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Ready to own the streets? Get behind the wheel of iconic cars and floor it through Ventura Bay, a sprawling urban playground. Explore overlapping stories as you build your reputation – and your dream car – and become the ultimate racing icon.
Need for Speed™ is a racing, multiplayer and driving game
developed by Ghost Games
and published by Electronic Arts.
Released on June 04th 2020 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 23,603 reviews of which 16,504 were positive and 7,099 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 7.49€ on Steam with a 75% discount.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 or later
- Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 or equivalent with 4 hardware threads
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB, AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB, or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 2GB of memory
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 30 GB available space
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Honestly, when I first launched NFS 2015, I was blown away by the atmosphere — the night city, the rain, the reflections, the roar of the engine — it all looks amazing, especially when you’re drifting through the narrow streets of Ventura Bay. The car customization is awesome too; you can tweak every little part, from bumpers to decals, and it really feels like your ride. But then comes the infamous Prestige mode — and holy hell, who thought this was a good idea? It’s like the game says, “Oh, you finished everything? Cool. Now do it all again, but harder, more annoying, and with zero fun.” The cars handle like soap, the traffic appears out of nowhere, the cops spawn from thin air, and if you screw up even once — boom, restart. It’s not challenging in a good way; it’s just frustrating as hell. And don’t even get me started on the always-online thing. Why do I need a constant connection just to cruise around alone? Lag, disconnects, and the fact you can’t even pause the game — seriously, who thought that was acceptable? Still, I can’t lie — the game does have soul. When you’re flying through the rain-soaked streets at night with the turbo whistling and the soundtrack blasting, it feels damn good. My rating: 7/10. Could’ve easily been a 9 if it weren’t for that f***ing Prestige mode and the always-online nonsense.
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The definition of over-hated. I first played this in 2017 back on the PS4. Still got my physical copy of the game too. I did not think the game was bad back then, and now as I'm doing my second playthrough on PC - I still don't think this game is bad. Does it have issues? Yes. Drift handling & the Drift Train event type can seriously kiss my ass. Drift handling makes your car so impossible to predict that I'd rather do without. And Drift Trains are just...painful. It's so finicky trying to stay with the AI racers, since half the time they move about as slow as the traffic cars. And to avoid the drift handling issue - please just stick with the stock tires. You don't need a tire upgrade in this game. Yes, I will also agree that the story is cringe. But...I think it fits in with the cringe and cheese of games like Underground 1 & 2, Most Wanted and even Carbon. This game's story does not want you to take it seriously one bit. It's not a high-stakes serious story at all. The game just wants you to have fun. So to everyone who says the game's story is incredibly cringe - loosen up a bit, will ya? It's all in good fun. Spike sucks though, I will agree. But I genuinely don't believe this game deserves the hate that it gets. Yes, later games by Ghost & Criterion did things better in terms of handling and game structure. Yes, Heat has better cops than this game by a long, long mile. Yes, this game's customization is very lacking compared to its predecessors and its follow-ups. But does that make this game bad? Not really. I think this game is genuinely over-hated and I encourage you to pick it up, have some fun and don't take it all too seriously. It doesn't want you to. The way I see this game is like a canvas. It was a blank slate for Ghost Games with the Need for Speed series to try out a new gameplay model for the franchise, going back to how previous games did it while also throwing their own ideas at the dartboard and see what sticks. In later games - Payback & Heat - they expanded upon the canvas. Added more things, corrected things that didn't necessarily work in this game. But the canvas they started out with is still solid. I've had my fair share of fun with the online aspect of the game too, like meeting random people and just either chilling on the side of the road together or doing burnouts at a gas station for no reason other than to goof off. I've even had some people add me to their friends list just from goofing off like this or from going on random drives across the city together. I just really hope they make this game playable offline when it comes time to shut the servers down. It has been 10 years since this game came out, after all...
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This is the UNDERGROUND remaster we always wanted.. we complained and now we have games like Unbound, total shame in the direction it took. this game for being 10 years old still holds up and the graphics are still the best to me today, yes its always night time, but as a former street racer I assure you, NO ONE RACES DURING THE DAY. they should always keep the night theme, Controllers do work, it is in settings and i can't believe I'm saying this but hooking up a T300 wheel is insanely fun, weird at first but very very arcade feeling, unfortunately the TH8A doesn't work but paddle is still fun, there are finer settings in the tuning options and within the wheel settings, this made it easy to knock off each of the prestige races at least with bronze silver and golds. The feeling of the wheel is miles better than the Crew2 for arcade feel but shines no light to Forza, I only found this out whilst bored and figured I'd shed some light on this as it should be in more NFS games and to include the shifter, even if that's the sequential set up just to keep that snappy arcade feeling. like I said, its a bit odd at first, but if you're a good driver its a good challenge and honestly it felt much smoother than the controller, to me at least. I had also made my clutch the handbrake which really helped.
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I feel the Need for Speed when my back itches or i have to take a piss/shit mid race and there is no way to pause the game.
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To anyone who plays this game for the first time: - (for controllers) check the first guide that pops up in the community, it fixes any controller issues you might have (this is the sole reason why I kept playing this game) - try to play with the handling settings on the car to make it drive the way you enjoy (might take a few tries) - don't expect it to handle perfectly, give yourself time to get used to it - lastly; just enjoy the experience of a 10 year old game with amazing graphics, a good list of cars and a good amount of customization
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Frequently Asked Questions
Need for Speed™ is currently priced at 7.49€ on Steam.
Need for Speed™ is currently available at a 75% discount. You can purchase it for 7.49€ on Steam.
Need for Speed™ received 16,504 positive votes out of a total of 23,603 achieving a rating of 6.90.
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Need for Speed™ was developed by Ghost Games and published by Electronic Arts.
Need for Speed™ is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Need for Speed™ is not playable on MacOS.
Need for Speed™ is not playable on Linux.
Need for Speed™ offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Need for Speed™ offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
Need for Speed™ does not currently offer any DLC.
Need for Speed™ does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Need for Speed™ does not support Steam Remote Play.
Need for Speed™ does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Need for Speed™.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Online players
252
Developer
Ghost Games
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Release
04 Jun 2020
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