The police ease off
You told us it felt like a third of the city was police, and that one mugging brought the whole
force down on you. Fair.
- One kill is two stars now, whatever you do it with. A second one is three. It used to be
three stars straight away, and four with a pistol. - Fewer officers: a smaller patrol, fewer sent per star, and fewer of them carry a gun.
- Police gunfire hurts less: it takes five hits to put you down, not three.
- Officers go down faster: five punches instead of seven.
- Losing them is quicker: get out of sight and your stars start dropping sooner. Rolling away
on a skateboard is slower, though; getting off and hiding is the quick way out.
Payphones
Blue payphones now stand on every other block. Get out of sight, pick up, and pay the police
off in TerryCoin: from 0.1 TC at one star up to 2 TC at five.
- You have to stay on the line for a few seconds. If you get seen, hit, or walk off, the call drops
and you aren't charged. - Each call in the same hour costs double the last.
- While you're wanted, the minimap shows the nearest phone.
New training
Three new upgrades at the supply store:
- Street Smarts: police give up the search sooner.
- Low Profile: witnesses have to be closer to describe you, and remember less.
- Deep Pockets: you lose less cash when you're busted or knocked out.
The streets
- Real street furniture: fire hydrants that look like hydrants, bins, newspaper boxes,
mailboxes, parking meters, bollards and planters. - Street trees and bus stops.
- A richer city: colours are a little more saturated, with a touch more contrast.
- Venue doors are solid: no more walking through them.
Skating
- The board follows the ground: it tilts over kerbs and slopes. Downhill rolls faster, uphill
slows you. - The wheels spin.
- The ollie pops the nose up.
- Holding back drags a foot to brake.
- The rider actually looks like a skater: feet flat on the deck, soft knees, a back that
rounds over the board as you pick up speed, a proper crouch, hips that open when you push, and
both feet turning to push. - Other players' boards now lean into their turns.
Fixes
- The slot machines and roulette tables can be heard properly again.
- Slot coins no longer clatter loudly across the casino, and a jackpot is no longer heard streets
away. - Your feet no longer sink into the paving in the parks, or into the spawn pad.
- A holstered pistol or knife stays on your leg when you run, instead of floating beside you.
- The skateboard's grip tape covers the whole deck.