Racer X

Racer X
Appearances
Need for Speed: Unbound
Vehicles
Nissan Silvia K's Aero '98 (S14)

Racer X is a street racer participating in Lakeshore's illicit underground racing scene.

Their association to the Lakeshore underground racing scene is a mystery, but they have a slew of unique vehicles in their collection and they have some aggressive requirements for anyone looking to take them on in a head-to-head.

Games

Need for Speed: Unbound

They appear in Need for Speed: Unbound as a rival racer in 1V1 playlists as a league rival in Lakeshore Online.

Lakeshore Online

League: Volume 7

Racer X appears as a rival in the #00 position of the Underground League throughout Volume 7: "Drift and Drag", and drives a custom Nissan Silvia K's (1998) with a Tier A+ 224 performance rating.

As the final rival of the Underground League, progress towards their objectives can only be earned following the community beating the community goal which ran from May 28, 2024 to June 10, 2024, and after the player has defeated #01 in the Underground League: Anechka.

Objectives

They have three objectives the player must complete before they can be challenged to a 1V1 playlist.

• Achieve MVP in a Linkup while driving a Nissan Fairlady 240ZG (1971)
• Achieve a top 5 finish in a Tier S+ Playlist in the BMW M3 Competition Touring (2023)
• Escape a Heat 5 cop chase in a Tier B vehicle

Playlist

Their 1V1 Tier S+ drag playlist, "Underground League - 00 Racer X", can be found at the Storm Drain Meetup.

Vehicle

Racer X's custom Nissan Silvia K's (1998) can be unlocked in Story Mode and Lakeshore Online by defeating them in the Underground League.

Trivia

• In the game files for Need for Speed: Unbound, Racer X is listed as being 47 years old.
• A similarly named rival, the "X-Man", is the only opponent in Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed.
• In Need for Speed: Underground, the magazine cover menu for the PlayStation 2 release features a blank space for Turbo & High Tech Proformance as the 28th cover with "Featured on August Cover for beating Racer X" as its unlock requirement.
• In Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005), "Racer X" may appear as an opponent in events.
• "Racer X" is also the title of a VIBE article published in May 1998 about drag racer Rafael Estevez and served as inspiration for the 2001 film The Fast and the Furious.

Gallery

NFS Unbound - Racer X's Custom Nissan Silvia K's, 1998

Need for Speed: Unbound
(Racer X's Nissan Silvia K's (1998))