• the "Basic" feature set lets you change many otherwise hard-coded values of the game, and
  
• the "Advanced" feature set lets you change cop-spawning behaviour and tables without limits.
  

What does the "Basic" feature set do?

• whether patrol cops can start and join non-player pursuits,
  
• at what interval you gain passive bounty in active pursuits,
  
• the maximum combo-bounty multiplier for destroying cops quickly,
  
• how quickly and below what distance from the cops the red "BUSTED" bar can fill,
  
• how quickly the green "EVADE" bar fills when no cops can see the pursuit target,
  
• whether hiding spots make the pursuit target completely invisible to the cops,
  
• whether player-damaged cops are destroyed instantly if flipped over,
  
• when exactly (if at all) cops are destroyed regardless of damage if flipped over,
  
• when exactly (if at all) racers are automatically reset if flipped over,
  
• whether the Speedbreaker's vanilla recharging mechanics apply in pursuits,
  
• how much Speedbreaker charge you gain / lose from destroying any cop vehicle,
  
• which pursuit jurisdiction dispatch announces over the radio,
  
• which ground support the cops may request in non-player pursuits,
  
• the internal cooldown between non-Strategy roadblock requests,
  
• the internal cooldown between Heavy / LeaderStrategy requests,
  
• how far away roadblocks can spawn from the pursuit target,
  
• whether successful roadblock spawns cancel the current cop formation,
  
• when and to what extent (if at all) roadblock cops can join pursuits,
  
• whether roadblocks react to the pursuit target entering "COOLDOWN" mode,
  
• whether roadblocks react to the pursuit target hitting their spike strips,
  
• the maximum speed of scripted ramming attempts through HeavyStrategy 3,
  
• whether HeavyStrategy 3 requests interact with roadblock requests and spawns,
  
• which vehicles spawn in place of the ramming SUVs through HeavyStrategy 3,
  
• which vehicles spawn in place of the roadblock SUVs through HeavyStrategy 4,
  
• which vehicle spawns in place of Cross through LeaderStrategy 5, and
  
• which vehicles spawn in place of Cross and his henchmen through LeaderStrategy 7.
  

• whether specific cop vehicles are affected by pursuit-breaker instakills;
  
• which pursuit stats (e.g. length, bounty, infractions) the game tracks in races;
  
• how much Speedbreaker charge you gain / lose from destroying specific cop vehicles;
  
• what notification strings the game displays whenever you destroy specific cop vehicles;
  
• which radio callsigns and chatter specific cop vehicles can trigger in your pursuits;
  
• under which conditions (if at all) specific cop vehicles can show up on the radar / mini-map;
  
• how (if at all) line of sight affects the colour of the helicopter cone-of-vision icon; and
  
• the selection, order, and length of interactive themes that play during your pursuits.
  

• the game no longer fails to select certain arrest cutscenes,
  
• the game now always updates the passive bounty increment after races,
  
• the (mini-)map icons for cop cars now always flash at their intended pace,
  
• transitions to Heat levels > 5 now trigger their proper radio announcements,
  
• the cops no longer announce each Heat level just once per game launch at most,
  
• the game now reads VltEd arrays correctly at each Blacklist rank and Heat level,
  
• cops joining pursuits from roadblocks no longer ignore all cop-related spawn limits,
  
• the helicopter mini-map icon is now always visible whenever a helicopter is active,
  
• the helicopter vision-cone icon now always disappears whenever a helicopter is destroyed,
  
• helicopters no longer cast static blob-shadows (like cars do) with incorrect placements,
  
• the cops are no longer inadvertently biased in how they select and make Strategy requests,
  
• Heat levels > 5 are no longer reset back to 5 whenever you enter free-roam or start an event,
  
• Heat levels > 5 are now shown correctly in menus (requires Binary for missing textures), and
  
• the cops can no longer bust the pursuit target while their line of sight to it is broken.
  

• the game no longer ignores VltEd settings for roadblocks and Strategies in races,
  
• HeavyStrategy 3 requests can no longer stall non-Strategy roadblock requests, and
  
• roadblock requests of any kind can no longer stall HeavyStrategy 3 requests.
  

What does the "Advanced" feature set do?

• which roadblock setups can spawn through roadblock requests,
  
• how likely the cops are to call out roadblock / spike spawns over the radio,
  
• how many chasing cops can (re)spawn regardless of the remaining engagement count,
  
• below what total number of active cops in the world the game can spawn new chasing cops,
  
• whether spawning decisions for chasing cops are independent of all other cops,
  
• whether spawning decisions for traffic cars are independent of those for cops,
  
• whether only destroyed chasing cops can decrement the remaining engagement count,
  
• whether Heat transitions immediately trigger backup to update the engagement count,
  
• how far away new chasing cops must spawn from all already active cops,
  
• above what count (if at all) no more cops can join the pursuit from roadblocks,
  
• when exactly (if at all) and how many cops that joined from roadblocks can flee,
  
• when exactly (if at all) and how many chasing cops from other Heat levels can flee,
  
• which vehicles (any amount, with counts and chances) can spawn to chase the pursuit target,
  
• which vehicles (same liberties as above) can spawn in non-Strategy roadblocks,
  
• which vehicles (ditto) can spawn as pre-generated cops in scripted events,
  
• which vehicles (ditto again) can spawn as free patrols outside pursuits,
  
• which vehicle spawns in place of the regular helicopter,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can first spawn in your pursuits,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can respawn upon running out of fuel,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can respawn upon being destroyed,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can respawn upon losing you,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can rejoin instead upon losing you,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can run out of fuel upon (re)spawning,
  
• how far away the helicopter can spawn to chase you,
  
• how far away the helicopter can spawn to search for you,
  
• whether the presence of roadblocks affects the helicopter's navigation behaviour,
  
• the internal cooldown between the helicopter's ramming attempts through HeliStrategy 2,
  
• below what pursuit-target speed HeavyStrategy 3 cops cancel their ramming attempts,
  
• how many cops can spawn through each successful HeavyStrategy 3 request,
  
• whether HeavyStrategy 3 cops can join the pursuit once their request expires,
  
• above what count (if at all) no more cops can join the pursuit from HeavyStrategy 3 requests,
  
• when exactly (if at all) and how many cops that joined from HeavyStrategy 3 requests can flee,
  
• when exactly (if at all) LeaderStrategy 5 / 7 Cross and / or his henchmen become aggressive,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the cops can request a new LeaderStrategy once Cross is gone,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the cops can request a new Strategy while another is still active,
  
• whether your Heat increases passively over time in active pursuits,
  
• how much Heat you gain / lose from cop and roadblock spawns,
  
• how much Heat you gain / lose from destroying any cop vehicle,
  
• how much Heat you gain / lose from colliding with other cars,
  
• how much Heat you gain / lose from assaulting any cop, and
  
• how much Heat you gain / lose from generic property damage.
  

• how much Heat you gain / lose from destroying specific cop vehicles,
  
• what specific roadblock setups look like in terms of parts and their arrangement,
  
• how likely each roadblock setup is to spawn with horizontally mirrored parts instead, and
  
• which active non-chasing cops the engagement count shown above the pursuit board also tracks.
  

• HeavyStrategy 4 roadblocks can now spawn with more than 4 vehicles,
  
• the cops no longer stop calling out roadblocks / spikes over the radio,
  
• failed roadblock spawn attempts can no longer stall spawns for chasing cops,
  
• Challenge Series events now use the Heat level limits defined for them in VltEd,
  
• the game no longer ignores VltEd settings for roadblocks and Strategies in races,
  
• the Heat gauge no longer skips the transition animation for rapid Heat-level changes,
  
• the game now counts spike-strip deployments accurately in cost-to-state calculations,
  
• the game now counts support-vehicle deployments accurately in cost-to-state calculations,
  
• early Strategy despawns or cancellations no longer stall the cops from making new requests,
  
• the engagement count above the pursuit board now always tracks relevant cops accurately, and
  
• the pathfinding of new cops no longer breaks whenever a race pursuit transitions to free-roam.
  

• the cops no longer inadvertently fail to spawn four of the vanilla roadblock setups,
  
• the helicopter can no longer waste its spawns by losing the pursuit target nearly instantly,
  
• HeavyStrategy 3 cops no longer spawn in passive mode without trying to ram anything, and
  
• traffic spawns no longer slow down or stop at Heat levels with many cops or roadblocks.
  

What changed in each version?