UltraGunner
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The focus on story in a racing game is never a good thing. Has there ever been a racing game story that wasn't terrible?
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Need for Speed (2015, Full Reboot, PC/PS4/XB1, Ghost) Reveal Trailer
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SliChillax
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In terms of visual Rivals delivered, what are you trying to say?
PHOENIXZERO
Member
People referring to Underground as Need for Speed's "roots" just rubs me the wrong way.
Underground definitely isn't the "roots" of NFS. The "roots" of NFS lies in closed circuit racing with high end cars. However, I also think that Need for Speed went through an identity shift with the releases of Undercover and Most Wanted. While those games may not represent the "roots" of the series I feel like for most of the fans, including myself, that those games represent the identity of the series. For many people building your car up over the course of the game and making it your own is just as important as the racing itself, and the series has abandoned that identity for far too long now.
SliChillax
Member
I don't see anyone hating on it so I don't understand why you would think you're the only one who liked it.
Didn't see anybody talking about how any of the cars sounded at all, which just strikes me as odd, that's all. Plus, I wasn't actually literally asking if I was the only one. It was more of a "who else thought the cars sounded great" thing.
SliChillax
Member
Oh, sorry for the mis-understanding then. NFS games were always great when it came to engine sound, Most Wanted 2012 and Rivals sounded amazing.
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That double meaning
Only roots worth taking a look at
Besides, the open world Underground still had circuits in it too
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Guise... Plz, PLZ... Have a Speedbreak feature on this.
I don't care if you have to separate the online component to make it work, that interconnected world is bullshit anyway.
I'll love you long time if you bring that back.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Yep, those features were so genius that they made a whole game around them.
Split/second
Franklin from GTAV has speedbreaker basically
Somebody needs to get the rights to that and bring it back
DidntKnowJack
Member
Played a little bit of Underground 1 and 2 today (PS2) just to re-familiarize myself with how they played and in my honest opinion U2 is the superior game. And yes that's the one with the open world. Apart from having the blacklists and taking place solely at night it felt fairly similar to Most Wanted 2005. It'll be interesting to see how much they stick or diverge away from that.
The Artisan
Member
there were 0 police in underground 2 and that's one thing that i loved about it.
SliChillax
Member
Yeah well, if implemented correctly the police will be fun. Hopefully there will also be a toggle to turn it off during free roaming.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
NFS MW 2005 Is the pinacle of action open world arcade racing and anyone thinking otherwise needs to see THIS and have a good sit down with Jesus, cause you been lost son...
Tuned up cars + legions of aggressive cops + speedbreak + pursuit breakers + ramps, jumps, shortcuts and straightaways = GOAT
cue angsty 2000's Linkin Park
Tuned up cars + legions of aggressive cops + speedbreak + pursuit breakers + ramps, jumps, shortcuts and straightaways = GOAT
cue angsty 2000's Linkin Park
EGOMON
Member
I share the same sentiments. As you can see I'm a big underground fan but times really have changed. I don't buy games day one anymore because dlc are announced before they're release so I just wait for game of the year editions. Seeing as this game promises customizations, I also think there will be a paywall. I'm not totally against it if I can earn in game currency in a decent rate (hey if u got money to burn go for it) but that seems unlikely seeing the trend like nba2k and others where earning currency is a pain.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
Haven't touched the franchise since Hot Pursuit 2 on PS2. Won't touch it again until Hot Pursuit 3 is a thing.
Underground 1&2,
Most Wanted(the first one)
Tokyo Extreme Racer 3 to some extent even though you literally have to read up to understand the story of it.
They all have simple stories of you working from the bottom or your at the top and you get screwed over someway and have to work your way back up. Sometimes the stakes are high, sometimes they aren't...but truly it all depends what matters to you is what makes a story compelling or interesting.
Personally, I thought the NFS movie was decent and was better than the last few attempts of their stories in the franchise. Having a reason to race is always nice...whether its Vengeance or Glory, it needs to be done in a way that the player felt like all the build up was worth it...I think that was the biggest problem with Carbon was that it lost Cross and picked up a shitty Villain to replace him.....you don't know how bad I wanted to knock Cross's Corvette off a cliff...especially after all the stuff you go through in Most Wanted.
my 2 cents.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Gtagentleman
Member
The hot pursuit reboot was good IMO
That video bring me back memories from my MW runs (and the weird bugs/glitches)... xD...
http://a.pomf.se/dyijrz.webm
http://a.pomf.se/haeytm.webm
SwordStruck
Member
Holy shit those gifs really take you back, Most Wanted 2005 was god tier.
Holy shit, saying this thread got derailed for two pages is an understatement.
We had someone looking for Beetle Adventure Racing gameplay in NFS, which is patentely absurd. BAR was a fantastic game, but NFS has never been that detached from reality, despite its frequent jumps.
Then there's the thread-wide complaints about open-world, and 'handcrafted' tracks. Do people legitimately think the game is going to be designed as a city first and foremost, without any attention to potential race tracks? That's absurd. Instead of having 20 disjointed maps like this:
NFS Underground 2 was open world, but the tracks felt identical to NFS:U, they weren't ambiguous, due to the gigantic neon signs blocking drivers from the rest of the world and still allowing for alternate paths and shortcuts. With the rest of the world inaccessible, you're left with the same kind of "corridor tracks" that people claim are the superior and different.
And people complaining about having to drive to their races. Many open world racing games have allowed you to initiate races from within the menu - the exact same way you would in a disjointed track-based game. I guarantee that feature will be in this game, as it was in the last open world NFS game. Aside from being a bizarre complaint, it's not even accurate or relevant.
I don't think there's been a single NFS game that runs at 60fps on consoles. Driveclub isn't. Split/Second isn't. Forza Horizon games aren't. They're all still amazingly fun games.
We had someone looking for Beetle Adventure Racing gameplay in NFS, which is patentely absurd. BAR was a fantastic game, but NFS has never been that detached from reality, despite its frequent jumps.
Then there's the thread-wide complaints about open-world, and 'handcrafted' tracks. Do people legitimately think the game is going to be designed as a city first and foremost, without any attention to potential race tracks? That's absurd. Instead of having 20 disjointed maps like this:
Them compile them, overlapping to some extent, into an open world engine, and interconnect all of them via a cityscape and rural surroundings, creating this:
NFS Underground 2 was open world, but the tracks felt identical to NFS:U, they weren't ambiguous, due to the gigantic neon signs blocking drivers from the rest of the world and still allowing for alternate paths and shortcuts. With the rest of the world inaccessible, you're left with the same kind of "corridor tracks" that people claim are the superior and different.
And people complaining about having to drive to their races. Many open world racing games have allowed you to initiate races from within the menu - the exact same way you would in a disjointed track-based game. I guarantee that feature will be in this game, as it was in the last open world NFS game. Aside from being a bizarre complaint, it's not even accurate or relevant.
I don't think there's been a single NFS game that runs at 60fps on consoles. Driveclub isn't. Split/Second isn't. Forza Horizon games aren't. They're all still amazingly fun games.
Gtagentleman
Member
Not going to happen, graphics sells.
The majority of consumers on console (were the money is make) dont even know what fps means.
Maintenance
Member
After that meh Most Wanted reboot I expect nothing from this. Such a shame.
To the windoooooow.
Cabbagehead
Member
Lol sure buddy
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
The GOAT of NFS. U1 and U2 were fantastic racing games. Utterly amazing but they lacked the core part that makes NFS the besst that it is. Cop chases. The thrill they bring. The goddamn thrill man!
The one thing that set NFS apart from any other racers out there. The soul of the series. Hnnnng. Make sure that you do the cops like MW1 Ghost. Not like Rivals.
SliChillax
Member
My wishlist for customization:
1- Let us choose individual bumpers and side skirts of the car, not a body kit that changes the bumpers and such completely
2- But also give us the option for full body kits why not
2- Hoods
3- Spoilers
4- Side view mirrors
5- Roof (roof scoops, carbon roofs, glass roofs etc)
6- Tail and head lights
7- Exhausts
8- Wider fenders on top of our chosen parts
9- Windows tint (gotta have it always black)
10- Neons for those who like it but I don't find it good looking now, maybe when I was 7
11- Let us choose precisely the size and the width of the wheel so the car will have the perfect fitment
12- I don't expect this to happen but I would really like the engine bay of the car to change depending on the upgrades
And for a completely unrealistic expectation, interior customization, seats, steering wheel, shift knob, upholstery etc etc
I didn't mention livery editor because that's pretty obvious that will be included
1- Let us choose individual bumpers and side skirts of the car, not a body kit that changes the bumpers and such completely
2- But also give us the option for full body kits why not
2- Hoods
3- Spoilers
4- Side view mirrors
5- Roof (roof scoops, carbon roofs, glass roofs etc)
6- Tail and head lights
7- Exhausts
8- Wider fenders on top of our chosen parts
9- Windows tint (gotta have it always black)
10- Neons for those who like it but I don't find it good looking now, maybe when I was 7
11- Let us choose precisely the size and the width of the wheel so the car will have the perfect fitment
12- I don't expect this to happen but I would really like the engine bay of the car to change depending on the upgrades
And for a completely unrealistic expectation, interior customization, seats, steering wheel, shift knob, upholstery etc etc
I didn't mention livery editor because that's pretty obvious that will be included
My wishlist for customization:
1- Let us choose individual bumpers and side skirts of the car, not a body kit that changes the bumpers and such completely
2- But also give us the option for full body kits why not
2- Hoods
3- Spoilers
4- Side view mirrors
5- Roof (roof scoops, carbon roofs, glass roofs etc)
6- Tail and head lights
7- Exhausts
8- Wider fenders on top of our chosen parts
9- Windows tint (gotta have it always black)
10- Neons for those who like it but I don't find it good looking now, maybe when I was 7
11- Let us choose precisely the size and the width of the wheel so the car will have the perfect fitment
12- I don't expect this to happen but I would really like the engine bay of the car to change depending on the upgrades
And for a completely unrealistic expectation, interior customization, seats, steering wheel, shift knob, upholstery etc etc
I didn't mention livery editor because that's pretty obvious that will be included
Yes, yes, yes. Individually applicable kit parts. All I ask for. I hate being forced to use pre-made kits.
The Artisan
Member
underground 2 was also the first nfs game I ever played. I guess that, yeah, if there is the option to turn them off then I would be fine with it.
Cheeseman Battitude
Member
All footage captured shaky and hard to focus on thus masking the rough edges and making it look better than it is.
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
Just looked and couldn't find it ? Only the new Most Wanted.
Victor Omega
Member
There need to be a thread for explaining "in-game" and the newly coined "in-engine" (Star Wars Battlefront).
I thought "in-game" meant "in-engine". To a casual gamer it might be a "CGI trailer"
I thought "in-game" meant "in-engine". To a casual gamer it might be a "CGI trailer"
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
Huh, I bought it very recently from the UK Store, but I've just looked too and it's definitely not there - apologies guys, looks like it was pulled somewhere along the line
Would have bought it immediately ;(
In-engine is not new, has been used for ages man. Look it up.
are young'ins trying to rewrite history in this thread?
NFS's roots are Road and Track's The Need For Speed. (or older Test Drive games)
Open world NFS roots are from Midnight Club Racing and its sequals.
Edit-this is what Need For Speed was about.
https://youtu.be/ynbUtfGxVOk
before we had Wikipedia, we had Need For Speed teaching us about the history of the cars, with great looking photos, and SICK videos.
then you couldn't wait till get on the track with your favorite.
NFS's roots are Road and Track's The Need For Speed. (or older Test Drive games)
Open world NFS roots are from Midnight Club Racing and its sequals.
Edit-this is what Need For Speed was about.
https://youtu.be/ynbUtfGxVOk
before we had Wikipedia, we had Need For Speed teaching us about the history of the cars, with great looking photos, and SICK videos.
then you couldn't wait till get on the track with your favorite.
maniac-kun
Member
If it looks like this and the gameplay is good. This will be my first NFS since NFS Porsche. But on the other hand its EA. Will not preorder.
SliChillax
Member
What was so great about NFS Porsche compared to Hot Pursuit or the other ones? I never liked it that much because it only had Porsches, I want some diversity in cars.
Agreed, in terms of gameplay
NFS: High Stakes. That is all