Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 Walkthrough Version 0.625 Created by: knuckles_sonic8 ************************************** Table of Contents: 1. Disclaimer 2. FAQ Information 3. Game Information 4. Version History 5. Quick Play 6. Outrun 7. Tuner Takedown 8. Career 9. Multiplayer 10. EA Pocket Trax 11. Extra Tips and FAQs 12. Tracks 13. Thank You ************************************** 1. Disclaimer I give permission to www.gamefaqs.com and www.1up.com to use my FAQ on their site. No other site, nor individual person, may use my FAQ in its entirety, or part of it, by ripping off, copying and pasting, selling, rewriting, redistributing or in any way shape or form duplicating or taking part of this FAQ without documented permission from me. To violate any of the above is a serious crime and you will be dealt with by the law. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. FAQ Information This is an FAQ created by me to help you get through EA's, "Need For Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0". This should help you get through the main Career Mode of the game whilst also helping you on each of the designated tracks and courses. Also be advised that this guide contains spoilers. So stop reading immediately so you don't put yourself at risk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Game Information Title: Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 Platform: PSP My Rating: 7.9/10 Number of Players: 1-4 Simultaneous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Version History Version 0.5 – Format is established in all sections. Should meet GameFAQS standards. However, there are many areas with information yet to be filled in. Career Mode only covers the first Boss in some detail as of now. Preceeding bosses will be covered in further detail in an alternate version. Will definitely add a "Track" section in the very next version. Version 0.6 - Tracks section added but only format has been established as of yet. Chapter 2 in Career Mode has more detailed information now. Version 0.62 - Added a little bit more information to the Tracks section but no strategies as of yet. Version 0.625 - Edited Thank You section; added closing notes; added 1UP to list of sites eligible to host my guide. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Quick Play This mode chosen at the Main Menu allows you to choose from three seperate games: Instant Race, Custom Race, Outrun and Tuner Takedown. In this section, Instant Race and Custom Race will be considered. ******** Instant Race ******** Choose this game, and a random track will be selected, along with a random direction, as well as a random car. Everything in this mode will be selected at random. Select this race if you just feel like racing against computers or setting new track records. ******** Custom Race ******** Choose this game, and you will be able to choose the track you will race on. As well, the car you race with will be the current car you are driving in Career Mode that show up on the right of the Main Menu. Again, select this race if you feel like racing against computerized cars and/or setting new track records. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Outrun In this mode, you get to choose one of the game's 10 tracks and you wil be able to race on it. Sounds easy enough, right? Wrong! Why do you think the race is called "Outrun"?! As soon as you begin, a police patrol car will be waiting for you to pass it. After which point, you must try to elude the car using shortcuts to your advantage. However, as time progresses, more patrol cars will appear, in an attempt to get you busted! How far can you travel throughout the track without getting busted?! I've only played this mode once 'cause I find it quite boring, but my best time is "01:21.66" on the "Hillside" Track. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Tuner Takedown In this mode, you get to be the cop! The point of this game is to bust all speeding cars to get bonus time on the clock. The more arrests you do, the more points you will recieve. If you reach the goal on time, try to go for a bonus by arresting as many extra cars as possible for extra points. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Career The Main Mode. This is where you try to get your way up to the top of the "Black List" to gain respect as well as a good rep. However, 16 different racers stand in your way. You must clear each chapter of racers, making sure to clear all challenges within a chapter, as well, defeating the boss at the end of the chapter after all challenges have been completed. Upgrade your car on a regular basis to make sure you keep up with the competition. Let's look at each chapter, shall we? ******** Chapter 1: Ho Seun ******** Bio: This clown's street name is T-Ho. He's dumped a whole lot of dady's money into his car. He loves throwin' cash around. Work 'im when you're low on bills. Boss Car: VW Golf GTI Boss Statistics: Top Speed - Level 2 Handling - Level 4 Acceleration - Level 1 Event 1: Lay of the Land You'll have to be on your 'A' game if you plan on winning this 1 lap circuit race. Type: Circuit Track: Hillside Direction: Forward Cash Prize: 1,000 Respect Earned: 15 Event 2: Still Warming Up You can handle it. Place 1st in this circuit event and you're that much closer to the boss race against Sonny. Type: Circuit Track: Downtown Expressway Direction: Forward Cash Prize: 1,000 Respect Earned: 50 Event 3: New Kid On the Street If you get stuck trying to beat the clock in this event, maybe you need to upgrade your car. Type: Time Trial Track: Great Northern Way Direction: Forward Cash Prize: 2,500 Respect Earned: 75 Event 4: Making Friends Sweep through this circuit race on Main & Terminal and you're that much closer to the cash. Type: Circuit Track: Main & Terminal Direction: Forward Cash Prize: 5,000 Respect Earned: 100 Event 5: Bonus Part Challenge You'll have to be on your 'A' game if you plan on winning this tournament event. Type: Tournament Track: Downtown Expressway Direction: Reverse Cash Prize: 0 Respect Earned: 0 Event 6: The Son Always Shines Place first in this boss event to go up a notch in the Black List. Type: Boss Event Track: Downtown Expressway Direction: Forward Cash Prize: 10,000 Respect Earned: 250 Congratulations! You have completed Chapter 1, resulting in you gaining the 15th position on the Black List. One down, 14 to go. On to Chapter 2... ******** Chapter 2: Vince Kilic ******** Boss Car: Mazda3 Boss Statistics: Top Speed - Level 1 Handling - Level 4 Acceleration - Level 1 Event 1: Show Your Stuff To win the most cash and respect in this circuit race on Hillside, place 1st. Easier said than done. Type: Circuit Track: Hillside Direction: Forward Cash Prize: 2,000 Respect Earned: 500 Event 2: City Speed To face Taz you'll need to get the respect. Placing 1st is the fastest way to get there. Time to beat: 1:05.00. Type: Time Trail Track: Main & Terminal Direction: Forward Cash Prize: 2,000 Respect Earned: 750 Difficulty: 3/10 My Fastest Time: 00:55.19 Event 3: Moving Violation These illicit street races want nothing more tahn to take you down in this 2 lap circuit race on Great Northern Way. Type: Circuit Track: Great Northern Way Direction: Reverse Cash Prize: 2,500 Respect Earned: 1000 Event 4: Confidence Game After each lap the last car gets knocked out. Don't ket it be you. You'll be racing on Downtown Expressway. Type: Knockout Track: Downtown Expressway Direction: Forward Cash Prize: 3,000 Respect Earned: 1,250 Event 5: Bonus Part Challenge Win this time trial event, and win the bonus part. You can do it. Type: Time Trial Track: Hillside Direction: Forward Cash Prize: 0 Respect Earned: 0 Event 6: Invincible Win this boss event against Taz and earn a large cash prize. Type: Boss Event Track: Main & Terminal Direction: Forward Cash Prize: 15,000 Respect Earned: 2,500 ******** Chapter 3: Victor Vasquez ******** ******** Chapter 4: Isabel Diaz ******** ******** Chapter 5: Lou Park ******** ******** Chapter 6: Karl Smit ******** ******** Chapter 7: Pierre Dupont ******** ******** Chapter 8: Jade Barrett ******** ******** Chapter 9: Kira Nazakato ******** ******** Chapter 10: Hector Domingo ******** ******** Chapter 11: Wes Allen ******** ******** Chapter 12: Joe Vega ******** ******** Chapter 13: ??? ******** ******** Chapter 14: ??? ******** ******** Chapter 15: ??? ******** *** DETAILED INFORMATION ON ALL CHAPTERS COMING SOON. *** Hopefully, you'll be able to clear all the chapters! Then again, this could be an unfortunate thing to do as the replay value left in the game will be extremely low. Nevertheless, still try tour best to complete all chapters to make it to the top of the Black List! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. Multiplayer Select this mode and you'll be able to play wirelessly utilizing on of two connection modes: the common, AD HOC, or Infrastructure. Just in case you were unaware, AD HOC simply means that you will play a game without a specified connection or access point whilst Infrastructure will allow you to specify an access point and you'll be able to play wirelessly from there. Pretty neat, huh? I have yet to participate in a race using this mode so there's not much really I can say about this mode, except try challenging your friends by setting up a date and time when you all can be connected onto the Internet simultaneously. If I am right, up to 4 (or 2; not sure about the specifics) can get into the action and try to have some fun, will you're at it! See where you rank up in comparison to your friends and other gamers online! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10. EA Pocket Trax This is a composed list of all the music tracks found within the game. I don't listen to the music so maybe you'll be able to gain more out of this section than I ever would: 1. Blinded In Chains Artist: Avenged Sevenfold Album: City Of Evil 2. Hand Of Blood Artist: Bullet For My Valentine Album: Hand Of Blood 3. One Good Reason Artist: Celldweller Album: Celldweller 4. Shapeshifter Artist: Celldweller feat. Styles of Beyond Album: Not Specified 5. Barrier Break Artist: Dieselboy & Kaos Album: Not Specified 6. Decadence Artist: Disturbed Album: Ten Thousand Fists 7. B-Side Wins Again feat. Chuck D Artist: DJ Spooky And Dave Lombardo Album: Drums of Death 8. Broken Sword Artist: Evol Intent, Mayhem & Thinktank Album: Not Specified 9. Fired Up Artist: Hush Album: Bulletproof 10. We Control Artist: Hyper Album: We Control 11. Feed The Addiction Artist: Ils Album: Bohemia 12. Feels Just Like It Should Artist: Jandroquai (Timo Maas Remix) Album: Dynamite 13. Sets Go Up Artist: Juvenile Album: Reality Check 14. Tilted Artist: Lupe Fiasco Album: Food & ... 15. Blood And Thunder Artist: Mastodon Album: Leviathan 16. The Mann Artist: Paul Inford and Chris Vrenna Album: Not Specified 17. Most Wanted Mash Up Artist: Paul Inford and Chris Vrenna Album: Not Specified 18. I Am Rock Artist: Rock Album: Not Specified 19. Skinnyman Artist: Static-X Album: Start A War 20. You Must Follow (Evol Intent VIP) Artist: Stratus Album: Dungeonmaster's Guide 21. Nine Thou (Superstars Remix) Artist: Style of Beyond Album: Megadef 22. In A Hood Near You Artist: Suni Clay Album: Suni Clay 23. Do Ya Thing Artist: T.I. Presents the P$C Album: 25 To Life 24. Let's Mode Artist: The Perceptionists Album: Black Dialogue 25. You'll Be Under My Wheels Artist: The Prodigy Album: Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned 26. Tao Of The Machine Artist: The Roots And BT (Scott Humphrey's Remix) Album: Blade II Soundtrack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11. Extra Tips and FAQs These are all tips and FAQS from the EA Extras section found on the Main Menu. Here they are: ******** What's New ******** Infrastructure Mode Take your tricked-out car online and test your driving skills with the best players around. Leaderboards: Keep tabs on your opponents with the online ranking boards. Try to get in the Top 100 or compete for the fastest lap times. Career Mode Earn enough respect on the street to become the most wanted street racer. to get there, you'll have to race against the best players in the street racing scene and increase your "heat" level if you want to get respect. If you build up enough respect you may just make it to the top of the "Black List". Heat Level When you drive aggressively, your "Heat Level" starts to increase and the cops will be more aggressive towards you. Win Carreer Mode events with high heat and spawn a Double Down challenge, where you can increase your cash and respect, but lose it all if you get busted. Speedbreaker When you need to get out of a tight spot, activate Speedbreaker to trigger a slow-motion state where your driving skills become heightened. You will be able to make precision turns and weave around obstacles. Speedbreaker only lasts for a short period of time, so use it wisely. Tuner Takedown Now it's your turn to be the cop! Take out all the speeding tuner cars to get bonus time added to the clock. The more arrests you do the more points you get. Once you've reached the goal, try to arrest as many extra cars as you can before the time runs out, for an added bonus. ******** Controls ******** Simply shows the control configuration. The default controls are: Accelerate - X Change Camera - Triangle Nitrous - Circle Brake/Reverse - Square E-Brake - R Trigger Look Back - L Trigger Steer - Left/Right (or "thing" at bottom left of PSP) Pursuit Camera - Up Speedbreaker - Down Reset Car - Select ******** Hints & Tips ******** Speedbreaker Use Speedbreaker to dodge cops, roadblocks, opponents and oncoming traffic. -Use Speedbreaker on difficult shortcuts to consistently shave seconds off your lap time. -Driving over 100mph recharges your Speedbreaker. Rewards As you work your way up the Black List in Career Mode, you'll unlock new cars, tracks, and upgrades. Perform really well and you just may unlock events and bonus parts. -To unlock hidden events earn high respect levels in Career Mode. Outrun Mode Do whatever it takes to outrun the cops! One cop will try to get in front of you and deploy a spike trap to stop you. Watch out for his backup cars that will be trying to slow you down. -Try to get the early lead and use shortcuts to your advantage. ******** General ******** EA Pocket Trax Check out the new EA POCKET TRAX. Listen to your favorite tracks or customize the play list to your liking. Be sure to check out the all new visualizations! Select a song to play and toggle through the diferent visualizations with the left and right buttons. Safehouse Hide out from the cops and enter the Safehouse to tune up your ride, or by a new car if you have the cash. Enter the shop to modify your car. Add performance upgrades to stay competitive with higher class cars or select from hundreds of visual customizations. 4 Player AD HOC Mode Now you can race with up to three friends in Ad Hoc mode. All stats are tracked in the owned list. Own or be owned. The owned list is your Ad Hoc stat sheet versus your opponents. Look up your personal stats, the players you own, and the players who own you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12. Tracks View the following strategies on tips on each of the tracks in the game. *** DETAILED INFORMATION TO COME SOON! *** ******** City Power ******** Length: 3 KM Difficulty: Hard ******** Great Northern Way ******** Length: 7 KM Difficulty: Medium ******** Downtown Expressway ******** Length: 6 KM Difficulty: Easy ******** Exchange District ******** Length: 5 KM Difficulty: Hard ******** South Central ******** Length: 4 KM Difficulty: Easy ******** Main & Terminal ******** Length: 3 KM Difficulty: Easy ******** West Village ******** Length: 7 KM Difficulty: Hard ******** Riverview ******** Length: 8 KM Difficulty: Medium ******** 5th Precinct ******** Length: 10 KM Difficulty: Medium ******** Hillside ******** Length: 9 KM Difficulty: Medium ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 13. Thank You Thanks to the following who helped in the making of this walkthrough: -My fingers, for typing it. (You continue to amaze me!) -EA for Developing the game. -The game itself, where I was able to gain a lot of information from for the use of this guide. -GameFAQS and 1Up, for hosting it on their site. -YOU, for reading it. I hope you enjoyed my guide! Contact me at "knucklessonic8@gmail.com" for any questions or concerns you may have.