After the story introduction, the game asks whether to keep and upgrade the free car you received or immediately replace it with another.This isn't a rhetorical question: those who want to save initial Speed Card costs might want to keep it and invest in upgrades, while those who already have a clear idea of their preferred driving style are better off swapping it immediately rather than upgrading a car they'll eventually abandon anyway.
For good drifting, a real brake beats a handbrake.
Fine-tuning your car's setup for drifting helps, but technique matters more: using the normal brake to initiate a drift gives much more precise control than the handbrake, which tends to make the car wobble less predictably.The NOS boost should be used sparingly during the drift itself, not held down in bursts.
Derelicts are better hidden than expected
Abandoned cars to rebuild, Derelicts, aren't as obviously marked as most collectibles on the map: finding them requires much more attention to the landscape than you'd expect from a casual driving experience.It's worth slowing down near warehouses, junkyards, and isolated areas off the main roads, where the game tends to really hide them.
Speed Cards are sold, not endlessly accumulated
The game's economic system rewards those who spin Speed Cards instead of saving them all: selling those no longer needed for a certain build type frees up funds to reinvest in cards that truly complement the current car's synergy.Betting on your driving skills, rather than just relying on expensive cards, remains the basis for making consistent profits.
