Level 1 cops are easy to deal with but as soon as you hit the level 5 Heat, there will be a chopper, a heavy, a speeder and an undercover cop car trying to turn your precious four-wheeler belly up. You’re always in need of more money because upgrades don’t come cheap. The races that offer big money also require you to purchase a buy-in to fit your growling V8 into the participant list. And hey, you only get four to five retries (in total for all races) during the day and the same number again at night.
You’re always looking out for cops once your Heat level is above three. Buy-in for big reward races tends to increase the stakes because if you don’t win, you can lose that money too. Additionally, you can even have a side bet with one racer from the list of racers. The money won feels hard-earned because you always run the risk of losing it to cops or losing your buy-in by not finishing in the top three. It’s this cat-and-mouse chase and money management that makes Need for Speed Unbound fun. It triggers the same impulses we get from gambling and so you’ll understand why Need for Speed Unbound is a wee bit addictive even if the cookie-cutter races are a bit grindy.