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Contents

  • Basics
    • Movement
    • Nintendo Switch Controls
    • Weapons
    • Detective Work
    • The Notebook
    • Interrogation
    • Intuition & Rank
    • The Case Report
  • Walkthrough
    • Overview
    • Patrol Cases
      • Overview
      • CASE# AP001: Upon Reflection (VR)
      • CASE# AP002: Armed and Dangerous (VR)
      • CASE# AP003: Warrants Outstanding
      • CASE# AP004: Buyer Beware
    • The Traffic Cases
      • Overview
      • CASE# AT001: The Driver’s Seat
      • CASE# AT002: The Consul’s Car (VR)
      • CASE# AT003: A Marriage Made in Heaven
      • CASE# AT004: A Slip of the Tongue
      • CASE# AT005: The Fallen Idol
    • The Homicide Cases
      • CASE# AH001: The Red Lipstick Murder
      • CASE# AH002: The Golden Butterfly
      • CASE# AH003: The Silk Stocking Murder (VR)
      • CASE# AH004: The White Shoe Slaying
      • CASE# AH005: The Studio Secretary Murder
      • CASE# AH006: The Quarter Moon Murders
    • The Vice Cases
      • CASE# AV001: The Black Caesar
      • CASE# AV002: Reefer Madness (VR)
      • CASE# AV003: The Set Up
      • CASE# AV004: The Naked City
      • CASE# AV005: Manifest Destiny
    • The Arson Cases
      • CASE# AA001: The Gas Man
      • CASE# AA002: A Walk In Elysian Fields
      • CASE# AA003: House of Sticks
      • CASE# AA004: A Polite Invitation
      • CASE# AA005: Nicholson Electroplating
      • CASE# AA006: A Different Kind of War (VR)
  • Achievements,Trophies, and Accomplishments
    • Game Achievements
  • The Badge Pursuit Challenge
    • Overview
    • Badge Locations
    • Badge Locations (VR)
  • Newspapers
    • Overview
    • Newspaper Locations
  • Novels
    • Overview
    • Novel Locations
    • Novel Locations (VR)
  • Golden Records
    • Overview
    • Golden Record Locations
  • Golden Film Reels
    • Overview
    • Golden Film Reel Locations
  • Landmarks
    • Overview
    • Hidden Landmarks
  • Outfits
    • Outfit Unlocks
  • Vehicle Showroom
    • Unlocking Vehicles
    • 2-Door (25)
    • 4-Door (19)
    • Sports (8)
    • Service (19)
    • Police (9)
    • Hidden Vehicles
  • Street Crimes
    • Overview
    • Traffic
      • Map
      • 1: Boxing Clever
      • 2: Cosmic Rays
      • 3: Masked Gunman
      • 4: Shoo-shoo Bandits
      • 5: Gangfight
      • 6: Amateur Hour
      • 7: Death from Above
      • 8: Theater Robbery
      • 9: Pawnshop Holdup
      • 10: Hotel Bandits
      • 11: Army Surplus
      • 12: Hung Out to Dry
    • Homicide
      • Map
      • 13: Vengeful Ex
      • 14: Death Plunge
      • 15: Canned Fish
      • 16: Would Be Robber
      • 17: Running Battle
      • 18: Bank Job
      • 19: Unsuccessful Holdup
      • 20: Cop Killer Shot
      • 21: Honey Boy
      • 22: Misunderstanding
      • 23: Thicker Than Water
      • 24: Killer Bandits
      • 25: Bowling Lane Robbery
    • Vice
      • Map
      • 26: Commies
      • 27: Fatal Plunge
      • 28: Against the Odds
      • 29: Daylight Robbery
      • 30: The Blue Line
      • 31: Zoot Suit Riot
      • 32: THe Badger Game
      • 33: Camera Obscura
      • 34: Secret Keepers
      • 35: Bad Date
    • Arson
      • Map
      • 36: Accident Prone
      • 37: Paper Sack Holdup
      • 38: Café Holdup
      • 39: Bus Stop Shooting
      • 40: Hot Property

L.A. Noire Guide › Basics

Intuition & Rank

“Intuition” is a selectable option in your notebook (Intuition is not part of The VR Case Files). Selecting this takes you to the Rank page. As you progress through the game, you earn experience for performing certain tasks like collecting Film Reels, acing interrogations, or discovering Landmarks. All these things give you varying amounts of experience, which in turn contributes to Rank.

There is a maximum of 20 Ranks. Each level is achieved by filling the Rank gauge with the requisite amount of experience points. Reaching key Rank stages unlocks Outfits and Hidden Vehicle locations on the map. You also earn one Intuition point each time you increase your Rank.

Using Intuition

You can hold up to five Intuition points during a case. One point can be used for these purposes: “Remove An Answer” during an interrogation, “Show All Clues” when on the crime scene, or “Ask The Community” to view the answers with percentage of popularity. On the next page, we provide details on each of these options.

Experience Earnings
Task AWARDED Experience Awarded

Answer one Question Correctly

5

Acquire a Single Film Reel

5

Discover a Landmark

5

Complete a Street Crime case

15

Collect a Hidden Shield

5

Rank Awards
Rank Req. XP Accum. XP Unlocks

1

Starting Rank

N/A

—

2

15

N/A

—

3

20

(35)

Sword of Justice Outfit

4

25

(60)

—

5

30

(90)

5 Hidden Vehicles Revealed

6

35

(125)

—

7

40

(165)

—

8

45

(210)

Sunset Strip Outfit

9

50

(260)

—

10

55

(315)

5 Hidden Vehicles Revealed

11

60

(375)

—

12

65

(440)

—

13

70

(510)

The Outsider Outfit

14

75

(585)

—

15

80

(665)

5 Hidden Vehicles Revealed

16

85

(750)

—

17

90

(940)

—

18

95

(1035)

Hawkshaw Outfit

19

100

(1135)

—

20

105

(1140)

—

Remove An Answer

One Intuition point can be used to “Remove An Answer” during an interrogation with a suspect. You have three answer choices: Good Cop, Bad Cop, or Accuse. Taking away one of these improves your odds of choosing correctly.

Ask The Community

You can also use a point to “Ask The Community”, which allows you to view the answers in order of popularity as chosen by those players logged into the Rockstar Social Club (Ask the Community is not part of The VR Case Files). You must be connected to Social Club to view these stats on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Show All Clues

While at the crime scene, you can open the notebook and choose this option to reveal the remaining clues at the scene, indicated by magnifying glass icons on the mini-map. Note that some of them may not necessarily be key clues that end up in your notebook.

Investigation Music Tip

You know there are more key clues when the investigation music continues to play. This soundtrack crescendos and chimes just before stopping completely, signifying that you’ve found all the clues on the scene.

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