• 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?

• at what time interval you gain passive bounty,
  
• whether the cops can start non-player pursuits,
  
• the maximum combo-bounty multiplier for destroying cops quickly,
  
• how quickly and below what distance from cops the red "BUSTED" bar fills,
  
• how quickly the green "EVADE" bar fills once all cops have lost sight of you,
  
• whether hiding spots make racers in "COOLDOWN" mode completely invisible to cops,
  
• whether player-damaged cop vehicles are destroyed instantly if flipped over,
  
• when exactly (if at all) cop vehicles are destroyed regardless of damage if flipped over,
  
• when exactly (if at all) racer vehicles are reset if flipped over,
  
• whether the Speedbreaker's vanilla recharging mechanics work in pursuits,
  
• the Speedbreaker-charge gain / loss from destroying any cop vehicle,
  
• which pursuit jurisdiction dispatch announces over radio after a Heat transition,
  
• which of the enabled ground supports the cops can request in non-player pursuits,
  
• the internal cooldown between non-Strategy roadblock requests,
  
• the internal cooldown between Heavy / LeaderStrategy requests,
  
• at what distance from racers roadblocks can spawn,
  
• whether a successful roadblock spawn cancels the current cop formation,
  
• when and to what extent (if at all) roadblock vehicles can join pursuits,
  
• whether roadblock vehicles react to racers entering "COOLDOWN" mode,
  
• whether roadblock vehicles react to racers hitting their spike strips,
  
• 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.
  

• which pursuit stats (e.g. pursuit length, bounty) the game also tracks in races;
  
• the Speedbreaker-charge gain / loss from destroying a cop vehicle of a given type;
  
• whether a given cop vehicle is affected by pursuit-breaker instakills of any kind;
  
• which notification string the game displays whenever you destroy a given cop vehicle;
  
• which radio callsigns and chatter a given cop vehicle can trigger in player pursuits;
  
• under which conditions (if at all) a given cop vehicle shows 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 player 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 vehicles now always flash at the correct pace,
  
• transitions to Heat levels > 5 now trigger their proper radio announcements,
  
• the game no longer plays each Heat-level announcement just once per game launch,
  
• the game now reads VltEd arrays correctly at each Blacklist rank and Heat level,
  
• vehicles joining pursuits from roadblocks no longer ignore spawn limits for cops,
  
• 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 shadows (like cars do) with incorrect placements,
  
• the game is no longer inadvertently biased in how it chooses to make Strategy requests,
  
• Heat levels > 5 are no longer reset back to 5 when you enter free-roam or start an event,
  
• Heat levels > 5 are now shown correctly in menus (requires Binary for missing textures), and
  
• racers can no longer get busted due to line-of-sight issues while their green "EVADE" bar fills.
  

• the game no longer ignores VltEd settings for roadblocks and Strategies in races,
  
• non-Strategy roadblock requests can no longer be stalled by HeavyStrategy 3 requests, and
  
• HeavyStrategy 3 requests no longer become very rare at Heat levels with frequent roadblocks.
  

What does the "Advanced" feature set do?

• which roadblock setups can spawn through roadblock requests,
  
• how likely cops are to call out roadblocks / spikes 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 pursuit vehicles,
  
• whether spawning decisions for traffic cars are independent of those for cops,
  
• whether only chasing cops that have been destroyed can decrement the 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 racers,
  
• 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 each player pursuit,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can respawn if it runs out of fuel,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can respawn if it gets wrecked,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can respawn if it loses you,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can rejoin instead if it loses you,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can run out of fuel after each (re)spawn,
  
• how far away the helicopter spawns to chase the pursuit target,
  
• how far away the helicopter spawns to search for the pursuit target,
  
• 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 racer speed HeavyStrategy 3 vehicles cancel their ramming attempts early,
  
• how many vehicles can spawn through each successful HeavyStrategy 3 request,
  
• whether HeavyStrategy 3 vehicles 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 game can request a new LeaderStrategy once Cross is gone,
  
• when exactly (if at all) the game can request a new Strategy while another is still active,
  
• whether racer Heat increases passively over time in pursuits,
  
• the Heat gain / loss from cop and roadblock deployments,
  
• the Heat gain / loss from destroying any cop vehicle,
  
• the Heat gain / loss from colliding with another vehicle,
  
• the Heat gain / loss from assaulting a cop vehicle, and
  
• the Heat gain / loss from generic property damage.
  

• the Heat gain / loss from destroying a cop vehicle of a given type,
  
• what combination and arrangement of parts makes up a given roadblock setup,
  
• how likely each roadblock setup is to spawn with vertically mirrored parts instead, and
  
• which non-chasing cops are also tracked by the engagement count shown above the pursuit board.
  

• HeavyStrategy 4 roadblocks can now spawn with more than 4 vehicles,
  
• the cops no longer stop callling 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 game from making new requests,
  
• the engagement count above the pursuit board now always tracks relevant cops accurately, and
  
• the pathfinding of new cop vehicles no longer breaks whenever a race pursuit moves to free-roam.
  

• the game no longer fails to use four of its vanilla roadblock setups in pursuits,
  
• the helicopter can no longer waste its spawn attempts by losing you nearly instantly,
  
• HeavyStrategy 3 vehicles 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 / frequent roadblocks.
  

What changed in each version?