Escape Lane is a Hot Pursuit event featured in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, and it is a racer career event.
In Hot Pursuit (2010), the event is unlocked by beating Encore Performance, while in Hot Pursuit Remastered, it is unlocked by beating either Encore Performance or Complete Control. It can be accessed from the East Gorge Canyon racer node on the career map, and is a Performance Series event.
Route[]
The event starts heading northwest on East Gorge Freeway. The racers drive down the entirety of the motorway, before turning left at a junction and continuing on South Face Drive. At the next junction, the route continues forwards down Bear Hollow. The finish line is located towards the end of this road.
Briefing[]
"Seacrest County Police took delivery of some new equipment today, so tread with caution."
Equipment[]
The player is given three EMPs and three Spike Strips.
Cars[]
Racer[]
The player's choice of racer vehicle for this event is limited to twelve Performance Series cars:
Racer Suspects[]
There are three racer suspects participating in the event alongside the player.
If the player chooses a vehicle driven by one of the other suspects, that suspect will drive a Jaguar XKR instead.
SCPD Units[]
An SCPD Ford Shelby GT500 Highway Patrol unit will be engaged from the start. A second police unit will enter pursuit further down East Gorge Freeway (9.9 miles remaining). A Carbon Motors E7 Concept Highway Patrol unit will engage in pursuit immediately after the second tunnel on South Face Drive (5.1 miles remaining). Additional units will engage in pursuit if the previous units are taken out or evaded. These units will use Roadblocks and Spike Strips.
In Hot Pursuit Remastered, the Carbon Motors E7 Concept police unit is replaced with a BMW M3 E92 unit.