The car must then be purchased using Speed Points. New vehicles can be unlocked by the racer by rising through the ranks with the number of races won. Players must therefore consider carefully if they even want to risk a race to get a high multiplier or if it'd just be better to bank their points. If you lose against a human player, the winner gets the points. The same happens if you let yourself get caught by the cops or if the vehicle is destroyed. If you lose a race you go home empty-handed. If you don't get your points to safety in good time, you could lose them forever. The longer you keep up your winning streak, the higher the Multiplier and the more points rack up. In-game rewards in Need for Speed Rivals take the form of Speed Points (SP). Need for Speed Rivals' online and offline modes flow smoothly into one. This also applies to other human players in public sessions or private races between friends. Each time you play you can challenge other drivers to a race in the open game world.

Players race in exotic racing machines, competing against one other in illegal street races, contests against the clock or escaping persistent police patrols.

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