Build ideas

Seven perk combinations that work, and why.

Supercar: Ride the FLOW

ORIGINALFLOW SHIFTlegendaryAt FLOW ×3 or higher, SHIFT adds its three attribute points without reductions. SHIFT again moves the boost to the other three attributes.INSTALLEDLOCKED INepicWhile FLOW is above ×2, gain one effective tier of CONTROL, ACCELERATION and DRIFT.

Both perks pay out for the same thing: keeping FLOW up. Above ×2, LOCKED IN adds a tier of CONTROL, ACCELERATION and DRIFT; from ×3, FLOW SHIFT turns every SHIFT into a pure gain. Drive cleanly and the Supercar keeps getting faster. Lose the FLOW and both fall away together.

Future Racer: Clean laps, bigger everything

ORIGINALOVERDRIVElegendaryThe longer you drive fast and clean, the higher the speed cap becomes. Leaving the track or colliding resets it.INSTALLEDFULL TANKepicClean driving builds BOOST TANK up to 5/5 and fills it as you go.

OVERDRIVE raises the speed cap the longer you stay fast and clean; FULL TANK grows the short tank to 5/5 and fills it on the same clean driving. One collision resets OVERDRIVE, so every reward here goes to precision.

Rally Racer: Short, loud bursts

ORIGINALTWITCHY TURNYlegendaryDRIFT fills BOOST even faster than normal.INSTALLEDTURBOmythicBOOST burns twice as fast and delivers twice the normal BOOST effect: the same tank, in half the time.

TWITCHY TURNY refills the tank in every slide; TURBO spends it twice as hard. Drift into the corner, burst out of it, repeat. The small tank is never empty for long.

Race Car: Grip over glide

ORIGINALAPEX GRIPepicOVERCHARGE increases CONTROL and ACCELERATION beyond their ordinary limits.INSTALLEDRESPONSE TIMEepicBrake decisively at speed, then return quickly to GAS or DRIFT: after a short delay, a strong acceleration kick. The control flashes as it lands.

This build drives through the brakes and the tyres rather than through DRIFT and BOOST. Brake hard at speed and RESPONSE TIME answers with an acceleration kick; in OVERCHARGE, APEX GRIP lifts CONTROL and ACCELERATION past their usual limits.

Vintage Racer: Never stop sliding

ORIGINALDRIFTAGElegendaryDRIFT drains less speed, steering becomes more aggressive and the car can hold larger slip angles.INSTALLEDCARRY ONrareLOCK loses much less speed.

DRIFTAGE holds speed and angle in DRIFT; CARRY ON does the same for LOCK. Link slide into slide through HARBOR’s switchbacks without the usual speed penalty. The challenge is banking each slide before the next wall.

Sports Car: Earn every drop

ORIGINALDRIFT DEMONrareDRIFT builds during sustained DRIFT or LOCK, up to 5/5.INSTALLEDPRECISIONepicOnly DRIFT that earns DRIFT ATTACK points recharges BOOST. OVERCHARGE lasts five times as long when SPENT.

DRIFT DEMON builds DRIFT through a sustained slide. PRECISION only recharges BOOST from DRIFT that scores DRIFT ATTACK points, and makes spent OVERCHARGE last five times as long. Score the slide and the tank pays you back.

SUV: Built for the straights

ORIGINALFULL TANKepicClean driving builds BOOST TANK up to 5/5 and fills it as you go.INSTALLEDROAD RAGEmythicWith a full tank and some OVERCHARGE, clean driving gradually converts ordinary BOOST into OVERCHARGE. Using BOOST stops conversion.

FULL TANK grows the tank to 5/5 and keeps it full; ROAD RAGE turns a full tank of BOOST into OVERCHARGE while you drive cleanly. Hold off BOOST through the twisty parts, then spend a huge OVERCHARGE on the long straights.