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#15 - Ho Seun
Sonny may have been a novice in the world of the Blacklist, but the dude’s not an idiot. His Golf was actually fully street legal, in an effort to protect himself from exactly this kind of scenario, and it paid off. Lucky for him, he wasn’t out driving at the time of the crackdown, so when the cops found his car, they couldn’t bust him for anything, and so he got away with it all scot-free.
With the virtual destruction of the Rockport racing scene, Sonny found himself as one of the only skilled drivers in a city now cleaned of them. Still racing around his flashy but still seemingly stock car, he climbed up the ranks quickly. Although the Blacklist itself was abolished, Sonny’s become one of the biggest names in the scene, able to take on even the best that come here with a street legal Volkswagen. Quite the come-up for a guy who just wanted to throw some of his dad’s cash around.
(Oh, and about that - his fam runs an international internet commerce business, so it’s clear that his money ain’t gonna be running out any time soon.)
#14 - Vince Kilic
Taz is… well, a bit psycho, let’s put it like that. Fucker hates cops - HATES them. Yeah, Rog probably told you that already, but he didn’t put enough emphasis on it. The dude puts way too much effort into hunting down and destroying cop cars, not giving a single fuck about the people inside them. People said that he spent so much time doing that that it didn’t leave enough time for, ya know, actually climbing up the Blacklist. Oh, and did I mention that he sometimes tries to do the same thing to newcomers?
Yeeeeeeeah, even though he was pretty low on the list, he was one of the biggest targets, since basically everyone in the police department was out for this dude’s blood. Apparently he even shot and killed a cop during that last chase (dumb fuck), so now he’s in jail for murder. Not like anyone in the scene’s gonna support a dude like that.
#13 - Victor Vasquez
This guy’s one of Razor’s lackeys, so I didn’t pay much attention to what he’s up to now. Asshole. The cops went hard to catch all of those idiots, so that’s one thing I can agree with them on. Vic wasn’t an exception; turns out spending half your free time at the bar doesn’t do you any favors with hiding from the police.
#12 - Isabel Diaz
So, I’ve told you about that last chase I had, right? The one that lasted for a shitton of time, and eventually I jumped over that old bridge to escape? And where at the beginning, Cross said he’d caught every Blacklist member?
Yeah… about that.
I figured Cross might have caught everyone who was actually at the race (we’ll talk about that later), but I didn’t think he’d have the ability to catch everyone. The Blacklist weren’t friends. They didn’t hang out and shit. They were all over the city; no way Cross could have caught all of them at once, even with Mia’s info and especially considering he’d just put the entire force on my tail.
So I decided to call a few of my friends up, warn them about the shit that was about to go down.
The first one I ended up calling was Izzy. Woman hates Razor almost as much as I do, so we became fast friends. Figured you can never have too many allies when breaking the law constantly. Rog apparently doesn’t like her, but not much I can do about it. Sometimes it be like that.
Apparently a bunch of her fam got arrested, but she was able to escape thanks to my warning and the fact that all of the cops were trying to catch me. She managed to slip through the Rockport Turnpike undetected… somehow.
I’m not gonna lie, I haven’t heard much from her since. Her family being in prison put a target on her back, as if somehow becoming one of Hector fucking Maio’s associates didn’t already do that. I’ve heard she’s been seen in Fortune Valley, but not much else. Hope she’s doing okay out there, especially without her family; I knew they were a pretty close bunch.
#11 - Lou Park
Lou’s another one of the racers I warned. Dude’s pretty well known, and overall he’s a nice and helpful guy - He managed to pull enough strings to be able to get back to his hometown in Olympic City. Impressive, for a guy who doesn’t have the most book smarts.
He’d left an auto shop with his name to go racing in Rockport, mostly because he thought the fame would help attract customers to his and his friends’ business. He was right. My friend Sam actually visited the shop awhile back; she said Big Lou was as nice, and as prone to hamming things up, as ever. Good to know that he’s gotten back on his feet. I might visit his place sometime.
#10 - Karl Smit
Baron’s one of those stuck up, pompous idiot-kinda characters that most of us have had the displeasure of interacting with at least once in our lives. He’s skilled, so he was mostly able to outrun the cops… until he tried to get on a flight back to Cali. They busted his ass real quick. Even impounded all his cars too - no more shiny fancy European supercars for you!
With no money source and no flashy cars, he had to slink back home. Last I heard he was in Ventura Bay, pissing off all the locals there. Turns out that they’re a far friendlier group than the racers round here - they don’t take kindly to douchebags.
#9 - Eugene James
Earl’s probably the fastest racer in Rockport nowadays, bar none. Yeah, he ended up getting caught, but he was able to get out, reclaim his ride, and take the crown with all of the competition decimated.
It helped that he’s overall not the worst guy out there, so he didn’t make any enemies that would do anything to take him down. That includes the cops; he’s not someone like Razor that bumbles his way into pissing the law off at every turn. Dude’s fast, cordial, and matches his arrogance, which is saying something ‘cause he’s got a lot of it.
#8 - Jade Barrett
“Sweet”. Ha. Don’t make me laugh, Rog.
You know how everyone tells you not to underestimate Jewels? Yeah, that’s not just because she’s damn fast, though she really is. She’s deadly, too. Bitch is in kahoots with the goddamn mafia. When they got her, they made sure to lock her up, and fast.
Of course, she got out. Apparently the cops underestimated her too. Last I heard she was working in Fortune Valley, smuggling cars, taking down rival gangs, the whole shebang. Fits her.
#7 - Kira Nakazato
Oh, Kaze. Sweet, psycho Kaze.
Honestly, I thought she was gone. I managed to warn her, but she couldn’t help herself. Wrecked the entire place, crashed a bunch of cops, got herself arrested. Typical Kaze.
And yet, here I am in Palmont, ready to take on Bushido, and there she is. Driving for Kenji, crashing into things yet somehow still winning races, as usual. Typical Kaze, I guess. I assume they helped to get her out? Wouldn’t surprise me, Kenji’s a dick but he seems like the kind of guy who would help out those who have helped him.
Fast forward to a year later, and she shows up at my hideout and just… becomes a part of the group. Yeah, we’re a weird gang, like that. Nikki doesn’t seem to like her, but it’s not like I can blame her - Kaze’s kinda crazy. But she’s still got depths to her, and I think I like those depths enough to keep her around.
#6 - Hector Domingo
Ming is… weird. You’d think that a guy who started with nothing, worked his way up to the top with sheer grit and perseverance, and took his car from a rich idiot would have at least a little bit of humility. But noooo, motherfucker just has to go and actually kill a man right before I race him. Thanks for the trauma!
And the worst part is, he’s competent. He decks his car in as many upgrades as he can and he’s got actual driving talent. If only he wasn’t such an asshole…
Though, perhaps the world is at least a little bit just after all, because that was what did him in. Turns out the cops go way harder on you when you, ya know, literally kill a man. He’ll be in jail for awhile, and there aren’t many people in Rockport who deserve it more than him.
#5 - Wes Allen
Webster’s just a dork, haha. Man doesn’t know when to shut up, but it’s honestly kinda endearing? Though it does feel a bit condescending to talk that way about a man who’s at least a decade older than I am, maybe even two. He ain’t got a single malicious bone in his body, and it’s kinda refreshing to see that so high up on the Blacklist.
All that intellect couldn’t save him from getting arrested, but he’s not an asshole who’s gone out of his way to break shit or kill people, so he was out relatively quickly. Apparently he’s actually started on his dreams of making it big as a racing driver with the money he made from street racing. Those organizations like Battle Machine and Super Promotion clearly don’t care about whether you have a criminal past, considering Aki Kimura’s ripping it up in Fortune Valley and Ryan Cooper was literally arrested for street racing. Webster hasn’t won any titles, but still, good for him for getting out of that midlife crisis.
#4 - Joe Vega
JV’s the last guy I called before escaping - figured the city needed at least one cool guy to stay safe. Being a former #1 on the Blacklist, the warning was all he needed to lie low and escape the cops. Like Rog says, I don’t know how he does it, man.
Apparently after all that, he more or less went “fuck this shit, I’m out” and dipped to Bayview, becoming the top racer over there. Rachel’s apparently befriended him, which is pretty cool. JV’s just cool in general. I dunno. Not much to say about someone who’s just evidently awesome. Maybe I’ll go visit.
#3 - Ronald McCrea
Ronnie is just fucking hilarious, man. He’s a complete idiot and drives like one. Does not respect anyone, including myself, to the point where it stops being enraging and just becomes funny. He thinks he’s the greatest thing in the world, and apparently his parents think so too, considering they bought him a fucking Aston Martin. Well, either way, he got arrested after my race against Razor, which I was actually there to see. His loving parents bailed him out, and… well, honestly, I haven’t heard about him or what he's doing since, nor do I really care to look further into it.
#2 - Toru Sato
Bull looks like RiceGum. That’s probably the most PG insult we’ve ever come up with for him. I dunno why he likes Razor so much, but it clearly did him no good, considering I saw him get arrested. Unlike Ronnie, some of my contacts have actually heard about where he is, and apparently he’s one of the few who actually stayed in Rockport. He’s still trying to claw back the success he got with Razor’s help, and keeps failing every time. Figures.
#1 - Clarence Callahan
That motherfucker.
Last I heard he got ran out of Blackridge. Fucking Blackridge! Pathetic. If I have anything to say about it, that’s the last I’ll hear of this doofus.