Glossary

One-line definitions. Each links to the file that owns the term.

Term	Meaning
Act / Epilogue	The campaign's six parts: Acts 1–5 in Nitroit, then the Epilogue, "Beyond", in which the festival opens. Campaign
Blueprint	A complete saved specification of a car; switching between Blueprints costs days and labour; the unit of the online layer. Cars and building
Blueprint Network	The asynchronous online layer through which players share Blueprints. Blueprint Network
Bounty	The police value that orders the List; it only ever rises. Police
Builder Rank	An online-only reputation earned from endorsements; no effect on the single-player game. Blueprint Network
Circuit Final	The race at Sandreach, for team leaders only, that decides the championship outright. Rank and championship
Clock	The in-game clock: one day every 24 real minutes, always running, jumping only in the travel and next-edition cutscenes. Time
Commission	The 10% of every buy-in in a district paid weekly to its leader. Street scene
Class	A car's performance bracket, D to X, computed from a single performance index. Cars and building
Conduct multiplier	The festival's scoring multiplier for clean or dirty driving. Rank and championship
Crew storyline	Each crew leader's and unaffiliated racer's three-step personal story; one source of the final point to Loyal. Crew storylines
Crew	The group that controls a Nitroit district and sets its rules. Street scene
District challenge	A ranked racer's one-race challenge to the district's leader for control of it. Street scene
Discipline	One of the festival's five competitions: Grip, Drag, Drift, Speed, Sprint. Disciplines
Driver Rank	A driver's standing in one discipline's ladder; five separate tables, no overall in the regular season. Rank and championship
Expertise	A mechanic's 1–5 rating, setting baseline setup, scrutineering, repair and tyre work. Mechanics
Family ties	The rule linking a crew leader's Standing to their family's mechanic. Relationships
Grade	The festival's ranking of a driver by his lowest-placed discipline, from Applicant to Festival Champion. Rank and championship
Heat	Five-level police pursuit intensity. Police
Insight	A mechanic's legal, non-obvious optimisation, shared as Standing with him rises. Mechanics
Invitational	An unsolicited, both-cars-staked endurance challenge from one of the city's nine best drivers. Street events
King titles	The five festival discipline titles (Grip King and so on). Rank and championship
King of the Streets	The highest REP title, reached at the end of Act 3. Reputation
The List	The police's ranking of the twenty most-wanted street racers, which decides what fleet they send. Police
Personality	A racer's fixed temperament, one of six, deciding how they drive. Relationships
Presentation	A 1–6 rating of a build's visual and interior work; used only in the city. Cars and building
REP	The protagonist's reputation in the street scene as a whole. Reputation
Riverside check	Riverside's published build-coherence list for entry. Street scene
Roaming racer	A crew member driving freely around the city who can be challenged to an impromptu race. Street events
Simulation layer	What the game tracks about the car's condition while it is driven; arcade in the city, more simulated in the festival. Driving and damage
Specialist discipline	The one discipline in which a mechanic's Expertise counts one level higher and their Insights apply. Mechanics
Standing	One NPC's relationship with the protagonist, from Hostile (−3) to Loyal (+3). Not to be confused with Team Standings. Relationships
Team leader	The one driver per all-discipline team who races everything and alone can start the Circuit Final; Jake leads his team. Rank and championship
Team Standings	The festival's combined team table across all five disciplines. Rank and championship
Window	The six to eight in-game days between two festival race dates, two of them travel. Time