Need for Speed™ Heat

Need for Speed™ Heat

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Complete 100% Achievement Guide | Need for Speed Heat
By Rhizzy
A complete achievement guide for Need for Speed Heat.
Everything is properly categorized, organized, and formatted, for easier tracking.
Overall, a very easy game to 100%. It mainly involves just completing the game, getting all the collectables, 3 starring all activities, and a few other miscellaneous, easy to get achievements.
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Introduction
Approximate Time to Complete: 35 - 45 h[howlongtobeat.com]
Number of Achievements: 42
Story: 40 | Online: 2

1. Complete all the missions & reach REP lvl 50
You will need to get to REP lvl 50 to complete the final few missions from Dex. No need to worry about much else, just play at your own pace and enjoy the game. Consider getting collectables and crashing cops along the way so that you have less to do later on. Consider saving $1.2 mil for Koeniseg Regera.

NOTE: I mention that car for some specific achievements and collectables throughout the guide but you don't really NEED to get it. You can probably achieve the same thing with other super cars with Ultimate or Ultimate+ parts. For those, you will need to do a bunch of Heat 3 and Heat 5 races. So it will be much faster getting the money than getting the parts. Especially since you can save up the whole amount during your regular playthrough.

2. Get all the collectables and 3 star all activities
Self explanatory. There is a great map linked in "Collectables & Activities" where you can find locations of everything.

3. Clean up
Finish up all the achievements that you are missing. Complete 25 races online. Hopefully you are able to join a Crew that is already max level, otherwise it will be very grindy to do it yourself.

Story Related
These are part of the story and unmissable. You need to complete all character missions and reach REP level 50 for the final few missions with Dex.

Welcome to Palm City
Pick your first ride (Secret)


Consider Yourself Noticed
Complete Chapter 1 (Secret)


Worlds Collide
Complete Chapter 2 (Secret)


Home from Home
Complete Chapter 3 (Secret)


Merciless
Complete Chapter 4 (Secret)


Carving Turns
Complete the Drift driving story (Secret)


Off the Grid
Complete the Off-road driving story (Secret)


Friends Reunited
Friends Reunited (Secret)


Humble Beginnings
Reach REP Level 2


Notorious
Reach REP Level 50


Swappin'
Win a race in a vehicle with an engine swap
Collectables & Activities
You will need to get all the billboards, graffiti and flamingos as well as 3 star all long jumps, drift zones and speed traps. There is a great interactive map linked below, where you can see all the points of interest (you can right click to hide completed locations). You can collect stuff along the way to make it easier later on but there are some speed traps and jumps that do require you to have the fastest vehicle that unlocks at REP lvl 50 - Koeniseg Regera. With this car, everything will be a breeze.

Interactive Collectables Map[nfspolska.pl]

Be The Very Best
Get all Collectibles and 3 stars on all Activities


The Brightest Stars
Get a 3 Star Rating on all the Activities in the game


A Bit Of Paradise
Smash your way through all the Billboards


Graffer
Collect all Street Art


Get Shrimpin'
Collect all the Flamingos (Secret)


Danger Zone
Complete all Speed Traps


Full Send
Complete all Long Jumps


Some jumps are on dirt roads. For these, spec your vehicle for off-road/race.

Drift, Drift, Drift
Complete all Drift Zones


Supercars may not be the best choice for these. I was struggling to complete some drifts with Koeniseg Regera. Instead get a car that is leaning towards drift straight from the dealership, and then equip additional drift/road parts. Additionally, spec your car for off-road when doing off-road drift zones. Some of the best cars for this are Mazda RX-7, Nissan 350Z, any Chevrolet Corvette, SRT Viper GTS. You can find more information in this great guide.
Car Upgrades
Change My Name
Change the text on the License Plate


Wrap It Up!
Customize a vehicle with a wrap


Techin'
Win a race with parts equipped in both auxiliary part slots


Hear Me Roar
Win a race in a vehicle with tuned exhaust sound


Blame The Vain
Win a race with all vehicle effects slots equipped


These include 6 effects: Nitrous Color, Backfire, Tire Smoke, Underglow, Air Suspension and Horn.

Handling Parts
Parts that affect handling are Suspension, Tires and Differential. Change these to max out all 4 types of handling.

Sideways Style
Win a race with handling parts for maximum drift equipped


The Hackney Dream
Win a race with handling parts for maximum off-road traction equipped


Component Parts
Win a race with handling parts for maximum road traction equipped


Redline
Win a race with handling parts for maximum race equipped
Cop & Heat Related
At The Last Second
Repair critical damage at a Gas Station at night


Repair during night when you are in the last section of your damage bar.

Travis, Who?
Escape 100 Cop Chases


Eleven - Fifty Six
Take down 100 Cop Vehicles


Cop escapes will be pretty easy, but this one might take a little bit longer. Just smash into cops whenever possible, especially easy when they initially start chasing you. Consider getting a Passive Auxiliary part "Damage Increase" to do more damage to cars. Taking most of the ramp jumps will crash some cops that are chasing you. Good to farm this while going for the "Cashing In" achievement below.

The Most Wanted
Win a High Heat 5 race and return to garage safely


Cashing In
Earn and bank 1 000 000 REP during one night


Not as hard as it seems. You can switch to easy mode to make it easier. Start off by doing any races to get to Heat 3 race, finish that and get to Heat 5 race and finish that one as well. Now with Heat at 5 you can go to this area in Downtown Palm City. 3 star the 2 speed traps and repeat until at 1 million REP. The jump is also a good spot to farm crashing cop vehicles for "Eleven - Fifty Six"
Miscellaneous
Don't Quit Your Day Job
Complete your first Daily Challenge


Comeback Kid
Go from last to first place during the final lap of a race and win


Easiest to get once you have one of the supercars. Put difficulty to easy and go to one of the first day circuit races that look pretty short, change the race score to 120. A good race for this is called "Tornado" at Downtown Palm City.

Around The World
Win the Discovery Event


Discovery race unlocks once you reach REP lvl 50. It is a night race with a 400+ gear score rating that will show up somewhere on the map, it takes about 9 minutes to finish. Best to complete it with Koeniseg Regera. You can get this in tandem with "I Said Right Now!".

I Said Right Now!
Win a race with a car at 400+ Performance Rating


Warp Speed
Hit 240 mph using any car (Secret)


Also known as 386 km/h. Again, best completed with Koeniseg Regera. Find the straightest line you can and get to top speed. Equip a 1 x 12LB Elite Nitrous to boost you to the required speed.

Crew
Two Racers, One Event
Beat your first Crew Time Trial


Crew Time Trial races have a stopwatch icon and are pretty easy to complete.

All For One
Reach max Crew Level with your Crew


You need to get to Crew level 50 for this. It is incredibly grindy to get to by yourself. Best thing to do is join a Crew that is already at level 50. You can ask or find somebody offering over at the games discussions page.

Online
You have friends?
Complete 5 events online with other players


Benefits Are Nice
Complete 25 events online with other players


Some of the fastest races to do this on are (measured with Koeniseg Regera):
"Tornado" at Downtown Palm City (1 min 5 sec)
"Vertigo" at Eden Shores (1 min 15 sec)
"The Resort's Circuit" at Palm City Raceway (1 min 35 sec).
38 Comments
AdriiMorenooo 9 May @ 6:30am 
Add me to complete Achievement 25 Online
sillynigga:33 31 Mar @ 8:39am 
what is the secret achievement
Frost 13 Mar @ 12:16pm 
What do I have to do if the fourth chapter achievment didnt pop up, but still has been completed? :steamfacepalm:
sorra 12 Jan @ 5:54pm 
If you still have problems with COMEBACK KID achievement then simply go in Online session and do it there and yes you can do it solo no other player needed.
xccelerate 30 Dec, 2023 @ 5:04pm 
why i didnt get the Merciless achievement but i already done all the story
Minimus 4 Dec, 2023 @ 4:25am 
did the achievement for complete chapter 3 not pop up from anyone else?
Sapiterigu5 21 Sep, 2023 @ 2:04am 
maybe yes
Rhizzy  [author] 21 Sep, 2023 @ 1:34am 
Not exactly sure but I don't see why it wouldn't work still.
Anirudra 21 Sep, 2023 @ 1:04am 
Hey I am having problem doing the drift zones will I get the achievent if I turn my difficult to easy?
Sapiterigu5 14 Sep, 2023 @ 2:55am 
great guide. thx