The Hawker Mech is the ideal car for Freeburning online. It has Switchable Boost - it's so advanced that the entire car had to become the Boost system glowing brightly with Boost coloured neon, you can quickly choose a Boost Type to suit any situation.


Understanding Boost Types

Speed Boost is the perfect Boost Type for racing. Although you can only activate it when it's full, if you can use it all in one go the Boost Bar will refill allowing you to continue Boosting. This is called a Burnout, how many can you chain together?

Stunt Boost is ideal for linking multipliers together in Stunt Run, you can use it whenever you want and it is quickly refilled by performing a jump or spin.

Aggression Boost like Stunt Boost can be used whever you want, but this time is filled by smahing rivals off the road and knocking over props like lights, fences, and phoneboxes. If you do manage to smash a rival off the road your Aggression Boost Bar will grow giving you a bigger reservoir of Boost.


Switching Boost Tactics

On their own the three Boost Types are perfectly suited for different situations, but the Hawker Mech's ability to switch between the three types at the press of a button gives the it the edge in several events.

Speed Boost is perfect for maintaining top speed in Race Events, however if you crash or are Taken Down you'll only be able to activate Boost again after filling the Boost Bar. If you crash during a race while driving the Hawker Mech just switch to Stunt or Aggression Boost and start Boosting again to quickly get back up to speed.

During Stunt Runs everyone knows you can earn points and multipliers for landing big jumps, spins, and rolls. Less well known is the ability to earn big points by chaining Burnouts together. What this means for drivers of the Hawker Mech during a Stunt Run is that you can use your Stunt Boost to chain some multipliers together then switch to Speed Boost and combine those multipliers with lots of high scoring Burnout Chains.


If you have been driving the Hawker Mech and discovered new ways to use its versatile Switchable Boost system then let us know at mailbag@criteriongames.com.

The Hawker Mech is available now from the in-game Burnout Store to perfectly compliment the Legendary and Toy Cars already available.