I always lure the cops to water and bump them into it, or use ramps that make you jump over a canal and they'll lose you. It was usually hard when too many cops show up but if you keep it to 2 or 3 cop cars it's easy.
It definitely is a solid game, and the underground vibe has given it a big big boost, it feels good to play this game
I have fond memories of the old NFSs, when they added the ability to add more custom cars from the internet. I remember going to a friends flat (his parents had good connection) and having him copy cars onto a bunch of floppies! Sad to see that the series started to stagnate. Then again, I grew out of these racing games in the early 2000s.
The old NFS SE from 1998 had the best music ever. You could choose between techno or rock/metal and i still play these songs in the background when playing racing games today. Brings back the memories!
The last best nfs game was most wanted from 2005 imho. Played ofcourse everything after that including heat but its just not the same anymore. After carbon it lost its touch a bit.
This one is actually good, but here in the uae im not finding many people playing, and u can t invite people anymore in game to race...or im doing somwthing wrong..