Need for Speed™

[h1]I don't understand why this game has gotten so much hate.[/h1] It's so much better than the newest woke iteration of NFS. Has old school styled movie type cutscenes, police chases, wanted system, and no S, S+, A, A+ category races, you've got your car/cars and thats it. No cartoony colorful rainbow puke, no anime bs, no they/thems, just a old school NFS styled game. And it ain't even that old, it's a pretty cool racing game, lets be real, it's nowhere near as good as NFS MW2005 or Underground 2 or even NFS Heat, but it's a really good NFS game. Drifting feels amazing in this one, might be the best drifting in all of NFS, in my opinion. [b]Give it a try when on sale if you haven't already. I rate it a solid 7 so far, will change my rating when I finish the game.[/b]

After spending several hours playing this NFS part, I have very mixed feelings about it. The game looks visually amazing, the nighttime atmosphere of the city is fantastic, and the car customization is genuinely great, but many of the developers’ decisions hurt the experience more than they improve it. The biggest issue starts before you even begin playing — having to link an EA account to Steam is unnecessarily annoying and only makes accessing the game more complicated. People just want to play the game, not deal with another launcher and account linking. Another huge problem is the vehicle handling itself. The cars feel extremely unnatural, and the arcade physics are often ridiculously exaggerated. For example, using the handbrake at 200 km/h can instantly spin your car 180 degrees or nearly stop it completely, which feels absurd and ruins the sense of speed. Instead of being fun, the handling often feels like fighting against the game’s physics. In my opinion, the open world does not fit Need for Speed very well. The map looks nice, but most of the time you are just wasting time driving from one event to another. Older NFS games had much better pacing, with races packed closer together and less unnecessary filler. The absolute worst decision, however, is the online mode during story races. Being forced to stay connected and having random players constantly present during the campaign is a terrible idea. Other players often get in the way, ruin the atmosphere, and make it impossible to enjoy the story at your own pace. Overall, the game has excellent visuals, great optimization, and an amazing nighttime street-racing atmosphere, but the gameplay and technical flaws drag the experience down significantly. Rating: 4/10 – amazing atmosphere and customization, but terrible handling and unnecessary online features ruin the overall experience.

A game presumably built with controller in mind doesn't have functional controller support by default... Always online, connection required, EA launcher...hecks no for me dude

Now as for the game itself.... Despite its whacky physics and live action cutscenes, this game has to be one of my favorite NFS games ever. The atmosphere of the world in this game is just amazing and the map design is great too. The soundtrack is pretty solid aswell compared to NFS heat. Also, I personally enjoyed the cutscenes because they added a bit of liveliness to the game. Even though the physics of heat and payback are (much) better, you can still get used to these whacky physics and have a great time. No it's not Underground 3 No it's not Carbon 2 No it's not Most Wanted 2 But hey, this is the closest thing you will find to it. For $10 it's a bargain that's absolutely worth the price.

Even 11 years after its release, Need for Speed (2015) remains one of the most atmospheric and soul-filled entries in the modern era of the franchise. It is an absolute love letter to the fans, radiating pure Need for Speed: Carbon vibes with its perpetual night, rain-slicked streets, and underground racing culture. Here is why this game is still worth your time: 🟢 The Good Stunning Graphics & Atmosphere: Visually, the game has aged like fine wine. The lighting, neon reflections, and wet asphalt create an incredibly realistic and moody environment that modern titles often miss. Banging Soundtrack: The music curation is top-tier, perfectly capturing the adrenaline-fueled vibe of urban street racing. Story & Live-Action Cutscenes: The story is highly entertaining, and the transition into live-action cutscenes is brilliant. The actors did a fantastic job bringing the cheesy, high-energy car culture to life—fist bumps and all! Active Multiplayer: Believe it or not, the multiplayer is still fully alive and working. Despite the game being over a decade old, there are more than enough players online to fill the streets and race with. 🟡 The Minor Flaws PC Handling: The car physics and handling can feel a bit wonky and "heavy" on PC at times. It takes some getting used to, but once you fine-tune your slider settings, it becomes manageable. Initial Blurry Visuals: Out of the box, the game can look a bit blurry due to the temporal anti-aliasing. However, this is an easy fix: just add some image sharpening in your GPU driver settings (NVIDIA Profile Inspector or AMD Radeon Software), and the game becomes crystal clear. 🏁 Final Verdict This might not objectively be the absolute best title in the recent lineup mechanically, but it is definitely the one with the most soul, identity, and style. It was clearly made for the core fans who grew up on the classic era of NFS. It is honestly a huge shame that the developers (Ghost Games) were shut down, because what they created here was special. If you want great vibes, a great community, and a true spiritual successor to Carbon, definitely pick this up!

Знаите што ето ахриненая игра ну атмасфера крутая всикда дождь и ночь либа 4 утра кдето так ну сделали круто очень прикольно разгоняца под феиса антидепрессант и врезаца в столб

Ну её нахер, в своё время прошел, на ПК и в целом, с оговорками был доволен. Захотел погонять на Steam Deck'е и проклял всё, оказывается недавно ЕА заблокировала вход на свои сервера для РФ, т.е. игра куплена, я хочу поиграть в соло, просто покататься по городу, но хер там плавал, даже для соло игры нужно постоянное стабильное подключение к серверам. Использовал КВН в игру пускает, но проклятый ЕА лаунчер (будь он трижды проклят) глючит как скотина. То запустит игру, то не запустит, то запустит без звука, то ещё какой геморой. На форумах есть попытки решить эти проблемы, но у каждого подход индивидуальный, готового решения нет, к тому же обновления сраного еа лаунчера снова всё ломают. И это не говоря о технических проблемах, которые были с самого старта на ПК и разрабы их за все эти годы так и не решили, например, глючная работа геймпада и управления в целом, когда клава определяется как руль (!), отсутствие нормального сглаживания, работа темпоралки и пр. В жопу короче

Я вже був готовий писати негативний відгук через те, що гра тупо не працює (не запускається), але вирішив дати останній шанс, щоб упевнитися в цьому — і воно запрацювало! Круто, думаю я, зараз пограю. Чув, що як мінімум тут добрий саундтрек. Але ніфіга. Гра не працює коректно з геймпадом. Я навіть знати не хочу, як це можна пофіксити. Гра повинна працювати бездоганно «З КОРОБКИ». Нехай це фіксять ті, хто випускає продукт на ринок та бере з мене за нього гроші. Не раджу купувати в жодному разі! Шкода, що купував давно та не можу зробити рефанд.

先看缺点再看优点 物理 ①车速一旦快起来，蹭墙就撞毁😤 ②车速快了之后，车辆很颠簸，抓地力下↓降（去车库里装扰流板，调下压力，稍微会好一点）🙃 ③侧面撞墙，有时候车会直接撞停，很奇怪🤔 联网问题 ①不用加速器玩的时候老是掉线😡 ea app难用到炸😡 ②动不动就维修服务器，还得重开房间😤 其他问题 ①上山之后看市中心，完全就是鬼城，建模是空虚的😓 ②车单有点少，好像只有40几辆车 ③游戏没有市中心，一大遗憾😥 优点 ①就这个游戏的夜景氛围，直接给地平线6摁在地上打，比地平线6更有JDM的风格，完全就是地下狂飙的重制版😆 ②请了砖🧱叔和中井启，感觉就是在和自己喜欢的idol 赛车，其乐融融的感觉真好 ③游戏和剧情无缝转场，剧情感觉事像过家家，大家都是朋友☺️ ④游戏的改装件还挺多，时隔五年之后极品飞车终于带回了改装系统😋 感谢你看到这里 谢谢 🙄

This is one of those games that makes you ask the question just how terribly broken can a game be? It takes a special level of skill to make a game's mechanics so trash.