NITRO TUTORIAL

This guide will teach you about the different types of Nitro and their mechanics.

Normal Nitro

The normal nitro is used when pressing the nitro button only once.


PROS:
Efficient
Longer duration

CONS:
Speed easily lost after steering
Jank control over vehicle

The normal nitro is for straight roads. It's duration is pretty long compared to the other nitro types.
Normal nitro may be weak but it's really efficient if you're driving in a straight line.

Burst Nitro

Burst nitro is activated by tapping the nitro button while you are using normal nitro.


PROS:
Faster acceleration
Lower chance at getting knocked down

CONS:
Bad vehicle control
Short duration

Burst nitro is often used while driving up a ramp to keep maximum speed. The best way to use it though is to defend yourself and accelerate when gotten slowed down.

Perfect Nitro

Perfect Nitro is performed like Burst Nitro but only when pressing the Nitro Button while your Nitro is in the blue area.


PROS:
Perfect control over the vehicle
Decent duration (between normal and burst nitro)
Always on maximum speed

CONS:
(Literally none)

The Perfect Nitro is the "allrounder".

Shockwave Nitro

And finally the Shockwave Nitro.


A full Nitro Meter will blink with a purple'Ish colour indicating that a Shockwave is ready.
You perform a Shockwave by rapidly pressing the Nitro button twice.


PROS:
Easily knock down opponent
Fastest acceleration

CONS:
very short duration
very bad control of the vehicle
cant be activated any time

The Shockwave is very powerful but only lasts for a few seconds. You can use it like Burst Nitro but it should only be used if you got slowed down a lot or try to knock an opponent down.

REQUESTED: What does the Nitro Upgrade do?

The Nitro Upgrade usually upgrades the Duration of your Nitro and increases Nitro speed.
Edit 8/20/2023: However there are a few cars where the Nitro upgrade only affects the duration.

[idiot 3]

https://youtu.be/DdmNYNkcwKE

[LORENZO]

Tutorial "Nitrobrake" ? ,а это чепуха

[Real Human Being]

Probably should've included this in the other comment but here's a list of cars that get an extra speed boost from perfect (blue) nitro
Nissan Leaf Nismo
KTM X-Bow GTX
BMW i8
Nissan 370z Neon Edition
Porsche Taycan Turbo S
Saleen S1
Acura NSX GT3 Evo
Ares S1
Apex AP-0
Zenvo TSR-S
Vanda Electrics Dendrobium
Ferrari SF90 Stradale
Lamborghini Sian FKP

[Real Human Being]

Also, something to note that's actually related to the guide,
all levels of nitro increase your speed the same amount, with a few exceptions.
With a few specific cars, perfect nitro will actually increase your speed more than other nitro types.

[Real Human Being]

If there's a car that you don't have in the career, then you need to play the game more to unlock it. Play daily events and special events to get blueprints. Every car required for the career can be obtained with enough time in the game, although once you get all the features unlocked from career flags there isn't really a point to progressing anymore. The rewards become insignificant pretty quickly.

[Ragnarök7]

I would like to get something going when you are driving a career and on the second page you are at Stars & Strips, namely in the 7th race there is suddenly a demand for a car that no one has yet, either you want to force people to buy cars buy it, but then I don't need to go any further because I've already put in about 200 euros, which I NEVER do normally, I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO AN ANSWER

[Sea]

thanks

[matthieu.samson57]

@HydroGenuine, yes, it depends on the vehicles. I loose my game early but some cars are very usefull with nitro at the max (it's almost cheat at this point ^^). The next time i'll play, i take note of some i've unlock from my last (and lost) game and i share it

[ineedaham]

Why doesn't Gameloft put a guide like this in the game?

[Eazzy]

awesome