The Rhino SUV unit is a police variant of a Sport Utility Vehicle and is used in police pursuits.
The Rhino SUV unit is used by the Rockport Police Department, Palmont Police Department and the Tri-City Bay Police Department. It appears in three different variations: Light, Heavy and Supercharged. These units appear at Heat Levels three, four and five in Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Need for Speed: Carbon and Need for Speed: World.
It will also appear at special Heat Levels six and seven in Need for Speed: Most Wanted but will appear at special Heat Level seven as well as eight in Need for Speed: Carbon.
The Rhino is playable in a challenge event of the Need for Speed: Most Wanted Challenge Series. Players will be able to use it to evade a pursuit within four minutes.
The Ford Police Interceptor Utility (Concept) and SWAT Truck replace the Rhino SUV unit in Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012).
Light[]
The Light Rhino Unit is the smallest police SUV. It has no bull bars across its front grille, it has the lowest suspension, different road tyres and standard police rims. These units appear at Heat Level 3 alongside Pontiac GTO State Cruisers in Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Need for Speed: Carbon and Need for Speed: World.
They are utilised as roadblocks and will attempt to stop the player by ramming head on into them. Light Rhino Units are worth $10,000.
The Light Rhino units are the easiest to disable as they are lighter by comparison to the other Rhino units, are unable to change direction quickly and easily flip over when hit with sufficient speed.
Heavy[]
The Heavy Rhino Unit is the standard police SUV. The Heavy Rhino has bull bars across its front grille, it has higher suspension, different road tyres and five spoke silver rims. These units appear at Heat Level 4 alongside Pontiac GTO State Undercover Cruisers as well as at Heat Level 5 alongside Chevrolet Corvette Federal Cruisers in Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Need for Speed: Carbon and Need for Speed: World.
They are used for roadblocks. They will also attempt to stop the player by ramming head on into them at high speed, ramming them off the road and boxing them in. They will appear one vehicle at a time at Heat Level 4 but will appear in pairs at Heat Level 5.
Heavy Rhino Units appear at Heat Levels four to seven in Need for Speed: Undercover. Heavy Rhino Units are worth $15,000.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted[]
The Rockport Police Department Heavy Rhino SUV appears in Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
Challenge Series
An RPD Supercharged Rhino is offered in the Challenge Series and can be driven in a Pursuit Length event:
- #48 - Pursuit Length: Evade a Heat Level 3 pursuit in less than four minutes.
It can not be unlocked for use in any events or game modes outside of its Challenge Series event.
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Challenge Series vehicle
Top Speed 2.7
Acceleration 2.1
Handling 1.1
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Need for Speed: Carbon[]
The Palmont Police Department Heavy Rhino SUV appears in Need for Speed: Carbon as a tier 2 muscle class car.
It can be unlocked for use in Quick Race, but is given for players to use in tier 1 Pursuit Knockout and Pursuit Tag events.
Custom
The custom Palmont PD3 is unlocked for use in Quick Race upon the player completing the "Police Rhino" Reward Card:
- Gold Medal: Complete all Gold Challenge Series events
- 12 Minute Exit: Escape after a 12 minute police pursuit while in Career Freeroam
- Big Biz: Sell 6 cars in Career Mode
- Head-to-Head: Win 25 Free Roam Challenges in Career Mode
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Muscle Tier 2Custom
Top Speed 4.3
Acceleration 8.9
Handling 5.4
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Need for Speed: World[]
There is an unreleased variation of the Heavy Rhino SUV in Need for Speed: World which could have been created to investigate its usage as a vehicle players could purchase. The entity features the same damage system as regular Rhino units, and can be wrecked if it incurs too many collisions.
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E
250
251
D
400
401
C
500
501
B
600
601
A
750
751
S
1000
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| Stock: 395 (D class) | Maximum: 656 (A class) |
Heavy Rhino SUV
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Unreleased
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Supercharged[]
The Supercharged Rhino Unit is a high speed police SUV. These units appear at Heat Level 6 alongside Chevrolet Corvette Federal Undercover Cruisers in Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Need for Speed: Carbon.
They appear in a special Black Edition Challenge in Need for Speed: Most Wanted as the only vehicles at Heat Level 7. They appear in a few special Need for Speed: Carbon Challenges at Heat Level seven and eight alongside Undercover Federal Cruisers.
They are utilised as roadblocks. They will attempt to stop the player by ramming head on into them at high speed, ramming them off the road and boxing them in. They are capable of keeping up with players at very high speeds. Supercharged Rhino Units are worth $25,000.
K9[]
The K9 Unit is a special variant of the Rhino SUV used by the Tri-City Bay Police Department alongside Porsche 911 Turbo Federal Sport Cruisers in Need for Speed: Undercover.
It is based on the Heavy Rhino SUV variant but has a different police livery.
Trivia[]
- In Need for Speed: Undercover, a busted scene shows the player attempting to escape in a K9 Unit, just before another K9 SUV immobilises it.
- The Light Rhino SUV used to appear at Heat Level 3 in Need for Speed: World, but it was replaced by the Heavy unit in later build releases.
- In the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii releases of Need for Speed: Undercover, the Light Rhino SUV features a unique bullbar, but the vehicle is not used at any Heat Level.
Gallery[]
RPD (Light)
RPD (Heavy)
Sketches
(Concept Art)
PPD (Light)
PPD (Heavy)
TCBPD (K9)
TCBPD (Light)
(PlayStation 2 / Wii)
TCBPD (Heavy)
(PlayStation 2 / Wii)
TCBPD
(PlayStation Portable)
PPD (Light)
PPD (Heavy)