Golden Hour

Golden Hour is the third Checkpoint race in San Francisco. It is followed by City Tour and preceded by Deck The Hall.

This race is unlocked by default. The player must complete this race along with Racing 101 and Deck The Hall in order to earn the City Tour, Foggy Memory, and Park & Ride races.

Overview
It is a drag race (but with the bumpy hills of Presidio), from Golden Gate Park to the end of Golden Gate Bridge. In Professional, there is a lot of traffic (but less than in the previous race), while there is few traffic in Amateur. There is an alternate route, which involves going around the roads surrounding the hills, but it's slower.

Opponents
These are all the opponents listed in Golden Hour.

These are all the opponents listed when the player races as an Amateur. These are all the opponents listed when the player races as an Professional.
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Density
The amount of traffic, cops, and pedestrians featured in the race are shown below. The customizations can be changed after the race has been won. Players can have the option of hiding pedestrians to impact the level of gameplay performance.
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Trivia

 * Generally, in both difficulties, the Ford F-350 opponent(s) seem to be ahead at the start of the Golden Gate Bridge (probably due to their great off-road abilities), but the others seem to overtake them after.
 * An "Ultimate" mod created by Rohit Kamale replaces all vehicles with two Mustang GTS, three Mustang Fastbacks, and three Audi TTs.