Part 6

Need for Speed Most Wanted (2012) Part 6 guide covering races like Crush Hour and ambushes like The Hunted. Learn how to beat each event.

CRUISE CONTROL

Difficulty: Hard

Type: Circuit Race

A normal race around town. Avoid crashing.

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RUNNING THE GAUNTLET

Difficulty: Easy

Type: Sprint Race

You start off on the freeway and end up somewhere near downtown. If it gets incredibly frustrating, you have to smash everyone in your path.

THE HUNTED

Difficulty: Medium

Type: Ambush

You start off trapped in a building with a bunch of cops in your vicinity. Your goal is to make it to the top of the building, and head down the only exit (it's basically just the edge of the roof), and you'll see a billboard in front of you. Make sure you are going slow because your goal is to drop right down, and you'll see a body shop on your radar (minimap (the small circular map in the bottom-left corner of your screen)). You must take the route around to this body shop, in a way that it will make you exit towards that construction pit that is beside a railyard. If you did this correctly, you will have entered cooldown by the time you make it into this construction zone, and then head towards the body shop to the upper left. Make sure before you enter this body shop, Heat Level 2 should be almost down, enter the body shop once you enter Heat Level 1, and kaboom, complete.

For this slow car, you can try another way, and that is to enter the body shop from the other direction, and it will make you exit to a that left turn that has a secondary road underneath it. I went on the upper street and then turned around to hide in the lower dirt path, which is just as good for 1st.

POWER STRUGGLE

Difficulty: Medium

Type: Circuit Race

It's off-road, so equip off-road tires.

DOWNTOWN RUN

Difficulty: HARD

Type: SPEED RUN

Speeds: 150MPH (1st), 140 MPH (2nd), 130MPH (3rd)

This is a long drive, and for a speed run, one little mistake can ruin it. Drift smartly because dropping your speed is a no-no.

RED SHIFT

Difficulty: HARD

Type: Circuit Race

Normal race. Some off-road moments will help, so equip off-road tires. Cops appear halfway through lap 1.

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BURNING RUBBER

Difficulty: Easy

Type: Sprint Race

A rather simple race, it seems a bit long for a one-way trip.

PUMPING IRON

Difficulty: Medium

Type: Sprint Race

Another sprint race. Cops and dirt driving are involved, so equip accordingly.

DOUBLE PARKED

Difficulty: Medium

Type: AMBUSH

Once you land the jump from the cutscene (cutscene), head straight until you see what looks like a courthouse, and turn into the street to its left (Pearl Street), and then turn left and head towards the Body Shop up ahead. Once you exit that body shop, make a hard left into Beltway South, heading straight you will see what looks like another road to the left of Beltway South, take that while hugging the bend, and you'll have passed a police roadblock, then turn right into a little green pasture that has trees on either side, and make a run for the Body Shop up ahead. Once you exit the Body Shop, make a run for the freeway underground by taking the off-ramp, and once you are on the freeway take the next available off-ramp to exit the freeway. Continue driving straight until you see those 3 arches, drive through one of them and then make a right onto Vicennes Road, and make a run for that little ramp in the middle of the road. The best speed to prevent overshooting it is 90 MPH, and this will take you onto the top of the bridge for the trains. Stay put and make sure you don't move so that your engine can shut down, and you should make the 2:30.00 limit for 1st. This is the easiest way to ensure cops are taken down by your constant switching between roads, so that they will hit obstacles and not you. Remember to avoid hitting the cops as that will increase your Heat level.

GRAVITY

Difficulty: HARD

Type: SPEED RUN

A fairly easy speed run, except for the many turns. You'll have to drift like a master to make sure your speed does not drop.

EMERSON BELTWAY

Difficulty: HARD

Type: CIRCUIT RACE

Pure asphalt race, so equip accordingly.

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CRUSH HOUR

Difficulty: Easy

Type: CIRCUIT RACE

A rather fun race for 3 laps. You will face cops at the end of Lap 1, so be prepared for that. Take the shortcut around the big left turn bend but don't hug the bend too much as you will pass the checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death).

STOREHOUSE STAKEOUT

Difficulty: MEdium

Type: AMBUSH

Once you start this one, head as straight as the road will allow you and take the left turn at the end of this pier/dock. You will see what looks like a path through some containers, take this straightaway and you'll see a white car garage building. Worm your way around inside; by this time, you'll see a Body Shop on your map. Make your way to that as quickly as you can, and by the time you reach this, you're out of the cops' radar (minimap) zone. There should be a roadblock ahead once you exit the Body Shop, so make a left onto the freeway, go straight a bit until you see