This document provides various cheat codes and tips for the video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted. It includes cheats to unlock cars, complete challenges, access higher heat levels from the police, earn money quickly, and improve driving performance. Tips are also provided for evading the police at different heat levels and performing drifts.

1. Need For Speed Most Wanted Cheats
 Unlocked cars
Submit the code at the starting screen, before hitting the button to go to the main menu to
activate the corresponding cheat function.
Code: iammostwanted
 Burger King challenge
Submit the code at the starting screen, before hitting the button to go to the main menu to
activate the corresponding cheat function.
Code: burgerking
 Vehicle Codes
Submit the code at the starting screen, before hitting the button to go to the main menu to
activate the corresponding cheat function.
Code: castrol
 Vehicle Codes
Submit the code at the starting screen, before hitting the button to go to the main menu to
activate the corresponding cheat function.
Code: givemethegto
 Get other version of Ford GT
When you are in the first screen, the one that says click to start, type the code.
Code: castrol
 Nitrous and grip
Hitting nitrous torques the chassis back, giving the rear tires immensely more weight
under the new acceleration. The end effect is that you will go straight. If you find your
tail sliding out or are about to spin out of control, hit your nitrous. You will be surprised
at how fast you will get straight again. This is a great trick in combination...
 Easy upgrades

2. Before you can do anything, you must win the Burger King Challenge. Once you win it,
you will unlock all unique parts (also called Junkman parts). Get any car and put all the
parts on it except performance. Once you have your car the way you desire, go to the
performance shop. Max out your car, then put the Junkman parts on. Max out your car...
 Heat Level 3
Marked GTO (Monaro) police cars, marked 4WDs (Rhinos), rolling road blocks,
roadblocks. These are quicker and you need to use objects to knock down in front of
them to disable them. Lead the chase with these vehicles through the cities to use knock
down points (for example, the giant donut sign, etc.) to disable the vehicles and end the
chase....
 Quick start
Pay close attention to your tachometer when launching from the start line. Grab a perfect
launch to gain a few precious seconds. When the needle turns blue drop the clutch and
hold on.
 $10,000
To an extra $10,000 in career mode have a Need For Speed Underground career game
saved on your hard drive. After the prologue you will get $10,000.
 Avoiding impound strikes
If you get busted, during the scene when the cops are wrestling you to the ground,
disconnect the controller then reconnect it and you will be at the pause screen. Then,
jump to safe house to not get an impound strike.
 Easy bounty
Get some cops to chase you, then go to the bus stop. Get on top of the buses and make
sure that the front of the car is at the edge of the last bus so that the cops can see you and
do not lose you. Keep looking behind you, because the cops will sometimes find a way
on top of the buses. When they do get on the buses, just reverse as soon as you...
 Regaining control
When approaching a corner at a high speed, quickly assess whether or not you can get
through it cleanly as fast as possible and without touching the inside or outside barriers. If
you start drifting (or worse, careening out of control) toward a barrier, turn on your
Speedbreaker in order to regain control via increased handling and traction....
 Better car performance

3. After upgrading your car with engines, suspension, brakes, etc., pause the game and go to
"Performance Tuning". For better handling for the Lamborghini, Porsche, Corvette, and
Viper, set the "Height" of you car to "-1". If you need more gripping power either take
the "Height" to "-2" or set the "Aerodynamics" to "+1". If you go overboard with...
 Higher Heat levels
You start Campaign mode only being able to achieve Heat levels 1 and 2 (City Police).
By defeating certain Blacklist Rivals, you can then achieve the higher Heat levels: Heat
level 3 (State Police): Defeat the Blacklist Rival #13. Heat level 4 (Undercover State
Troopers): Defeat the Blacklist Rival #9. Heat level 5 (Federal Authorities): Defeat...
 Higher Heat levels
You start Campaign mode only being able to achieve Heat levels 1 and 2 (City Police).
By defeating certain Blacklist Rivals, you can then achieve the higher Heat levels: Heat
level 3 (State Police): Defeat the Blacklist Rival #13. Heat level 4 (Undercover State
Troopers): Defeat the Blacklist Rival #9. Heat level 5 (Federal Authorities):...
 Locating hidden shops
Look at road signs around the city. They often have colored shapes (yellow triangles,
etc.) to guide the way to the shops. Also, look for street-lights casting a colored glow.
This indicates that there is a shop very close.
 Avoid and remove strikes
After getting busted and taking a strike, turn off the system the next time you get pulled
over. Resume the game and those strikes will be removed.
 Blacklist cars
Defeat the indicated Blacklist Boss to win the corresponding car: Aston Martin DB9:
Blacklist Boss 7 Audi A3 3.2 Quattro: Blacklist Boss 15 Audi A4 3.2 FSI Quattro:
Blacklist Boss 14 Audi TT 3.2 Quattro: Blacklist Boss 15 BMW GTR (Race version):
Blacklist Boss 1 Cadillac CTS: Blacklist Boss 12 Corvette C6: Blacklist Boss 5 Corvette
C6.R:...
 Easy money
Defeat one of the opponents on the blacklist. You will get two marks to use on several
different things. Do not use them on the Uniques early in the game. Instead, use them on
the middle or the left "Random" choices. They should usually come out to either a large
cash bonus or the opponent's pink slip.
 Easy money

4. Find an easy race such as a drag or something short that you can win quickly. Win the
race and get the money. Go back to the safe house and start the race again. Win the race
to get the same amount of money again. Repeat this process as much as desired. This is
quite useful when you need that extra bit of power to defeat a blacklist rival, but...
 Heat Level 1
Marked patrol cars and cruisers. They mostly chase and try to run you off the road. If you
have a quick car, they are not hard to get away from.
 Heat Level 4
Unmarked GTO (Monaro) police cars, helicopters, spike strips. The unmarked GTOs
(Monaros) usually chase in packs and are very hard to avoid. They will try to box you in
by surrounding the car from the front and back and slamming the brakes to take away any
room you have to escape. Avoid this by staying ahead and using the same tactics used
in...
 Heat Level 2
Unmarked patrol cars and cruisers, roadblocks. The police mainly try to ram you off the
road and setup roadblocks. Avoid roadblocks by doing an emergency brake lock U-turn
or go through them. You can get through by ramming the cars on either end of the
roadblock or by going through a weak point like the sawhorse or a gap between the cars.
Use...
 Heat Level 5
You will not reach this level until you are at Blacklist #3. When you reach this level, all
the best and toughest police come out. The helicopters get more aggressive, there are
more spikes, and more belts are called in on you. You must also deal with "cross" cop
Corvettes. Cross and his team will apprehend you at all cost. Like in level 4, the...
 Best Drift
On the corner if you have a NOS speed up and press space (drift) while your moving
(make it a large a turn ) before the car stops press the NOS and speed up,that way you'll
have the best drift with no stoping.