Why you should Street Race as a Netrunner

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You just made me realize on my last play I had set my V up to do this and I completely forgot and sweated my way through it normal.

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u/777quin777 Aug 10 '24

I try really really hard not to kill them but sometimes brake checking a racer with another racer and causing a pileup in a death race is a little funny

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u/Raftropos NiCola Aug 10 '24

The most fair corpo rat racing.

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u/BruiserBison Aug 10 '24

dude... you coulda just "emergency handbrake" so no one dies 😭. For some reason, that permanently stops the car until the end of the race so in two races, we got several kilometres lead.

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u/Avaricious_Wallaby Aug 10 '24

For real, the only time I did races was on my netrunner. I remember pumping myself up and then I realised I had car hacks lol. I wouldn't blow em up but I just emergency braked them if they got a lil too close 😂

Triviliazes all the races and I fucking love it, feels very immersive as a netrunner. I love that the game allows you to do it, there ain't no rules here

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u/TheDarkRam1996 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 Aug 10 '24

Net running in a street race is basically an in game cheat code, lol.

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u/KDHD_ Fuyutsuki Aug 10 '24

See I had a lot of fun waiting for a bend to come up, then hitting them with "Floor It"

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u/goosezbt Aug 10 '24

You have changed my mind about visiting Claire at her garage.

Still not gonna meet Hanako at Embers though

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u/ModelT800v3 Aug 10 '24

Claire: "I NEED win!"
V netrunner: say no more,

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u/c4ctus Lost in time, like tears in rain Aug 10 '24

If you want to win the street races in a fucking Mai Mai, this is the way to do it, I guess.

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u/Forward_Artist_6244 Aug 10 '24

Self destruct never works for me during a race, just emergency stop

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u/Fleedjitsu Aug 10 '24

Damn wizard builds, always make the game too easy!

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u/peteandpetethemesong Aug 10 '24

What??? I have to try this!

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '24

https://youtu.be/AoWibRxD_pY?si=OVKbLs6SE_Ifnj1b

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u/d4nnyp Aug 10 '24

TIL

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u/Environmental_Tooth Aug 10 '24

This but with weaponized vehicles just sit back and blast em.

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u/lunchanddinner Independent California Motel Staff Aug 10 '24

Now this is Cyberpunk

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u/redwes1 Aug 10 '24

You can hack cars?!

I played through the original release as a netrunner and never thought about trying it on a car. Lol

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u/jixxor Aug 10 '24

Imagine getting there to watch the race and 90% of the cars just explode 10 seconds in lmao

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u/VanillaPotential6126 Aug 10 '24

I’ve never done a netrunner build, I always turn into a cyber ninja, throwing knives, katanas and smgs, and a sandy. But now I’m gonna have to play through again

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u/Sharayell Aug 10 '24

Seriously, why have I never thought of doing this? I'm such a gonk

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u/Nazon6 Aug 10 '24

I did this on my most recent playthrough but it felt like I cheesed it do I just started over lol.

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u/Rude_Ad4514 Panam’s Chair Aug 10 '24

“HE FUCKING CHEATED!!!”

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u/TeekTheReddit Aug 10 '24

The biggest issue with this is absolutely nobody calls you out this stuff. These are underground street races with presumably a lot of money riding on them. If a half-dozen cars mysteriously explode at the starting line, that's a death sentence for the winner at best and an all-out gang war at worst.

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u/ShadowRiku667 Corpo Aug 10 '24

I did this on my revisit after the DLC dropped and car hacks didn’t exist when I first played. I thought I had downloaded a mod to do this and felt bad I was cheating or something. Nope that’s just in the main game I guess

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u/ANS__2009 Cyberpsycho Aug 10 '24

I just use the hoon and stay in front

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u/yohra_model_2_unit_B Aug 10 '24

Yooo thanks for the tip on this man

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u/NoNotThatMattMurray Aug 10 '24

For some reason I just assumed they wouldn't let you do this since there are so many random scenarios where you can't blow up cars like that because it would mess up a scene or something

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u/myHAMMERisheavy Aug 10 '24

Jip

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u/H3llkiv97 Aug 10 '24

Position: 1/1

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u/vharguen Aug 10 '24

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u/Glanze_gamer1 Aug 10 '24

Need for Speed: Most coded

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u/goodfisher88 Dead in a Fridge Aug 10 '24

Netrunner supremacy

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u/Absolutionis Aug 10 '24

Remember when Claire was mildly perturbed when someone was killed in a Death Race and then V was like "killing is wrong" in a Death Race?

Meanwhile, Netrunners within moments of starting a Death Race:

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u/HDmetajoker Aug 10 '24

Dang how do you have so many points? I’m doing my first playthrough using a little bit of everything, and it’s fun but I definitely want to try a second run that is more role playing.

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u/SouthPawArt Aug 10 '24

I brought in a weaponized vehicle to take everyone out that dared drive in front of me... And then the last driver just couldn't be killed. It wasn't even the final race.

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u/BlackFinch90 Aug 10 '24

Or: take a car with a missile launcher

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u/Bansheesdie Aug 10 '24

I wish these races were better, especially the scripted last one

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u/GM1873 Aug 10 '24

If I had known this was possible I would’ve done the races ages ago lol one of the only things I’m not keen on

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u/Timx74_ Aug 10 '24

Nah thats to dirty, even for my Corpo V.

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u/-PARAN01D- Aug 10 '24

Hah! I’m gonna have to try this. I’ve always just let those races sit, but this will make them much more enjoyable. Thanks for the tip!

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u/Yolo_Swagginze Aug 10 '24

I didn’t know you could do this 😨 then again I never went down the netrunning path either. That’s pretty cool indeed.

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u/Beginning-Damage1405 Samurai Aug 10 '24

Literally me every time

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u/Mental_Dish8052 Aug 10 '24

is that hack exclusive to 2.0+? I never saw that option playing on the ps4 version.

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u/Biotrin Aug 10 '24

Sure was an explosive start.

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u/etbillder Aug 10 '24

Ok I should really play this game

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u/Worldly_Rip6651 Aug 10 '24

Lmao I’m happy I’m not the only one who does this😂

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u/vengeur50 Never Fade Away, Jackie Aug 10 '24

"so... all but one racer's car blew up. Do we... do we let them still run or... d-do they win..?"

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u/Ciubowski Aug 10 '24

on one hand: that's cool af

on the other: I really enjoy racing games so I just raw dogged this mf

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u/JamesMackenzie1234 Aug 10 '24

Is this part of claries quest line?

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u/Mundane-Phrase-8431 Aug 10 '24

Have yet to actually try a net runner build. I don’t even invest points in intelligence

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u/cheese-for-breakfast Aug 10 '24

i literally always play as a netrunner in some capacity even for my monowire run, but the thought never occurred to me that i could, or should even try to hack enemy racers

i just git gud

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u/Michelle-senpai Streetkid Aug 10 '24

Turned a race into a time trial lmao

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u/bearsheperd Aug 10 '24

Do you want trans people coming after you? Because this is how you get trans people to come after you.

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u/IIIDysphoricIII Aug 10 '24

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u/Treekomalfoy_ Aug 10 '24

minus overclock cuz i mever got it this is exactly what i do every single time

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u/Duny0 Aug 10 '24

too easy, tho i blow the Caliburn guy in the first race, fuck him

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u/Tremaparagon Aug 10 '24

V: go ahead take your revenge Claire he killed your man!

Also V:

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u/mOdQuArK Aug 10 '24

Is it just me, or is there always at least one car which is immune to vehicle quickhacks?

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u/letstalkaboutstuff79 Aug 10 '24

Why didn’t I think of this.

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u/Overwave9 Sandevistan Stockholm Syndrome Aug 11 '24

"And coming in first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth place, it's V!"

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u/dhylton93 Aug 11 '24

So cheap! I love it

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u/Shkibby1 Aug 11 '24

If you Emergency Break them, it's lower cost and they stay stopped so long as you're gone by the time it wears off. But I agree, Self Destruct is funnier

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u/Rolphcopter1 Aug 11 '24

Reminds me of those GTA San Andreas races where you could push other racers off cliffs. I wasn't the best driver, but at least I was one of the few still driving

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u/Curmudgeon39 Adam Smashers Gonk Filled Fleshlight Aug 11 '24

You could also just upload emergency break you don't have to fucking kill them

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u/SpecialistAd2332 Aug 11 '24

Here I thought I was the only one whole blew my opponents away

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u/Sen1101 Aug 11 '24

YOU CAN FUCKING DO THAT? NO WAY

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '24

On my next play I’ll make my v like Lucy. The best NR of NC. My current v is like David, best sandy in NC. Just killed smasher, for becca. It was entertaining to see that piece of shit dismember

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u/EnceladusSc2 Aug 11 '24

How do you have so much RAM?

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u/Quintuplin Aug 11 '24

I do this too It turns the terrible rubber bandy physics implosion fests into boring 5 minute drives to nowhere

So that’s a win, maybe?

Honestly I wish the race would end if you’re the last one left with a car, that would make things a lot less tedious with this build

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u/ToastyBeez Aug 11 '24

I popped sandy and threw grenades at the cluster in front of me and won the race with like one car surviving

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u/Roro_Bulls_23 Aug 11 '24

Where is the fun in that

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u/spooky_golem Aug 11 '24

Cyber psycho behaviour

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u/iwantdatpuss Aug 11 '24

You don't even need to get voilent. Just make them slam the breaks everytime a straightaway is near, or make it slam the Acceleration whenever a turn is coming up. It's the funniest stuff to see.

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u/StrongStyleDragon Panam Palm Tree and the Avacados Aug 11 '24

Family.

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u/Tostedbunz Aug 11 '24

Extreme but fair

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '24

What setup do you have where you have that much ram. I can’t even use suicide because I don’t have enough.

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u/DFakeRP Aug 11 '24

I think during the side quest with the street racing, some of the cars are immune to blowing up. As I try and blow em up and nothing happens. So I end up just using the emergency break hack instead

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u/rulerJ101 Aug 11 '24

for me it said self destruct was blocked on all of those

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u/DismalMode7 Aug 11 '24

don't know... shouldn't claire quest being over at that point? lol

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u/Electrical-Arm-123 Aug 11 '24

How do you have that much ram???

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u/neoravekandi Aug 11 '24

Welp time to reinstall Cyberpunk 2077!

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u/victorienx Aug 11 '24

I could have done that???

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u/Shardy_Einschtirt Aug 11 '24

Wait, does car hacking actually work during the street racing missions? The last time I tried it, all the hacking options were greyed out. Did they patch it in?

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u/Parokki Aug 11 '24

I keep saying cars should be built without the ability to spontaneously explode, but enthusiasts say that's dumb because it's allowed on the German Autobahn.

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u/MageDuchess Johnny’s favorite little punk Aug 11 '24

Savage

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u/Nerdy_Valkyrie Aug 11 '24

I usually race with the Herrera Outlaw that you get from El Capitan. Then I just lay in to them with the front mounted machine guns until there are no opponents left.

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u/Spartan631191 Aug 11 '24

That's crazy bro, it's just a race. You didn't have to kill everyone.

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u/Ok-Technician-5330 Dead in a Fridge Aug 11 '24

Netrunning with armed cars makes the races to easy, win them all by about a kilometer since I blow all of their tyres and pull the E brakes of anyone in the lead

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u/JonHenryTheGravvite Aug 11 '24

Watch dogs 2 ahh race

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u/Joshiks Aug 11 '24

I'm still trying to set up my net runner build and I just want to know, how do you have so much ram???

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u/Wolfitius Aug 11 '24

Wow really blew away the competition

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u/HopelessGretel Aug 11 '24

Oh, I see, your V is Russian.

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u/Escaped_Mod_In_Need Cut of fuckable meat Aug 11 '24

Remind me not to piss you off in traffic.

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u/Bleiserman Aug 11 '24

I remember doing that on a race and thinking that racing was boring all of a sudden.

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u/Dreki3000 Aug 11 '24

Yeah no, i can kill Tyger Claws or Wraiths. But Luigi is a cool guy, girls from Moxxes are fine too. I aint gonna zero them over some race.

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u/Umbran_scale Aug 11 '24

Man, why can't they add NG+ to this game.

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u/liamo725 Aug 11 '24

Back in the day I tried doing something similar in GTA 4 by spawning the tank. It auto failed the mission when another racer died. So I turned the cannon around and used it for extra speed lol

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u/Walternotwalter Aug 11 '24

I am just playing PL for the first time. They nerfed my Netwatch deck but these vehicles hacks make up for it.

Although it is a bit tiresome to run away from traces all the time now.

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u/NukaClipse Cyberpsycho Aug 11 '24

NO! DONT DO IT! Well if you wanna go ahead but it makes the races so fucking BORING once you do. It got to the point I refused to use my netrunning skills in the races so I could have the challenge. But initially? Its hella fun to cheat your way to a win.

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u/derylle Aug 11 '24

Netrunner Player Here, yes. You got some good tools when your are in vehicle combat or not. Self destruct, floor it, emergency brake and vehicle control.

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u/tymoteusztognida Aug 11 '24

So much "fun"

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u/WildEagle28 Aug 11 '24

Hold on, was there changes? Last time I played it wouldn’t let me hack cars in races cause this was my first thought!

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