Need for Speed: Rivals

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3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 674 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 395 out of 674
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  1. Lockie
    Nov 20, 2013
    3
    30 fps lock, lack of graphics options, no AA this game is just awful console port. Moreover, it's awfully optimized. No it's not optimized at all! I can't play it even with all settings set to "low". For example, I can play Battlefield 4 built on the same Frostbite 3 with all settings set to "medium", and I have 40 fps! HOW? Btw, the game provides you gorgeous landscapes, and the world30 fps lock, lack of graphics options, no AA this game is just awful console port. Moreover, it's awfully optimized. No it's not optimized at all! I can't play it even with all settings set to "low". For example, I can play Battlefield 4 built on the same Frostbite 3 with all settings set to "medium", and I have 40 fps! HOW? Btw, the game provides you gorgeous landscapes, and the world of the game is really big. But I can't enjoy it with all these freezes and lags! Moreover, amount of cars is VERY small and I'm expecting a huge amount of car-packs-DLCs. Thank you, EA. When the game starts the first time, you have to listen to all the annoying tutorials, and, what is more annoying, you can't skip them!! Gameplay is nothing new, just a compilation of HP and MW2012. I'm disappointed. Again. 3 out of 10 for beutiful graphics, all the thanks to DICE.… Expand
  2. JustERR
    Nov 20, 2013
    3
    While the gameplay itself is quite fine (nothing special but still playable), the problems are killing all the joys of playing this game. The famous FPS lock is just ridiculous. I have 2 GeForces running in SLI and the game (maxed out in settings) only able to load ONE of them for about 30-40%. So everything feels FAR from smooth (and I was somewhat expected some smoothness from AAAWhile the gameplay itself is quite fine (nothing special but still playable), the problems are killing all the joys of playing this game. The famous FPS lock is just ridiculous. I have 2 GeForces running in SLI and the game (maxed out in settings) only able to load ONE of them for about 30-40%. So everything feels FAR from smooth (and I was somewhat expected some smoothness from AAA project released in 2013). There are no any anti-aliasing settings in-game, so the game looks extremely jaggy. Constant disconnects from the host are just killing me. In summary: do anything with the AllDrive system but remove the FPS lock, let me choose better anti-aliasing, do something about host migrations and the score would be in 7-9 range.… Expand
  3. Excessum
    Nov 20, 2013
    0
    Avoid this game as plague. An extremely poor port from the consoles, with no mouse support, rubbish performance, unskippable and repeating cutscenes, constant crashes and the game seems to be hardcoded for 30 fps, making it impossible to play at anything above that without the game going all bonkers.

    If you are a die-hard NFS fan and still want to try it despite all the issues, just    Avoid this game as plague. An extremely poor port from the consoles, with no mouse support, rubbish performance, unskippable and repeating cutscenes, constant crashes and the game seems to be hardcoded for 30 fps, making it impossible to play at anything above that without the game going all bonkers.

    If you are a die-hard NFS fan and still want to try it despite all the issues, just pirate this title, the public will understand.    … Expand
  4. rogerxing0318
    Nov 20, 2013
    0
    DISGUSTING!
    hard coded to 30 fps, game runs double speed if changed to 60 fps.
    the 10/10 reviews are FAKE! DO NOT BUY!
    it is obvious they did not spend anytime developing the PC version.
  5. zipp
    Nov 20, 2013
    0
    The game itself would deserve a 5 or 6 if I could play it more than 15 minutes without feeling literally sick.
    What the hell was on EA mind? This is not an rpg or a puzzle game which can run at 30 fps flawlessly. This is a racing game, and racing games are supposed to be FAST.
    Also, no AA settings, no mouse control in game, no cut-scenes skip..

    Just another horrible porting
  6. garyc
    Nov 21, 2013
    0
    Broken game, avoid it. Extremely poor console port.
    The actual graphics are nice as it uses the new Frostbite 3 engine and the driving is solid but for absolutely no reason at all (well they did give a reason but it does not even make sense) they have decided to limit the frame rate to 30 which for any pc gamer this should be and is completely unacceptable both from a visual and a    Broken game, avoid it. Extremely poor console port.
    The actual graphics are nice as it uses the new Frostbite 3 engine and the driving is solid but for absolutely no reason at all (well they did give a reason but it does not even make sense) they have decided to limit the frame rate to 30 which for any pc gamer this should be and is completely unacceptable both from a visual and a gameplay perspective. Reports are that this is hard coded so the possibility of any fix being made available is a gamble
    I can only recommend that you buy this on PC if your system would never have been able to play at over 30fps to begin with as underneath it appears there is a good game, for everybody else I suggest you take advantage of Origin's new refund policy.    … Expand
  7. tarble
    Nov 19, 2013
    1
    Apart from a new map and ferrari it's basically the same game as the previous one...nothing new, nothing we haven't seen before...the 30 fps cap with blurry graphics, ugly colors ,lack of AA, no option to skip cutscenes and repetitive gameplay this game is a poor excuse of a PC title....not worth it.
  8. Nazgul
    Nov 21, 2013
    0
    Capping the framerate to 30fps on PC is beyond ridiculous! The whole point of a racing game like NFS is playing it at ultra smooth framerates. Once again PC gamers are being neglected with this pathetic console port. So until EA fixes this my rating will stay 0...
  9. Moe-of-MOSHOW
    Nov 21, 2013
    0
    Hard Capped 30 FPS, 30. PC gamers invest tons of money into their Gaming machines to achieve the highest FPS they could and you cap your game at 30.

    I not sure if the game it self is any "fun" but its not worth the time and money which is apparent after 5 minuets of gameplay.

    I think TotalBiscuit said it best "Avoid like the plague"
  10. albertoberto
    Nov 20, 2013
    0
    Dont buy this game. Its an insult to gamers and its not a real next gen game. 30 fps lock and awful performance in towns sections. Terribly bad port just like always, EA does not take PC seriously.
  11. Alpherior2
    Nov 19, 2013
    0
    Graphics are at best 'nice', when you're watching gameplay at 30 framerate, capped. Gameplay itself is a mess, constantly taking control from the player, with few customization and car options to unlock. Interface seems... Fffine-ish. I went into this game with a positive outlook in fact, but there's just so much working against it. Even though it's nitpicking, that opening cutscene, kindaGraphics are at best 'nice', when you're watching gameplay at 30 framerate, capped. Gameplay itself is a mess, constantly taking control from the player, with few customization and car options to unlock. Interface seems... Fffine-ish. I went into this game with a positive outlook in fact, but there's just so much working against it. Even though it's nitpicking, that opening cutscene, kinda dumb too.

    Also, if you're interested as to why this game even HAS positive reviews, look at the users' other reviews they either don't HAVE any other reviews, or its for some other EA game. We've seen this kind of foul play before.    … Expand
  12. iHaunteR
    Nov 19, 2013
    0
    DO NOT BUY!

    This game is broken on launch for PC. Capped FPS is 30, if you unlock via console the game speeds up based on the increase.

    i.e. 60hz 2x the speed. Poor UI design, unskippable cut-scenes, a disgrace and a disaster. The reviews for this game are FAKE!
  13. morty
    Nov 20, 2013
    0
    This game is so dumbed down I can't believe I spent $60 on this awful game. The game is the same thing over and over again. All you do is chase or run away over and over, awful.
  14. MadBluey
    Nov 19, 2013
    1
    Avoid, if you can. If you have to have it, buy it for a console.

    In short: -bad port, - locked at 30 FPS (Can't change it in the options. Console commands make the game go nuts speed up) ; **** GUI no mouse control IG (maps); Tutorial is pointless (Cant skip); Cut-scenes (Cant skip), -Customization is "Limited" (Why can't we tune our cars like we could in the Underground (2),    Avoid, if you can. If you have to have it, buy it for a console.

    In short:
    -bad port,
    - locked at 30 FPS (Can't change it in the options. Console commands make the game go nuts speed up) ;
    **** GUI no mouse control IG (maps); Tutorial is pointless (Cant skip); Cut-scenes (Cant skip),
    -Customization is "Limited" (Why can't we tune our cars like we could in the Underground (2), Most wanted, carbon ?)
    -no in car view... only 2 choices, 3rd person view or pumper.

    The list goes on and on, it's the same need for speed we've seen in the last few years. again.    … Expand
  15. metaraf
    Nov 19, 2013
    0
    It is not a big difference between this game and smartphone games. Worth max 5$ in my opinion 30fps is a sad joke.
    Pros:
    you will see now who write reviews for money
  16. Northstorm
    Nov 19, 2013
    2
    This game is utter ****

    The game is hard-coded to 30 FPS, the graphics are poor, the game is riddled with cut-scenes you have to watch over and over again, and you can't even skip them, avoid at all cost, until these problems are solved.
  17. t3hp3trock
    Nov 19, 2013
    0
    I had to create an account just to say this is absolute rubbish. The game has been dumbed down to console pleb level. This game is broken beyond play ability. The worst NFS game I've ever tried to play and I played Carbon... What does that tell you?

    Stay away. If you're curious play on a friends machine and be disappointed for yourself. Save the cash.
  18. Shalo
    Nov 19, 2013
    2
    Good graphics, poor gameplay, music is tottaly crap, but good sound of auto, multiplayer isn't working. it's just boring at all. I played for 6 hours and I don't want anymore? What is this I played in High stakes for months, just like in Underground 1-2, most wanted, but this, this game can't give those hours of gameplay and chalenge because it can't.
    With all my desire to say that this    Good graphics, poor gameplay, music is tottaly crap, but good sound of auto, multiplayer isn't working. it's just boring at all. I played for 6 hours and I don't want anymore? What is this I played in High stakes for months, just like in Underground 1-2, most wanted, but this, this game can't give those hours of gameplay and chalenge because it can't.
    With all my desire to say that this game is good I can't, beacause it's too short, too simple, too stupid.
    EA, stop rapping nfs dead body.    … Expand
  19. Duyari
    Nov 21, 2013
    0
    30fps do not buy do not buy do not buy do not buy
    nice graphic, nice game play, nice car
    BUT!!! BUT!!! pc 30 fps stupid mind
    30fps do not buy do not buy do not buy do not buy
  20. Darkly
    Nov 19, 2013
    1
    No, This game is broken! Capped FPS IS ****....30! NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR A MODERN GAME. AND WHEN YOU UNCAP IT THE GAME GOES Poor AI Car Speed, Poor UI. We have to go through 10 to 15 minutes of cutscenes before we start playing. This game is a disgrace and just plain broken, take it down from the Origin store now!
  21. asscreedfanboi
    Nov 20, 2013
    0
    The idea for the game seems interesting, but the execution falls horribly short on PC. The game is horribly optimized, with the frames per second not only locked, but unlocking it breaks the game. The only thing that seems to interest me about this game is the idea of playing at X2 speed just to get a good laugh and see what glitches come up. It might be a decent game on consoles, butThe idea for the game seems interesting, but the execution falls horribly short on PC. The game is horribly optimized, with the frames per second not only locked, but unlocking it breaks the game. The only thing that seems to interest me about this game is the idea of playing at X2 speed just to get a good laugh and see what glitches come up. It might be a decent game on consoles, but for the PC the best feature is that EA will give you a refund through Origin.… Expand
  22. sensuality
    Nov 19, 2013
    0
    I do not know what else to say about the guys who produce this series, nfs is going into the pit gradually over rivals, this game with an awesome graph, the system runs and persecutions without breaks makes the game good, the more over 2 hours played you already start to get sick of running the same way, with the same police behind you, there is no the slightest difficulty in releasing theI do not know what else to say about the guys who produce this series, nfs is going into the pit gradually over rivals, this game with an awesome graph, the system runs and persecutions without breaks makes the game good, the more over 2 hours played you already start to get sick of running the same way, with the same police behind you, there is no the slightest difficulty in releasing the cars, the goals are pathetic, there is a great repeatability in the game that makes you give up right outside the game and castrated at 30 fps, which makes the experience even worse, with several drops fps throughout the game, do not buy the game, not to be wanting to be playing jumping mountains and playing beats beats with police.… Expand
  23. Ultrique
    Nov 21, 2013
    0
    Totally a trash game that destroys whats left of the name... broken beyond belief even for an EA title!
    Locked to 30FPS... seriously! Cant play in full screen mode on some systems due to black screens and other graphics issues, random slow downs in game, poor customization and certainly not what your lead to believe your getting from the trailers and press. AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Get a    Totally a trash game that destroys whats left of the name... broken beyond belief even for an EA title!
    Locked to 30FPS... seriously! Cant play in full screen mode on some systems due to black screens and other graphics issues, random slow downs in game, poor customization and certainly not what your lead to believe your getting from the trailers and press. AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Get a refund if you can...    … Expand
  24. GeniusMind
    Jan 18, 2014
    0
    Don't believe all the reviews,They are paid dicks out there,know nothing of NFS,nor racing or they are console whores..Look,this is the stage of describing this game.This is an utter mess,dunno whose idea was this,but EA intentions are clear,TO DROWN THIS FRANCHISE !
    Where can I start with the cons;
    1.No creativity whatsoever,a poorly designed map that tries its best to inforce false    Don't believe all the reviews,They are paid dicks out there,know nothing of NFS,nor racing or they are console whores..Look,this is the stage of describing this game.This is an utter mess,dunno whose idea was this,but EA intentions are clear,TO DROWN THIS FRANCHISE !
    Where can I start with the cons;
    1.No creativity whatsoever,a poorly designed map that tries its best to inforce false Openworld.
    2.New Gen ....My ass,Creating a game with nothing special,No PAUSE MENU,What does that mean!Are we no supposed to have a break!So stupid,Only to find that after a while your'e busted with reset speedpoints.The gameplay is horrible trash,I fell so good after finishing that game.
    3.Cars list!Its **** up!Only 24 cars in racer and another 20 in cop..Appreciate the new inclusion of new latest cars and Ferrari,But that's the only good thing I can think..Leave that Customization,It's nothing good..A few gadgets are good and few tech....But nothing like Create YOUR OWN PERSONAL CAR!
    4.Flaws and bugs:As reported,its a 30fps **** on high end PC it does not run without stuttering
    (GTX 680)..It is supposed to be a racing game that does not Support GAMEPADS or WHELLS!WE are compelled to play with Keyboard that too with semi-customisable controls..*&^*&^ you!!!

    VERDICT: People trying to sell this game are SMART WHORES! Denting your Pockets.....C'mon seriously its not even worth more than 1/1000000000.......of its price!    … Expand
  25. rqr
    Jan 18, 2014
    0
    This game is a complete disaster, does not even have a hood camera, and the 30 fps BUG..., Ghost Games should try harder next time, I can hardly believe that the "Pro" critics are honest.
  26. beefcake124
    Mar 16, 2014
    0
    This game is unplayable on pc and the developers ghost whatever refuses to acknowledge that there is even a problem. They say 30fps is ideal for gameplay and looks beautiful but they dont even mention that if your computer gets more or less than 30fps the game speeds up or slows down and is impossible to play
  27. JJthis
    Jun 16, 2015
    0
    This is why I cannot trust professional reviewers.
    Look at the difference in score between people who paid money for this and those who didn't.
    Rivals is a terrible game. The controls are locked for the controller. There is no manual transmission. Videos are unskippable. It's locked at 30FPS. Frankly, there is nothing to like about it apart from the way it looks. Bought it on special and    This is why I cannot trust professional reviewers.
    Look at the difference in score between people who paid money for this and those who didn't.
    Rivals is a terrible game. The controls are locked for the controller. There is no manual transmission. Videos are unskippable. It's locked at 30FPS. Frankly, there is nothing to like about it apart from the way it looks. Bought it on special and I still wasted my money. I will never buy EA games again.    … Expand
  28. K2mil
    Sep 28, 2015
    1
    Let me start with saying that I'm a huge NFS fan since the very first PC game. Unfortunately NFS RIVALS short. Let's begin with this is a very very poor port of a console game. PC gamer gets the game read port with very poor cap of 30 FPS, Very limited graphics settings, NO SLI, no option of adjusting the controls, and a controller rumble that is annoying and can't be turned off, and lastLet me start with saying that I'm a huge NFS fan since the very first PC game. Unfortunately NFS RIVALS short. Let's begin with this is a very very poor port of a console game. PC gamer gets the game read port with very poor cap of 30 FPS, Very limited graphics settings, NO SLI, no option of adjusting the controls, and a controller rumble that is annoying and can't be turned off, and last but not least directX error that pops out out of nowhere like BIGFOOT. Now some of these problem can be fixed with command lines but it will take a toll on multiplayer, EA as a company is a joke. I could say much more negative stuff but I'm done. Thanks… Expand
  29. Zevro
    Nov 23, 2013
    4
    30 fps capped of laziness. The game is basically the countryside version of the previous one. Graphics are OK and it's just it. Game modes are boring, and the fact there are no tracks makes it even worst.
  30. arthur666
    Dec 7, 2013
    0
    Another horrible need for speed game. same as last year. why they doing like that? what their problem? if you will make need for speed game like this again then DONT DO IT. DOOOONNNTT DOO IITTT.
  31. BAPACop
    Nov 23, 2013
    0
    Racing games aren't exactly a complex genre, but any company that isn't even competent enough to properly implement a pause menu shouldn't be trying to make one.
  32. Squishy05
    Nov 23, 2013
    1
    So...SOOOO tired of this social seamless crap, where are the days where you could customize you car completely ...speakers... suspension jumping up and down...sigh, and the NIGHT races....aw well... and yes this 30fps thing is not nice, I usually don't care for fps but in a racing game its necessary
  33. leafspring
    Nov 21, 2013
    3
    I am somewhat conflicted about this.

    You know, I'd really like to complain about the idiotic 30 FPS limit and the horrible decision to lock the simulation to the FPS and all that but I can't, because that would require me to actually be able to play the game for a reasonable amount of time. Which I can't because it crashes every couple of minutes and usually so hard that I have to hard    I am somewhat conflicted about this.

    You know, I'd really like to complain about the idiotic 30 FPS limit and the horrible decision to lock the simulation to the FPS and all that but I can't, because that would require me to actually be able to play the game for a reasonable amount of time.
    Which I can't because it crashes every couple of minutes and usually so hard that I have to hard reset my machine. (running an i7 GTX 660 Ti, nothing out of the ordinary)

    What I did see of the game seemed pretty fun, though. Nice driving, nice graphics. Nothing spectacular (I'd even say that Most Wanted actually looked better at times) but it's reasonable. Can't complain about the UI either as I'm using the 360 controller to play but I can imagine M+K users to be somewhat annoyed by it.

    Also, the AllDrive idea seems pretty intriguing. Not that I actually experienced it as the game never ran long enough for me to engage with other players, but I can see the potential.

    Overall I'd say I'll really enjoy this game once it is fixed (rumor has it they'll patch the 30 FPS limiter out as well). Problem is that I want to play it now and I can't (three days after release). And even if I could I wouldn't enjoy it to the full extend because of the unnecessary limitations.

    Verdict: A solid 8 for the actual game, -2 for the state it is in (can't play at all, crashes the entire machine), -3 for the incredibly moronic idea to put a 30 FPS limiter into a friggin' racing game on the PC.

    Fix this nonsense, EA, and we're looking at a pretty nice game here.    … Expand
  34. NeoVirusOfficia
    Nov 23, 2013
    0
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME INTENTIONALLY INSERTED DUNG INTO THIS PC PORT. No Mouse support for menus, No AA. I can live with those draw backs BUT Artificial 30 frames per second cap just RUINS the game completely. This game should be rated minus 10 as PC gamers have been robbed. EA should of put a warning sticker on the game "EA INTENTS TO SHAFT YOU OVER" So people can make informed decisionDO NOT BUY THIS GAME INTENTIONALLY INSERTED DUNG INTO THIS PC PORT. No Mouse support for menus, No AA. I can live with those draw backs BUT Artificial 30 frames per second cap just RUINS the game completely. This game should be rated minus 10 as PC gamers have been robbed. EA should of put a warning sticker on the game "EA INTENTS TO SHAFT YOU OVER" So people can make informed decision before buying.
    I though limiting to 30 FPS would be a stupid business decision.    … Expand
  35. Jackan08
    Nov 23, 2013
    0
    30 fps lock year 2013? And how hard would it be to fix so we could use a fu**ing mouse in the game. I'm sick of EA treating PC-players like crap.

    Do not buy this game!
  36. Thompson555
    Nov 24, 2013
    3
    Another fail from EA...dont buy their games.
    **** graphics, i cant believe that this is frostbyte 3
    **** control and car physics

    Only one good thing in this game soundtrack.
  37. Ursadorable
    Nov 24, 2013
    0
    This is the worst console to PC port I've ever encountered. I thought SimCity was an embarrassment for EA, this game is even worse! Thank gawd for EA refunds.
  38. FUEA
    Nov 22, 2013
    0
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME

    INTENTIONALLY INSERTED DUNG INTO THIS PC PORT. No Mouse support for menus, No AA. I can live with those draw backs BUT Artificial 30 frames per second cap just RUINS the game completely. This game should be rated minus 10 as PC gamers have been robbed. EA should of put a warning sticker on the game "EA INTENTS TO SHAFT YOU OVER" So people can make informed    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME

    INTENTIONALLY INSERTED DUNG INTO THIS PC PORT.
    No Mouse support for menus, No AA. I can live with those draw backs
    BUT
    Artificial 30 frames per second cap just RUINS the game completely.

    This game should be rated minus 10 as PC gamers have been robbed.
    EA should of put a warning sticker on the game "EA INTENTS TO SHAFT YOU OVER"
    So people can make informed decision before buying.
    I though limiting to 30 FPS would be a stupid business decision.

    Any business of course wouldn't do that. Silly me £35 straight into the toilet    … Expand
  39. osoyogui
    Nov 24, 2013
    0
    I saw someone list this, and it appears to work, so you can try this and see if it runs at 60fps while playing at a normal speed. -GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60.0
  40. XentriX
    Dec 11, 2013
    1
    The 30 fps cap problem is one of the least problem I think. Worst problem with this game is the game does not pause at all.....when "esc" is pressed, the game still runs.....Worst...u cannot restart any race from the beginning...that means if you make mistake u have to race the entire track....Weapons were great addition in 2010 "Hot Pursuit" but in this game, weapons controls are ****The 30 fps cap problem is one of the least problem I think. Worst problem with this game is the game does not pause at all.....when "esc" is pressed, the game still runs.....Worst...u cannot restart any race from the beginning...that means if you make mistake u have to race the entire track....Weapons were great addition in 2010 "Hot Pursuit" but in this game, weapons controls are ****

    The Frostbite 3 engine used in this game is total waste as the graphics are nowhere near Battlefield 4, though the genre of both of this game is totally different.    … Expand
  41. trelocubed
    Dec 7, 2013
    4
    No wonder how everybody hate this title so much,
    FPS locked at 30, completely unoptimized PC Version ,Not able to pause the game when offline (witch brings me to frustration all the time)

    though the game features some pretty fun gameplay all the cons mentioned above are gamebreaking!
  42. pbmpbm
    Nov 24, 2013
    0
    30 fps max on a 2013 PC game is unacceptable. If you unlock it to 60 fps, the game is unplayable. This is ridiculous. Played the very first NFS games, this is a big disappointment.
  43. iToast
    Nov 21, 2013
    4
    Boring game with thousand of bugs, useless engine (for racing games), minimum innovations and max. 30 fps. The only good thing is Graphics. This game looks nice and cars look just fantastic! Anyway, good graphics is not important if gameplay sucks. Do not buy if you already own good old Undercover, Most Wanted (good old version, not the new and other NFS games.
  44. Orthodox
    Nov 23, 2013
    0
    DO NOT BUY THIS ****

    This game does not support any driving-wheels. I lost my 20$ on this I will never buy again your driving NFS seria. POSITIVE REVIEWS ARE FAKE HERE. It is EA marketing.
  45. Chrisracer8903
    Dec 6, 2013
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok, I have played/ collected every NFS game ever since the first NFS in 1996. Aside from NFS Undercover, this game is one of the worst I've played in the series. The FPS is locked at 30 so dense areas slow-down the game, no AA, and no other controller support, making this a very bad PC port. The cut scenes are annoying and cannot skip them.

    Graphics: Let me get this clear, I do not like the Frostbite engine! It looks great in certain environments, but it doesn't work well with racing games and has many glitches as seen from NFS: The Run and is still present Rivals. NFS: Hot Pursuit and NFS: Most Wanted's engine was much better looking and ran better for a racing game.

    The soundtrack is bland, the gameplay is ok, but the map is very boring after awhile which is my next issue: The map. The map (Redview County) in this game is extremely disappointing compared to Fairhaven (Most Wanted) and Seacrest County (Hot Pursuit) from the last 2 NFS titles. EA kept praising that the Redview County map in Rivals was to be a similar and better experience to what was in Hot Pursuit's Seacrest County. Let me tell ya, it is not! Except for driving down Interstate 4, Sun Valley Run, and the town on the coast (I think it's Gullwing Beach) the Redview County map is BORING and lifeless. Nothing but woods, desert, and rock cliffs, and no gimmicks or landmarks that gives a "believable" and lively world to drive in. There are no "places" to see in the map compared to Seacrest County that had many landmarks, gimmicks, and eye-popping sights on any road in the game. Seacrest County also was a MUCH LARGER map that made every road an exciting variety. Many of the road paths/ mappings in Redview County doesn't make any sense (T-junctions everywhere and loops back to the same roads!). Overall the map is too dark/ bland and lifeless and not as bright and eye-popping as the last few NFS titles.

    The cars: The car variety and list is very limited compared to HP or even last year's MW. The Ferrari license is great, but mad it was wasted on this game. The cop cars are nice, but there is very little overlap on the car lists between cops and racers. I don't care for customization as for these cars look amazing as is so anyone's opinion on the customization options.

    The gameplay: 6 players in the open world is useless. The online experience is only as good as the players that are thrown into your session. It just seems very cheaply done. Some of the players will either help your career or actually hurt your progress (Which can be frustrating) and is not how a game should play. I don't like having constant online connections (The single player option is not what they describe it to be, you still need to be online). I miss my online lobbies and menus to set-up races and events (Like in HP 2010), it was a better structure to play with friends and this game's career progression lacks structure where your thrown into an open world with painfully easy objectives that repeat over-and-over again without any variables in the events (Such as certain cops chasing you, choice of cars, etc.). Everything just gets really old quickly. Also, why can't I pause my single player game?! Don't get me started with how many times I have lost my speed points because of that.

    Overall, this game was really disappointing in many ways. The graphics are "ok", the map is smaller, not well-designed, and unexciting compared to HP and MW's maps. The car list is disappointing with the exception of the Ferraris. The gameplay is repetitive and boring with no new gimmicks.

    I was so disappointed with Rivals I actually bought NFS Hot Pursuit (2010) for my PC and that game looks better, runs better, and having way more fun with that than Rivals! If your new to NFS, this maybe a fun game for you, but stay away from the PC version. If your an NFS fan that played the last 3-4 years of NFS games, you will be disappointed like I was. Go pick-up Hot Pursuit (2010) instead, Seacrest County is way more exciting and a better online experience.

    My Score is a 3 (2 points for the Ferrari License, and 1 point for having cops).    … Expand
  46. Leo4211
    Dec 23, 2013
    4
    I cannot rate it 0 because the game's not ultimately bad but it's not good either. Well, there are actually some good things about the game (obviously not much) but overall the game is like an insincere product produced by Ghost.

    The game actually do have story and characters (yes the dump cut-scenes that I could not skip even I wish to). It's about a racer name Zenphyr (not sure if the    I cannot rate it 0 because the game's not ultimately bad but it's not good either. Well, there are actually some good things about the game (obviously not much) but overall the game is like an insincere product produced by Ghost.

    The game actually do have story and characters (yes the dump cut-scenes that I could not skip even I wish to). It's about a racer name Zenphyr (not sure if the spelling is correct) having reckless driving activity and a cop who wish to bust the racer. I think the story is actually a main concept of the game (if not why name the game "Rivals"?), but the story is executed badly. It's just like some story background you see in NFS14 and there's nothing strong related to both sides. I can't feel the "Rivals" in the game.

    Talking about the gameplay, it really annoys me sometimes. When I was racing and I want to answer the phone or go to the toilet, the game simply can't. It only opens a map when you click Esc and it's really inconvenient when you cannot pause the game. There're numerous bugs in the game like you automatically crash for the second time without reasons after you crashed once. Also, when you're in a pursuit, if you think you earn enough, you can simply drive to a safehouse and bank it even you have not escaped (I wonder if it's a bug or the game setting). There're also some stupid problems like when you successfully escape a pursuit and you drive a bit slower, the cops will be back with a really high speed. Seriously?

    The cars are probably the best thing about the game. The reappearance of Ferrari is actually good. There're more new cars which I could try. Unfortunately, the bad thing is that I simply cannot drive all the cars. There're some cars that I would like to drive but unfortunately they're on the other side so I cannot use them in the side I want to play, which I hate. Not only that, I don't understand why the cars know how to sweat. You can simply just see water droplets on your car in a sunny day. What?

    The control is the worst nightmare for me in the game. The feel is like you want the car to drift when you brake but it do not. The car drifts when you don't want to. I rather want a easy-drift control like NFS14 or unrealistic-cornering like NFS9, but not the NFS16 style.

    The map is simply just boring. It's just like importing NFS14 into the game with the roads changed. Meanwhile the graphics are not spectacular. Graphics are not a main problem for me but I find graphics in NFS14 more appealing. The only good thing I can think of about the map is that there are new weather changes.

    If I have to find the worst thing of the game, it will be the concept of the game. It's basically nothing new when compared to NFS14. Same map structure, Cops and racers, Sports cars and exotic cars...... The idea is almost the same. The main difference should be speedpoints, which I could simply ram into a safehouse and bank it during pursuit. Speedpoints are nowhere near pink slips in NFS4, so don't compare both two.

    Again, as a NFS fanboy since NFS2, I'm not saying this game is rubbish. It still has some excitement I can get from NFS14 when I was driving in highway with an Aventador. However, if this game is supposed to be a better version of NFS14, I would say EA have failed. Don't tell me this game is going back to the roots of NFS because the older NFS (NFS2-6) are still memorable to me and I still feel excitement when I look at some videos in Youtube, but definitely not this game.    … Expand
  47. mupet0000
    Nov 24, 2013
    0
    Don't buy this game, it's capped at 30fps. A good PC can do so much more, EA don't deserve any sales when they disrespect PC gamers like this.

    Seems like it could be a decent game, it's just a shame that EAs attitude towards PC is so bad.
  48. Omga4000
    Nov 23, 2013
    2
    A racing game which doesn't support a gaming wheel.. Who's the GENIUS at EA who came up with this?

    There are way way too many pursuits by the cops, which takes a whole lot of time to get rid of. 1 pursuit took me 30 minutes, and then I got wrecked and lost it all. 30 minutes wasted. You should have made "hiding spots" or at least limit the time at which the cops are chasing you.    A racing game which doesn't support a gaming wheel.. Who's the GENIUS at EA who came up with this?

    There are way way too many pursuits by the cops, which takes a whole lot of time to get rid of.
    1 pursuit took me 30 minutes, and then I got wrecked and lost it all. 30 minutes wasted.
    You should have made "hiding spots" or at least limit the time at which the cops are chasing you.

    Gave it a 2 just because you brought "upgrades" to the game. And even that isn't the same.

    When will you listen to the people who pay you? NFS: Underground 3!    … Expand
  49. antoniovassen
    Nov 23, 2013
    0
    The game does not support steering wheel and pedals! I'm in indescribable confusion. Play the keyboard or gamepad when i have gaming chair and steering wheel, it is beyond my understanding. Mouse in the menu and on the map also does not work No dithering and can not be included, my eyes of the blood Multiplayer dull. Graphics middle, I think because it limited the console OnThe game does not support steering wheel and pedals! I'm in indescribable confusion. Play the keyboard or gamepad when i have gaming chair and steering wheel, it is beyond my understanding. Mouse in the menu and on the map also does not work No dithering and can not be included, my eyes of the blood Multiplayer dull. Graphics middle, I think because it limited the console On restriction of 30 frames per second for many who have written I will not repeat .
    Not highly recommend this game to the PC version very curve of the port from consoles.
    Sorry for bad english.    … Expand
  50. Reptyl
    Nov 27, 2013
    0
    30 FPS LOLOLOL FIX GAME PLS
    This is that big game companies ACTUALY gets to do this and earn a lot of cash doing it! It makes okay sense with frame locks and simple options on console, but this is just sad.
  51. Koreenium
    Nov 23, 2013
    0
    Beautiful graphics, boring gameplay...

    FPS CAPPED TO 30 on PC...

    Just don't buy this game as it is not worth it. A typical console port blablablabla....
  52. fireblue7
    Nov 25, 2013
    1
    Awful console port. The last Most Wanted was at least a little bit bearable, are they even trying anymore? Hopefully Assetto Corsa or Project Cars will save this genre.
  53. akuloff
    Nov 23, 2013
    1
    30fps for PC is a joke, 30fps for PC is a joke, 30fps for PC is a joke, 30fps for PC is a joke, 30fps for PC is a joke, 30fps for PC is a joke, 30fps for PC is a joke
  54. MVoorhees
    Dec 18, 2013
    1
    Fun game, unless you want the multiplayer experience they think exists. AllDrive is a useless feature in a "world" that features only 6 other real drivers (which might be great for console).. which you would think would mean no lag, but with no server choice, you just get player cars that teleport everywhere. The game might as well be offline and single player. Playing with friends is ok,Fun game, unless you want the multiplayer experience they think exists. AllDrive is a useless feature in a "world" that features only 6 other real drivers (which might be great for console).. which you would think would mean no lag, but with no server choice, you just get player cars that teleport everywhere. The game might as well be offline and single player. Playing with friends is ok, but not when you're up against jerky opponents who can go into a hideout with cops all over them, or just benefit from a random server migration.

    That on top of all the other issues... It's another good concept that has be killed by EA's laziness.    … Expand
  55. ipaul_kn3
    Nov 26, 2013
    4
    F***ing spamers a 0? c'mon it's the game pitch black?
    cap at 30fps at least you can play it most of people who have not high ended GPUs runs this at 15 OR 10 FPS.
    I have an HD card but min setting says that you can run this with 512MB? what is this? 2004? at least don't lie.. people with 4k graphics cards are mad because they can run this at 240fps.. NFS fan since 1994.. guess the 0's    F***ing spamers a 0? c'mon it's the game pitch black?
    cap at 30fps at least you can play it most of people who have not high ended GPUs runs this at 15 OR 10 FPS.
    I have an HD card but min setting says that you can run this with 512MB? what is this? 2004? at least don't lie.. people with 4k graphics cards are mad because they can run this at 240fps.. NFS fan since 1994.. guess the 0's are from.. that's all I hope they fix it with a patch    … Expand
  56. Cyprene
    Nov 28, 2013
    0
    This is a bad game. You shouldn't buy it. If you look to the left, you'll see a number of professional reviewers telling you how much fun it is. I see one, in particular, saying "Need For Speed ​​Rivals is fast-paced, convincing and fun above all." I cannot speculate as to the motives of someone who would write a statement like this. Perhaps he received a different version of the gameThis is a bad game. You shouldn't buy it. If you look to the left, you'll see a number of professional reviewers telling you how much fun it is. I see one, in particular, saying "Need For Speed ​​Rivals is fast-paced, convincing and fun above all." I cannot speculate as to the motives of someone who would write a statement like this. Perhaps he received a different version of the game I did. Perhaps the creators are bribing him somehow. Perhaps he is simply an idiot.

    This game has no pause button. In the abstract, that sounds like it wouldn't be too big of a problem. In reality, it is a huge problem.

    I was just playing it five minutes ago, and a song came up on the soundtrack I liked. The engine noises are really loud in this game, so I wanted to turn down sound effects so I could hear it better. I hit start to go to the audio menu, and the overlay came up just in time for me to slam into a wall. So much for that race. There's also no "restart race" button, as far as I can tell, so if I wanted to do it again I'd have to drive back to the starting point. How many times in a racing game, or in any video game, have you made a minor error that required you to restart the stage? Imagine that each time you did, you had to drive all the way back.

    The graphics are unimpressive. If you look at the promotional screenshots, you'll be very impressed. Some of them look as good as professionally produced real-life photographs. These screenshots are lies. I am running the game on maximum settings, and it looks like a late-generation PS3 game. I am not a technical person, so I can't speak to the 30FPS issue that other reviewers are complaining about, but the game feels jerky and I see a lot of anti-aliasing problems. The city the game takes place in is boring. It's just a generic California city. There's nothing fun or amazing to see, or at least, I haven't seen it.

    The soundtrack is mediocre. I haven't found a song I like; it's simply an undifferentiated mass of generic techno and rock. I say this as someone who enjoys techno and rock, and listens to quite a lot of it in his spare time. This stuff is no good.

    Possibly the worst part of the game is the cars. They all feel the same, and they're no fun to drive. What makes a car "fun to drive" is an interesting question, and unfortunately it's one I don't have an easy answer to, but I can tell you that I don't see a difference between one car or another. Everything seems to drive like a Honda Civic. Civics aren't bad cars; but they're certainly not exciting.

    The entire game is built around a multiplayer experience. Unless you unplug your computer's ethernet cable, you'll be placed in an open-world with 8 or so other players. (This, coincidentally, is why you can't have a pause menu.) Multiplayer racing with friends is fun and exciting. Head to head races, where you test your skills against other players, are challenging and suspenseful. Driving around a small city with a bunch of people you can't communicate with, who are mostly ignoring you as they try to work their way through what is essentially a single-player game, is no more thrilling a daily freeway commute to work. Unless you're unfortunate enough to come across a griefer who likes to ram you. Then it's even less fun.

    I am not a big racing game player, and this is actually the second modern racing game I've purchased. The first is Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, which you can buy in a pack with Burnout Paradise for about 7$ on Amazon this week.

    It is a final, damning indictment of this game that Hot Pursuit, a three year old title, and one that can be purchased for less than 20% of the price of this game, is better than it in any way. Before I fired up Rivals a few minutes ago, I was playing some Hot Pursuit. I was driving an F1, a five million dollar sports car that FEELS like a five million dollar sports car, as opposed to Rivals' blocky, boring sedans. I was driving along a beautiful coastline, stopping to look out and enjoy the view. I was speeding through turns and blasting nitro, and listening to excellent music (Travis McCoy's Superbad 11:34, in case you were curious.) I had a huge smile on my face, and I honestly can't remember the last time I was having so much fun with a game.

    Go buy Hot Pursuit, and give this piece of trash a pass.    … Expand
  57. umairaziz
    Dec 5, 2013
    4
    First of all, I`ve been a big fan n expert racer on all good nfs games. I couldn`t bear comments from some ugly fan guys giving this game high rating. One of them says it`s similar to MOST WANTED 2012. I would say this does`t even touch foot of MW-2012. or HOT PURSUIT 2010 or BURNOUT PARADISE U Box. I realize that i did a little injustice by giving 4 but as it does n`t come under the flagFirst of all, I`ve been a big fan n expert racer on all good nfs games. I couldn`t bear comments from some ugly fan guys giving this game high rating. One of them says it`s similar to MOST WANTED 2012. I would say this does`t even touch foot of MW-2012. or HOT PURSUIT 2010 or BURNOUT PARADISE U Box. I realize that i did a little injustice by giving 4 but as it does n`t come under the flag of worth playing then i guess it does n`t matter. I was annoyed when i tried to change settings during a race and it din`t pass my race and by the time i was done with settings, i wan`t at point where i left it. huh, lost it. I anxiously waited but got desperately disappointed.… Expand
  58. JamesTheThird
    Nov 30, 2013
    1
    I have no idea what EA were thinking making this game. Fixed 30 fps and no joy-pad (apart from Xbox controller) or wheel support is enough to say that the game gets disqualified for me. There are much more negatives, but these two are enough to say a big NO! There are better racing games to waste my time with.
  59. shamon
    Nov 29, 2013
    0
    The pc version is totally busted...pop up textures, lack of AA, crappy 30 fps lock, slowdowns...basically another epic failure. can't say i'm surprised.
  60. fearmear
    Nov 24, 2013
    0
    FPS capped to 30. I won't even bother playing this piece of crap.
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  61. BSim500
    Nov 25, 2013
    0
    Yet another example of "paid shill reviews" with a ridiculous gaping chasm between 76% "professional" review vs 28% actual gamer reviews averaged over +200 scores (a dead giveaway). Out of all the genres which require consistently high FPS, racing games are right up there with "twitch" FPS. This game is hard-coded (locked) at 30fps and the "fix" to run at 60Hz is basically to speedYet another example of "paid shill reviews" with a ridiculous gaping chasm between 76% "professional" review vs 28% actual gamer reviews averaged over +200 scores (a dead giveaway). Out of all the genres which require consistently high FPS, racing games are right up there with "twitch" FPS. This game is hard-coded (locked) at 30fps and the "fix" to run at 60Hz is basically to speed everything up 2x so it ends up unplayable. It looks a joke. Almost like the devs are going out of their way to mock fans of the franchise. It really does redefine the word "pitiful". The last PC game I can remember being locked at 30fps was made in 1996...

    Low FPS aside, you've also got surprisingly poor GFX filled with aliasing ("jaggies"), blurry textures, lengthy unskippable cut scenes (people actually want to PLAY racing games, not sit and watch some weak B-movie backstory). If this is "next gen", then I prefer "last gen" games which were actually fun to play. In years to come this game will be remembered for being the "new benchmark" in disastrous consolized PC ports.    … Expand
  62. R6ex
    Dec 5, 2013
    0
    EA did it again!
    First, they cut out the gamepad support for the Mass Effect series for the PC.
    Now, they cap a high-speed racing game at 30 fps!

    I'm done with EA!
    Total disregard for PC gamers!!!
  63. vovaka331
    Dec 6, 2013
    2
    Do not like the game! Neither the plot nor of any start at all! If only half an hour to sit idly chase and more from this game is nothing to wait for! Price her 200r NOT BUY
  64. clarky
    Jan 17, 2014
    0
    I am forced to watch tutorials, I played it for like 20 minutes, and I will still forced to watch tutorials. I could not skip them. This is a sin again gaming, like telling someone they cannot fast forward a movie. You MUST watch it. Also I have an outstanding gaming rig and this looked slow. I just read here it is locked to 30fps. Avoid. PS Never trust reviews other than from Users.I am forced to watch tutorials, I played it for like 20 minutes, and I will still forced to watch tutorials. I could not skip them. This is a sin again gaming, like telling someone they cannot fast forward a movie. You MUST watch it. Also I have an outstanding gaming rig and this looked slow. I just read here it is locked to 30fps. Avoid. PS Never trust reviews other than from Users. These websites are paid.… Expand
  65. thegameon1
    Feb 26, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. more like need for better programmers and creative game writers, what happened to those need for speed games that u could do some drag races and drifting or building your car instead of a **** 3 hours game play and u use jus "fancy cars". this game has no **** wheel options i have a g27 wheel set.
    whats the point of having open world but no wheel support that u cant cruise around? there is no story in the game u jus race 4 or 5 times and a minute of some retard talking and tellin that cops are getting madder and **** like that come man mobile racing games do bettter job than you guys.
    graphics somewhat good but ur locked to 30fps and and their explanation is that people doesn't have fast computers? they did the same **** for fifa 14, by using older engine. if people dont have fast computers they can lower the settings and still can enjoy the high fps smoothness not 30 fps bull****.
    fifa 14 runs at 130 fps on my laptop it has gt650m gpu like thats pretty much lowest u can get it i7 3630qm processor so people dont have slow computers u guys have slow programmers and minds.

    i have been buyin nfs series each time hoping that they did good job but no last 4 games were garbage i wont buy again doesnt even worth to pirate this game    … Expand
  66. xplosneer
    Dec 28, 2013
    3
    I created an account just to write a review for this game. It is that bad, but not from a "fun" standpoint. Getting into the game is fun, the world is decently sized and there's enough mayhem to be had. However, the implementation on PC is very buggy. Not only do you get a lack of options as many reviews have pointed out, you get a game that somehow breaks DirectX, causes shutdowns,I created an account just to write a review for this game. It is that bad, but not from a "fun" standpoint. Getting into the game is fun, the world is decently sized and there's enough mayhem to be had. However, the implementation on PC is very buggy. Not only do you get a lack of options as many reviews have pointed out, you get a game that somehow breaks DirectX, causes shutdowns, "Not enough RAM" crashes, etc. I've crashed on average once an hour.

    The kicker is the frame rate, but NOT how everyone is complaining about it. The game locks the speed of the game to the frame rate. This causes silly issues if you want a higher framerate. However, IF YOU DROP BELOW 30FPS YOU SLOW DOWN, BUT THE CLOCK DOES NOT! I'm playing on a 650M OC'ed, with 2GB's video RAM, 8GB general RAM, and an i7 Ivy Bridge Quad mobile processor, and the game falls below 30fps on minimum options. It's ridiculous.

    In addition, the P2P online play is buggy even directly connections across fast fiber have opponents bouncing around and in different places depending on the player.

    Other quibbles: unskippable, obscenely self-important cutscenes. Ridiculous menu design that has you scrolling for days, panning across maps with the arrow keys (no mouse) with no zoom. No organization in "easy drive" menus.

    Crazy rubber banding and AI design sometimes the racers turbo away at 200+ mph when you have a car that drivers 140, and other times you literally have the ENTIRE pack of racers in a hot pursuit stop and wait for you to catch up (they don't even speed up as you approach, you can ram them at full speed...).

    Ridiculous physics problems I've been stuck in a rock and had to restart.

    Known bugs such as "not having the correct number of cars in a hot pursuit, leading to automatic failure of event," with official solution by EA being "restart the even until the correct number of cars appears."

    Another fun one if you miss a jump in a pursuit, the game respawns cars back on the side you jumped from at 0mph, but the AI keeps trying (in vain of course, see 0mph issue) and eventually the game spawns the computer car on the other side. Never for you though! Insane!

    And then there are faulty helicopters that drop spikes on police, EMPs and other weapons that just decide to fail for no reason, roadblock cars that MOVE INTO THE WAY OF POLICE, roadblocks that don't have any cars...

    I usually don't do all caps: this is an exception.
    Good concept, terrible PC implementation.    … Expand
  67. Meganubis
    Feb 24, 2014
    0
    It boggles the mind how designers thought that teh state of the game was acceptable. Racing games are trigger games with a need for quick reactions, so why a developer though a 30 fps cap was a good idea is insane. The Multiplayer feels forced and honestly should not be the focus. EA seems to be trying to make everything mutliplayer. Not being able to Pause is a HUGE problem, I cannotIt boggles the mind how designers thought that teh state of the game was acceptable. Racing games are trigger games with a need for quick reactions, so why a developer though a 30 fps cap was a good idea is insane. The Multiplayer feels forced and honestly should not be the focus. EA seems to be trying to make everything mutliplayer. Not being able to Pause is a HUGE problem, I cannot tell you how many times Ive gone to pause only for my car to fly into a wall. I usually dont wish ill of any hard worker, but Ghost deserved the layoffs, if you don't know the number 1 rule of developing, "Make sure you main mechanic works", then you have failed and should not be allowed to continue developing in this industry.… Expand
  68. masterx1234
    Jan 1, 2014
    0
    quite possibly the worst console port yet, the game is a complete disaster on PC, the game locked at 30fps and you cannot change it or the game becomes unplayable, For a AAA title i expect more, this is why EA will remain the worst company in the world and i will never purchase another EA title, and they wonder why piracy is so rampant, its this that makes people pirate your games, soquite possibly the worst console port yet, the game is a complete disaster on PC, the game locked at 30fps and you cannot change it or the game becomes unplayable, For a AAA title i expect more, this is why EA will remain the worst company in the world and i will never purchase another EA title, and they wonder why piracy is so rampant, its this that makes people pirate your games, so save your money and avoid this game at all cost!!!… Expand
  69. Munkkimake
    Dec 26, 2013
    0
    DO NOT BUY THE GAME!!!

    The game is totally broken for PC!!!
    And here are the reasons for you to not buy the game!!!
    -30 fps lock
    -Everything are connected to some network
    -You get points when winning races etc. and then, when you have a lot of points, that are painstakingly acquired, YOU LOSE THEM WHEN YOU CRASH OR GET BUSTED
    -Buggy as
  70. GetTheJojDone
    Dec 29, 2013
    0
    There are two statements I want to consider. First, is that my score is the only reason to up vote my review. Second, is that arguing with me and down voting my review will only make me LMAO. Clicking "No" will give me pleasure. Clicking "Yes" will simply mean that you agree with a score. Make a right choice from now
  71. voiders
    Mar 21, 2014
    0
    First, dont buy it, is a very bad port!
    Second, how can I buy a racing game that dont have 2 players split screen? I have to buy 2 consoles and 2 games to play with my brother?

    Is that it? REALLY? These developers, they've been much better, long time ago.

    Today we live on a very ironic time, you can use 4 joysticks, but even a racing game allows play with 2.

    EA GO HOME, YOU ARE DRUNK.
  72. GPReS
    Dec 14, 2014
    1
    Ghost games - the NFS is not the game you should develop:
    - fps locked to 30
    - controlling is not that bad as in NFSMW2012, but yet really sucks - most of the time you'll end up crashing into smth - Criterion's hand is felt very much - stupid "crash banner", "ride faster from intersection to intersection" and other useless and boring features from Burnout series - the game is another    Ghost games - the NFS is not the game you should develop:
    - fps locked to 30
    - controlling is not that bad as in NFSMW2012, but yet really sucks - most of the time you'll end up crashing into smth
    - Criterion's hand is felt very much - stupid "crash banner", "ride faster from intersection to intersection" and other useless and boring features from Burnout series
    - the game is another badly ported console trash with lack of adequate post processing and so on
    - cops will start to hunt you for any useless reason and kick your ass in 2-3 touchings... NFSHP2010 had much better Cops VS Racers events
    - cars crash mechanics suck    … Expand
  73. The_D4RknesS
    Nov 16, 2022
    0
    The worst NFS, anything you do the game bugs and the worst and they are not funny bugs but bugs that disrupt the gameplay experience. Even the graphics are ugly, not even that saves
  74. Ottomic
    Oct 16, 2015
    4
    How can you make a game, let alone one where you're driving super fast cars, without a pause button? How can you make a game where you can't skip cinematics? How can you make a game where YOU CAN'T SKIP THE MOST PATRONIZING **** IN THE WORLD SAYING THE MOST OBVIOUS, STUPID, UNNECESSARY EXPLANATIONS FOR ANYONE WHO'S PLAYED A VIDEOGAME AT LEAST ONCE IN THE LAST 40 YEARS!?

    ...AND HOW PRAY    How can you make a game, let alone one where you're driving super fast cars, without a pause button? How can you make a game where you can't skip cinematics? How can you make a game where YOU CAN'T SKIP THE MOST PATRONIZING **** IN THE WORLD SAYING THE MOST OBVIOUS, STUPID, UNNECESSARY EXPLANATIONS FOR ANYONE WHO'S PLAYED A VIDEOGAME AT LEAST ONCE IN THE LAST 40 YEARS!?

    ...AND HOW PRAY TELL DO YOU FORCE ME TO SIT THROUGH THE SAME EXTREMELY PATRONIZING EXPLANATIONS A SECOND TIME?!!

    Look, game looks half alright. Control is hardly stellar. But the absolute TRASH design of the whole game as a product makes it an infuriating and retarded exercise in frustration.    … Expand
  75. tehace
    Oct 8, 2014
    0
    as for PC game its utter trash, even if you skip the 30fps lock, the game is a crappy broken shade of what it could be. I still cant change the default controls without game crashing... the support just doesnt know whats up as their suggestion was to reinstall the whole system and install the game in its default directory c:programfilesetc. otherwise they can deny further support which isas for PC game its utter trash, even if you skip the 30fps lock, the game is a crappy broken shade of what it could be. I still cant change the default controls without game crashing... the support just doesnt know whats up as their suggestion was to reinstall the whole system and install the game in its default directory c:programfilesetc. otherwise they can deny further support which is retarded in itself.… Expand
  76. Davek183
    Jul 6, 2018
    0
    This game actually DOESN'T SUPPORT ANY RACING WHEEL. Wow. How can anyone make a racing game without supporting a racing wheel is beyond me. And I loved the previous Most Wanted by Criterion, even with it's flaws. This game may have a great personality, but is disabled.
  77. TabalugaDragon
    Oct 3, 2022
    0
    Incomprehensible controls. Unskippable intro. Too much tutorial. The game says "press page up to start the race" but when I press it it does nothing! Horrible game.
  78. Tyler2121
    Feb 10, 2014
    1
    Oh, and one other thing, why do the cops have so many more cars than the racers? You run out of cars for the racing career very quickly, the cops have a much bigger selection and much cooler cars. I also don't like that they went strictly to luxury and super cars, what happened to being able to buy Evo's and STI's and cars like that?
  79. gesi
    Apr 16, 2014
    0
    Cant play the game my gamepad is not supported, why the hell only work xbox controller. seem they are not supporting the gamers anymore,i am done with nfs their last releases are crap anyway.
  80. eskawl
    Mar 3, 2014
    1
    A no go for pc enthusiasts. The game is horribly ported to pc.. downpour of performance issues. The only thing good about the game is the alldrive feature that takes interactivity to a whole new level
  81. abugroza
    Apr 10, 2014
    4
    this game is having good gamplay, and good graphic even in lowest setting (not res though), but that'll be waste if you can't enjoy it, there're more game with almost exactly same quality that i've played and at least i still touched 30-50 with no problem in high last year, so compared to that i'm very disappointed with this game, but if they made the optimization they would be receive athis game is having good gamplay, and good graphic even in lowest setting (not res though), but that'll be waste if you can't enjoy it, there're more game with almost exactly same quality that i've played and at least i still touched 30-50 with no problem in high last year, so compared to that i'm very disappointed with this game, but if they made the optimization they would be receive a good rating from me… Expand
  82. harry939
    May 17, 2014
    2
    NFS Rivals tries very hard to be an engrossing and interesting game but fails miserably. The graphics are OK, but what troubles me the most is the piss poor handling, and the possibility of running over a cliff. The car gets wrecked almost every time, which makes you lose all the SP. Some races are almost un-winnable, unless you have th patience to retry a 1000 times before getting lucky.
  83. Errorr
    May 23, 2014
    0
    The PC version i broken and awful
    Intros and cut-scenes that goes on forever that cannot be skipped, problems saving Progress meaning you'd have to start from scratch all the time.
    And then there is the 30 FPS locked frame rate and a lot of missing gfx settings for PC. It is nothing but a sloppy half-assed port to PC. One of the absolute worst I have seen. Right up there with Fifa. May    The PC version i broken and awful
    Intros and cut-scenes that goes on forever that cannot be skipped, problems saving Progress meaning you'd have to start from scratch all the time.
    And then there is the 30 FPS locked frame rate and a lot of missing gfx settings for PC.
    It is nothing but a sloppy half-assed port to PC. One of the absolute worst I have seen. Right up there with Fifa. May be more broken than Sim City.
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!

    EA should refund everybody that has bought it for PC...    … Expand
  84. Cheeky_Chris
    May 25, 2014
    0
    Genuinely the worst game I have ever played, please for god sake use your money doing something better like putting it into a blender. Everything is somehow worse than the last game, and I don't really understand how they've managed that. Utterly horrific.
  85. ausierob
    Jun 1, 2014
    0
    crap... doesn't support wheels. low end game I wasted my money Don't waste yours... I thought EA was a leading game manufacturer... I was very wrong. DON'T BUY IT
  86. dougmacbeth
    Jun 2, 2014
    4
    There's nothing i can add that hasnt already been said. It's broken, broken badly from the very beginning. No attempt has been made to patch this disaster up. This is poor work, totally unprofessional, not to the standard of the franchise. It was so close to being a fantastic game but between them, they blew it. All concerned in the release of this game owe the gaming community a massiveThere's nothing i can add that hasnt already been said. It's broken, broken badly from the very beginning. No attempt has been made to patch this disaster up. This is poor work, totally unprofessional, not to the standard of the franchise. It was so close to being a fantastic game but between them, they blew it. All concerned in the release of this game owe the gaming community a massive apology.

    No NFS title is to be released this year; which is good, for they need to get their act together and make sure that the next title is a jaw-dropper .. however long it takes.    … Expand
  87. dannycz
    Jun 19, 2014
    0
    I am not surprised with the EA poor results anymore experiencing Simcity 2013 ,NFS is the last game I bought from this mafia. Considering this game, It should have been called NFS countryside/grand canyon rally because those are the only regions I've seen so far driving for 4 hours on a highway that leads to nowhere.
    Police department looks like a chicken coop with two lousy cop trucks    I am not surprised with the EA poor results anymore experiencing Simcity 2013 ,NFS is the last game I bought from this mafia. Considering this game, It should have been called NFS countryside/grand canyon rally because those are the only regions I've seen so far driving for 4 hours on a highway that leads to nowhere.
    Police department looks like a chicken coop with two lousy cop trucks not mentioning the whole racing world looking like a one big construction site .The map size is pathetic for 2013 gaming. Oh and where are all the players If I ever see them during the game that's only If one passes through me with the speed of light but you may as well made it a single player game since I get to barely interact with those 6 random players.
    Yea sure it carries nice graphics, cars etc. but the complexity of this game is poor, dumb assignments are a waste of time, Creativity = 0, Navigation and Menu is too confusing, can't even manage to save the damn game, I mean where are we? I want to drive in big cities with people around, trains passing through and pretty much a live surrounding, and I am not going into the whole frame rate dilemma which puts this game in the lowest level possible.    … Expand
  88. BossFord
    Jul 5, 2014
    0
    F$&% this GAME! Tried to stay patient throughout the game because I spent money on it. There are certain goals that require you finish a route under a certain time. It's basically impossible! My friend and I played it for HOURS and HOURS trying to finish one stupid task and it was absolutely impossible! One day I actually managed to beat it, but there's same task once you reach anotherF$&% this GAME! Tried to stay patient throughout the game because I spent money on it. There are certain goals that require you finish a route under a certain time. It's basically impossible! My friend and I played it for HOURS and HOURS trying to finish one stupid task and it was absolutely impossible! One day I actually managed to beat it, but there's same task once you reach another level. Now I have been stuck again for SOOOO long! I must've tried one level hundreds of times trying to beat it! I love a challenge, but this is just plain stupidity and really tested my patience. F$*% this game! NOT Fun! Will Piss you off!… Expand
  89. nukemdukem3d
    Aug 13, 2014
    0
    Pain to play on PC - terrible optimisation. My pc can run crysis in 60 fps but in this game I cant get 30 fps! About gameplay: Cops are OP. Its more fun to play as cop then racer. Don't forget this is NFS. You cant pause game in single-player! WTF! Visual tuning is terrible.

    Only thing I liked in this game is driving model.
  90. 005K4R
    Dec 5, 2014
    0
    This game has the best racing experience I've ever encountered! Though the idea of only allowing multiplayer completely destroys the game.
    I've been playing it for around 10h and I can't count the numbers of crashes and host-disconnects that has caused me to have to play the mission again.
    The game is also limited to 30fps but it's really simple to make it run at 60, simply google nfs    This game has the best racing experience I've ever encountered! Though the idea of only allowing multiplayer completely destroys the game.
    I've been playing it for around 10h and I can't count the numbers of crashes and host-disconnects that has caused me to have to play the mission again.
    The game is also limited to 30fps but it's really simple to make it run at 60, simply google nfs rivals 60fps fix.
    +Most intense and epic racing game I've played
    -A LOT of bugs, glitches etc. that causes the game to crash or forces you to restart it.
    -No singleplayer makes it really hard to play longer races because it's really uncommon to end up on a stable server. The disconnects makes you have to replay the race most of the times.    … Expand
  91. H3-M4N
    Jan 2, 2015
    0
    DO NOT BUY!

    Although there is a working fix for 60FPS (without doubling the speed of the game), this will break the multiplayer. If you encounter other players, who play on 30FPS the game will glitch or even crash. So for single player or playing with friends, who also game on 60FPS, it runs flawlessly. But nevertheless avoid at all costs: A) Impudence of developers to not care    DO NOT BUY!

    Although there is a working fix for 60FPS (without doubling the speed of the game), this will break the multiplayer.
    If you encounter other players, who play on 30FPS the game will glitch or even crash.

    So for single player or playing with friends, who also game on 60FPS, it runs flawlessly. But nevertheless avoid at all costs:

    A) Impudence of developers to not care for proper 60FPS support on PC
    B) There are enough other racing games out there: while having some decent features and gameplay, this game isnt good enough to overcome its flaws.

    Dont give them your money for such poor technical efforts on PC!    … Expand
  92. ToastiMan
    Jan 8, 2015
    0
    Honestly, this Game does not even deserve one point at all. First the positive things:
    - Nice Graphics
    - Good Handling - Nicely Sounding And now to the Important part, the bad things. It is now 2015, there was no Need for Speed title in 2014. This game is utter **** Despite the unbelievable frustating mechanic of "If you crash into a Car that is not a Racer or a Cop you need to wait    Honestly, this Game does not even deserve one point at all. First the positive things:
    - Nice Graphics
    - Good Handling
    - Nicely Sounding
    And now to the Important part, the bad things. It is now 2015, there was no Need for Speed title in 2014.
    This game is utter **** Despite the unbelievable frustating mechanic of "If you crash into a Car that is not a Racer or a Cop you need to wait 10 seconds until you can drive again", which almost everytime is a definitv loss in whatever sitation you are.
    No that is not even the worst part. Getting disconnected every time you achieve something or crashes which occur frequently, these are the most annoying things about this game. What was EA thinking? Is it In to give People Stuff that doesnt work? Honestly this game is a waste of money.
    Bugs everywhere
    ****ty Gamemechanics such as, Crashing into Traffic brings you to a full 10 sec stop, jumping over a ramp and landing outside of the street is also a crash
    - horrible "matchmaking"
    - Outrageous Lag, making driving against other players nearly impossible

    I could go on and on about how bad it is, Just don't buy it    … Expand
  93. fucjtyou
    Apr 29, 2015
    0
    unskippable cut scene. in the trash. not worth the toorrent..........................................33333.........................................33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333
  94. OmarRamo
    Jan 3, 2017
    2
    Other than the awful 30 fps frame rate lock and the lack of PC optimization, this game takes so many steps backwards regardless of what console you play on! It seems to take the worst from all of the previous EA NFS titles and jam them all together! Muted and terrible graphics from The Run, an even smaller open world than Most Wanted, the bland soundtrack of Nitro, and the spoon-feedingOther than the awful 30 fps frame rate lock and the lack of PC optimization, this game takes so many steps backwards regardless of what console you play on! It seems to take the worst from all of the previous EA NFS titles and jam them all together! Muted and terrible graphics from The Run, an even smaller open world than Most Wanted, the bland soundtrack of Nitro, and the spoon-feeding linear progression of Hot Pursuit all combine to form this trash dump of a game. Don't buy this game! You will regret it! If you need to satiate your Need for Speed, play Most Wanted, because this game should be left in the garage.… Expand
  95. wakara
    Jul 26, 2023
    1
    Игра залочена на 30 фпс. Играть в такое может только одноглазый и заторможенный инвалид, либо консольщик.
  96. Ploter
    May 18, 2017
    0
    Do not buy (not even on sale). While the gameplay can be fun, it is riddled with bugs.
    PC version of the game regularly locks up (car freezes in place and game must be force closed via task manager), and this is a widespread problem among many many players. Only supports xbox controller, no other controller is supported by the game (can use controller key mapping via 3rd party    Do not buy (not even on sale). While the gameplay can be fun, it is riddled with bugs.
    PC version of the game regularly locks up (car freezes in place and game must be force closed via task manager), and this is a widespread problem among many many players. Only supports xbox controller, no other controller is supported by the game (can use controller key mapping via 3rd party controller config software which removes any variable control - such as partial steering/brake/gas). Some of the cop cars are absolutely ridiculous being able to take cars from 100% to 10% in a single hit. Client based game hosting causes incredible lag at times. Significant number of map issues where cars go airborne for no reason.
    Absolutely terrible quality control from EA.    … Expand
  97. AnRo
    Jul 23, 2017
    1
    Hey, EA devs. is "police cars appearing out of thin air right in front of your nose and rubber-banding AI" your definition of a fun gameplay?!! Stop being lazy and make an attempt to create an AI that would at least seem fair! Do you hate NFS?! Well, I sure do now.
    RIP NFS. You're dead to me!
  98. ALEJOCIUS
    Jan 26, 2018
    0
    The Worst Support I've ever seen.! No G27 Support On Pc, 30 Fps Capped and no Answers on the support Site since 2014. Awfull Buy for my Brand New G27.!
  99. Luka1998010
    Jul 10, 2018
    0
    The title that sent Need for Speed into S*itsburg.
    It is the game that almost killed our beloved franchise!
    The worst racing game of all time -FPS Issues -Very buggy -Cars flying in the air after hitting something -Car damage -Only supercars -No real customization,whatsoever -Very bad physics -Weapons -Cops are too aggressive,which makes the problem with the car damage even    The title that sent Need for Speed into S*itsburg.
    It is the game that almost killed our beloved franchise!
    The worst racing game of all time
    -FPS Issues
    -Very buggy
    -Cars flying in the air after hitting something
    -Car damage
    -Only supercars
    -No real customization,whatsoever
    -Very bad physics
    -Weapons
    -Cops are too aggressive,which makes the problem with the car damage even bigger!
    -The map,its so boring
    -Racer tutorial "Page Up" bug
    -Sound lag
    -Rubber Banding AI
    +The story is the only good thing about this piece of trash.    … Expand
  100. ustun3672
    Jul 16, 2018
    1
    You can turn off the 30fps lock via startup commands but the game is super boring overall.
    Like it ain't a real need for speed man, it's like a mix of flatout and burnout just with pursuits.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. PC Gamer
    Jan 31, 2014
    71
    One good idea--the racer's scoring system--spoiled by a thuddingly dull cop campaign and dumb design decisions. [March 2014, p.68]
  2. CD-Action
    Jan 10, 2014
    80
    EA managed to end the bad run of Need for Speeds released in odd years. But even if it’s the best NFA in a long time, it could have been better. Rivals looks and plays really good but it could use a properly working multiplayer or a real single player mode. And if you remember Most Wanted, Rivals looks quite familiar. [01/2014, p.38]
  3. Games Master UK
    Dec 19, 2013
    85
    A scintillating return to form that's all style...and no little substance. Blistering arcade racing. [Jan 2014, p.76]
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