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Contents

  • Welcome to Ventura Bay
    • Introduction
    • The Lay of the Land
    • Using this Guide
  • The Basics
    • Playing the Game
    • Racing 101
  • The Cars
    • Overview
  • In the Garage
    • Overview
    • Performance Customization
    • Handling Tuning
    • Paint & Wrap
    • Parts Inbox
  • Walkthrough
    • Speed
      • Meet Spike
      • House Calls
      • Diner Dash
      • Horses For Courses
      • Talk the Torque
      • Turbo Ducking
      • Pulse of the City
      • Sardokie Speed
      • The Speed Way Game
      • Loco Motive
      • Angel on the Redline
      • Hungry as a Manticore
      • Torque of the Town
      • Young Speedster
      • Maniac or Master?
      • White Knuckles
      • Whatcha Torquing Bout
      • CJ-Tastic
      • Business or Pleasure?
      • Red Lines
      • Macdermids Mile
    • Style
      • Meet Manu
      • Wrestle with Inception
      • The Tariq Twostep
      • Use It or Lose It
      • Wide and Tight
      • Nocturnable
      • Clamping Down
      • Damn You, Nam Kyu!
      • Push Upstairs
      • King of Snake
      • Japhet's Full Flick
      • Push Downstairs
      • Shiroi Kabocha
      • Block Party
      • Once More with Feeling
      • Without a Kalare
      • Mental Block
    • Build
      • Meet Amy
      • In the Driver's Seat
      • Let's Heat Things Up
      • You Auto Know
      • Burning It In
      • Once You Go Fast
      • Red Makes It Faster
      • Tanel's Leap
      • Blue Kobra Blitz
      • Tunerz Know
      • Stagger Your Swagger
      • A Legend's Wheels
      • Javelin
      • Component Parts
      • Fueled for the Fire
      • Peak Performance
      • Remastered
      • Laying It Down
      • Markos Collection
      • Least is Most
    • Crew
      • Meet Robyn
      • Drift Like a Panthaa
      • Roadrunning
      • Moonlight and Mountains
      • Threading the Needle
      • Fish Out of Water
      • All for One
      • Ready, Set, Drift
      • Skill or Eskil?
      • Half Past Ignite
      • One for All
      • Lock It Down
      • One in Many
      • Chasing Devils
      • No Body Contact
      • Clutching at Straws
      • Angels Can Catch Devils
    • Outlaw
      • Unknown
      • Stanley Shakedown
      • We Go On Three?
      • Go Big or Go Busted
      • Maximum Attack
      • Nothing to See Here
      • Assume the Position
      • Angels Can't Catch Devils
      • I Am the Law
      • Victory Lap
      • On the Dream Team
  • Collectibles
    • Overview
    • Locations of Collectibles
      • Burnwood
      • Crescent Mountains
      • Royal Park
      • South Port
      • El Rey
      • Franklin Terrace
  • Achievements & Trophies
    • Overview

Need For Speed Guide › Walkthrough › Outlaw

Unknown

The Outlaw storyline is a bit less direct than the others. Outlaws like to hide in the shadows and watch and wait. You must first do something to catch their attention. Then they will begin contacting you to see if you’re up for their challenges.

Tip

Outlaw challenges are not always events. Indeed, several are just an objective you must complete. Once you do, the Outlaw makes contact and gives you another one.

Getting the Attention of the Outlaw

In order to get the attention of the Outlaw, you must have some dealings with the cops. Sometimes during an event, you might be chased by the police. They also go after you around the city if you’re driving recklessly or speeding. So start building up an Outlaw Rep.

Escape a Chase with at least $1000 in fines

The first challenge is hidden. In fact, you won’t even know about it until after you complete it. The Outlaw is waiting for you to rack up a $1000 fine during a chase and then escape. Before going for this one, upgrade your car so you have a chance of escaping. You don’t want to rack up a big fine and then get caught. Once a cop is chasing you, get that fine up to $1000 by running into a police car, damaging property, and refusing to pull over. As soon as it hits that magic number, it’s time to get away.

There are two main ways to escape. If you have a fast car, you can simply outrun the cops. Get onto a main road that’s fairly straight and gun it. Or better yet, get onto a freeway. Once you get far enough ahead of the cop, you go into cooldown mode. Now you just need to stay out of sight of the cops while doing anything illegal until the cooldown timer hits zero. One tactic that’s pretty bold is to pull off to the side of the road or down a side road, then just turn off the car and wait it out.

The other way to escape is to lose your pursuer. Turn down side streets and try to shake the cops by forcing them to lose sight of your car. Let a cop get up right next to you, then take a quick turn down a street away from them at the last minute. The cop must stop or turn around, and that’s your chance to turn onto a couple more streets and shake the heat.

Bootlegger’s Turn

A good trick to have up your sleeve during a chase is the Bootlegger’s Turn. This was allegedly used during Prohibition by bootleggers trying to get away from the law while transporting illegal beverages. It’s a quick way to change direction. To perform it, build some speed, then turn the wheel hard in one direction while hitting the hand brake. Slide around until you’re facing the opposite direction and punch the gas. Cops are usually not able to make the turn as quickly. Then duck down side streets to lose them for good.

Escape a 2-Minute Chase

Once you escape the $1000 fine, you get a text message on your phone. It’s a new challenge. Now you need to make sure the chase lasts at least two minutes before escaping. Keep the cops on your tail for this long before bugging out.

Escape a Chase with at least $2500 in fines

This is another challenge where you must bait the cops and ensure they follow you until you rack up a bigger fine. If you start to go into cooldown, turn around and find the cop again or you’ll have to start the timer over again.

Tip

After escaping the $2500 fine, you get a call from Travis to meet at the diner. Your friends are discussing the consequences of running from the cops and how the Outlaws are causing the police to crack down more on racers.

Get Through two Roadblocks in a Single Chase and Escape

This can be a tough challenge. The police only set up roadblocks for serious offenders. Therefore, you need to bait them for several minutes and build up a big fine. You must also stay in the same area so they set up barricades in the vacinity. There are two types of roadblocks: wooden and concrete.

You can easily smash through wooden barriers. They are often by themselves with no police presence. Drive through two of these to complete the challenge, then get out of the area to escape.

Then there are concrete barriers. These usually have police vehicles behind them. Don’t try to race through this variety or you’ll crash and might even get busted. Instead, turn away from them and keep going.

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