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How to Turn Off Engine in Need for Speed Heat

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Need For Speed Heat ups the ante with the cop chases and the drama in the storyline mixed with some really good car modification features, but all that means that you will have cops on your tail most of the time and you might need to shake them off. This guide will show you how to turn off your engine in Need For Speed Heat.

How to Turn Off Engine in Need for Speed Heat

Turning your car’s engine off has a few benefits to it, if you just want to cut out the car sounds while the car is stationary you can do that or if you want to evade the cops and want to minimize the car sounds turning off the engine works great.

Need For Speed Heat never specifies how to turn off your car engine but thankfully it is pretty simple, all you have to do is bring your car to a halt and then press L1 and Square/LB and X on your PS4/Xbox One controller and you will successfully turn off your car.

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Moreover, there is the bonus of getting to listen to your car start and roar which is pretty amazing considering the number of cars there are and how each car has a specific sound to it. You will certainly have fun discovering how each car sounds.

Turning off your car only works if your car is stationary and not in an event of a nearby any event info. These buttons then get mapped to other things in the Need For Speed Heat so they won’t work.

You also cannot turn off your car mid-race as it would be silly to do so. Plus hiding while turning off your car seems more like a stealth option in Need For Speed Heat and you can sneakily check out the cops rush by your location without them knowing where you are.

This is all there is to know about how to turn your car off in Need For Speed Heat. Check our other NFS Heat Wiki Guides for all the tips, tricks and tweaks in the game only on GamerTweak.

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