With a boosting partner, this game's difficulty rating could be brought down to a 2-star, as you will need to play a total of 50 online games and meet all of the requirements. Given the game's age, this can be challenging to do without a partner.

The offline trophies can be tricky, such as getting gold medals in all the races. But for the most part, the game is more time consuming than challenging, particularly for players who are familiar with the Need for Speed series.

Overall, expect a minimum of 30 hours for the Platinum, and more if you don't have a boosting partner.

The first step is to select either a racer or cop, then play through the single player mode. It doesn't matter which you choose first, but we recommend completing everything you need to, including earning all the golds or distinctions, before switching to the other.

Once you've finished your playthroughs as both cop and racer, you can move on to the online trophies. There are 10 in total. These are possible to do on your own, though given the game's age, the challenging part is finding people to play with - and you'll need to complete a total of 50 races to earn all the trophies. If you're looking for a boosting partner, check out the forums under our Links tab.

Once you have all 10 online trophies unlocked, it's simply a matter of mopping-up any offline trophies you may still be missing. Check out the Need for Speed Hot Pursuit trophy guide links under our Links tab to see what you need to do for each.

First, a text-based Walkthrough by redapocalypse04:
http://www.gamesradar.com/cheats/19762/

Here's a detailed Trophy Guide by mritual:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=PS3-Trophy-Guides:Need-for-Speed:-Hot-Pursuit-Trophy-Guide

Godchild1020 has a great Trophy Guide here:
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit/guide/

Some useful Trophy Guide tips here:
http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/449-Need-for-Speed-Hot-Pursuit?guide

And an Achievement Guide (same as the trophies on PS3) by littlejay:
http://www.xboxachievements.com/game/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit/guide/

Here's a Boosting Forum on PlaystationTrophies:
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit/78846-trophy-boosting-thread-read-first-post.html

And a Boosting Forum on PS3Trophies:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/need-speed-hot-pursuit/2256-official-need-speed-hot-pursuit-boosting-thread.html

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.allps3trophies.com/retail-games/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit-trophies.html