Extreme PLUS

The **Extreme PLUS** system is the car leveling system referring to most vehicles permanent increased cars' feats and performances than regular performance parts.

## Gameplay

### How to Obtain Extreme PLUS markers

Although this system is only a permanent leveling system which can level up to 10. To acquire more Extreme Plus markers, players must win any races twice, beating crew bosses and winning 10 crew outruns, HINRLs and Boss Races.

* Winning any races twice earns 1 Extreme PLUS marker, even it was already completed.
* Winning any Sponsor races earns 2 Extreme PLUS markers
* Winning 10 crew outruns earns 5 Extreme Plus markers, even it was already completed.
* Winning HINRLs earns 10 Extreme Plus markers
* Winning against crew bosses earns 20 Extreme Plus markers

### How to level up

In the game, the Extreme PLUS system is described as a car's levels for improve performances such as Acceleration, Top Speed and Handling, higher Extreme PLUS levels make the chosen car even faster and more responsive.

You can increase the car's Acceleration, Top Speed and Handling by using the Extreme PLUS markers. As use up many Extreme Plus markers and reaching the specific threshold, the chosen car levels up (max up to 10). There are 10 levels of Extreme PLUS thresholds:

#### Levels requirements

* Level 1: N/A
* Level 2: 3 Extreme Plus markers required
* Level 3: 5 Extreme Plus markers required
* Level 4: 7 Extreme Plus markers required
* Level 5: 9 Extreme Plus markers required
* Level 6: 12 Extreme Plus markers required
* Level 7: 15 Extreme Plus markers required
* Level 8: 20 Extreme Plus markers required
* Level 9: 30 Extreme Plus markers required
* Level MAX: 50 Extreme Plus markers required

### Characteristics

In only gameplay, higher Extreme PLUS levels grant the chosen cars a plethora of special attributes that cannot be accomplished with mere vehicle upgrades. As a result, the car's performance shoots up to eleven.

#### Levels grant the abilities

* Level 1: Improved car's Acceleration, Top Speed and Handling rates.
* Level 2: Further improved car's Acceleration, Top Speed and Handling rates.
* Level 3: Enhanced drifting and handling performance - The ability to perform safety drifts similar to NFS Carbon's Drift. Even muscle cars with poor handling rate, however, not only enhances the handling rate which becomes more responsive, but also they can perform drifts. Also further improved car's Acceleration, Top Speed and Handling rates.
* Level 4: Further improved car's Acceleration, Top Speed and Handling rates.
* Level 5: Enhanced RPM - Revs up to 10000 RPM which makes the car even faster, even with or without a turbo or supercharger installed. Also further improved car's Acceleration, Top Speed and Handling rates.
* Level 6: Further improved car's Acceleration, Top Speed and Handling rates.
* Level 7: Enhanced Nitrous performance - Lessens Nitrous consumption by half and increases nitrous capacity by 50% (requires any level of NOS installed). Also further improved car's Acceleration, Top Speed and Handling rates.
* Level 8: Further improved car's Acceleration, Top Speed or Handling rates.
* Level 9: Enhances car's Acceleration, Top Speed and Handling rates.
* Level MAX: Giganitro capability - Grants the user the ability to activate powerful Giganitro (requires any level of NOS installed). Press the Nitrous and Speedbreaker buttons at the same time to activate Giganitro or a standalone Giganitro button for activating Giganitro. The Giganitro last for 10 seconds. Also further improved car's Acceleration, Top Speed and Handling rates.

### Race Events that requires Extreme Plus Levels

As further playthrough from Stage 7 to 8, certain Race Events that requires Extreme Plus levels to enter. However if you try to enter any Race Events with higher Extreme Plus Level requirements while the chosen car's Extreme Plus Level is too low, you cannot enter, and you have to enhance you chosen car to the higher levels than the said Race Event's Extreme Plus Levels in order to progress further into the end game, otherwise, the game will not proceed further or finish the game.

List of Race Events that requires Extreme Plus Levels to enter in the following:

* Stage 7 Race Events (Requires a chosen car with Extreme Plus Level 5 or higher to enter, excluding Drift Events)
* Hayato Boss Race 4 (Requires a chosen car with Extreme Plus Level 6 or higher to enter)
* Silverton Race Events (Requires a chosen car with Extreme Plus Level 6 or higher to enter, excluding Drift Events)
* Silverton HINRLs (Requires a chosen car with Extreme Plus Level 7 or higher to enter)
* Final Boss Race: Darius (Requires a chosen car with Extreme Plus Level 7 or higher to enter)

## Trivia

* The Extreme PLUS system is similar to Unique Parts from Need For Speed Underground 2 as well as Junkman Parts from Most Wanted.
	+ Also Extreme PLUS levels is similar to most RPG video games such as Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy series, except cars can be leveling up instead of characters.