Need for Speed World

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  • Summary: Need for Speed: World Online is a free-to-play street racing game featuring licensed cars and parts.

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. GamingXP
    77
    The game feels like a combination of previous Need for Speed games except the single player has been cut off. Add some role-play elements and you have a racing MMO.
  2. Gamers.at
    72
    You know the phrase "the best things in life are free"? Well, NFS: World is a good example, that this just isn't always true. It fails to satisfy gearheads and MMO-Fans alike, thanks to a lack in diversification and real MMO-Features. It's "free to play", so nothing speaks against giving it a try if you like to, but we won't recommend investing any money in it.
  3. PC PowerPlay
    70
    A solid foundation for a street racing MMO, but one undermined by lack of local servers. [Oct 2010, p.66]
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  4. AceGamez
    64
    And it's the fact that the game is free that makes it hard to criticise. Ultimately all you'll be loosing here is time, but then again, there's no shortage of cheap, budget racing games that have more content that World currently showcases.
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  5. Gamereactor Denmark
    60
    Need for Speed: World seems to be an experiment on EA's behalf, and it shows. There are other, better games in the long-running series, and it's really only the low pricepoint that sets World apart from its brethren. If you're looking for the next big racing thing, look elsewhere.
  6. Computer Games Online RO
    60
    As it stands, NFS World is just a sum of repetitive elements gathered in a body pretending to be a game.
  7. 1UP
    50
    NFSW features a big open-world to explore, but it's largely just the cities from Most Wanted and Carbon slapped together.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 44
  3. Negative: 21 out of 44
  1. alliedcola
    Nov 12, 2012
    10
    a highly entertaining and satisfying game, it maintains the high standards we've come to expect from the need for speed franchise, it isa highly entertaining and satisfying game, it maintains the high standards we've come to expect from the need for speed franchise, it is stylish, fast-paced, and incredibly beautiful...… Expand
  2. cr7zizou
    Jan 26, 2014
    10
    Feel like it has become a part of my life,the world is just like a city,a combination of rockport and palmont,there are some cheatersFeel like it has become a part of my life,the world is just like a city,a combination of rockport and palmont,there are some cheaters around,but i never mind them..most of the time its fair play..and if people want to blame the game for seeing some people zoom around here and there,blame your internet connection,the game cant sent you everything every second and the game keeps other cars rotating around their exact position and thus you will feel the car moves 1000kph for a second and then stops..its just because it cant tell you everything in a second,if you have a faster internet connection,blame their connection… Expand
  4. Lolbroccoli
    Aug 25, 2012
    8
    This is very fun game and can get very addictive. The game still quite glitchy especially on the loading screens. The visual customization isThis is very fun game and can get very addictive. The game still quite glitchy especially on the loading screens. The visual customization is great just like most new need for speed games but the performance customization could use more parts and options. There are a wide variety of cars but you have to pay "Boost' for it. Boost is another in game currency that you have to pay money for. The graphics are good for a free to play game. The world is huge and there are quite a few races. It may not be a racing sim it worth a try if you just want to have some fun racing with your friends for free.… Expand
  5. Alan250
    Sep 3, 2010
    4
    No. This game isn't free. You need to pay 20 bucks to you reach higher levels.
    What is annoying in this game is the fact that no one plays the    No. This game isn't free. You need to pay 20 bucks to you reach higher levels.
    What is annoying in this game is the fact that no one plays the game because is fun or enjoys speed, people play only to earn reputation (works as XP, like in RPG games) that make you unlock stuff. The game doesn't have much cars, circuits, racing modes, personalization, what makes this game even worse.
    The only thing that makes this game fun is the cop chases. Oh my god, that's so fun.    … Expand
  6. rolandsaul
    Jun 29, 2014
    3
    Wouldn't have installed it if it wasn't free, given the very low quality of games EA has published in the last ten years.

    Sucked    Wouldn't have installed it if it wasn't free, given the very low quality of games EA has published in the last ten years.

    Sucked .Uninstalled after 10 minutes. Free to Fail.

    Low-quality, poor production value sales gimmick for "boost", and by that i mean you pay real money for any performance. This is utter trash and simply a scam to sucker kids.    … Expand
  7. ShodanSpectre
    Jun 11, 2015
    2
    When I learned of this racing MMO game I was wondering how the resolved the latency problem - I mean, racing cars requires very quick andWhen I learned of this racing MMO game I was wondering how the resolved the latency problem - I mean, racing cars requires very quick and precise reaction. Well guess what - they didn't. The cars are jerky and the cars are jumping all around. Both the player's and the other player's. I selected manual transmission and got some retarded hybrid that shifts from the buttons but if I don't shift manually shifts automagically anyway.
    And my internet connection isn't slow or laggy, I played many other mmos alright.

    I played it for 5 min and it was just for a good laugh at what a dumb idea it was to make an MMO out of a racing game.

    In all honesty, the graphics are kind of nice.

    Oh and $150'000 for a Mitsubishi Eclipse? Really? ;-)    … Expand
  8. blasphy2012
    Jun 18, 2013
    0
    really cool game actually but cheating is rampant, and the servers are becoming ghost towns because of it. EA has done nothing about it forreally cool game actually but cheating is rampant, and the servers are becoming ghost towns because of it. EA has done nothing about it for months and clearly doesn't plan on it.… Expand

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