The garage module in Heat: Pedal to the Metal board game offers advanced rules, introducing extra upgrade cards with diverse effects for players to use.
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Garage Module
The Garage Module adds more upgrade cards to the game, replacing the standard 3 base upgrades. Players now draft from a selection of new basic and advanced garage module upgrades.
During drafting, players take turns drafting 3 upgrade cards (alternatively players can just draw 3 randomly). 3 + number of players in cards are placed face up for selection.
The last player on the race track picks first. The next round the order is reversed with the final picking round starting with the last player again. Any leftover upgrade cards are discarded.
Finally, each player shuffles their drafted upgrades into their deck.
The Cards
There are 11 types of garage module upgrade cards, each type come in a variety of values:
| Card | Effect |
|---|---|
| 4 Wheel Drive | Like a stress card but with added benefits such as additional speed and cooldown. |
| Brakes | Variable speed you can choose as you reveal the card |
| Cooling System | Cooldown effect |
| Body | Discard stress cards |
| R.P.M | Additional slipstream distance |
| Tires | Increase check speed limit or reduces check speed limit for cooldown |
| Wings | Greatly increase check speed limit but costs heat |
| Turbocharger | Pay heat for a lot of speed |
| Fuel | Look through discard pile and choose a number of cards to place back into your deck |
| Gas Pedal | Additional speed that can be played after cards are revealed |
| Suspension | Place card back on top of draw deck after use ie. a permanently available upgrade |
| Heat | More available heat to use |
Not sure what to draft, check out our Heat Garage Mod Card Tier List
