Stacked Deck (Hot Import Nights)

**Stacked Deck** are one of the most powerful crews in all of Palmont City. Led by Darius, they exert control over the Silverton borough, the northernmost borough of Palmont City.

## History

In Hot Import Nights, Darius was the head chief of the Stacked Deck crew. Eventually, he would recruit Caleb into his crew as his bodyguard, along with various other unnamed associates. Darius soon became a feared street racer in Palmont city, and he and his crew essentially had complete power over the city.

Eventually, during the Bayview arc, Darius meets Caleb and they worked together in an attempt to defeat Ruka and invade Bayview City by destroying their sponsorships. Darius eventually tells Caleb about the new situation in Palmont and asks him to form his own crew to assist Darius' crew such as Bushido, 21st Street, T.F.K., the Mezzanote Club, and the Wraiths.

After Takashi, Damien, Carter, Jayna, Gagne, and Caleb are all defeated, Darius phones Ruka asking him to meet in the Infinity Highway south. When Ruka arrives, he discovers that he was set up by Darius to win against the hero, so Darius can gain all the influence and power in Palmont. Afterward, Darius gives an invitation card for a final challenge called the Silverton Grand Prix to Ruka, and then Darius left to say to Ruka "I wish you best of luck, Formula 1 champion."

After Darius is defeated by Ruka, the final cutscene, set in Neon Mile, has a disgruntled Darius handing the keys of his Hennessey Venom F5 to Ruka and Darius riding with David in a Jaguar XJ, thus the Stacked Deck crew is permanently no longer exist.

## Aftermath

The player assumes control of the entire city, though the Rival Crew Challenges in Free Roam will still allow the player to race other racers who have stacked deck livery if they were to enter Silverton.

## Territory

The Stacked Deck controls the entirety of Silverton when the player arrives in Palmont City. No other crew, even the minor ones invade until the player has defeated Jayna, Carter, Takashi, Gagne, Damien, and Caleb. Other street racers from Underground 2 had a hard time breaching Silverton because the Stacked Deck racers drove Tier 3 cars, and the pink slips tier 3 cars for Underground 2 street racers are rare and difficult to obtain.

## Vehicles

Unlike the other crews in Palmont, Stacked Deck is the only Crew that has its members drive all three car classes - Tuners, Muscles, and Exotics and only in Tier 3, but sometimes, there are few cars are Tier 4. A Stacked Deck member's livery is always painted in red and black with white striped. Jayna, Carter, Takashi, Gange, Damien, and Caleb have their own custom liveries, however, they correspond with the Stacked Deck's official colors.

### Driven normally

* Nissan 350Z (Z33) (Also driven by Dutch)
* Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (R34) (Also driven by Damien)
* Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR (also driven by Takashi)
* Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (Also driven by Feral)
* Ford Shelby GT500 (S197) (Also driven by Footy)
* Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat (also driven by Jayna)
* Ferrari FXX (also driven by Gagné)
* Lamborghini Murcielago (also driven by Carter)
* Jaguar XK (Also driven by David)
* Pagani Zonda F (Also driven by Stephano)
* Koenigsegg CCX (Also driven Weston)
* Koenigsegg CCXR (Also driven by Caleb)
* Audi R8 Quattro (Also driven by Dragon, Silverton's final HIN Racing Leagues only)
* Hennessey Venom F5 (Tier 4 car, Darius only)

### Upgraded cars

* Chevrolet Corvette (C6) (tier 4 version)
* Ford Mustang GT (tier 3 version)
* Honda Integra (tier 3 version)
* Honda NSX (tier 4 version)
* Honda S2000 (tier 3 version)
* Mazda RX-7 (FD) (tier 3 version)
* Mazda RX-8 (tier 3 version)
* Mazda Savanna RX-7 (FC) (tier 3 version)
* Mitsubishi Eclipse (tier 3 version)
* Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) (tier 4 version)
* Pontiac GTO (tier 3 version)
* Subaru Impreza (tier 4 version)
* Subaru Legacy (tier 4 version)
* Toyota Celica (ST202) (tier 3 version)
* Toyota Celica (ZZT231) (tier 3 version)
* Toyota Supra (tier 4 version)

## Members

### Major

* Darius Fletcher (Leader)
* Takashi Watanabe (Henchmen)
* Carter Hinchey (Henchmen)
* Jayna Hotrod (Henchmen)
* Damien O'Conner (Henchmen)
* Viktor Gagne (Henchmen)
* Caleb Recce (bodyguard)
* Footy (member)
* Feral (member)
* Stone (member)
* Dutch (member)
* Stefan (member)

### Minor

* Akagi
* Alex
* Ban
* Chris
* Coco
* Crow
* Eve
* J.B.
* Leo
* Lisa
* Nicky
* Rock
* Ryo
* Tommy
* Zero

## Trivia

* In Need for Speed: Hot Import Nights, Stacked Deck are why Silverton has only two shops, the car lot and the Performance Shop except the stocked cars and performance parts are extremely expensive, and lack garages, Graphics Shops, Body Shops, and Car Specialty Shops in Silverton.
* In Hot Import Nights and like Wolf's Vanquish which is the tier 4 car, Darius is the only leader of the Stacked Deck crew driver that he drives the Tier 4 Venom F5, which actually the final boss car in Hot Import Nights.