At least you now have the choice between online and offline play, and it closes the map automatically when you’re spotted so you at least have a chance to get away. Police intervention can happen at any time, whether it’s mid race, during a drift challenge, or even while you’re sat looking at the map screen if you’re online, as the game carries on in the background since it can’t actually pause the action. You earn respect at night but - aha! - by night, the cops are out in force to take you down. It’s a decent racket, earning $25,000 for a five minute race, but you can’t buy decent upgrades unless the dealers respect you enough.
By day, it’s very civilised as you enter race events to earn ‘bank’ (why can’t they just call it ‘money’?) and visit dealerships to buy new cars. Ah yes, the street racing scene here is an odd one.
