Gone Bad
Early Life
Julius arrives in Palm City for the SpeedHunters Showdown, a citywide exhibition that draws in racers who compete in sanctioned races throughout the day, and illegal street races at night. Lt. Frank Mercer, leader of the police's High-Speed Task Force, announces his intent to arrest all street racers in the city. Julius buys their first car from Lucas Rivera , a local mechanic and former street racer, who also helps Julius enter their first Showdown race, and becomes their mentor. Lucas' younger sister, Ana Rivera, is a street racer whose crew recently disbanded after the task force nearly killed one of her friends.
Ana introduces Julius to The League, a crew of Palm City's best street racers, which Lucas almost joined until he quit racing after their father suddenly died. Ana and Julius form a new crew to vie for a place in The League. After a race, Ana and Julius are confronted by Officer Shaw of Mercer's task force, who impounds Ana's Nissan 350Z.
After another race, they witness Shaw meeting task force officer Eva Torres . Shaw shows Torres bags of money in his car, extorted from street racers on Mercer's orders. Torres takes a bag but warns that Mercer's brashness is endangering them. Ana steals her father's 1967 Chevrolet Camaro from Lucas' shop so she can join Julius in a race which Shaw interrupts. Julius overturns Shaw's car, scattering the extorted money onto the street. The spectacle raises public suspicion over the task force and Lucas becomes angered at Ana for stealing and damaging their father's car.
Torres contacts Ana and Julius to admit the task force is corrupt but wants Mercer taken down because he is too reckless. Torres leads them to a warehouse that acts as an illegal chop shop, stripping cars seized by the High-Speed Task Force, or preparing them to be shipped out of the city. Ana realizes her 350Z has already been processed after finding its license plate.
Julius and Ana attempt to expose Mercer by crashing a Showdown event with some members from the League joining them, leading police and local media to his chop shop, but it turns out to be vacated. Ana and Julius visit Lucas and find him bound and tortured by Mercer. Mercer reveals he anticipated their plan after seeing them on a secret camera in his shop. Mercer forces Julius and Ana into his police car, but Lucas, having escaped his bonds, intercepts them in his father's Camaro and rams Mercer's car, leaving it severely damaged. Ana steals Mercer's laptop and escapes with Lucas and Julius. At a hideout, Lucas admits to Ana that he quit street racing because he believes their father's fatal heart attack was caused by hearing about Lucas's arrest for street racing that same night.
Ana and Lucas send files from Mercer's computer to various outlets, proving his corruption and forcing him into hiding, then learn that Mercer is preparing the stolen cars in his possession for export before fleeing Palm City. As they do not know which cops are complicit or innocent, Ana and Lucas convince The League and other crews to simultaneously goad and draw as many police cars as possible to the port where the stolen cars are being loaded. Confronted by a swarm of police and street racers, Mercer attempts to escape in a BMW M3 GTR. Julius chases and wrecks Mercer's car, leaving him for Torres, who pulls her pistol in response to his threats and is implied to have shot him.
Over a week later, Mercer is missing and presumed dead. Torres has been promoted to lead his task force, and she announces her commitment to ending street racing. Lucas reconciles with Ana and gives her the keys to their father's repaired Camaro. Now, as members of The League, Julius and Ana plan to continue racing and tackle any challenges together.
