Xbox 360 : Need for Speed Most Wanted Cheats
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Recommended car
The best start car is the Cobalt SS. Use that car until you get the Eclipse. When you win blacklist races, try for the three '?' markers. You can get cash or the pink slip car. If you get their car, go to the safe house and sell it. You can get good money by doing this, and get unique upgrades after you start getting into the visuals (after you switch from the Cobalt).
One stop shop marker
Press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right, Up, Down at the 'Press Start' screen. A special marker for the Junkman Engine part will appear in the back room of the One Stop Shop in career mode. This code can only be enabled once per career.
Getting the most money when selling your car
When you sell a car, you will only get half of its list value; however, there is a trick that works well for Pinkslips that you have won and no longer want. Take your car to the shop, then go to the parts area. Go into the body kit, spoiler, hood, rims, and roof air areas and set everything to stock. When you check out, you will see anywhere from $1,000 to $18,000, depending on what Pinkslip car you are stripping. Do not try this with performance parts. The shop will charge you money for downgrading. Once you have stripped your car of all accessories, leave and go to your safe house. Sell the car, and you will have made a lot of money on the side. Do this every time you intend to sell any car.
Unlock Free upgrades
Press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right, Up, Down at the "Press Start" screen.
Mo' Money
When you're going to sell a car, always take it to the tune up shop and sell all the parts first. The selling price of the car is the same either way.
Easy money
If you are low on cash, just defeat one of the opponents on the black-list. You will get two marks to use on several different things. Do not use them on the Uniques early in the game. Instead, use them on the middle or the left "Random" choices. They should always come out to either be a big cash bonus or the opponent's pink slip.
Easy upgrades
Before you can do anything, you must win the Burger King Challenge. When you win it, you will unlock all unique parts (also called Junkman parts). Get any car and put all the parts except performance. Once you have your car the way you desire, go to the performance shop. Max out your car by pressing X. Then, put the Junkman parts on. Max out your car again. Then put on the Junkman parts again. Your car should be fully upgraded.
Quick start
Pay close attention to your tachometer when launching from the start line. Grab a perfect launch to gain a few precious seconds. When the needle turns blue drop the clutch and hold on.
Nitrous and Grip
Hitting nitrous torques the chassis back, giving the rear tires immensely more weight under the new acceleration. The end effect is that you will go straight. If you find your tail sliding out or are about to spin out of control, hit your nitrous. You will be surprised at how fast you will get straight again. This is a great trick in combination with Speedbreaker. With the correct timing, there is no corner you cannot take at any speed.
$10,000
To an extra $10,000 in career mode have a Need For Speed Underground career game saved on your hard drive. After the prologue you will get $10,000.
Burger King challenge
Press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right at the 'Press Start' screen.
Levels of police action
The various levels of police action are as follows:
Level 1: Marked patrol cars and cruisers. They mostly chase and try to run you off the road. If you have a quick car, they are not hard to get away from.
Level 2: Unmarked patrol cars and cruisers, roadblocks. The police mainly try to ram you off the road and setup roadblocks. Avoid roadblocks by doing an emergency brake lock U-turn or go through them. You can get through by ramming the cars on either end of the roadblock or by going through a weak point like the sawhorse or a gap between the cars. Use Speedbreaker to see the weak point in the roadblocks and use nitrous to ram straight through. Some road blocks will not extend all the way across the road -- you can go through where they have not placed a car.
Level 3: Marked GTO (Monaro) police cars, marked 4WDs (Rhinos), rolling road blocks, roadblocks. These are quicker and you need to use objects to knock down in front of them to disable them. Lead the chase with these vehicles through the cities to use knock down points (for example, the giant donut sign, etc.) to disable the vehicles and end the chase. Then, find somewhere to hide when you hit Cool Down mode. "Rhinos" will ram you from the front. Listen for the call over the police radio. You can usually see these coming on your map or on the road ahead. Depending on which car you have, you can get away with ramming them head on. Otherwise, just use Speedbreaker again to change lanes before they ram you.
Level 4: Unmarked GTO (Monaro) police cars, helicopters, spike strips. The unmarked GTOs (Monaros) usually chase in packs and are very hard to avoid. They will try to box you in by surrounding the car from the front and back and slamming the brakes to take away any room you have to escape. Avoid this by staying ahead and using the same tactics used in level 3. For the helicopters, use tunnels and underground parking lots to escape from them. When they spot you, they can radio the police to your location. Spike strips are set up usually on main roads and highways. You can see them on the map when you see only one vehicle over to left of the road not driving (i.e., pulled over). Aim for the police car and use nitrous to ram it and get away. If you hit the spike strip you will get caught.
Level 5: You will not reach this level until you are at Blacklist #3. When you reach this level, all the best and toughest police come out. The helicopters get more aggressive, there are more spikes, and more belts are called in on you. You must also deal with "cross" cop Corvettes. Cross and his team will apprehend you at all cost. Like in level 4, the unmarked GTO cars will surround and box you in and hit the brakes. Corvettes will also try to use rolling road blocks. If you reach level 5, make sure you are in your fastest vehicle. You will need the nitrous.
Unlock Castrol Ford GT
Press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right at the "Press Start" screen.
Nitrous and grip
Hitting nitrous torques the chassis back, giving the rear tires immensely more weight under the new acceleration. The end effect is that you will go straight. If you find your tail sliding out or are about to spin out of control, hit your nitrous. You will be surprised at how fast you will get straight again. This is a great trick in combination with Speedbreaker. With the correct timing, there is no corner you cannot take at any speed.
One Stop Shop Marker
Press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Up, Down at the "Press Start" screen. A special marker for the Junkman Engine part will appear in the back room of the One Stop Shop in career mode. This code can only be enabled once per career.
Xbox Live gamer points
Complete the following achievements in single player career mode to unlock the indicated number of Xbox Live Gamerscore points:
| Unlockable: | How to Unlock: |
| Defeat Clarence Callahan "Razor" (350 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 1 |
| Defeat Eugene James "Earl" (25 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 9 |
| Defeat Hector Domingo "Ming" (25 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 6 |
| Defeat Ho Seun "Sonny" (10 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 15 |
| Defeat Isabel Diaz "Izzy" (10 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 12 |
| Defeat Jade Barrett "Jewels" (25 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 8 |
| Defeat Joe Vega "JV" (85 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 4 |
| Defeat Karl Smit "Baron" (25 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 10 |
| Defeat Kira "Kaze" Nakazato (25 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 7 |
| Defeat Lou Park "Big Lou" (25 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 11 |
| Defeat Ronald McCrea "Ronnie" (100 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 3 |
| Defeat Toru Sato "Bull" (200 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 2 |
| Defeat Victor Vasquez "Vic" (10 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 13 |
| Defeat Vince Kilic "Taz" (10 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 14 |
| Defeat Wes Allen "Webster" (75 points) | Defeat Blacklist Boss 5 |
Unlock Porsche Cayman
Press L, R(3), Right, Left, Right, Down at the "Press Start" screen.
Unlock Castrol Syntec Ford GT
Press Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Down, Up, Down at the "Press Start" screen.
Additional cars
Defeat the indicated Blacklist Boss to win the corresponding car.
| Unlockable: | How to Unlock: |
| Aston Martin DB9 | Blacklist Boss 7 |
| Audi A3 3.2 Quattro | Blacklist Boss 15 |
| Audi A4 3.2 FSI Quattro | Blacklist Boss 14 |
| Audi TT 3.2 Quattro | Blacklist Boss 15 |
| BMW GTR (Race version) | Blacklist Boss 1 |
| Cadillac CTS | Blacklist Boss 12 |
| Corvette C6 | Blacklist Boss 5 |
| Corvette C6.R | Complete 100% of the game |
| Dodge Viper SRT 10 | Blacklist Boss 6 |
| Ford GT | Blacklist Boss 4 |
| Lamborghini Gallardo | Blacklist Boss 6 |
| Lamborghini Murcielago | Blacklist Boss 4 |
| Lotus Elise | Blacklist Boss 8 |
| Mazda RX-7 | Blacklist Boss 9 |
| Mazda RX-8 | Blacklist Boss 12 |
| Mercedes-Benz CLK 500 | Blacklist Boss 8 |
| Mercedes-Benz SL 500 | Blacklist Boss 11 |
| Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren | Blacklist Boss 3 |
| Mitsubishi Eclipse | Blacklist Boss 14 |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII | Blacklist Boss 11 |
| Mustang GT | Blacklist Boss 12 |
| Pontiac GTO | Blacklist Boss 10 |
| Porsche 911 Carrera S | Blacklist Boss 7 |
| Porsche 911 Turbo S | Blacklist Boss 5 |
| Porsche Carrera GT | Blacklist Boss 3 |
| Porsche Cayman S | Blacklist Boss 10 |
| Renault Clio V6 | Blacklist Boss 13 |
| Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Blacklist Boss 9 |
| Toyota Supra | Blacklist Boss 13 |
| Vauxhall Monaro VXR | Blacklist Boss 10 |
Easy bounty
Get some cops to chase you, then go to the bus stop. Get on top of the buses and make sure that the front of the car is at the edge of the last bus so that the cops can see you and do not lose you. Keep looking behind you, because the cops will sometimes find a way on top of the buses. When they do get on the buses, just reverse as soon as you see them coming and push them off. Only one cop car will come on top of the bus. Do this for as long as desired. When you want to lose them, just reverse, park in the middle of the buses, and wait until your Cool Down bar fills. The cops will also drive crazy and crash into themselves, giving you extra bounty and bring up your rap sheet rankings on police vehicles immobilized and police vehicles involved.