New Noir City is the capital of the Republic of Coronia, where the events of Vindictive Drive 1 and 2 take place, in Vindictive Drive 2 it has several key locations for the story and Checkpoints that the player can discover for future deployment, it is divided in Districts and danger zones, which get progressively more dangerous as the player travels further into areas already invaded by SEITEN.
City Map[]
The city map in game tells the player where to find items, checkpoints, different levels of danger and what Maidbots require which items.
South Circle District[]
It's the first area of deployment, where Arris Fern used to live, it's close to the Presidential Palace and extends on a straight line to the North, it's a Green Danger zone, which only has basic Battle Frames and one Boss to the South, the Freija Titan Frame.
It also has a Yellow Danger zone to the West, which has Knightframes, Astralhovs and NCPD Enforcers, and Freija's Headquarters to the East, with the second boss, a Freija Sweeper Drone.
Biokernel Infected Zone[]
The Western area is covered by Xera's chains and has red tint scattered all over the buildings and streets, it is a Yellow Danger zone and has more advanced enemies such as the Microwave Tank, Regulator, and Stealth Tank as well as automated Army Turrets. The two bosses in this area are the Biokernel Spire and Exterrminator Shell to the North.
Red Impact Zone[]
The 7N block, only Xera is there and the only point to this block is to unlock a part of the story.
Natural Reserve[]
The Natural Reserve is the Eastern District, it is an area to preserve artificial trees and plants, It is a Yellow Danger zone with advanced enemies such as the Bunkers that summon Skyframes, Lanceframes and Phase Drones, it also has several mines scattered all over the District, it has one boss, Ragnahov Greed. it also has the entrance to the Stygian Traverse Depths to the East and Beluga Lake to the North.
Beluga Lake[]
A residential District near the lake and the place where Luna and Eureka live, it is a Red Danger zone and has very powerful enemies, the basic enemies in this area have as much HP as the weakest bosses and have more advanced tactics than the regular enemies such as chasing, melee and dragging, this area has the only Black Zone block with one boss, the Athena Battlestation.