Health

Every car in Need for Speed: Heat has a health bar, and can be taken down by anyone. It is a crucial part of the game that requires the player to either buy and use an auxiliary upgrade like the repair kit they bought, or go to a gas station.

The player can repair themselves at the gas station as many times as they want in the day, but at night they will only have the opportunity to do it 3 times per night, as the gas stations will be closed beyond this time. Leaving the player with the descretion that they must use them wisely, or else their escape will become difficult.

The weak spots of the player, and the cops is the rear and the side, and these spots will instantly take out the car or deplete their health by a large, amount, in which is advised that players heavily avoid these spots for the cops to hit them, and to make sure the cops don't touch these spots when in pursuits, especially on higher heat levels. The player, likewise, can use these spots to take out the cops easier as well.

if the player runs out of health when they're not in a pursuit,. their current night session will end and they will loose their multiplier. If they run out of health in a pursuit, they will be busted as if they wer being boxed in if the cops hit them too much, if they run over a spikestrip on lower health parts, or if they hit too many objects, or if they touch a rhino at low health.

The player cannot be damaged by other racers, except if they are coming face-to-face with the Ford GT and a Chevrolet Camaro. This is most likely just a glitch though.