In SRS , you don’t just buy cars. You lease them. If you wreck too much or fail too many races, the bank seizes your car. With the standard game, losing a fully tuned Evo VIII after hours of play is devastating. The save editor lets you instantly restore your garage or remove the loan system entirely by giving you infinite cash to buy outright.

When he rolled onto the streets that night, the city felt different. The rival crews, usually arrogant, stared in silence as his RX-7 sat idling with a whine that sounded like a jet engine. He challenged the top dog of the crew for their pink slip.

The best part? Because you are editing a static file on your hard drive, anti-cheat software (which doesn’t exist for a 2004 game) won’t block you.