If you’re having trouble with the story challenges, consider earning money through random street races and upgrade your car. Race it out with them and if you manage to win, you’ll earn a nice amount of money, usually around 100. Street race will match make you with a random player. Street races are unlocked after you completed the second story mission. They’re worth gold coins – the premium currency of the game – so that’s significant!

Be sure to weigh the stat changes before you commit to an upgrade! Alternatively, you can also sell your blueprints. If you want, you can plan your car around to specialize in one category, making it excel at one thing but not be so great at others. Blueprints often provide bigger boosts than the normal upgrades, but at a price – they usually have some kind of downgrade to them. You need to be really quick to land these perfect shifts!Īside from the normal upgrades, sometimes you can win blueprints from races. Keep in the mind that the early shifts are usually the hardest, as your speed fluctuates faster at lower gears. Once it reaches into the optimal zone, it’ll turn green.

When you’re approaching perfect shifting zone, a yellow light start to blink under the numbers. Alternatively, you can watch the number gauge. Keeping your eye on the speedometer’s needle is key to landing perfect shifts.

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