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  1. Sep 4, 2023
    0
    Pvta m@dre es una b@zofia de juego, se supone que debería de ser un juego para divertirse no para que te de un ictus de los nervios
  2. Sep 3, 2023
    0
    please don't buy this trash waste your money .
    dont waste your money
    i wish someone had told me that before buying
  3. Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Game look good, love to play with my best friend but steering wheels are not support... you know what? shame on you EA to do a car game without steering wheel support in 2023...
  4. Jul 15, 2023
    2
    I played the game for about 10 hours and was close to completing the first week, and I think it was the first game was able to actually frustrate and annoy me, the story was meh up to that point, but the difficulty was what got me.

    I usually play on hard even at first playthrough, but the Intense difficult was a complete joke of the worst kind, the AI does perfect corners, seems to have
    I played the game for about 10 hours and was close to completing the first week, and I think it was the first game was able to actually frustrate and annoy me, the story was meh up to that point, but the difficulty was what got me.

    I usually play on hard even at first playthrough, but the Intense difficult was a complete joke of the worst kind, the AI does perfect corners, seems to have catch up setting enabled and is inherently much much faster than you, even if it's the lowest rated car on the grid, I lowered the difficulty to challenging and it seemed like it changed absolutely nothing, the AI racers were still obnoxious, though the Ai cops were balanced even on the Intense difficulty.

    You can't make a single mistake in any difficulty apparently, and the AI just wheezes past you, and you probably can't recover even if you have the best NOS installed, not to mention the handling which was strange, if not totally unbalanced, you can't drift correctly, the racing lines are a joke

    I didn't think this game was as bad as people said, but now I completely understand what do they meant.

    Just uninstalled and immediately booted up NFS Heat to cleanse my brain
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  5. Jul 8, 2023
    0
    how could you spoil an already tragic driving model even higher. the graphics are a joke. The plot is horribly weak. the game is probably aimed at kids aged 8-10 raised on tik tok
  6. Jul 7, 2023
    1
    mlodziezowo i luzno czyli chujowo ^ 5. Gramy w jakims Bronxie czy innym Bostonie. Wszyscy wygladaja jak dzieci, ktore wlasnie uciekly z poprawczaka w losowych ubraniach z lumpexu i dorabiaja dilerka u Omara z the Wire.
    Wybralem sobie na start jakas czike, chcialem ja ubrac zeby wygladala jak czika, ale nie bylo takiej opcji. Na Bronx jeszcze kiecki nie doszly, moglem za to przebierac w
    mlodziezowo i luzno czyli chujowo ^ 5. Gramy w jakims Bronxie czy innym Bostonie. Wszyscy wygladaja jak dzieci, ktore wlasnie uciekly z poprawczaka w losowych ubraniach z lumpexu i dorabiaja dilerka u Omara z the Wire.
    Wybralem sobie na start jakas czike, chcialem ja ubrac zeby wygladala jak czika, ale nie bylo takiej opcji. Na Bronx jeszcze kiecki nie doszly, moglem za to przebierac w roznokolorowych dresach i cichobiegach o klasycznej formie do przerzucania gnoju.
    Dzieci lubia sluchac ziomalskiej muzyki kiedy woza sie swoimi obklejonymi struclami po dzielni, od ktorej krwawia uszy. To daloby jeszcze rade przetrwac wylaczajac ta watpliwa przyjemnosc, ale kiedy moja czika zaczela ploteczki z psiaplolka mechaniczka ;) to bylo to juz zdecydowanie za duzo.
    Ok, no dobra pech chcial, ze jestescie obie pierdolniete. Moze to sie jakos wyprostuje pozniej w fabule? Zagryzam zeby, bo przeciez wiem, ze te scigalki to taki eksperymentalny sandbox dla przyszlych oskarowych scenarzystow i probuja z calych sil znalezc ten scigalkowy, fabularny Zloty Graal. Wuj, ze to wyglada jakby wciaz byli na etapie zbierania druzyny, ale licza sie checi.
    Zreszta nie to jest najwazniejsze, liczy sie jazda. No i tu na pelnej pipi wjezdza klasycznie cale na bialo "a kto to panu tak spierdolil?". Polaczenie taczek z kartonem. Nowatorskie, ale nie do konca tego oczekiwalem.
    W czasie wyscigu okazalo sie, ze nie tylko moja czika i jej psiapsiola sa nieteges. Bronx przytlacza i dzieci, z ktorymi przyjdzie sie scigac nie biora jencow i w ramach zagajenia lubia cie dojechac, moj ulubiony tekst: "jak ze mna wygrasz to cie zabije".
    ...dalem mu wygrac i ic pan fchuj
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  7. Jul 6, 2023
    1
    Disgusting. Because of the cartoonish effects, you don't even want to finish the first race.
  8. Jul 1, 2023
    0
    In short, I decided to still try this **** Deleted after the first race.
    0 physicists. Cringe and stupid conversations that you want to skip. Garbage soundtrack. And visual...
    Garbage, not a game. Not worth taking even on sale or by subscription
  9. Jun 30, 2023
    0
    Graphics are good. Gameplay seems fun but why cant you add a controller mapping. Im literally accelerating with the touch button on the dualshock 4. A button on xbox is R2 for dualshock.

    There is a bug and its annoying too. Your camera is literally stuck backwards.

    Maybe after a year more of hotfix, it might be better idk
  10. Jun 26, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To begin with, I will write the pluses of the game (there are few of them):
    1) Good graphics, obviously better than heat
    2) Interesting trails
    3) You can decorate the car without having the skills of an artist . Just paint the car with ready - made graffiti and it will be gorgeous .
    The pros are over .

    Now the minuses
    1) The difficulty of the game. I choose the relax difficulty and still have to sweat on the tracks to win . probably if I choose the lowest difficulty , then I want to complete the game without difficulties ? Right? AI beats you , whether it 's cops or racers , there are scum from city cars everywhere . Once you crash and they can already catch up with you . At the end of the track crashed - restart . there are only 10 restarts . If the car is initially slow , then just get ready to arrive at the finish line 3rd last .
    2) Cartoon animations , cartoon characters - is it designed for children ? It would be better if they didn 't exist .
    3) Gameplay where there is no special freedom. I 'll explain with an example . the game is divided into several weeks . every day you are given certain routes , you pass them and get to the next day . At the end of the week , the championship , for which you need to save enough money for a bet or investment for the main race . Now my example . I bought a car that turned out to be slow , and it 's been half a week . that is , I will not have time to save enough money to improve the new one so that it is competitive . It is IMPOSSIBLE to start the week anew , but if you do not have money for the championship bet , you are thrown on the previous day , that is , on Friday . It always happens . And on Friday , the tracks do not change , there are 2 or 3 pieces that fit your car . Imagine how much you need to drive on Friday on the same tracks . It 's easier to delete the saves and start over .
    4) Catastrophically few body kits for some iconic cars. For example, I won the lancer evo IX, so it has only 4 front bumpers and 1 rear))) Yes , this happens not only with bumpers . But a whole bunch of uninteresting wheels ... A disgrace . Is it developer laziness ?
    5) Soundtrack. Just garbage . Youth rap and hip hop , pop , electronic music is almost all terrible . 0 tracks of the rock , metal genre . NFS pro street was the last game where this genre of music occupied some place .
    6) I am absolutely not interested in the fact that some racer has such a nationality , skin color , and some racer has another . They also pointed out the religion of some of the characters . This is useless information in a racing game ! It would be better if they didn 't exist at all . Just let the plot remain .
    7) Presentation of the plot. constantly this **** and my character talk and distract from the race . It 's very annoying . Yes , that 's how the plot happens in this game . I advise you to disable voice acting , subtitles .
    8) ...
    9)...
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  11. Jun 26, 2023
    0
    Malísimo, está muy mal hecho, la IA te adelanta sin sentido aunque tengan coches mucho peores que el tuyo. Cuando vas primero te spawnean coches de policía que se estrellan contra ti y te hacen perder la carrera. El peor juego de carreras que he jugado en toda mi vida. Repetitivo hasta la saciedad. Tienes que huir de la policía después de cada carrera, es horrible. La historia no tieneMalísimo, está muy mal hecho, la IA te adelanta sin sentido aunque tengan coches mucho peores que el tuyo. Cuando vas primero te spawnean coches de policía que se estrellan contra ti y te hacen perder la carrera. El peor juego de carreras que he jugado en toda mi vida. Repetitivo hasta la saciedad. Tienes que huir de la policía después de cada carrera, es horrible. La historia no tiene interes ninguno y el progreso en la campaña es tedioso, estresante y aburrido. Ahorraros el dinero e invertirlo en otro juego que merezca la pena, esto es basura. Expand
  12. Jun 24, 2023
    0
    this is the one of the worse NFS games I ever seen or played. like okay race game some race some drift but NFS series and drift is not good even game physics are not fully supporting drift mechanic. Game like do you want drift okay press S and turn, upsy you pressed "a" button too long for 0.01 ms you will overturn just lose all of your speed and place in no time
  13. Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Sad times for NFS. Terrible handling. It's almost impossible to make a turn without skidding. Anything activates drift. Dumb cops and NPCs, making the game very easy. It is literally the WOKE version of NFS. I played for 5 hours on Gamepass. Had I been bought, I would have been very pissed.
  14. Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Handling in this game is soooooooo BAD, i literally slammed to my desk and i made this brand new metacritic account to **** to the game. Also AI is another problem as last ones has a **** two brain cells but the first is litteraly sweating like a **** MOBA player in ranked. Not the **** mention to soundtrack. My fart probably sounding better. As a old NFS fan this game is disgusting andHandling in this game is soooooooo BAD, i literally slammed to my desk and i made this brand new metacritic account to **** to the game. Also AI is another problem as last ones has a **** two brain cells but the first is litteraly sweating like a **** MOBA player in ranked. Not the **** mention to soundtrack. My fart probably sounding better. As a old NFS fan this game is disgusting and made me **** furious. Also give us a real hair style options rather than that ****s.(Sorry for spelling mistakes btw, i didn't check everything as i wrote this fast.) Expand
  15. Jun 19, 2023
    3
    ---Intro---
    I was excited for this game and it seemed like an awesome reboot of the nfs series with a fresh new look.
    Sadly I was disappointed although I really wanted to like it. ---The Good--- The story is ok and somehow interesting, but not very involving. ---The Bad--- Style over matter: The game tries very hard to look and feel stylish and hip, but it seems so over-the-top
    ---Intro---
    I was excited for this game and it seemed like an awesome reboot of the nfs series with a fresh new look.
    Sadly I was disappointed although I really wanted to like it.

    ---The Good---
    The story is ok and somehow interesting, but not very involving.

    ---The Bad---
    Style over matter: The game tries very hard to look and feel stylish and hip, but it seems so over-the-top with it, it seems more like a laughable persiflage.
    Character creation: Just creating a simple male protagonist seems way more complicated than it needs to be - and afterwards he still looks weird.
    PC-port: The game is primarily created for the console and the PC adoption is done as cheaply as possible. Driving with a keyboard is possible, but so bad you switch to a controller very fast. And if you finally have enough of this game and just want to quit it, good luck finding the key, which shows the menu. It's not ESC as in every other game, NO! It's the TAB key. That's just one simple example of many issues the game throw at the normal PC player to be annoyed with.
    Car driving experience: The core discipline is simply bad. Driving happens to be extreme jumpy. Sometimes it feels sluggish and the input-respond-time take too long (although having great hardware) - sometimes the handling is so hypersensitive you can't stop crashing into things. In general, the car handling is very unsatisfying at best, but sometimes it gets so worse, you just wanna throw your controller across the room.
    Enemy AI drivers: Scripted! You placed a bet with someone to finish before him? He overtakes you, then crashes into something so you win your bet. You somehow managed to get into first place? The AI overtakes you right before the finish line, beating you be 4 milliseconds. Good times! It has nothing to do with your skill, but only how the scripted enemy behavior plays out.

    ---Conclusion---
    This game is NOT recommended - even if you liked NFS games before. The PC-port is especially bad and needs much work to meet common quality standards, but since the release was more than half a year ago, it doesn't seem very likely. I wish I could refund NFS Unbound - instead of owning a game I don't want to play.
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  16. Jun 15, 2023
    4
    worst soundtrack ever, there's no option to turn off the driving effects which cause FPS drop, drifting physics is even worse than heat.
  17. May 19, 2023
    1
    If you like Forza Horizon series you will probably hate this game, because driving is unrealistic and no fun. E-brake turns kill all the joy. I just can't stand it. The progress in the game is way too slow. Scoring cash is a chore. I got my Windows infected while trying to get a trainer to work, so that I wouldn't have to go through this sluggish cash earning, although I had never used aIf you like Forza Horizon series you will probably hate this game, because driving is unrealistic and no fun. E-brake turns kill all the joy. I just can't stand it. The progress in the game is way too slow. Scoring cash is a chore. I got my Windows infected while trying to get a trainer to work, so that I wouldn't have to go through this sluggish cash earning, although I had never used a cheat in NFS games. This is how bad it is.

    Thank you EA for letting me play this for 10 hours with Game Pass. I only needed 5 hours to get bored. Bring us NFS Underground 3 with realistic driving experience.
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  18. May 10, 2023
    2
    Tragically bad soundtrack, worst story mode in terms of gameplay as it's stupidly restrictive and getting anything but the 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX at the start is pointless. Plus you literally cannot finish both the A and B-tier races in the start, as it's physically impossible have enough cash to have two cars in both tiers from just the first in-game days of playing.
    Add the most
    Tragically bad soundtrack, worst story mode in terms of gameplay as it's stupidly restrictive and getting anything but the 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX at the start is pointless. Plus you literally cannot finish both the A and B-tier races in the start, as it's physically impossible have enough cash to have two cars in both tiers from just the first in-game days of playing.
    Add the most cringe characters written to man (somehow makes NFS 2015 less cringe) and the most pathetic excuse for graphical settings ever, I just had to bail after 6 hours.
    If your only graphics option is an overall quality setting and motion blur, it doesn't belong on PC.
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  19. Apr 22, 2023
    1
    A very unpleasant game. Hundreds of hours just stupidly chasing with the cops, it is impossible to deal only with racing. limited restarts... Not only is it required to drive to the race on the map, but the cops won't let you get there, and the game is already very long. The control is bad almost as always. As always, even on easy, and even if you drive perfectly, they still overtake youA very unpleasant game. Hundreds of hours just stupidly chasing with the cops, it is impossible to deal only with racing. limited restarts... Not only is it required to drive to the race on the map, but the cops won't let you get there, and the game is already very long. The control is bad almost as always. As always, even on easy, and even if you drive perfectly, they still overtake you and you have to drive faster than the track allows, and you just press the gas, scratching on the side of the road and drive with nitrous. Traffic to the most impossible places appear. That is, the game is not fair to the player. Complete crap in short. It's always been that way, but this time it's even worse. In general, everything that just wastes time, like cops and go to the race should be optional. I want to play, not go from point to point and waste time on, I want a fair game, not a random win. If I play well I must win, otherwise why play well? These stupidities are practically in all games, the developers are very stupid. And they do not feel the line, the difference between challenge and sadism.
    The game is played to enjoy, not to work.
    The problem is that the players are also stupid and write in the reviews not what actually kills the interest.
    Praise the Underground. Why are you praising her? This is incredible **** Or Most Wanted... Implausible average games.
    My favorite part is The Run of course, there is no wasting time.
    But there is the same problem with game difficulty and car behavior.
    In Payback nice control, behavior, plot... More interesting than forza.
    I like the NFS style, Forza is boring and I don't like its physics. Forza? Seriously? Do not make me laugh...
    In Unbound, I liked this starting feature and it also has its own style, it's good for one time, for which plus one point.
    If you want to revive the series and make a successful game - memorize this review! Good luck.
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  20. Mar 28, 2023
    0
    Big NOPE. This game is insanely bad. Even its ARCADE RACING, the handling is sooo unpredictable. Now, with the BURST nitro you cannot the corners fast without the BURST in the bar. Why? Bcs without it ur car is waaay slower. Also the BURST nitro works so randomly. Sometimes the BURST nitro refills in 100% just for doing nothing, sometimes it doesnt want to refill by even 1% while doingBig NOPE. This game is insanely bad. Even its ARCADE RACING, the handling is sooo unpredictable. Now, with the BURST nitro you cannot the corners fast without the BURST in the bar. Why? Bcs without it ur car is waaay slower. Also the BURST nitro works so randomly. Sometimes the BURST nitro refills in 100% just for doing nothing, sometimes it doesnt want to refill by even 1% while doing ‚grip’ or ‚drift’. Also.. The BURST nitro works extremely randomly. Sometimes it gives BIG ZERO ACCELERATION. Sometimes it makes ur car super wide drifting, sometimes it gives u super big grip. Second thing: handling physic is broken. If you touch the rival/traffic/wall the steering wheel locks for some sec, and your wheels are locked in the ‚neutral’ position, and you cannot make a big angle - so you cannot manipulate the steering wheel, cannot turn. Same thing happens after every ‚drift’. The roads are filled with random bumps, and the bumps also locks ur steergin wheel. The game should be fun, but the only fun thing is the car customization. Thats all. Fckn **** Worst NFS EVER! NFS RIVALS was filled with bugs, but at least it was mooore fun! Expand
  21. Mar 17, 2023
    1
    Возмущает бездумное следование трендам и глухота к аудитории. Ещё сильнее портит серию жажда наживы взамен качеству и проработки.
    Последнее Дополнение лишний раз доказывает, что игру делал без энтузиазма и желания выпустить качественный продукт!
    Возмущает бездумное следование трендам и глухота к аудитории. Ещё сильнее портит серию жажда наживы взамен качеству и проработки.
    Последнее Дополнение лишний раз доказывает, что игру делал без энтузиазма и желания выпустить качественный продукт!
  22. Mar 6, 2023
    2
    For god's sake please stop publishing new Need For Speed. Let this franchise live in our memories please. Even Criterion gave us a **** third quality action. Need For Underground with new graphics and animated cutscene can eat this game alive.
  23. Feb 13, 2023
    0
    EA you ruined this franchise with imbecile difficulty ,take a look on metacritic the real score is 5, when you will release a patch for difficulty there will be no users who play it.Users like so much this game that no one is playing online.
  24. Dec 3, 2022
    4
    Very weak and mediocre game has nothing innovative except for the characters in drawings and the anime visual effects, apart from that and a monotonous, repetitive game that copies the graphics and various details NFS HEAT. The problem with this game was not CRITERION but EA's crap that didn't give development time for CRITERION games. not to mention the soundtrack which is the worst among all NFS
  25. Feb 12, 2023
    3
    A la ya horrible conduccion de siempre ahora se le agrega una mecanica abrumadora que te obliga a repetir eventos hasta el artazgo para farmear una determiinada cantiad de dinero y estirar artificialmente la duracion del juego. Pero eso no es lo mas molesto, lo mas molesto es que mientan en la campaña publicitaria diciendo que los efectos se van a poder desactivar cuando no es así y que teA la ya horrible conduccion de siempre ahora se le agrega una mecanica abrumadora que te obliga a repetir eventos hasta el artazgo para farmear una determiinada cantiad de dinero y estirar artificialmente la duracion del juego. Pero eso no es lo mas molesto, lo mas molesto es que mientan en la campaña publicitaria diciendo que los efectos se van a poder desactivar cuando no es así y que te implementen un modo "grip" para quitar el horrible brake to drift, pero que este esté roto y te haga perder todas las carreras. Es como "que molestos son, ahí tienen su modo grip, pero con penalizacion por pesados, si no driftean no hay carga de nitro" Lo que se siente al jugar NFS unbound es ganas de cerrarlo e ir a relajarse un rato en el Forza Horizon sin presiones y con una conduccion que da placer.
    le doy un tres porque al menos los autos no se upgradean con cajas de botin como en el Payback (el tocar fondo de la saga)
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  26. Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Pense que despues del heat harian un buen juego pero al parecer esta peor, la musica nada que destacar mas que Asap Rocky, jugabilidad mala, y unos bugs visuales tremendos
  27. Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Wow, this game is by far THE worst racing game EVER, not only within the NFS franchise.
    I played ALL NFS games until now, and many others, so I'm no beginner game driver at all. But I must say, this game is broken. If you make a single mistake, you are basically done. Plus it is nearly impossible to escape the police after heat 4, sometimes even 3, and that's with the S+ car.
    It is
    Wow, this game is by far THE worst racing game EVER, not only within the NFS franchise.
    I played ALL NFS games until now, and many others, so I'm no beginner game driver at all. But I must say, this game is broken. If you make a single mistake, you are basically done. Plus it is nearly impossible to escape the police after heat 4, sometimes even 3, and that's with the S+ car.

    It is incredibly hard to collect money so you can progress. I'm actually thinking about uninstalling this piece of sh-. I'm so disappointed.

    Edit: Switching my rate from 1/10 to 0/10 because after every update I can't start the damn game until I make a repair through Origin. And it takes FOREVER. Absolute disaster.
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  28. Jan 25, 2023
    0
    The game is only a half-baked, low-effort dlc of nfs 2015 and criterion is to blame for not being able to do better by their standards. They could have done better than just a cringe zoomer story full of cringe effects that no one asked for and used the time to add new mechanics.
  29. Jan 23, 2023
    0
    After playing unbound, safe to say that my gaming experience is better with heat. I feel like unbound is a cheap copy of heat.
  30. Jan 23, 2023
    1
    Das Spiel ist sogar schlechter als Rivals!

    Man darf die ganze Zeit mit einer Schrottkarre rumfahren, die man so extrem langsam aufgerüstet bekommt, weil man für eine Rennteilnahme 1-4k zahlt und am Ende dann so 6,5k rausbekommt, das macht überhaupt keinen Spaß, wenn ein Tuningteil (der untersten Klasse) 3,75-7,5k kostet. Man kommt kaum voran, man startet Tag für Tag und Nacht für
    Das Spiel ist sogar schlechter als Rivals!

    Man darf die ganze Zeit mit einer Schrottkarre rumfahren, die man so extrem langsam aufgerüstet bekommt, weil man für eine Rennteilnahme 1-4k zahlt und am Ende dann so 6,5k rausbekommt, das macht überhaupt keinen Spaß, wenn ein Tuningteil (der untersten Klasse) 3,75-7,5k kostet.

    Man kommt kaum voran, man startet Tag für Tag und Nacht für Nacht und fährt die ganze Zeit dieselben Rennen, ab und zu kommt mal nen Anruf, ein Auto abzuholen und unbeschädigt oder in 1:40 ins Ziel zu fahren. Wäre schön, wenn man sich die Karren auch mal selbst kaufen könnte, aber nein nach 9 Stunden fahr ich immer noch mit meiner ersten Karre rum und habe gerade 90k, 99k brauche ich für ein Auto das mal spürbar besser ist, wären da nicht noch die 20k die ich am Ende der Woche für die Rennteilnahme bräuchte, also schon mal 119k und Klasse-2 Tuning Teile einbauen wäre auch schön, muss aber noch für 7,5k die Gerage ausrüsten, damit ich das überhaupt kann und die die Teile kosten dann 7,5-15k pro!

    Noch was, obwohl es Menschen in der Welt gibt, wirkt die ganze Map total trist, tot, einfach leer. Es ist alles so trostlos dargestellt, man hat gar keine Lust überhaupt da zu sein. Die Mapübersicht und Steuerung ist ein absoluter Rückschritt, das Feedback vom Gameplay fühlt sich schlecht oder gar nicht spürbar an und insgesamt einfach ein total Rückschritt in der Entwicklung, als ob es 2013 wieder in Richtung 2012 und dann weiter in die Vergangenheit entwickelt wurde.

    Fazit: Alles kostet einen Haufen Geld, man macht dauernd dasselbe, man muss Rennteilnahmen bezahlen und freut sich nicht über den Gewinn, da auch 13,5k, WENN du 1. wirst, bei 6k Teilnahmegebühren nicht viel sind!
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Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 21
  2. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Jan 11, 2023
    60
    Need for Speed Unbound is a beautiful street racing game that features a cool soundtrack and welcome cross-platform play, but frustrating car physics and CPU drivers sully the experience.
  2. Jan 3, 2023
    80
    Need for Speed Unbound is a solid comeback for the series, provided you can deal with some potential annoyances. The risk/reward system functions well in creating tension during all parts of a race, but the grind is an annoyance until you get better cars or parts for your initial ride. The presence of elements borrowed from other racing titles is done well enough, but the story can be a chore to sit through if you aren't already using this slang every day. Overall, Unbound is a solid racing title that should hopefully start bringing the series back to prominence.
  3. Edge Magazine
    Dec 29, 2022
    70
    Unbound is ultimately and encouraging statement of intent, demonstrating that Criterion is not afraid to tinker with established formula. [Issue#380, p.114]