthesamelinearoundatrackthey’llgenerallybumporrubeachotherinthepro-cess. Depending on thelevel of professionalismoraggression,onecarwillbe given the opportunitytotaketheleadwhiletheother will have to lookforanotheropportunitytopass.Ifbothdriversareag-gressive,toomuchrubbingcanleadtobothvehiclesslowingdownquite a bit or even losing control.For this reason if your car is not intheleadwhilerubbingupagainstan-other,it’sgenerallyinyourbestinter-esttoslowjustenoughtogetbehindtheothercaruntilanotherpassingopportu-nityarisesorhittheN2Oandattempttopassthemimmediately.Rammingisadifferentballgameentirely

andisusuallyconsideredpoorsportsmanship.Whenacarramsanothercaritisintentionallyhittingtheothercarwiththesolepurposeofforcingtheothercaroutofcontrol.Sincethiswillalmostalwaysslowbothcarsdownandcanoftentimescausebothcarstolosecontrolit’snotarecommendedtacticandisbestavoided.Adriverthatcanavoidrammingandkeepacoolheadwhilemaintainingsmooth lineswillalwaysbeatadriverwhoswervesaroundontheroadtryingtohitothercars.

Cheating: Unfortunately with almost all on-line gamestherearecheatersandwithNeedForSpeed:MostWantedthisisnoexception.Cheatersareusuallyprettyeasytospotbuttheyarealmostimpossibletodealwithbecauseofthelackofhostcontrolandoptions.Somecheatsthathavebeennoticedarethefollowing;Infinite N2O: These guys are pretty easy to spot, the infi-niteN2OcheatgivesthemtheabilitytoholddowntheN2Othrough the entire race if they feel like it. A quick look attherestatswill showthat theyusea ridiculousamountofN2Ocomparedtoanyoneelse(forasprintracetheaverageis around 40-55) sometimes these numbers will be in thehighhundreds for sprint racesandeven in the thousandsforcircuits.Acceleration Cheat:Theaccelerationcheatisabittough-ertospotsinceitgenerallywontchangetomuchintheusersstatsotherthanaveragespeed.Onewaytotellifsomeoneisusingthischeatistowatchthemcloselyaftertheycrashandorcometoacompletestop.Theaccelerationcheatgivesit’susertheabilitytoinstantlyregaintopspeedaftercom-ingtoacompletestop.Ifsomeoneiscrashingalotandstillwinning the races against good drivers, this is usually thecause.Cop Car Cheat:Thischeatwontactuallygive theuseraclearadvantageoverothercarssinceperformancematchingwillkeepthemde-tuned.Allthecopcarcheatdoesisallowtheusertodriveoneofthepolicevehiclesforarace.IfyouseeaRhinoSUVoranyoftheotherPC’satthestartofarace

Online (cont.)thentheuserisapplyingtheCopCarCheat.Again,becausethischeatisnotaperformanceenhancingcheat,it’sgener-allynothingtobeconcernedwith.Dealing with cheaters:Sincethere’sreallynowaytodealwith a cheater yourself, the best things to do are to leavetheraceorifyouarethehost,closetheraceandopenyourmessagingsystembyclickingtheEAlogoatthebottomofthe screen. Once inside the messaging system find the users nameanddoubleclickit,thiswillpullupalistofoptionsre-latedtotheplayer.Fromthislistyoucanselect“Feedback”and then select “Cheating”. This will apparently send a flag toEAthatsomeone ischeatingonlineandwillencouragethemtoresearchanddealwiththeissue.

Connecting: Connecting to a host can be frustrating foreveryone.The interfacehasmultiple icons for thestateofeveryone’sconnection.Theiconsareasfollows;

Connecting:thisiconindicatesthattheuserisstilltryingtoconnecttothehostandthatasolidconnec-tionhasnotorcannotbeestablished.

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

OK:ThisiconindicatesagoodorOKconnectiontothehost.Theremaybesomelag,buttheraceisstillplay-able.

Poor:Thisiconindicatesapoororbelowaveragecon-nectiontothehost.Racingwithapoorconnectioncanre-sult in lag and difficult or hindered play.

Unsure:Indicatesthattheconnectiontothehostcannotbedetermined.Resultscouldvarydramaticallyortheusermaynotbeabletoconnectatall.

Sportsmanship: It’s a big word! Nothing ruins a goodrace like a poor loser or a bad winner. If you find yourself in lastplacealot,don’timmediatelyassumethatsomeoneischeating.Therealitycouldbethatthepersonyouareracinghasdonealotofpracticingandreallyknowsthetracks.Insituations like this it can be very beneficial to ask the winner fortipsoreventotryandcloselyfollowtheirracingpattern.Takenoteofwhereandwhentheyapply theirbrakesandN2O.Findoutiftheyareusingshortcutsthatyoumightnotyetbeawareof.Goodsportsmanshipandrelationshipswithother racers can help you find new friends to race against, effectivelyreducingyourchancesofracingagainstcheatersandevenhelpyoulearntoracebetterthroughteamworkandcommunication.Ifyouwindupwinningalotoftheracestakenoteofwhatsomeoftheotherracersaredoingwrongandofferuptips,pointoutshortcutsthattheymayhavemissedorletthemknowthattheymaybetakingacertainturntoofastortooclosely.Thebettertheracersyouraceagainstthemoreex-hilaratingtheraceswillbeandthemorefunyou’llhave.Itbenefits everyone to help each other get better and push eachothertoraceharder.If you find racers that you enjoy racing against, be sure to addthemtoyourfriendslistinyourmessagingsystem.Thiswaywhenyou’reonlinetogetheroneofyoucanstartarace

andinvitetheotherstojoin.Insomecircumstancesrac-

ers are more concernedwith their online statsthentheyarewithracing.Occasionally a racer willsimplydropoutoftheraceiftheyaren’tgoingtowinsothatithasnoeffectontheir

overallranking.Againthisisre-ally poor sportsmanship since not

onlycanitdepriveagoodracerofawelldeservedwin,butitalsodoesn’t

challengeeitherdrivertoracebetterby learning from each other. Not to

mentionthat it just takes the funandthrilloutoftherace.

Tips & Tricks CreditsKeepyourhead,ifanotherracergetsoutinfrontofyoujustcontinuetorace smoothly and effectively.Gettingtoexcitedandtryingdesperatelytopassanoth-erdriverwillusuallyresultinmoremistakesandinef-ficient use of your N2O.

Don’tgiveup,ifyoucrashor get pushed into an ob-stacle, straighten out andkeepdriving.There’sagoodchance that your competi-tors will make a mistakeas well, giving you theopportunity to catch upandpassthem.

Know your tracks, It’salwaysagoodideatoprac-ticeatrackafewtimesbe-foreyoucompeteinit.Tryto memorize your turns.Pay attention to your topspeedsandtrytomaximizeevery corner and straightthat you can. Look forshort-cuts but also makesure that they’re 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 finish time.

Ifyou’retryingtorackuptimeorbountyinapursuittryevad-ing the cruisers for just enoughtime to get the “Cool Down” meter,then turn around and find the cops again, this resets the reinforcement timer andwill help keep the number of cruisers onyourtailtoaminimum.

This guide was designed and developed by Micheal “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 Track Map.

Big Thanks go out to:spYfunKr, blowncougar, vam-pyreq and gordonpartscts, for their suggestions and contribu-tions to the guide. Kopoians for his large contribution to the Drag Racing guide. EAcomSmoothie for maintaining the forums and keeping fans of NFS:MW up

to date and informed.

This guide is free and is not in-tended for sale by anyone. Sale of this guide is prohibited by law and is in direct violation of copy-rights held by EA Inc. Need For Speed is a trademark of EA Inc. The text content of this guide is the intellectual property of Micheal Filer and may not be used, altered or reproduced with out his consent.

If you have questions, com-ments or suggestions regard-ing this guide you can con-tact me directly at:

sub7th@gmail.com

If you’d like to learn more about racing and it’s basic

concepts here are some help-ful links.

h t tp : / /www.nas .nasa .gov /About/Education/Racecar/aero-

dynamics.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_rac-ing