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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 › Speed

Diner Dash

After meeting Manu, your group of new friends decides to go get a bite to eat. The diner they like is across town in Royal Park. Of course, everything is a race to this group. Last one to the diner buys for everyone!

Objective: Get to the diner first as you drive against four other cars.

The race begins with you taking the on-ramp to the freeway. So, right from the start you must accelerate through a turn. Try to get ahead of as many of your opponents as you can during this first leg of the race.

Once you’re on the freeway, put the pedal to the metal. The turns along most of the freeway are pretty mild and there’s no need to slow down. However, since you’re driving a lot faster than the rest of the traffic—this is a public freeway, not your own personal raceway—you have to dodge in and out.

Hitting another car slows you down and, if you hit it fast enough, could lead to a crash. As you approach the end of the freeway section of the race, there’s a turn to the left while you’re in a tunnel. Be ready to slow down if needed, but try to maintain your speed as much as possible.

Right after you exit the tunnel, get ready to take the off-ramp from the freeway. This ramp does not have a sharp turn, so you can still take it without slowing down. If your friends try to pass you here, cut them off and nudge them to the side so you can stay ahead.

The off-ramp takes you onto a main road that takes a tight turn to the left. Luckily, the road is wide so it gives you some room to turn. Try to stay in the middle of the road as you enter and exit this turn and then push it all the way to the finish, which is a short distance from the turn.

Tip

After the diner, head back to the garage. The route is already selected for you to follow. Amy is waiting there to show you around. Use the money you begin with to upgrade your car. Check out the Garage section of this guide for advice on getting the best bang for your bucks.

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