Yup. I feel that it would have been a lot more fun if they just went with that route in the first place, instead of using bait crates as “free roam” pursuits.
I shelved this game when I realized their were no actual cops. Bait craits were a crappy idea and I wasn't gonna go looking for them just to get the thrill that I could get from previous nfs games. EA always finds a wait to **** things up, whether thats with microtransactions or removing/replacing things that never needed to be removed in the first place.
Problem with this is that you start with Heat Level 5 and not 1. So the chase is extremly intensive at the start. I dont understand why EA couldnt add free roam cops at first place...