NFS:MW.. how to beat Earl?
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NFS:MW.. how to beat Earl?
Don't laugh but I've only just recently got Most Wanted and I've hit a problem & it's starting to annoy me, I can't beat Earl! I can beat him hands down on the speed camra race but on the sprint he seems to be totally unbeatable! I've been trying for 3 days now and though I've got almost 15 seconds quicker I'm still about 1000 yards behind him. What do I do?
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I get stuck just after you turn off the board walk, I don't use any nos before then if he's close behind even if I'm flat out on NOS he leaves me standing! and in the section going down hill if I've somehow manged to keep infront o him there no matter how I set the car up he drives round me like I'm not there!
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I've posted this before, but I've always found Earl to be the hardest to beat.
This works for me (99 times out of 100). I use the Audi TT maxxed as far as possible and fitted with a WBK and spoiler (my thinking being its AWD as is the Lancer and has max possible downforce for the winding track) and tune it as follows:
Aero: Fully to the Right
Ride Height: Fully to the LEFT
Turbo: Fully to the Right
Nitrous: Fully to the Right
and maybe steering up 3 notches to the right.
For some reason, Earl seems to crash more often when my car is tuned this way
In 5 playthroughs, I've only lost the sprint race once (and that was because I crashed near the end). He is beatable, he's just very very hard!
This works for me (99 times out of 100). I use the Audi TT maxxed as far as possible and fitted with a WBK and spoiler (my thinking being its AWD as is the Lancer and has max possible downforce for the winding track) and tune it as follows:
Aero: Fully to the Right
Ride Height: Fully to the LEFT
Turbo: Fully to the Right
Nitrous: Fully to the Right
and maybe steering up 3 notches to the right.
For some reason, Earl seems to crash more often when my car is tuned this way
In 5 playthroughs, I've only lost the sprint race once (and that was because I crashed near the end). He is beatable, he's just very very hard!
Oh i just remember that!!!DarrenR21373 wrote:I've posted this before, but I've always found Earl to be the hardest to beat.
This works for me (99 times out of 100). I use the Audi TT maxxed as far as possible and fitted with a WBK and spoiler (my thinking being its AWD as is the Lancer and has max possible downforce for the winding track) and tune it as follows:
Aero: Fully to the Right
Ride Height: Fully to the LEFT
Turbo: Fully to the Right
Nitrous: Fully to the Right
and maybe steering up 3 notches to the right.
For some reason, Earl seems to crash more often when my car is tuned this way
In 5 playthroughs, I've only lost the sprint race once (and that was because I crashed near the end). He is beatable, he's just very very hard!
yeah, i noticed when u tune your ride and face a blacklist dude, they often crash. i guess it's because they have an "script" that allow them only to drive with the performance that they come, i mean, if you have all the ultimate parts, they will also have those parts, but they don't tune them to get more speed, quick reaction, and etc. So they crash because they can dominate the car "tuned" with the preestablished script...
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Don't try to crash into him. Don't make any single mistake in last lap and of course...be fast as you can....music helps to me
The catch up system won't allow you to escape before him, he'll be chasing you all the time, but you mustn't be too slow cuz you couldn't catch him so fast in last lap lap (or 3km before finish).
And don't be nervous
And now, don't be pussy (not so serious) get to the street and beat him!
The catch up system won't allow you to escape before him, he'll be chasing you all the time, but you mustn't be too slow cuz you couldn't catch him so fast in last lap lap (or 3km before finish).
And don't be nervous
And now, don't be pussy (not so serious) get to the street and beat him!
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Just beaten Earl again, this time by almost 7 seconds (I have a screen shot to prove it if required). This was in a Fiat Punto with as many JunkMan parts as were available (I selected them for each of the previous BlackListers as my reward).
I know a lot of people don't like the Punto, but I love this car (in fact, I think it is one of my favourites in the game). Tuned as I suggested above, it handles like a go-kart. OK, it's crap off the line, but I do most of my overtaking going into corners anyway, so I guess it suits my driving style.
The funniest thing about it was that I had tried 5 times to beat him in a maxxed Lancer EVO, and couldn't even get close in the last 10% of the sprint race.
I know a lot of people don't like the Punto, but I love this car (in fact, I think it is one of my favourites in the game). Tuned as I suggested above, it handles like a go-kart. OK, it's crap off the line, but I do most of my overtaking going into corners anyway, so I guess it suits my driving style.
The funniest thing about it was that I had tried 5 times to beat him in a maxxed Lancer EVO, and couldn't even get close in the last 10% of the sprint race.
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Interesting that you thought the Elise was slow - in my second-to-last playthrough I had mine running at (if I remember correctly) 245 MPH fully JunkMan-ed up. And it was so quick off the line, I was winning everything easily. Then again, I'm about the only person who finds the Punto fun to race in, maybe their go-kart handling just suits my driving style better than some of the heavier rides. Must admit that I was quite enjoying fish-tailing the Mustang in one game though
I quite like the Porsches too though, especially the Carrera GT. The only car that really sucks in the game (for me) is the Lexus. I wonder if Earl would take it easy against you in one of those - might try it next career...
I quite like the Porsches too though, especially the Carrera GT. The only car that really sucks in the game (for me) is the Lexus. I wonder if Earl would take it easy against you in one of those - might try it next career...