NFS Hot Pursuit Remastered: Hardline+

A mod that improves the NFS Hot Pursuit Remastered Experience.

This mod incorporates community backed changes and some adjustments that stellar neglected to incorporate/fix.

Features:

-Revamped Ai car selection: Ai cars are no longer forced to standard launch cars or constantly reused selections (Cop Murcielago, Sesto, Viper Convertible, etc) DLC Cars have been incorporated into more races and cop appearances are more attuned to the event.

-Open Selection: Majority of the events have now been unlocked for any selection of vehicle you may choose. Preview events and Car specific events are still locked, due to wanting to preserve the purpose of said event type.

-Tweaked cops: Cops should now display more aggressive behavior towards Ai racers and the player. Expect them to start attacking more often and target you more openly.

-Durability tweaks: Player health no longer exceeds Ai health by 10x. Ai racers have the same health as the player. Ai cops have more health, the same health, or less health depending on what car they are using (Eg. Veyron would be a tank but a jaguar would be weaker)

-Tweaked Interceptors: You will notice some interceptor will now have lower requirement times. Some events you will also start with a full tank of Nitrous, similar to Rapid Response.

-Tweaked Event Requirements: Some gauntlet events (Such as Tough Torque) will have lower gold requirements due to the ease of the event.

-Updated Racer AI: AI will now drive smarter and use shortcuts/drive more efficiently more often.

-Difficulty Bumps: Hot Pursuits, Gauntlets, Time Trials, and Races will now be harder to complete.

-Economy Changes: Certain events (Such as Duels and Time Trials) will now pay out more to encourage players to utilize the other events besides the main ones. Unlocks have been updated to both fit the balance and extend the playtime of the career.

-Vanilla Friendly Car Selections: Some forced selection events will have more fitting/faster options than Vanilla (Ex: Carrera GT replacing the Speedster in the gauntlet)

- DLC Incorporation: DLC Cars are now usable and viewable outside of their specific events (you will see more and more dlc vehicles outside of launch day events)

-Event Extensions: Some tracks have been extended for further difficulty and playability.

UPDATE 2:

Gauntlet Times were lowered across the board

Select Time Trial times (Such as URC, Slide Show, etc) have been lowered

Select Interceptor Times have been lowered.

Cop Respawn delay was lowered for majority of the events (the game would take forever to respawn them)

Raised the Speed Limiter of the AI (They should be much faster in all events)

UPDATE 3:

First Offence was updated. Cops now spawn in a Nissan 370z and a Ford GT500. Event is now open for any car choice (for some reason I missed this event)

King of the Road was relocked back to fixed car selection. Now you have the option of the F1 or the Veyron SuperSport ( I would've opted for the Koenigsegg Agera which is faster but then you'd need mods to actually have a driveable one)

Rewards were also changed. If you come 2nd in a duel you will get no bounty. First place now awards more bounty (usually 2x than previous)

Previous Conviction was updated. Previously cops used Subarus and a Lamborghini Superlegga. People said this was too easy. Now the starter cops use sheriff Camaro SS's and the Lamborghini Superlegga has been swapped for a Porsche GT2 RS (Coughing baby vs hydrogen bomb) also the cops durability was buffed.

Hunted was given the hardline+ treatment (missed in release and first two updates) Cops are buffed. Racer selection is of Veyrons instead of Apollos. Event is much longer than vanilla. 1st place reward has been updated to reflect the changes.

Breach of the Peace is open selection now. Cops now use Maseratis instead of Fords.

Beauty and the Beast now spawns 1 Supersnake instead of just two GT500s (So 1 Supersnake, one regular GT500)

Twin Turbo now swaps the Bentley Super Sport for the Porsche GT2 RS as an option (as much as I want to keep the events accurate to their descriptions, driving a fucking Bentley against a Mclaren MP4 is ridiculous)

Art of Driving is now updated. You can no longer freely select all cars. However you can now use the Porsche GT2 RS as a option if you decide to pick a Porsche. The AI will use the GT2 RS instead of the Carrera GT if you choose Aston Martin.

Spirit of Performance now allows for the CCXR to be chosen (variant of the CCX anyways) instead of the default Agera or CCX option. The track length has been extended.

Shortcut balancing data was updated. Ai should now use shortcuts more often.

UPDATE 4:

Racers can take out cops now

Racers do NOT respawn after getting wrecked now.

Cops deploy from further away.

Minor freedrive fixes

Slipstream is now enabled in Interceptor events

AI can now be crashed in Interceptor events

Seacrest Tour is now a Hot Pursuit Event

Muscle Reflex is now a Hot Pursuit Event

Wing and a Prayer is now a Hot Pursuit event

WEAPONS.BNDL file is purely for the additional HPs. Does NOT affect online. Everything in this mod purely affects singleplayer only.

Reduced Respawn time for Hunted

Update 5 (Hotfix):

Fixed cops not having weapons in added HP events.

Fixed Distinction being impossible to get if racer dies to another racer in Cop HP

Update 6:

Economy Changes:

Nissan 370z Coupe is now unlocked for 32,500 bounty instead of 1,032,500

Mazda RX-8 Coupe is now 50,000 bounty instead of 5,000

Subaru WRX STI is now 25,000 bounty to unlock (unknown on the original)

Nissan 370z Coupe is now unlocked at 20,000 bounty instead of 60,000

Porsche 911 Turbo now unlocks upon completing "Awe Inspired" (There is literally no point of doing previous conviction to unlock it so far into the game)

Ford GT500 is now unlocked at 78,000 bounty instead of 1,178,000

Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT-S is now unlocked at 226,000 bounty instead of 1,226,000

Porsche Cayman S is now unlocked at 36,250 bounty instead of 1,360,250

Alfa 8C Coupe is now unlocked at 65,000 bounty instead of 1,065,000

Dodge Challenger SRT-8 is now unlocked at 19,500 bounty instead of 195,000 (this car is truly awful)

Lamborghini Valentino Balboni is now unlocked at 550,000 bounty instead of 1,550,000

Porsche Panamera Turbo is now unlocked at 70,000 bounty instead of 1,700,000

Aston Martin DBS Coupe is now unlocked at 202,000 bounty instead of 1,202,000

Audi R8 Coupe is now unlocked at 270,750 bounty instead of 1,270,750

McLaren F1 is now unlocked at 7,500,000 bounty instead of 620,000

Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is now unlocked at 10,000,000 bounty instead of 2,000,000

Koenigsegg CCX is now unlocked at 2,000,000 bounty instead of 450,000

Koenigsegg Agera is now unlocked at 1,000,000 bounty instead of 755,000

Bugatti Veyron 16:4 is now unlocked at 1,000,000 bounty instead of 1,154,000

Bugatti Veyron 16:4 GrandSport is now unlocked at 10,000,000 bounty instead of 1,154,000

Koenigsegg CCXR is now unlocked at 10,000,000 bounty instead of 937,500

Gumpert Apollo S is now unlocked at 25,000,000 bounty instead of 2,000,000

Bounty Cap has been raised to 25,000,000 instead of the standard 10,000,000

Roadster's Reborn now uses more roadsters (only from the brands in the description)

Blacklisted's county Sheriff now has a far more dangerous loadout

Sunset Racers now has all Porsches to match the player's selection

Unreasonable Force is now Open Selection. FBI Response unit is now CCXRs, Unit has an extremely dangerous loadout

Sun Sand and Supercars is now open selection, AI selection has been switched to purely supercars.

French Connection now uses the Veyron Supersport. Times were lowered.

Hard Target uses 3 different variants of Veyron. Other ai cars were swapped.

Sunset Scalpel time was lowered.

Desert Strike times were lowered. AI now has more HP.

The Prestige ai selection has been swapped for more high end/luxury rides. Forced selection is back due to the description of the event.

Resisting Arrest now has Lamborghini cops like the event is themed around instead of SLS AMGs

Multiple time trial times were lowered.

Update 7 (Hotfix):

Fixed corrupt GAMEPLAY.BNDL

Update 8:

Seacrest Tour has updated cop loadout, ai selection, and weapons are forced to level 3. First place now pays 1,000,000 bounty. Player gets 2 Extra Turbos

Wing and a Prayer has updated cop loadout. Their weapons are also Level 3. You have level 2 instead of Level 1

Damage Limitation has had it's traffic removed

Redline Racing was updated. Selection is between Apollo S and Supersport. Payout is raised.

Hotting up difficulty was updated. AI are faster, Cops have improved loadouts. Veyron SS Cop specifically has massively improved weapons. Payout was raised.

Rogue Element Cops have new weapon loadouts. Balancing data was updated.

Ultimate Road Car now pays out 250,000 bounty for gold. 15,000 for silver. Silver was lowered to 2:45

Trail of Destruction was lowered to a 2:40

Slide Show now pays 150,000 bounty for gold. Time was lowered to 2:32. Silver time is lowered (2:40)

Roadsters Reborn difficulty was raised. Cars are forced back to Roadsters (fixing new save game issue)

The Prestige Ai were updated. AI should be much faster now. Event pays more

Converted Events to Hot Pursuit:
Foot to the Floor
Jet Set

Applied weapon sets to the cops in Trail of Destruction

Extended Events:
-Unreasonable Force is extended to end of Bear Hollow
-Highway Battle Extended to the end of Hope Canyon Freeway
-Previous Conviction to end of Lost Horse
-Rogue Element to start of Lakeside Avenue
-Seacrest Tour to be the entire outside of Seacrest County.

Stampede was given the Hardline+ treatment, Cops have faster Lamborghinis, AI is faster, and player is forced into the standard Gallardo as per the description, players have 5 turbos instead of 3, cops have more weapon loadouts.

Breaking Point Ai have been updated across the entire event,

One Step Ahead cops have harder loadouts

Desert Strike now uses Turn The Tables AI.

Snake Pit now has more diverse (but still snake based) AI selection. AI have more health. Player car selection is extended and moved to Sheriff Deputy cars only (Non Elite Variants)

Priority Call Times were lowered by 30 seconds. Bounty has been increased.

Weapon of Choice Zonda has been swapped to the NFS Edition

Double Cross selection is now forced into a CCXR (Similar to the AI)

Born in the USA is now THE Ultimate drag race, with AI using different cars from each manufacturer. Forced selection is back for thematic reasons

Calm Before The Storm AI have been swapped. Cops are now in varied Koenigseggs. Weapon Loadouts have been increased. So have the rewards.

Traffic was updated across certain events.

Credit to Ariso for creating the logo and the thumbnail

Credit to Midnight of The Road for doing the event type conversion work along with testing.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/5yYpKqd9074

Comments

IsaacElite10 (August 09, 2025 @ 13:37)

I think it would be fair to balance it more, I think a little to be more fair, since being first in the hot pursuits you are an easy target. I was trying many times, but it seems more stressful, but still your intention is very good, and you did a great job, hopefully you can check it out if you think you can make some changes, or even improve the experience more.

IsaacElite10 (August 09, 2025 @ 13:36)

The latest updates are much better, more interesting, and motivate you to keep playing, even breaking the record of the original cars to be fairer, even if it means more difficult, although the only complaint is that sometimes the AI of the racers when it has already passed you, easily advances so much that you can not even catch it, and the other I feel that life is too short to be arrested easily

juankatellito (July 28, 2025 @ 00:10)

Hello, I have a problem. What happens is that I replace the game logic but after starting the race it gets stuck in the race information dialog and does not start the game. Can you help me with that?
the game version is 1.0.5