NTE Complete Vehicle Guide: Dealerships, Customization, the ST79 Midnight Ghost Skin & Racing Side Quests

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Quick answer: NTE’s main vehicle types are cars, motorcycles, and scooters, and later versions added watercraft and a tandem bicycle. The rookie prologue gives you a free Rover A1 scooter; buying cars requires City Tycoon Lv 2 to unlock the garage, after which you shop at the 3 dealerships (Novus / Regalia / TerraX). The highest Fons price is the Pendragon at 12,000,000 Fons; the ST79 (600,000 Fons) is a tribute to the AE86 from Initial D, and pairs best with the “Midnight Ghost” skin for maximum style (that skin also takes the Pegasus Residence or Fenglin Villa, about 8,100,000 to 8,600,000 Fons in total with the car). Customize at Rampage Players; there are 17 part categories including appearance, about 7 of them affect performance or handling, and motorcycles can only be re-skinned.

Heitro City’s map is enormous, and vehicles are essential tools for daily travel and many Anomaly commissions. This guide lays out the vehicle system — acquisition, purchasing, customization, tribute Easter eggs, and racing side quests — all in one place.

Vehicle Types

Controls: Stand at the roadside and press T to summon your current vehicle; hold T to cycle between vehicles you own. The scooter is the exception — it can be summoned on any open ground.

Later versions added watercraft (Tide, Voyager) and a tandem bicycle (Yesteryear), and the K01 go-kart can be summoned off the road. See “Vehicles Outside the Dealerships” below for how to get them.

How to Start: Unlock the Garage at City Tycoon Lv 2

When you finish the prologue, you get a free Rover A1 (a scooter with a top speed of 40 km/h). But to use the garage to buy, manage, and customize vehicles, you must raise your City Tycoon level to Lv 2 to unlock the garage function.

For how to level up City Tycoon and earn Fons, see the City Tycoon Money Guide.

The Three Dealerships and Prices

Novus Prices (Fons)

Regalia Prices

TerraX Prices

• G3: 200,000 Fons
• Sirocco (beach buggy): 4,000,000 Fons (added in 1.3)

Pink Claw Exchange (redeemable after clearing the Pink Claw Heist dungeon)

• B100: 20,000 Pink Claw Coins
• Tomorrow Rush: 30,000 Pink Claw Coins

See the Pink Claw Heist Complete Guide for details.

Vehicles Outside the Dealerships

5 Wanted-Free “Car-Jacking” Spots

The following vehicles can be driven off without the police putting out a wanted status on you — perfect when you suddenly need a ride and don’t want to spend money:

1. Forklift — Miguel District, Dreamland Town construction site
2. Ice cream truck — behind the cinema on Camelot Avenue, New Hereland
3. Hot dog truck — Apple Avenue, New Hereland
4. Cement truck / gravel truck — the construction zone on the New Hereland / Miguel border
5. Bus — the parking lot in the upper-left of the Miguel District

These “engineering / special vehicles” are scene objects you’re free to operate, unlike ordinary civilian cars (forcibly taking a normal car will get you wanted).

Famous Cars and Easter Eggs: the ST79 “Midnight Ghost”

The Novus ST79 is the most famous car in the whole game — modeled on the AE86 from Initial D. Next to Caltrop Lake in the Miguel District, an ST79 sits parked outside the Natsunari Tofu shop, and the locals call it “the Midnight Ghost of Heitro City.”

How to Get the Midnight Ghost Skin

1. Complete the side quest “Drift Away, Legend” — at Caltrop Lake in the Miguel District, the map shows a Ghost Racer icon; talk to tofu shop owner Sota to trigger it
2. Obtain the “Replica Ghost Car” Anomaly furniture — the reward for finishing the side quest; the quest itself only unlocks the furniture, not the skin
3. Buy the Pegasus Residence or Fenglin Villa and place the furniture there — City Tycoon Lv 13, 7,500,000 or 8,000,000 Fons; only these two accept it
4. Raise the Replica Ghost Car to Lv 6 — you upgrade the furniture, not the villa, using fuel from repeat Ghost Racer races
5. Head to the Rampage Players garage — apply the Midnight Ghost skin to your own ST79

Including the 600,000 Fons ST79, the total comes to about 8,100,000 to 8,600,000 Fons.

For the full side quest walkthrough, see the Side Quests Guide.

Customization: Rampage Players

Marked on the map with a blue gear-and-car icon, there are 4 locations across the city, spread throughout the districts of Heitro City. Selecting “Customize” from the vehicle menu auto-navigates you to the nearest one.

Car Customization

• Appearance: paint, decals, accessories, front and rear bumpers, spoilers, wheels, interior, etc.
• Performance and handling: about 7 categories — engine, transmission, suspension, brakes, tire tread, LSD, body strength
• There are 17 part categories in total, appearance included, and not every vehicle has all 17; there are no turbo, intake or exhaust categories
• The M1000, ST79 and G3 have many options, while the LaVelox has few: the ST79 has 4 options each for engine, transmission, suspension and brakes, and the LaVelox has 1 each

Motorcycles / Scooters

• Appearance only (skins, decals)
• No performance tuning — motorcycle performance is fixed

Racing and Driving Anomaly Commissions

NTE has plenty of side quests and commissions that require driving a vehicle to trigger:

High-Value Rewards

After clearing Ironclad Assault, you can obtain the S-rank Arc Disc “Flame Soul Blitz” — when the character wearing it rides a motorcycle, the bike gets the blue will-o’-the-wisp effect (motorcycles only; scooters and cars do not get it), and the Arc itself boosts Lakshana damage. A must-have for racing fans.

Recommended Vehicle Purchase Order

If you’re a budget-conscious player, here’s the order we’d suggest:

1. The Rover A1 scooter from the prologue — use it for now
2. C2000 (50,000 Fons), or the free one from “Farewell, Yellow Flag Stage!” — your first car of choice
3. Novis ST-X 950 motorcycle (250,000) — a big boost to mobility
4. ST79 (600,000) — for the Initial D nostalgia; the Midnight Ghost skin also takes the 7,500,000 Pegasus Residence or 8,000,000 Fenglin Villa, about 8,100,000 to 8,600,000 Fons in total with the car
5. Save up for a high-end Regalia model — a late-game flex car

Related Guides

• City Tycoon Money Guide — how to save up Fons
• Side Quests Guide — full racing side quest walkthroughs
• City Exploration Guide — maps of the 5 districts
• Beginner’s Guide — overall pacing

Frequently Asked Questions

Vehicle data compiled from public sources including Game8, GameWith, NeonLightsMedia, PowerPyx, Bahamut, Mobile01, 4Gamers, Yahoo News, and others. For prices, go by the in-game value.