Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed Heat, a white-knuckle street racer, where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set. By day, Palm City hosts the Speedhunter Showdown, a sanctioned competition where you earn Bank to customise and upgrade your high-performance cars. At night, ramp up the intensity in illicit street races that build your reputation, getting you access to bigger races and better parts. But stay ready – cops are waiting and not all of them play fair.

Welcome to Palm City

Palm City is a unique street-racer’s paradise. Daytime is a bright sunny, urban environment. The night is a more dangerous neon playground.

• Own the dark, chase the light – Lay it all on the line in the Speedhunter Showdown and compete to win Bank in race, drift, and off-road events. Then take on the city by night and hit up underground street races to build your reputation.
• Express yourself - Customise your fleet of cars and personalise your identity behind the wheel. Be unique and make sure everyone knows who you are.
• Beat the heat – You’ll have to go out of your way to rile up the cops patrolling Palm City during daylight hours. But after dark, the rules change: a rogue task force comes out to play, and they’re on the hunt for you and your wheels.

Burn all limits

Need for Speed Heat is an adrenaline-fueled, vibrant racing game where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set.

In Need for Speed Heat, the lines of the law fade when the sun starts to set. By daylight, compete in the Speedhunter Showdown, a series of sanctioned events where you can earn Bank to customise your personal fleet of cars. When your ride’s styled just right, ramp up the intensity at night. Enter illicit street races with your die-hard crew but stay ready – rogue cops are waiting. Take chances, burn competitors to increase your Rep, and risk it all for underground glory.

• Beat the heat – Cops in Palm City are always on the lookout for reckless drivers. During the day they play by the rules. At night, rogue cops will use any means necessary (from kill switches to copters) to stop you.
• Day shift – You’ll have to go out of your way to rile up the cops patrolling Palm City during daylight hours. They’re more professional and controlled, but push things too far and they’ll pull out all the stops.
• Night shift – After dark, the rules change when a rogue task force comes out to play. Led by Mercer, they’re on the hunt for you and your wheels. It won’t take as much for things to escalate when the sun goes down.
• Heat level – Your Heat level goes up when you break the law. As it rises cops will try harder to stop you – push it too far and they won't hold back. Lay low in a safehouse or your garage to bank your Rep and lower your Heat level – but make sure you lose your tail first.
• Losing it all – Cops will try and slow you down by boxing you in; if they succeed you'll get busted and pay a hefty fine in Bank. And lose most of your earned Rep for the night. Your car can only take so much damage, and if you can't make it to a gas station or your garage in time, get ready to wreck.
• Escaping the cops – It takes brains and skill to outmanoeuvre and outrun the Palm City PD. A quick turn at the right second can send them swerving off in the wrong direction and give you the opening you need to make a hot getaway. Lose all the cops on your tail and you're home free. During the day an escape means your Heat goes back to zero, and you're no longer Palm City’s most wanted – at night just make it back to the garage or a safehouse and your accumulated Heat acts as a multiplier on the Rep you’ll earn.

Car customisation

From wild colours to racing stripes to tons of high-performance options, you’ll have everything you need to trick out and tweak your car to match your driving style.

Hustling by day and risking it all by night in Need for Speed Heat takes superior driving skill. It also takes building the perfect high-octane, anything-goes, street-racing machine. Thankfully, you now have more customisation options than ever to tweak and tune your dream car to match your style.

Let’s look under the hood (so to speak) at some of the new features you’ll need to master to own the streets of Palm City.

Choose Your Setup

Every driver has different skills, different styles, and different likes and dislikes when it comes to tuning their car. You now have more options for setting up your car exactly how you want it.