Need for Speed: Undercover - Testing Tweaked Police Values

A kind of a test for a mod I'm working on for NFS: Undercover, probably my personally favorite title in the series. Figured I might as well share with those who may be interested.
Sorry for some of the weird choppines later on in the video as well, I don't know if that's just UC being notoriously horribly optimized or my hard drive, but seeing as it also happens on PS3, I'd consider the former.
Idea is to make the cops a more challenging foe to battle right from the get go, as well as diversifying their response and strategies.
Right from the beginning, at the first Wheelman level, instead of just a Civic Cruiser spawning, there's a lower chance for State units to also respond and join the chase. The balance of this will shift as you progress through Wheelman levels & longer the pursuits go on. For instance, at Wheelman level 3, first portion of the chase will look similar with mostly Civics but the State units will be actually in force for the rest of the chase, without ever dropping the Civics completely out from the pool. The SUVs will also have a low chance to join the pursuit, besides being used as Rhinos, as they conventially are, not to mention police helicopters or roadblocks. All of these increasing in usage as you get further in the game.
I plan to iterate on this further, especially when it comes to the "Super State Police" units as well as Feds, but none of that yet as this is just a kind of early concept.
Other changes include more cops in chases, LOS tweaks so all police units see further out as long as visual contact isn't broken, less CTS & havoc for 911 calls to be put out out, cops appearing in events more often dending on how you drive, etc.
The escape bar taking as long to fill up as it did was a mistake and not intended.
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[@RockingStar1011]

Something I just realized, I really miss that old blocky style squad cars. They look really nice in a way :3

[@Olanov]

Hey..! They're not... that old... :'( No, I know what you mean. They look cool. :)

[@RockingStar1011]

That and the radio chatter too :D

[@Olanov]

Golden. 11/10.

[@si1v3rp5ych0]

This man single handedly fixed the NFS Undercover pursuits and made them better. 👏👌

[@Olanov]

Little bit so far, hopefully all of it eventually. :D

[@si1v3rp5ych0]

Ironically, I was just playing Undercover before this video got uploaded. I still enjoy the chases, but when the game decides to end it abruptly, it can be a little annoying.

[@si1v3rp5ych0]

Honestly, I can't wait to see the next video covering this mod. It's making me want to get a PC bro.

[@Olanov]

Oh you mean like, them calling the chase off suddenly? Or one lone unit remaining in pursuit but never getting backup?

[@si1v3rp5ych0]

Yep, just like that. Sometimes I can have a pursuit that will last 5 minutes, but then have another one that lasts 15-20 minutes. I still enjoy the cop chatter. The detail in it is top notch.

[@TimDragonDeckers]

I actually love this alot. It's quite unfortunate that State Muscle Cruiser could not be used on their maximum potential (they can't use nitro) despite featuring fastest acceleration out of every police cars when used by player. That crazy Civic Cruiser though xD

[@justanotherghost4589]

Ik I'm just randomly here after 2 years of this being out, but man why can't more games have dispatch audio like this? Especially GTA, V's dispatch was always too robotic imo. Both ambient and active, everyone says Most Wanted had the most realistic dispatch, but I think it's this. I honestly like the sirens in this more, MW and Carbon were just a little too generic.

[@mrmook3001]

love it. always loved the scanner audio in this game. did you change the siren as well? also do you have any interest in the mafia series? Mafia 3 especially could use a police re-balance.

[@Olanov]

I'm actually a huge Mafia 3 fan so there's a good idea, will need to look into it. Agreed though, the scanner chatter & cops specifically are some of the things that pull me towards it. Siren is actually as is, no changes there although it is possible to tweak how they use different tones.

[@mrmook3001]

@@Olanov wow. i always thought nfs uc had a generic siren though i may be thinking about hot pursuit. i've recently been getting back into Mafia 3. very good game though it needs some improvement. was disappointed when the definitive edition didn't add more to it like NB's abandoned trolley line. police need mad improvements as their only response to any crime is shoot to kill. pursuits are very unenjoyable as cops always blow out your tires with their shotguns. i hope you look into that. i'd also like to know if its possible to change the NBPD cars spawn colors. been texture modding them to be NOPD. unfortunately i don't think there are many Mafia 3 mod tools, just sds extractor that i've seen but maybe you might be able to ask around mafia forums or something. best of luck

[@KP-48-007]

@@Olanov how could you be mafia 3 fan? The story and missions are the worst aspect of the series from being the best and missing features were available in 2 and 1. I liked racing and driving tho the map is ok but that's it.

[@Olanov]

@@KP-48-007 Easily, same way I can like True Crime New York/LA, Driv3r, or Mafia 2. I can recognize good and bad things. M2 for instance, is a very buggy game, I had an actual series on just how flawed, broken Mafia 2 was, which was very well liked, I think people often forgot about that and it becomes a weird double standard. Maybe rose tinted glasses or something. Or just personal opinion, in which case, that's totally fair! I still do like it, too. I thought 3's story is honestly best in the series. Enjoyed the deconstruction of the mob (from outside it) and documentary style storytelling, as well as covering the awesome late 60's setting and various issues surrounding it. Although I can also admit to it's flaws. It got repetitive and felt too long, but that's in contrast to Mafia 2, which was way too short whilst the missions were a drag. Personally I found the gameplay some of the best. Combat and driving felt like a huge improvement (I like Driver and a more hollywood type of handling of vehicles, as cool as it was in M2) and I did enjoy approaching various rackets in different ways - if only had they had more development time to figure out a better way to implement all that, to which they admitted was only very late even added, which brings me to my next point. Both games went through a development cycle that can be best described as hellish, both games got tons of content cut and suffered for it. It sucks, but I think both games came out the best they could under those circumstances and I just happen to like the 3rd one best, it most appeals to me. Some of the missing features, like from Mafia 2, I really don't miss and just felt completely broken or unnecessary, often ending underutilized by me, probably attributed to the game being cut like mad. I suspect a lot of flaws in M3 come from the same place Mafia 1 meanwhile, I just got too late on the board for. It's just way too old and clunky for me to enjoy at this point, but I do like its story.

[@Olanov]

​@@mrmook3001 Agreed, although a nice gesture for free, I wish it'd gotten more improvements and fixes, like how M2 got a whole remaster. M3 of course didn't need a whole range of similar improvements, but anything to improve the experience and get rid of them glitches the very least. Then again, M2 remaster was given to a freelance studio, so I guess M3 would've been yet another thing to pour resources into, whilst Hangar 13 works on the remake of M1. I can easily see how it receives so little attention, as sad as it is. I really wasn't a fan either of how the cops would always shoot, shoot, shoot during pursuits, instantly, even if they are under Sal's payroll. Hopefully that's something that can be changed. The SDS extractor is exactly what came to my mind as well, going to have to dig deeper and see! Not *that* good at scripting though, so can only wonder where it'll go haha.

[@kaitospence18]

2:56 what the heck is that cop doing?

[@Olanov]

Ahh.... erm... safely operating his department issued police cruiser according to all withstanding safety protocols & training experience..? In all seriousness, the UC cops tend to do a lot of funny maneuvering of that nature. I'd attribute it to the top speed of 400 KM/H they're allowed to do. Doesn't work so well on bumps.

[@RavenwestRacing]

@@Olanov Broken Physics that what's it is, whenever they landed it they tend to do that, i had that one time but with racers, and i was like what the heck?

[@libertyisland6950]

And I love the fact while the officers say the fugitive is very dangerous he drives like completely nuts

[@jpvaz2280]

thanks for making this video thanks to this video i bought the need for speed undercover for xbox 360 and i loved it

[@XxDragon345]

The Good ol' testing

[@BrunoGomesSlyPony]

I never played this Undercover, only the PS2 version... but the police pursuit on undercover is really awesome and fun... and seeing that video of yours wow god I loved so much!! =D hey hope you do some more showing the police pursuit on that mod of yours... a very epic and intense pursuit appearing all police vehicles together and everything! On the past I didn't had the chance to play that real Undercover because I didn't had the right conditions but now I can play it if I want on my good Xbox360 hehe... but will be hard because the PS4 is life haha =3 maybe one day I can play it or even if I get a better computer to play games again I download Undercover for the pc and play it and of course using that mod. =3 just like Driver San Francisco.

[@Olanov]

Thanks and I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. :D I most definitely intend to do and show more! Just need to actually do it. I've never played the PS2 version of UC, but did see it and it doesn't look half bad honestly! It didn't look like just a cheap knock off, more like, how DSF had an entirely different game for Wii. I still think I fan the next gen versions of it but I may be biased a little. Here's hoping for that better computer. :)

[@BrunoGomesSlyPony]

@@Olanov You're welcome, yup I loved! yay excited to see more. =3 yeah the PS2 is totally different than the PS3/Xbox360/PC version... a fake/different Undercover than the real Undercover, still fun but not like the real one. oh I talked about see lot of police cars together... you probably already know what I mean but... I mean see all police cars appearing on the same level you know... example on NFSMW & Carbon it's possible to make that? A mod from you making all police cars appearing on the same level just as this video of Undercover? just curious :3 I always wanted a lot see a mod for MW & Carbon having all police cars appearing on the same level making the pursuits/chases more fun and harder having all levels together

[@No-vq1iv]

> Undercover > Favorite NFS game Bruh...

[@Olanov]

Very aware as to how some consider it a black sheep but I mean, a lot of people complain even about something like GTA IV, making it out to be worst in the series. People can have different opinions based on various things and I tend to not follow masses when it comes to games. :)

[@No-vq1iv]

To be fair GTA IV is objectively the worst entry in the series on PC given it's many technical issues. Most people couldn't even play it at launch despite meeting the recommended system requirements, I wasn't even able to play it at 60 FPS until recently when I got one of the best 8 core processors on the market and even now, 11 years after the game's release I still get frame drops as low as 35 FPS at times. As for Undercover it definitely had the potential to be the best game in the franchise but it wasn't even half-baked on release, it was so raw even the console versions were nearly unplayable. Last time I tried it the game would crash every time I used autosculpt and that was post-patch. To each his own but it's still a weird choice for a favorite entry.

[@Olanov]

It pretty much was, GTA IV, yet I consider it honestly the best entry in the series. Same with NFS UC, for some of the reasons I've already mentioned across comments. But that's the thing about gaming, art, or other things of similar nature I've come to learn over years. It may be a weird choice for a favorite entry from your perspective, sure, but I'm not you and it can tickle my fancy in a way it doesn't yours. Maybe I see something in it that you don't. We're very individualistic as people. Some people like Driv3r, objectively the worst game in the Driver series as their favorite, but consider it the best. Another game that was so broken, half baked at launch not to mention the review bribery, I might think, that's weird, but I can see what aspects of it might cater to some, while it doesn't for me. I'd also like to add, while UC is horrendously unoptimized, I've yet to had it crash at all. On PS3 or otherwise, mostly run into streaming issues and in general just looks bad, and I've played it a ton.

[@No-vq1iv]

@@Olanov To clarify, the crashing was on PC, on PS3 it just ran like garbage. Though to be fair it would probably be on par with most console games today.

[@TheSultan1470]

@@No-vq1iv Disable all the cores except one and it won't crash

[@lennox6429]

can you show us how to recreate this. it looks cool but i don't know how.

[@noobas6158]

In which game files do you affect to obtain this kind of experience?

[@GOREGOREECW]

Ok i think im gonna download it

[@Olanov]

It's a pretty fun game honestly. It wasn't well optimized but I actually like the driving model, even if it could've used more work. Pulling 180s, 360s, or other cool maneuvers is just a blast. Not to mention what they did with the cops, I love them - though not completely, hence the reworking of them haha.

[@RavenwestRacing]

@@Olanov Right

[@GLDOUA]

My shortest cop chase was 12 seconds with Plymouth cuda

[@London_J]

Will you ever make more GTA 4 police music videos?

[@Olanov]

Answered already in the comments.

[@jonimendes6779]

Need for speed most wanted 2012 police chases are the most fun though , use the ford raptor truck with ram ugrades

[@chaxsie6792]

Can you do more GTA edit's please?

[@Olanov]

I have another LCPDFR video lined up plus a GTA IV project on a backburner. GTA's not a huge priority right now but, LCPDFR is very much up there. A lot of people enjoyed it.

[@little_foxy9118]

Idk why they made the world so gloomy

[@Olanov]

Yeah, while it can look great under some circumstances, the visual style at times could be best described as "confused". I guess a lot of it can be chalked to the limited dev cycle they were provided with.

[@TheSultan1470]

It has that sun soaked metropolis look, like Miami

[@のたまじかうんたおのさだくろかわずかず]

Ghgg😎😎😎