SimuAmbient 1.0.2 Beta

Dispatch asks you to secure a stretch of road ahead of an incoming pursuit. Get into position, place spike strips where you think they will work best, and wait for the suspect vehicle to arrive. Sometimes the setup works perfectly, sometimes the driver bails out or keeps going on blown tires - and occasionally the suspect takes another route entirely, leaving you to clear the road and pack everything back up.

An officer has hit their panic button nearby. When you arrive, you may find them pinned down behind their cruiser while armed suspects open fire, or you may already be too late. Secure the scene, protect or recover the officer, and deal with the attackers before the situation spreads any further.

Someone runs up to you while you're on foot, clearly wanting to ask something - directions, a taxi, maybe a quick photo. Most of the time that's the whole encounter, over in a few seconds. But not everyone who jogs up to a cop actually wants directions, and you won't know which one you've got until it's already too late - then you're chasing them down on foot to find out why.

A drunk stumbles around nearby, minding their own business - until you get close. Then it's a coin flip: they might get scared and run off, they might swing at you, or they might just pass out cold right where they're standing. No two encounters play out the same.

The rolling version of the above - a car weaving down the street at questionable speed. Try to pull them over and it's another gamble: they might comply, or they might floor it and force a chase. Corner them on foot and there's still a chance they'd rather throw hands than get cuffed.

A car cruises through the area with an armed passenger who opens fire on whoever's unlucky enough to be nearby - other pedestrians, parked cars, or you. Nothing is scripted here; it's genuinely reckless. Get close enough after shots have been fired and it turns into a real pursuit.

A real passerby gets robbed at gunpoint right in front of you, no scripted victim involved. The mugger threatens them, grabs what he can, and bolts - unless he decides you're close enough to be worth fighting instead of running from.

A van pulls up, an armed abductor forces a bystander into the back seat at gunpoint, and drives off - sometimes with more than one victim if there's room. Get close while it's happening and a real pursuit kicks off against both the driver and the abductor.

Someone's walking around with a weapon drawn, in plain sight. Most of the time it's nothing - they'll just keep walking and ignore you completely. But sometimes they'll open fire the moment they notice you, or panic and run.

A thief targets a real parked car nearby, smashes the window, and drives off with it. Catch him in the act before he's actually inside and he'll just run for it on foot - no harm done yet. Let him get away with the car and it's a genuine stolen vehicle pursuit.

You stumble across the aftermath: a body on the side of the road, and the car that did it still nearby, not yet fled. Find the scene in time and the getaway driver bolts right in front of you, straight into a real pursuit. Take too long and they'll be long gone - the body stays behind either way.

Two people meet up for a handoff - and they won't go through with it until you're close enough to actually witness it happening. Once the deal is done, get too close and both of them scatter in opposite directions, each one a real suspect if you catch up.

A cab pulls over, a fare jumps out without paying, and takes off on foot. Once you're close enough, the alarm goes off - horn and hazards blaring - and doesn't stop until the runner is cuffed or down. Every now and then the driver turns out to already be dead, and it's a very different kind of call.