![]() ![]() And these affect how the cops behave, not only increasing the pursuit length, but the cops will begin calling in backup including an extra cop to pursue, helicopter and roadblocks/spikestrips (all of which you can use in Be the Cop mode). There's also a new wanted system, as you are in a race and get in multiple pursuits, you will get more stars in the next pursuit. A couple of tracks take place at night, but most take place during various times of the day, which is disappointing. However, there is a lack of the "Time of day" option, which was featured in previous games. ![]() ![]() Most of which you can toggle settings like police, traffic and number of racers. In Race mode, you can choose Single Race, Be the Cop, Knockout, Tournament and Free Run. You then spend these to buy new cars and tracks for race mode. You gain points both for playing in the custom races mode, or by completing challenges in the career mode. Then there's just the plain race mode, where the game's points system comes in. There's then Championship mode, which is basically the opposite, a bunch of races with absolutely no cops anywhere. Worth mentioning is that in Hot Pursuit mode, all of the challenges have cops somewhere, whether it's the AI or you. If you're having trouble getting first, no problem, you can pass with 3rd. Best of all, unlike the newer games, you don't need to place first, eliminating a lot of the frustration. Timed challenges and then Be The Cop where you must ram and arrest a minimum number of racers to succeed. There's Hot Pursuit which is a non-story based career mode, where you complete challenges in increasingly faster cars, including circuit, knockout and point to point races. Hot Pursuit 2 features 3 basic modes plus multi-player (which doesn't appear to feature cops at all). I mean, I think all was going well for Need For Speed up until Undercover, which took the series into a new direction in a bad way. I'm actually ashamed of the newer games butchering the Need For Speed franchise by catering to larger audience by putting in explosions and on foot sequences, which is totally not true Need For Speed. I've never played the console version of the game, so I can't make that comparison, but I'll say the PC version is no doubt the best NFS game I've played, and I've played everyone to date that was available on the Xbox or Xbox 360 (Besides The Run) including some of the older PC titles. I've never played the console version of the Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, I love this game, and not just because of childhood memories. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, I love this game, and not just because of childhood memories. ![]()
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