Need for Speed
About the Game
Need for Speed is the 20th main title in the racing series and a reboot of the franchise. It is an open world racing game set entirely at night that returns to the underground racing and tuning culture best known from the Need for Speed Underground series. players is a new racer in the fictional city Ventura Bay and soon gets introduced to the local street racing scene, hooking up with the characters Amy, Manu, Robyn, Spike and Travis. The narrative is told through cut-scenes with full motion video combined with digitized sections, shown from the main character's first-person perspective.
Gameplay & Core Systems
With each new level new events are opened up. REP can be earned for five types of activities: Build (customization), Crew (social interactions and synchronized driving), Outlaw (illegal activities), Speed and Style, as well as through actions in the open world environment, especially by combining maneuvers. Each of the activities is tied to one of the five characters of the crew as well as an icon, and players is free to pursue one the five paths in any order. Racing is mainly arcade based and typical race types include standard races to reach the finish first (Sprint), drifting challenges and time based courses. The online multiplayer continues the AllDrive concept of Need for Speed: Rivals .
Standout Features
- Ventura Bay: players is a new racer in the fictional city Ventura Bay and soon gets introduced to the local street racing scene, hooking up with the characters Amy, Manu, Robyn, Spike and Travis.
- Ventura Bay: players can follow five different paths with overlapping storylines and the goal is to make a reputation to challenge and beat these icons and become the new icon of Ventura Bay.
- Next to cash earned in races up upgrade cars and buy new ones, REP is an important currency to progress in the game.
- With each new level new events are opened up.
- Build: REP can be earned for five types of activities: Build (customization), Crew (social interactions and synchronized driving), Outlaw (illegal activities), Speed and Style, as well as through actions in the open world environment, especially by combining maneuvers.
- With each new game session a new crew needs to be started or joined, either privately with friends or for instance by joining a public crew.
- Need for Speed is the 20th main title in the racing series and a reboot of the franchise.
- Need: It is an open world racing game set entirely at night that returns to the underground racing and tuning culture best known from the Need for Speed Underground series.
Modes & Ways to Play
The online multiplayer continues the AllDrive concept of Need for Speed: Rivals . Instead of interacting with all online players, the game creates a lobby or copy of the game world where a maximum of eight online players are present.
Player support includes Internet, Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS), and Team.
Presentation & Atmosphere
REP can be earned for five types of activities: Build (customization), Crew (social interactions and synchronized driving), Outlaw (illegal activities), Speed and Style, as well as through actions in the open world environment, especially by combining maneuvers. Instead of interacting with all online players, the game creates a lobby or copy of the game world where a maximum of eight online players are present.
