Need for Speed

 PC
Metascore
68

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
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  1. IGN Spain
    Mar 10, 2016
    82
    Quotation forthcoming.
  2. The Games Machine
    Mar 9, 2016
    82
    The reboot of the NFS series is a convincing arcade game, with an accessible yet pretty deep driving model. The PC version comes with all the additions released in the past few months (except the Photo Mode, coming soon), and it truly shines for its beauty: provided you have a decent machine, you'll enjoy the best races ever seen on 4K screens. The support for the driving wheels is a nice touch, well implemented and appreciated, even in an arcade game like this one.
  3. Multiplayer.it
    Mar 10, 2016
    80
    A good game enriched thanks to the support of the steering wheels, the manual transmission and 60 frames per second.
  5. Vandal
    Mar 9, 2016
    80
    NFS has improved and expanded since it's launch on consoles, and now it lands on PC with tweaked and new features, as well and some extra content.
  6. Hobby Consolas
    Mar 10, 2016
    79
    Quotation forthcoming.
  7. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Mar 28, 2016
    78
    You can feel the Underground soul. The live-action scenes are a great idea but it's a fail. If you like customization and you love Need for Speed series, you must play it.
  8. Ragequit.gr
    Mar 30, 2016
    77
    A worthwhile effort, much better than the last NFS attempts and it contains the essence of the good old NFS: Underground. However, some flaws in the design hamper it from advancing to the next level.
  9. Everyeye.it
    Mar 15, 2016
    75
    Especially on the graphics side we expected something more, as the game still feels and looks practically the same. If you missed this one on console though, it's still one hell of a ride.
  10. 3DJuegos
    Mar 9, 2016
    75
    Need for Speed collects all its historical heritage in a game where you’ll find what you had and what you missed. But by the way it’s lost some of the courage that characterized it.
  11. GRYOnline.pl
    Mar 9, 2016
    75
    The new, rebooted Need for Speed looks good on the PC. The game is well prepared on the technical side but I feel as if the super-smooth animation can exist only thanks to sacrificing some sharpness of the things that you see on your screen (and the image quality isn't much better than the one on consoles). If you do not own PS4 or Xbox One, take an interest in this new NFS but switching platforms just for 60 fps isn't worth it.
  12. Meristation
    Mar 9, 2016
    75
    The new Need for Speed has some solid points and it's a fun racer but we found it lacking in some points and we would enjoy it more if it were varied and lively.
  13. PC Games
    Mar 9, 2016
    75
    Ghost Games used those four months since the initial console release well: Need for Speed runs very slick on modern PCs and looks stunning. The low difficulty is a major flaw though.

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5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 399 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 146 out of 399
  2. Mixed: 106 out of 399
  3. Negative: 147 out of 399
  1. palker
    Mar 22, 2016
    4
    Here are the main reasons for my rating:
    First thing that i dislike about this game is the fact that its always online. Your internet dies in    Here are the main reasons for my rating:
    First thing that i dislike about this game is the fact that its always online. Your internet dies in the middle of the race you get booted to the welcoming screen for being a filthy pirate i guess.
    Then there the controls which are sluggish cars feel like you are driving tanks. I played with the XBox controller so i do not know how it plays with keyboard or wheel, but controller was horrible.
    You can change handling of your car with the tune-able parts to drift focused or grip focus. Drift focus mean that it will be near impossible to drive straight while grip means you will have turning circle of a supertanker a middle road means that you will start drifting but next second you are driving dead straight into the wall. Anyway handling is absurd is what i meant to say.
    Next on the list AI and difficulty. There are races with three difficulties easy medium and hard. Depending on the race it is more like extremely easy somewhat easy and almost challenging. AI cars are super dumb and thanks to the fact that races take place in the open world you will often smash into AI racers that are just driving around getting in way. Also other human players can come over and ruin you races with no consequence to themselves so that is fun too.
    Cops in this game are utterly pointless they never catch anyone all they do is annoy you with sirens flashing lights and when you will inevitably escape you will get blinding blue flash to let you know. Also getting chased by cops prevents from restarting events.
    On the point of restarting races if you do restart you will be teleported to the event starting place and will have to watch loading screen and unskippable race intro again.
    And a 1000 more minor annoyances like interface some controls are remapable some not etc all add up to make game with great potential into frustrating mess.
    Anyway when my internet dropped i played NFSMW (2005) and it was so much better than this how is it possible they could not make a decent NFS in 11 years?    … Full Review »
  2. joeuser42
    Mar 21, 2016
    0
    This game is unplayable.
    After 5-10 minutes of play the game just stops with this message:
    "Your connection to the game server has been    This game is unplayable.
    After 5-10 minutes of play the game just stops with this message:
    "Your connection to the game server has been lost..." and then returns to the main menu.
    This is unacceptable when online gameplay is mandatory.    … Full Review »
  3. 808Stat3
    Mar 15, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Bought the game 5 days prior to release. Digital Deluxe. 72$. Was able to play a 10 hour trial. Devastating.
    After watching Trailers I was excited to be able to play "5 DIFFERENT WAYS" .. you are NOT. You will play one way and earn XP in 5 categories plus you will be able to play mission after mission after mission in each category.
    The game looks amazing but that's about it. After my 10 hour trial I had already 72% accomplished. I wasn't able to stand those phony characters in the Video sequences either. Fake and totally overdoing it. Who talks like that in the real world ? EA and Ghost had a good idea but simply didn't follow through with their promises.
    Why do I have 5 million options to make my car look good if it handles the same way anyways with a simple "OVERALL" Slider bar for "DRIFT" or "GRIP" ... sad.
    After finishing the story I am left with a world that only contains "already played" events to make more money and useless REP points. I reached REP Level 52 and basically everything was unlocked for the few cars I was offered to purchase. 97% percent of game completion after 14 hours in game time don't justify a 72$ price tag. 30 spots to find to take a picture and 30 spots to find to do a stupid DONUT is the tip of the melting Iceberg. Obvious hiding spots and non existing shortcuts including Police AI that seems never be able to catch up with you make this game totally worthless. I can't even pause the game while in a race to take a leak or answer a Phone call. On top of that fake social network tweets and idiotic cell phone calls ingame that stop the second you passed the story make this game one of the worst NEED FOR SPEED titles in its entire franchise history.

    Sorry EA and GHOST .. you didn't convince me and I returned the game successfully to buy my Kids and my wife a visit to the 3D movies tonight.    … Full Review »
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