Need for Speed

 PlayStation 4
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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1355 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 280 out of 1355
  3. Negative: 325 out of 1355
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  1. marick333
    Aug 29, 2023
    5
    Even the story doesn't make any sense. I saw some bad designs in this game. The always-online feature is a pain. I play mostly at night, and every time I saw "This server is shut down in 30 minutes due to maintenance" and "Bad Connection, may cause gameplay experience". Often, I get kicked out of the server while I'm racing due to the server. Handling is rough, feels like a cartoon, andEven the story doesn't make any sense. I saw some bad designs in this game. The always-online feature is a pain. I play mostly at night, and every time I saw "This server is shut down in 30 minutes due to maintenance" and "Bad Connection, may cause gameplay experience". Often, I get kicked out of the server while I'm racing due to the server. Handling is rough, feels like a cartoon, and doesn't make any sense sometimes. Only good things are customization for cars—the way you modify. Actors,voice acting, and dialogue are so bad that feel like Mario Kart is amazing for just YUHUUU. Bugs are everywhere. I can't play DLC because I don't get a call for Robyn to play Prestige mode.… Expand
  2. rodrigorkc
    Jul 16, 2023
    9
    Great Game, need for speed still Alive At the begining hours i did not liked the game.Rate 6 because of the online mode with Bad severs (playing in 2023) and no Neon and tuning, but after a few hours its funny and great, ALL the cars are unique each one have different gaming, this game os the closer to underground, Its underground 3, I like a Lot the live action CG but the history is VeryGreat Game, need for speed still Alive At the begining hours i did not liked the game.Rate 6 because of the online mode with Bad severs (playing in 2023) and no Neon and tuning, but after a few hours its funny and great, ALL the cars are unique each one have different gaming, this game os the closer to underground, Its underground 3, I like a Lot the live action CG but the history is Very weak, simple not interesting but cool, I prefere live action than cutscenes like in nfs heat. The drift missions are really boeing. I made manu and Robie at last, i prefere big sprints and cool circuits, the map is Very generical, the cars are awsome, the history week but a little cool, for me nfs underground 3. There are Lot of problems but is a funny game and need for speed. I thought nfs were dead but after playing rivals, playback and nfs 2015 I can say that NFS still Alive… Expand
  3. JogadorSincero
    Jul 14, 2023
    4
    This game is super generic doesn't innovate in nothing despite the surprisingly good graphics this game is bad , don't worth your money
  4. imalynxcat
    Jul 14, 2023
    7
    Arcade sürüş dinamikleri gayet eğlenceli, grafikleri bayağı iyi ve araba kişileştirme seçenekleri de bir hayli fazla. Ortalama üstü bir yarış oyunu.
  5. George_K
    Apr 4, 2023
    8
    I actually like this game, to begin with the car selection is very little with a few cars and the customazation is not good either (i love the wrap system though) the story is amazing it reminds me of need for speed underground a lot and this is why i love this game, its great driving and chilling in this games i love the police system but it is very easy if you have a fast car to escape,I actually like this game, to begin with the car selection is very little with a few cars and the customazation is not good either (i love the wrap system though) the story is amazing it reminds me of need for speed underground a lot and this is why i love this game, its great driving and chilling in this games i love the police system but it is very easy if you have a fast car to escape, anyway this game is good in my opinion for me it might be the best nfs in the ps4… Expand
  6. infraRecon
    Mar 17, 2023
    5
    A NFS game ruined by the power of the Internet, gets half of everything right, and the other half stupidly wrong, not for the reasons the developers and EA think.
  7. sambalamba
    Jan 1, 2023
    2
    Mit Abstand das schlechteste Spiel was ich je gespielt habe und wenn man meinen würde ja auch wenn die Fahrmechanik nicht so gut ist könnte ja die Story ganz gut sein aber da muss ich euch enttäuschen die Story ergibt keinen Sinn und die Rennen sind oft zu schwer ABER trotz all dem läuft es Flüssig und es gibt keine Bugs
  8. Tibetskiy
    Dec 3, 2022
    4
    This game is trying to return to original street racing formula of successful NFS games of early 2000s, but fails at many aspects. Story is cringy, character are boring, all story events are irrelevant and about some monster energy gamer Ken block pop culture reference **** . Cars drive like **** always forcing themselves into uncontrollable scripted drift like if they were amusement parkThis game is trying to return to original street racing formula of successful NFS games of early 2000s, but fails at many aspects. Story is cringy, character are boring, all story events are irrelevant and about some monster energy gamer Ken block pop culture reference **** . Cars drive like **** always forcing themselves into uncontrollable scripted drift like if they were amusement park rides on rails. Ai is piss easy, but races can be frustrating due to uncontrollable vehicles. Game has forced multiplayer, so you can't pause the game even if you're playing alone without ps+ subscription. Restarting a race takes 5 **** minutes : first you wait a loading, than you park your car at starting position. After that you start the event, wait another loading and the race finally starts. Customisation is alright, but text is bugged while doing wraps. Cops do nothing and are indestructible. Graphics and map is really good, I love the atmosphere in this game.

    Overall the game is crap, i dropped it at like 40% because it became extremely boring    … Expand
  9. putinzdohne
    Oct 7, 2022
    10
    A good game enriched thanks to the support of the steering wheels, the manual transmission and 60 frames per second.
  10. julic
    Sep 15, 2022
    10
    unas de las mejores sagas de carros que hay por el momento y hecha por la mejor compañia videojuegos electronic arts
  11. zDavzBR
    Jul 10, 2022
    1
    The only good things about this game are the graphics (which are only good because of the reflections) and the Underground vibes.

    The rest is just awful: the physics, crash cams, lack of content, stupid AI, restarting events takes forever, and so on...
  12. filip92
    Jul 9, 2022
    7
    The driving feels very good in this game. Visuals are preety nice, and campaign at least has better story then Rivals. Sometimes AI is very bad,but not frustrating. But in the campaign, EVERY SINGLE character is so cringe, that is so hard to watch those cutscenes.
  13. yaminotenshi1
    Jun 13, 2022
    1
    this is one of the worst of all series.
    apart all those cringe embarrassing video with all those bro punch bro hugs like if players are all 15years old, the gameplay sucks, all this social media twitter bs loading time are biblical, AI and disadvantage with other car are ridiculous high, npc have no preservation instinct and they actually point at you while you are racing instead of avoid    this is one of the worst of all series.
    apart all those cringe embarrassing video with all those bro punch bro hugs like if players are all 15years old, the gameplay sucks, all this social media twitter bs loading time are biblical, AI and disadvantage with other car are ridiculous high, npc have no preservation instinct and they actually point at you while you are racing instead of avoid you, cops that always picks you in a group of 5 to 10 cars.
    is really a **** game    … Expand
  14. Radu191289
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    This is by far the most atmospheric racing game I have ever played, It feels like the spiritual succesor for NFS Underground2.
  15. antanis123
    Feb 8, 2022
    9
    Really enjoyed this game , best need for speed in years in my eyes , love it
  16. scon
    Dec 2, 2021
    0
    This is start of end my lover game franchise.
    I return to play in nfs after 10 years and see THIS.
    Career and ONLY with inetrnet - it's really awfully what they can do. Rip series.
  17. Batters
    Nov 19, 2021
    7
    Почти Underground 1 и 2. Местами не дотянули и музыка могла бы быть получше.
  18. DestroyerM24
    Oct 15, 2021
    6
    Many people will say this Need for Speed title is just a new chapter from Need for Speed Underground, well... I can agree with them, you will realise this soon enough, The city of Ventura Bay is amazing but it is always night and raining so you'll not experience how beautiful the city looks during day. The story, well, we can say there is none, the only thing you do is trying to get asMany people will say this Need for Speed title is just a new chapter from Need for Speed Underground, well... I can agree with them, you will realise this soon enough, The city of Ventura Bay is amazing but it is always night and raining so you'll not experience how beautiful the city looks during day. The story, well, we can say there is none, the only thing you do is trying to get as more reputation as possible, the more REP points you have, the more are the possibilities not only for customisation options but even for gameplay (more races with higher difficulty). The cutscenes are real-life, which is good, they hold to their roots, but within those cutscenes, you'll not find anything useful, just some cringy scenes with no sense whatsoever. Also what you'll realise is the more the powerful is the car (without upgrades), the less are the appearance options, but this is not the far more irritating thing in this game. The worst thing here which does affect the gameplay itself are the cops, they're slow, you will have to go for a search quest to find them, there will be always one cop in the police station, but there is almost no backup units, most of the time only 1 cop will chase you, before you realise how slow and bad they are. During the whole game, I haven't been in any situation where they almost got me, you have to use the worst car if you want them to catch you. Speaking of bad things, you have to always be online, which can be irritating for those with bad or no internet connection, if you want to play this game somewhere with no internet connection, well..., you can't and yes, if you encounter a bad connection during gameplay, the game will kick you out on the main menu.

    All in all, the game itself needs many improvements, the cops and always-be-online are the worst problems, the background story is bad, and this leaves you with only one thing you can enjoy within the game, which are the graphics, still not used to its highest potential, such a shame.    … Expand
  19. ToshLichev
    Sep 28, 2021
    4
    NFS (2015) is a game that is good at its core but is ruined by a plethora of EA-isms.
    While the driving feels quite good and there is a fair bit of customization available, those are the only real positives.
    Although the open world isn't ugly at all, it's so monotonous and dead you will fast travel everywhere just to save yourself from it. The story features horrendous live action    NFS (2015) is a game that is good at its core but is ruined by a plethora of EA-isms.
    While the driving feels quite good and there is a fair bit of customization available, those are the only real positives.
    Although the open world isn't ugly at all, it's so monotonous and dead you will fast travel everywhere just to save yourself from it. The story features horrendous live action cutscenes which include some of the worst writing I've ever witnessed - no way to tell if the actors are any good as the material they had to work with was straight up garbage. Despite the great driving, races suffer from laughably obvious and aggressive rubber banding. Doesn't really matter how far ahead you are and how much better your car is - 10/10 times 1-2 km before the finish someone is going to spawn behind you going 800 km/h and they'll usually beat you unless you've upgraded your car to the max.

    And now for the worst problem... The online component. Make no mistake NFS 2015 is a strictly offline game - nothing about it suggests online play or even a need for an online component. Yet for some reason EA have made an online connection at all times mandatory. It makes zero sense and results in nothing more than server crashes and other racers crashing into you, thus ruining your race and forcing you to start over. Why this decision was made is beyond me and I truly hope whoever made it realised they don't belong in the gaming industry and left. Absolute joke

    Need For Speed (2015) could have actually been quite a good game but EA did what EA does best and destroyed it.    … Expand
  20. stasweb
    Aug 19, 2021
    8
    Maybe it's the best NFS of 2010th. Nice graphics, tuning. It has a bit too much drifting.
  21. Maurer
    Jul 12, 2021
    8
    Very nice throwback to NFSU2 and NFSU in case of climat. Graphics broke some kind of barrier for NFS, the play of lights and car models makes the game beautiful. Story was very average but I loved the aspect about when for ex. you added to your car a turbo there was accualy sound of it, and when you changed it for compressor, it was compressor sound, kind of forza thing which is nice.
  22. SoberPack5
    Jun 1, 2021
    6
    I would only like the game if they make it offline PLEASE EA PATCH IT TO OFFLINE
  23. BKD3
    Apr 30, 2021
    8
    I am playing this game for the last 5 years, but still, it has something which no other game gives.
    Pros
    1) Sense of speed, if you play the races with full concentration you will experience a sense of speed which is quite realistic. 2) Sense of risk. at every turn, you need to be alert. There are greater chances that within a blink of eye you will hit incoming traffic or crash barrier    I am playing this game for the last 5 years, but still, it has something which no other game gives.
    Pros
    1) Sense of speed, if you play the races with full concentration you will experience a sense of speed which is quite realistic.
    2) Sense of risk. at every turn, you need to be alert. There are greater chances that within a blink of eye you will hit incoming traffic or crash barrier which feels quite close to real-life driving.
    3) Geometry of car, it feels very real and it never looks cartoonish or childish or like other games. the shaking movement is smooth very near to life. No sudden movements.
    4) environment lighting, This game is underground racing and most of the races are during the night. Compare with any other game the night lighting and midnight emptiness you can feel in this game, no other game provides a night environment like this.
    5) Car handling, just one-word thrilling.
    6) Drift is ice on the cake, super smooth, and new variety. You need to tune your car handling for that and once you learned mixed with the risk it is very thrilling.

    Cons
    1) Always online, the Biggest reason for the hate for this game.
    2) Cannot swipe a car without going to the garage, which results in more wait time for loading.
    3) COPS are weak
    4) No good soundtracks
    5) No open world feeling, you will feel that you stuck into some networks of road.    … Expand
  24. StealthYeled
    Apr 15, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un Muy Buen Arcade
    Un juego de conducción muy arcade, muy divertido. Gráficamente, la primera vez parece real. La musica no esta al nivel ni cerca de otros juegos de conducción pero esta bien. En ''historia'' es muy Rapido y Furioso, tal cual. Hay 51 automóviles, que para mi son pocos. A nivel de tuneo, creo que esta un poco escaso. Vas a estar pegado al juego todo lo que dure, pero cuando ya estés en frente del final... El juego se termino, no hay nada mas que hacer. Son muy buenas 30 horas si quieres hacer todo, pero ya. No hay mas rejugabildad que eso. Además que solo se puede jugar conectado a internet. El mapa no es lo mejor del mundo, ya despues de la trigésima segunda carrera te da la sensación de que son la misma pero con mas puntos de control.
    Aun y asi le pongo un 8.5/10. Porque vuelvo y repito es muy divertido.    … Expand
  25. Hy8ogen
    Mar 11, 2021
    10
    One of the best Need for Speed ever released. Compelling story, memorable characters and gorgeous graphics.

    The car's physics is your typical arcade racer, super glue tyres turned into drift slicks by the press of the button. If you're looking for a serious racer, this aint it. This is a chill arcade racer where you come in, mod your cars and have a laugh, and it's incredible at doing that.
  26. Cacau-05
    Mar 8, 2021
    5
    Não é um bom jogo. Definitivamente a repetitividade das corridas, o mapa é pobre e pequeno a economia do jogo facilita muito a vida do jogador. Quando você compra o carro mais caro (ainda com uns 30% de progresso no jogo), o gameplay perde totalmente a graça. Totalmente dispensável. Jogue apenas se você gosta mesmo de um arcade e fazer drift. A personalização dos carros, que foi um dosNão é um bom jogo. Definitivamente a repetitividade das corridas, o mapa é pobre e pequeno a economia do jogo facilita muito a vida do jogador. Quando você compra o carro mais caro (ainda com uns 30% de progresso no jogo), o gameplay perde totalmente a graça. Totalmente dispensável. Jogue apenas se você gosta mesmo de um arcade e fazer drift. A personalização dos carros, que foi um dos carros chefe do marketing na época do lançamento não é tão bom. Gráficos muito escuros, borrados e não passam aquela sensação de realismo que os jogos de corrida dão. Jogos como o Drive e The Crew são muito mais divertidos do que este NFS.… Expand
  27. ErickPhoenix
    Mar 7, 2021
    4
    This game deserves a remaster just as much as World War II

    If you want to play a good game, buy NFS Heat
  28. Dragonfly44
    Feb 23, 2021
    7
    The game looks great and once you upgrade your cars a bit it is pretty fun. but everything else about it is mediocre at best and the 'story' is particularly bad. 72/100
  29. BallzyDan
    Jan 14, 2021
    6
    Decent racing game with weird cut scenes. Factor in that the game description says this can be played with ONE player, but yet makes you be online.
  30. Harry1997x
    Jan 8, 2021
    9
    isn't it funny when big gaming companies give a big studio like criterion who made the worst nfs game of our life team favourable reviews but they s**t all over a small gaming studio like ghost. true nfs fans will appreciate what this game tries to do its not perfect but the customization is back with a street racing narritave which is what this franchise is all about. yes the cops couldisn't it funny when big gaming companies give a big studio like criterion who made the worst nfs game of our life team favourable reviews but they s**t all over a small gaming studio like ghost. true nfs fans will appreciate what this game tries to do its not perfect but the customization is back with a street racing narritave which is what this franchise is all about. yes the cops could be better and the customization could have more but this game marked change for a dying franchise.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 69 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 69
  3. Negative: 4 out of 69
  1. GameOver.gr
    Jan 20, 2016
    70
    Need for Speed is a well-wrought game, full of interesting features, albeit without many fresh ideas. However, it is prone to deliver most of the gamers in the uncomfortable arms of boredom sooner than later, although it is bound to satisfy the hardcore fans.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2016
    55
    The latest Need for Speed feels old in every aspect. The driving model, the AI, the story and the characters, the environments – all of it is simply poor. [13/2015, p.68]
  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Jan 4, 2016
    69
    Need for Speed’s decent feel of driving and nice tuning options don’t amount to much when coupled with harsh rubber banding, boring environments and a terrible forced story mode. [Dec 2015]
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