A Modern Need For Speed Critique

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[@dr.sivavignesh664]

Burnout died a hero and need for speed lived long enough to see itself become the villain.

[@zef9151]

In a way Burnout become one with NFS and NFS is never what made it great ever.

[@dr.sivavignesh664]

@@zef9151 the combination was never going to work however you look at it. It's because of the licensing issues with real world cars. Nfs cannot exist without real world cars and burnout cannot exist with them. Burnout fans wants insane soft body crashes and car destruction which can only be toned down to the very minimal in a nfs game. EA had two beloved franchises and they burned both. Nfs will definitely improve when they stop listening to influencers like black pantha ( also EA executives trying to impose loot boxes ) who say grinding is an essential part of nfs. Unbound is a good game turned bad by awful grind in the first ingame 2 weeks and total lack of post game singleplayer content. They separated car progression in both sp and mp and made mp unplayable. Worst thing about heat was initiating the high heat races. High heat races were an awesome concept but the amount of bullshit you had to do to start that event was pure grind. ( the challenge was already there winning the difficult event and getting the part back to the safehouse , so why the unnecessary padding ?). Payback had awful speed card progression that had " grind " written all over it. " grinding " is almost the cause for the bad nfs games in recent years. It had already been proven that people can make great games without having to grind.

[@phoroclock]

@@dr.sivavignesh664facts 💯

[@rosemusic.69]

You're forgetting Midnight Club

[@StrongSolo]

Cringe comment man 😂😂😂

[@mubeenashraf6153]

We have ultraviolet and whitelight now all we need is infrared to complete the trio of great reviewers

[@NFSBeast2365]

@@i_love_musique333 I love Rivals, is that a problem?

[@UltraViolet_Moses]

@@i_love_musique333you do see the irony in this comment right? Hysterical

[@shaktishankarrath4595]

​@@NFSBeast2365the driving in rivals feels so nice. Even at lower level you can win by overtaking at right place and clean driving. Taking a muscle car and controlling it in corners is so fun in rivals

[@madhunter6420]

Heat was supposed to be so much more. But EA did their thing

[@JonToyCars]

Actually Heat is the only one I really enjoyed in the last 10 or so years ...

[@KP-48-007]

Yeah it was half azzed

[@miguelorozco4445]

It still the Best Game since reboot tho

[@KP-48-007]

@miguelorozco4445 no competition to begin with

[@storyexe243]

This was truly one of the need for speed eras of all time

[@Yt_channel_lol]

Huh?

[@Leon_SKennnedy]

Loved it when Ghost games said "it's ghosting time" and abandoned Heat

[@Yokaisan23]

@@Leon_SKennnedythey didn’t abandon it. The studio was shut down

[@Leon_SKennnedy]

@@Yokaisan23 didn't know, my bad, RIP Ghost

[@prla5400]

I thought I'd play Heat for 5 hours... Ending up unlocking all ultimate+ parts in 50 hours. I love that game SO much. It's hard at the start but once it gets going it doesn't stop.

[@Dragolitron]

I technically 100% the game in 66 hours, all activities and collectibles and completed story as well as the other thing involving the Aston Martin. Still didn’t get all ultimate parts though.

[@tompramanaaccount8892]

​@@Dragolitronif you don't know, ultimate parts is from heat level 5 races, once you finished at least in top 5 you'll get a random part and you need to bank it to garage safely, if you get caught by the police, you lost that ultimate part.

[@Dragolitron]

⁠@@tompramanaaccount8892Ik, I did get a few ultimate parts actually, I just didn’t bother with the rest

[@Gliese710_]

I’ve finished the story in 1 1/2 hours, it’s so incredibly short, but it’s pretty fun. I have around 400 hours on it.

[@fredrandomguyccxr9184]

This definitely wasn't the best point in the series but "Ghost Games" is one of the coolest game studio names of all time.

[@Boogsbunny13]

The fact that ive grown accustomed to waiting for the players to mod nfs says a lot.

[@MJY5drives]

This whole reboot era is just untapped potential pretty much. In an alternate universe these last 4 games were the best racing games of all time

[@askerleaves1614]

Upload videos Lil Bro

[@CappuMilkuVBVL]

This entire franchise is untaoped potential. As Heat was supposed to be so much more, so was Carbon and Undercover. As Payback was changed in direction, so was MW 2012. It's quite tragic.

[@vicewaves8899]

Honestly, NFS: Heat was the best of the pack; shame it got cut off so early from so much potential.

[@LynetteSai]

I agree. Heat had the potential to make very big strides, but EA did it again "EA being EA". OMG !

[@red_noise_bomb]

What I understood from this video is that almost every single racing games KZbinr secretly is a Persona fan. Not gonna lie, I also love Persona

[@UltraViolet_Moses]

A lot of them just have editors which love the music unfortunately, me though, I’m a huuuge Persona guy

[@Anonymous_0894]

props to anyone who watched the whole thing

[@saritkumar9351]

The Need For Speed 2 SE background music still gives me goose bumps

[@NFSBeast2365]

IKR?

[@solosick4172]

I personally think NFS 2015 is one of the best looking racing games of all time and it still looks like a modern game today and It'll be like that for awhile

[@DomPeriod]

According to TCRF, there's a few cut lines about stealing Rocky's car in Unbound at a certain story point. He was apparently going to be a villain instead of just a five minute character.

[@trombulan]

NFS Payback deluxe edition is now on sale on Steam (achievements included). I own it on Origin and I really enjoyed the game. Good map, great cars and decent graphics! I also like that there's a manual transmission option. You did and still doing a tremendous amount of work and dedication in your videos. Thank you!

[@nathanq33]

Covid and EA moving departments killed heat- imagine it with features unbound has, like PvP, linkups and other things

[@Yt_channel_lol]

Heat came out before covid

[@nathanq33]

@@Yt_channel_lol games are worked on after release🤯

[@The_Dude99]

Not Heat 🤣 ​@@nathanq33

[@rezaimran98]

@@nathanq33 Would be hard to work on considering EA shut down Ghost Games a few months after Heat came out

[@danael0089]

It's not the old criterion It's a new one that is basically a rebranded ghost with woke inside Good job EA destroying your games even more

[@SUPnurA]

popcorn time.🍿

[@HORIZONS_Z4]

Yo its nurA

[@SUPnurA]

@@HORIZONS_Z4 👀

[@mydogatemyinternet7461]

Wow this feels like a rare moment

[@hoodlum5607]

6:29 ur so right but i never felt so attacked

[@Kerm_ST1]

Unbounds cops are ridiculous early on in the game and later in the game they become trivial. I actively found myself boosting head on into cops that were on my way to events just to instant kill them and avoid a chase

[@MedicalBillz]

Which is ironically a good cop balance. It should be harder to catch you the faster your car

[@miguelorozco4445]

​@@MedicalBillznot true Since cops can also make their cars faster and Even have emps like in rivals Rivals was the peak of cops chases

[@20zander06]

9:58 omg the pants roast

[@Holey2662]

bro is grinding keep it going success is already waiting at you doorstep

[@svvwoo]

havent finished watching but its nice to see someone actually giving payback the credit it deserves right now, because a couple years down the line like every other need for speed game people will wake up to it again.

[@floreroafloreril1458]

It's been more than six years already and people still view it as the worse out of 2015, Payback, Heat and Unbound. Even then, six more years down the line that P2W-ass upgrade system is still going to be there.

[@svvwoo]

@@floreroafloreril1458 people have been just warming up to undercover, prostreet, the run, etc, the ones that were hated on launch

[@floreroafloreril1458]

@@svvwoo With the exception of Undercover (I have literally seen no one praising that game lol, you may have seen it though) yes those games have received love, but even then those games didn't have that awful upgrade system. Believe me, that upgrade system and the fact that it's tied to microtransactions is a real experience killer. Go replay Payback from zero if you want to see it for yourself.

[@svvwoo]

@@floreroafloreril1458 i havent played payback in a while so you have me on that, i will have to one of these days

[@miguelorozco4445]

​@@floreroafloreril1458i started paying payback since September and You are wrong and cleary You havent played it since launch (If You ever played it)

[@ricker024]

One of the things that the old NFS games had gotten so well for the most part. The maps: The thing with NFS Underground 2, Most Wanted 05, and Carbon was that there was a lot of identity packed into their maps with recognizable landmarks, locations, and districts while they still felt URBAN which has been lacking in Payback, Heat, and Unbound, 2015 got this theme right but its locations weren’t very distinctive. I really am getting tired of 20-25% of the maps only being Urban environments. It wants to have the openness of NFS Rivals with a portion for those Most Wanted and U2 play types. Stop trying to please both because you don’t end up becoming either. Don’t be an open world racer, be a free roam racer like in the past! And fine tune your handling models for those street environments! Else you tend to get vibes of ohh it’s Forza but Americanized outside of that 25% of the map. GO ALL URBAN and be DISTINCTIVE.

[@ghostsgarage2964]

So I actually learned something about unbounds drifting. If you use the brake to drift and hold for a second or two before going into the drift letting yourself slow a bit it gets rid of the front tires losing grip. This was implemented because when drifting was first discover and you use the tap brake it goes off of the same principles they did back then. Which is the front losing grip due to the brake force and the rear kicking out with grip.

[@Manstam]

1:30 apparently this happened because people hated the game so much that they bullied ghost into making 2015 Not sure how true this is

[@epicdude3659]

something something "craig it up" or whatever the fuck that was.

[@asjoalsjka]

31:27 is so unintentionally wild. Its limp too.

[@KoeingseggCCM]

Don't know what you're talking about Ultraviolet, this games dialogue is pretty good if you turn it all the way down.

[@siilenxo]

Heat was the best 🔥🔥🔥

[@ll_leonardo_ll]

i feel like criterion was planning alot of good things for unbound. either upper management or the people responsible in directing the game are making the most stupid decisions. so much potential and its all wasted on the most stupid things. EA actually has to take a risk and actually make a competent NFS title and instead of always playing it safe and having call backs to most wanted 2005. (the fucking GTR is practically in every iteration of the modern NFS titles.)

[@marcellogiovannini9072]

I wish you would make a review or critique on an old NFS game too like Hot Pursuit 2 or High Stakes!

[@Danymok]

As you briefly mentioned, Rivals was such a good base for the series. Need for Speed rebooting in 2015 and ditching the Hot Pursuit/Rivals identity was a big mistake in my opinion.

[@stancedstyfon1234]

Despite 2015 being incredibly mid, i found it much more enjoyable than payback, heat, and ESPECIALLY unbound...im sorry, HELLBOUND. 2015 imo felt much more grounded and if im honest, to me...more realistic story wise than the other 3 recent entries. Payback, heat, and hellbound all suffer from an extremely over the top story, which would've been fine if i was younger...but i would've much rather simplicity...2015 felt like it was just you and some friends up to some mischief. Theres also the performance parts menu system that i will forever defend...2015 has the best performance parts customization. Everything from payback onward felt way too simplified. 2015 even allowed you to change turbo sounds, depending on what turbo you chose, which is very realistic. We dont have stuff like that in the recent entries.

[@RiC3R69]

Some Parts of 2015's Map is from UnderGround 2 and CarBon's Map

[@simeonyves5940]

Its not just Forza that Recycles Everything? ;-P

[@femboyyandereking]

'UbderGround'? 'CarBon'???

[@DRIIVE34]

Drifting was goated in Payback

[@andreialexandrescu9810]

I know we are talking about Need for Speed, but did bro just put a League gameplay with a controller at 15:28 ?

[@911_GT3_RACE_CAR]

Ultraviolet can you please do a review on split second and driver san Francisco i feel like there are both underrated game that no one seems to talk about it would mean the world to me so can do it pretty please 😢

[@palpaleo]

Agreed

[@tdmguy8304]

@mphojanvick1205 watch both review from colourshed production he done it better.

[@Canvas12]

He already did a review on Driver San Francisco

[@UltraViolet_Moses]

Split Second is planned for in the coming months

[@911_GT3_RACE_CAR]

@@UltraViolet_Moses ohhhhhhhhh yea baby that's what I've being waiting for

[@Vilisnerson]

Bring back the 2010 nfs hot pursuit style of game, literally the best game with the nfs title EVER

[@miguelorozco4445]

Rivals and The Run >>>

[@Vilisnerson]

​@miguelorozco4445 I've played both, I find Hot Pursuit to be superior. The run fills me with nostalgia whenever I pick it up and rivals, well, I'm bias because it doesn't have wheel support. Hot pursuit is the only one that I am pretty much never not in the mood to play

[@BloxWich]

Ultraviolet, your supercut on the modern Need For Speed series is a masterpiece! 🏎💨 You've perfectly captured the essence of the series' struggle between legacy and innovation. It's a tough balance to strike, but your insightful dissection of the post-2015 games sheds light on why this debate continues. Your videos always spark thought-provoking discussions, and this one is no exception. Keep pushing boundaries and keeping us all engaged in the Need For Speed journey! 🔥

[@Enxi4ty]

u didn't even watch this video?

[@NotSponsoredByEA]

After watching this video I never want to touch a ghost / modern criterion game again. Forgot how soulless these products were.

[@staciefreshener4032]

What I like about NFS is varities , They have their own Burnout Paradise ( nfsMw12 ) , any Sim ( shift ) , Forza Closed World ( Pro Street ) , NFS Original like Hot Pursuit 1/2/ 2010 reboot , or NFS Rivals with war on sides , or Classic like Underground , most wanted or carbon . They even went forza-ish on Payback and have off road ( but not much good offroad ) , and unbound has Animation style .

[@streetpilot4098]

When I beat Unbound, Yaz got knocked out in like the first round of the Grand lol

[@pfm57]

Very good video and analysis. A request for the future: when you show footage of other games it would be great if you could add a text overlay with the game's name so we know what we are looking at =)

[@UltraViolet_Moses]

Noted!

[@featherpheasant3851]

With your idea or changing the gameplay with NFS, they should look back at games like Hot Pursuit and Pro Street as they were more circuit racer and are loved by the community (mostly)

[@UltraViolet_Moses]

Not a bad idea

[@lucasLSD]

Now that's a reivisionism, Prostreet is loved today, but I remember me and my friends hating it back then because it ditched the open world and cop chases that we loved. I like it now don't get me wrong, but I can't condemn the devs for not looking at it at all.

[@Jackal0010]

The narrow switchback section in 2015 was a nightmare for me.😅😅

[@freegaming9820]

Which modern NFS is worth buying?

[@UltraViolet_Moses]

Of the games here, your money is best spent with Heat, especially since it tends to go on hefty sales very often

[@freegaming9820]

@@UltraViolet_Moses thanks, gonna buy it.

[@DParkerNunya]

I swear to God, if the Speed Cards didn't exist, I would have enjoyed Payback. There's so much going on in that game that could have worked for me, but I didn't make it to the end of the third chapter because I was just so tired of grinding forever to beat a single race, just to have to do the exact same thing again for the next one. And then having to start all over again when I inevitably have to buy a new car? Yeah, no, it genuinely ruined the game for me. The things I liked were not good enough to make me want to buy a lootbox, so I eventually just dropped the game.

[@arandominternetperson4462]

I agree with most of what u said about Unbound. But I have to disagree on the handling being "the best in a decade". My experience with Unbound was and still is, how my cars bounce all over the road like Super Mario on his way to defeat Bowser Grip cars all UNDERSTEER a ton (even the fricking Lotus Exige S) Sometimes my car's rear wheels would randomly lose all grip and spin me 180 degrees As for the drifting, you need the S14, and All Drift parts, and you still have barely any control over the thing. 1:17:25 It's everything but predictable.

[@__Yamato__]

Somebody rly fell in love with persona soundtrack)

[@KSH13OFFICIAL]

The problem of having connected games is that the game becomes "repetitive" example froza horizon did the same formula over and over again. Each game feels unique in NFS franchise and it has definitly an identity "The cops". I never felt NFS is lost anytime.

[@Merlaut715]

Heat's one of the best NFS games imo. Ghost went out with a bang. NFS 2015 is online-only so I disregard it entirely.

[@JetL]

We have a need for a different and unique new need for speed game

[@ampDOTwav]

Your quality of videos is on such a high level, it feels like a channel with million+ subs and I really appreciate your output and grind. You really stand out in the NFS community with your videos and your voice seems to be just made for narrating. Keep it up you’ll make it on YT. 👍😮‍💨

[@dmcpartlin17]

NIER: AUTOMATA MENTIONED😮🎉

[@caboose6411]

Payback probably has my favorite handling even if I don’t agree with it always. Something about it feels smooth. In heat low speed driving feels overly responsive which kind of annoys me. If 2015 had something like paybacks handling it would have been so much nicer.

[@02lucy666]

2015 is still my personal favorite. Spike was annoying, but not... Ty having his own goofy aah crusade and cant just shut the heck up for 5 minutes straight... or with Heat, Ana, whos just a kid who can't seem to grow up, just cries untill she gets what she wants... or the downright baffling OST of Unbound... EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYY WE WANT SOME MOOOOOOOONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHH... or about the giga hyper Tess whos probably snorting that snow midst summer or the... 'Hello, fellow kids'-Rydell type annoying... Spike actively got dunked on the whole crew. Also, Amy >... (even though that KA swapped s15 redline rev was cringe, but call me thirsty, because the Amy character was mega thirsty in that game)

[@randymarsh4748]

actually i think the drifting itself was perfect and the best in the series but the weird physics bugs were just very bad. BUT when it worked and u found a good handling tuning drifting was insanely fun. def better than hot pursuit

[@tomasburian6550]

Although Underground 2 was fun, to me NFS will always be more about racing luxury cars than tuners. That's why I loved Driveclub so much. RIP Driveclub, a spiritual successor to NFS. I seriously miss a car racing simulator that only revolves around racing expensive cars and the lifestyle around it. Solar Crown looks like it could deliver, but I don't have too high hopes for that.

[@LynetteSai]

I understand that the fan base of NFS is largely divided into two, and I would like to respect the other person's opinion as much as possible. But as SteamDB statistics show us, so far Unbound is falling way short of Heat. This video compliments Unbound's handling but I'm not. Pro gamers may prefer Unbound, but most users are casual users (like me). 😅

[@xlunxcyx8172]

I wish unbound would let u choose the turbo sounds no matter which tier or it being twin or single.

[@homeland_fitness8431]

Actually I don't mind the style over substance in NFS2015...2015 was a really good game despite it's flaws for me. Its for one reason - I find it fun ...driving...the aesthetic and colors...the bodykits ....everything it's cool...not perfect but good. Its like even if I don't race I want to drive fast in the world. But I do agree with a lot of your points here.

[@staciefreshener4032]

Personally I call this game franchise in career as " Need For Betrayal " No , not about betraying the fans in game or gameplay ( sure the card system or some Meh/boring decisions on any nfs 1995-2024 ) I'm talking about CAREER in general. I wouldn't be surprise if In NFS 2011 The RUN , the girl whom you give the money and split would betray you and last boss is her. Like any need for speed , be it underground , most wanted , carbon , payback , undercover. There is all about it , and it's interesting to talk about but I think I'm bored of NFS story , NFS payback is awesome but I really don't want to know the story anymore . Same with unbound or heat , they might be nice , but it don't feel much better anymore. While Racing Games don't need much story , NFS is getting boring on story and just a game worth deleting those Cutscene files for less turd files that take space on hard drive ( like payback was 40GB around )

[@DrevorReal]

Oh I'm going to enjoy this! Need for Speed Most Wanted 2012 is a great game btw.

[@Gliese710_]

Can some rich car guy buy the nfs licensing and pay the best of the best devs to make the best nfs game ever, then sell it for like $15? That’d be great, because EA is absolutely fumbling since payback.

[@iwanttocomplain]

It's interesting Ghost is made of former Criterion staff (iirc) who are owned by EA Sweden, Gothenburg where taxes are really high which is confusing because I thought low taxes attracted tax dodgers like EA probably are.

[@iwanttocomplain]

This game is really a Burnout reboot. Criterion are interested in visually outlandish graphical flair and none-stop boost mechanics. I didn't like Burnout 2 or the crashing mini game. But the feel of driving was alot better than Unbound. The art style was more cohesive too. I'm not blaming EA _this_ time. Criterion need to take a step back like you said and streamline and execute and new and strong idea that isn't boost because I hate boost.

[@mr.potato7075]

Unbound needed more personality and stakes from the other racers. Fleshing out a rival crew and giving us more personal races against competent AI would have been amazing. I want an updated NFS Carbon with Unbound driving mechanics. Make a new map or hell, use your suggestion for curated tracks and cut the open world so that each have more individuality. Raise the stakes so that crashing other racers out is more permanent like the canyon duels and add competent police randomly to the races to add even more tension to already high stakes. Make it so that wrecking cars of a rival crew ups the aggression of that faction. Adds personality, risk, and reward for racing cleanly or dirty. One of your friends might be a notorious serial killer in a car that people hate and your other friend might be a beloved street racing icon that people will respect in the overtakes and lines. Hell Grid 2 Legends had more personality in their pro scene racers with next to no dialogue in the race simply based off the rival system. A racer that I may have spun out on a bad attack will drive much more defensively (and aggressively) against me and it just feels more engaging. Carbon did it best with the rival factions I think. It was campy and goofy, but each head tool was effective at establishing a different type of car culture and were just arrogant enough to make it satisfying to crush anyone from their crew until it was clear that you were better than their whole damn crew and it was always satisfying to win the duels against them and take their turf. With better graphics, handling and more money to spend on development you’d think that we would get amazing titles just remastering the old games but no. And now that I think about it, Carbon had a good open world with shortcuts and AI that would help you in races by showing you these shortcuts when you were struggling, adding in more character to your supporting cast and the map. It really felt like you were meeting racers from the local scene who could give you an edge against the competition but it was still up to you to win and put these guys to work. It had the curated high intensity canyon maps that you couldn’t access from the main map because it was tailor made for a certain experience. Most Wanted was amazing, but IMO nothing has come close to the fun I had in Carbon Canyon and I think that if Criterion just made a spiritual sequel or remake (NOT a remaster) it would be a great game.

[@BullC6]

I platinumed it last month.

[@AzazelzLive]

🚗💨 As a longtime Need for Speed enthusiast, I have to say I appreciate the effort put into this critique. 🙌 It's crucial for fans to voice their opinions and for developers to listen and evolve. 🎮👂 While not all points may align with my personal views, I value the insights shared here. 🤔📝 Constructive criticism is how franchises grow and thrive! 💪🌟 Keep the discussion going, and let's drive towards an even better NFS experience! 🏁🔥 #NeedForSpeedEvolution #GamerFeedback 🚦🎮

[@clutch44444]

AI generated

[@AzazelzLive]

@@clutch44444 🛡🚫 Hold on a second! 🙅‍♂ There seems to be a misunderstanding here. This comment is not AI-generated, and it's rather silly to assume so. 🤔🎮 Let's focus on the content of the message rather than making baseless assumptions. 💬🌟 Constructive criticism and open dialogue are vital for the gaming community to thrive! 💪🎮 Let's keep the discussion respectful and engaging. #HumanAuthored 🚗💨

[@clutch44444]

​@@AzazelzLive Literally AI generated

[@Synical16]

around 13 minutes in, what about shift?

[@bassblowbackrecords8932]

I disagree iconic need for speed cars shouls be in all NFS games but not play a huge role in the story unless its a remake of said game

[@a_nice_guy5438]

Is there a new NFS coming out this year?

[@MobDKGr]

Nope. Since New Criterion devs are currently a small skeleton crew which are focused on NFS Unbound updates (that's because the rest of the devs were moved to help DICE with the next Battlefield game. EA already did that once with Battlefield 2042 in 2021 and it was a massive disaster. Which resulted to a lack of development time for Unbound meaning it released in an unfinished state.), a new NFS game wouldn't come out before a certain period like between 2 to 4 years or more. Anyway, the current state of NFS needs a massive overhaul in all areas from scratch since it become stale with too much inconsistencies and are too bland. The 4 last NFS are the perfect example of what they should never repeat again. Also, the replayability has dropped drastically. What the devs should do is take all the genius gameplay mechanics of all NFS games and combine them into 1 game. Also, the handling physics which is the Number 1 criteria needs to reworked from the ground up. The map design should also fit with the handling physics like how it happened with the Black Box titles as well as all NFS HP games. Moreover, they should ditch the Open World entirely IF the handling physics doesn't fit the map. Or add it as a gameplay feature. Level Select NFS games needs to comeback. Urban biomes became too repetitive since it's been a decade that it never improved. If the NFS devs pick a style, they should fully commit to their idea instead of doing half the work. To conclude, NFS devs should stop trying to please every NFS audience since it will never work. By doing so, they end up pleasing no one.

[@moulns]

I think you should have included your hot pursuit, the run, mw 2012, and rivals critiques. you have already most of the work for them so why are they gone? was this a conscience decision or a mistake? please let me know.

[@UltraViolet_Moses]

Those games are not part of the Need For Speed ghost Tuner era, so they don’t serve a place here. I’m also remaking the hot pursuit video to be a lot longer and higher quality as it’s aged poorly, and may post another supercut just focusing on the need for speed supercar era

[@moulns]

@@UltraViolet_Moses ok sounds cool:)

[@releasethecars6994]

NFS Payback is the best game of the era. Heat had the opportunity to be the best need for speed of all time.

[@dr.sivavignesh664]

Rivals pursuit system and tech with racer cop dynamic , nfs 2015 visuals , payback handling and event variety , heat’s day night system progression, unbound’s graphics , body kit , customisation and feel for the cars, carbon’s canyon duals , mostwanted’s milestone achievement collectibles and impound system , nfs run’s set piece sections ….. that would make the best nfs game IMO

[@lilpipe7162]

Preach

[@lilpipe7162]

@@dr.sivavignesh664bro I meant that ur right so preach the truth my boi. Why u getting defensive ? I’m agreeing with u.

[@dr.sivavignesh664]

@@lilpipe7162 sorry man .... lots of offensive guys in the internet. Almost always when I comment , someone says something ridiculously offensive. Sorry I'll delete that comment, my bad.

[@lilpipe7162]

@@dr.sivavignesh664 yah I don’t blame you. All gud. Enjoy the your day and i hope ur doing good

[@dr.sivavignesh664]

@@lilpipe7162 yeah 👍🏻 you have a nice day too

[@Lambo800-4]

NFS 2015: a half-baked reboot that no one wanted. Its the weakest out of the NFS franchise. It has some good parts that could've been done better later. The defenition of "literally no one asked for this." NFS Payback: Great game. If Payback had some changes to stuff like upgrades, then it could be one of the best NFS games of all time. Its what I call "the actual reboot." NFS Heat: Great game, but not the best time to release the game. I love this game. Its lots of fun, just a shame it... "was abandoned" too early. But hey, at least there are mods like heat unite mod to make the game feel fresh. NFS Unbound: Let the game cook. But for now, it feels lacking. Heat feels more fresh (for now) than unbound. (as of march 2024.) My wrong opinion: NFS seems to be going on a downhill direction. And I hope we don't get another undercover type game.

[@tytheguy007]

Flip 2015 and Payback, and we'd agree 110% - almost to the T

[@jiwik731]

In Unbound i never tuned the story Nissan. It was still plain silver car the day they stole it and later in game once it showed up on the meeting place fully tuned in the cutscene my character was like. Hey that is my car. :D I gave it few hours and no... there is like 10 tracks overall in the whole game. Bit more but it feels like 10.

[@snoweh1]

If I had to play a new NFS, and I loved Underground, thought U2 was meh, and Most Wanted also meh -- what would I play?

[@MobDKGr]

NFS HP Remastered or NFS Heat.

[@Mo0shii]

i liked NfS for what it was back then, underground i like the most

[@bhuvstechworld9743]

I liked the customisation in 2015 only if it weren't for the other parts of the game weren't so shitty

[@simeonyves5940]

Let us just say I think NFS is long overdue the Axe! the last Good one, for me, was Hot Pursuit 2010 (so Pre "Second/Ghost Tuner Era"), and even then that took some time to grow on Me, I love it now, but was not all that fond of it at first. Rivals could have been good had the Police A.S, (Artificial Stupidity) not been so utterly Psychotic in its Over-Aggression as to leave the "Racer" Campaign borderline Unplayable, and had it featured a Functioning Pause Menu (how Incompetent has a Studio got to be to not be able to make a Functional Pause Menu?), but, not to be. Given that, for Me, Hot Pursuit 2010 was not only the last Good NFS Game, but also the First Good NFS Game since Hot Pursuit 2 in 2001 (Pre First/Black Box Tuner Era).... I think the Series is at least 20 Years overdue the Axe and the Sooner EA just gives up on it due to its ever dwindling sales and the Increasing issues that they are having getting Car companies to agree to even appear in NFS Now, the better. I am just not a Fan of the Underground/Tuner Direction, I used to be! oh yes, I used to be a fan of it.. when I was a very silly teenager going through the "Tuners R Cool" Phase, but I outgrew it quite some time ago and now.. well.. I can see just how Bad (very) Underground and all of them actually were as NFS Games.. they were awful, the Series, IMO, looking back, really should have been Axed after Underground 1 Betrayed everything that NFS should be and, basically, Ruined the Franchise for anyone outside of that "Tuners R Cool" Period that we all seem to go through between the Ages of 12 and 15... and that Train Sailed a long time ago!

[@tlynnie25]

I have an idea for a in my opinion above decent game, nfs carbon. It’s one of the main games I played throughout my childhood and wanted to see someone make a video on it :)

[@UltraViolet_Moses]

I’d love to try Carbon, I’ve never played it before, could make for a great video

[@isaacfooster]

I want a reboot of nfs prostreet, but with cops and day and night. honestly daytime more like prostreet and cop chases for days at night. I just wish nfs would be better because I've been playing old ones over and over because the new ones are just lacking

[@IlPorseo]

Marcus from payback looks like the cop in unbound Black chick in payback looks cringe af

[@jfsps15]

Right now they are at 1.99 in PSN, and even at that price i don't know what game to buy, just the HP Remastered lol. 2015 i like the style, Payback has a chessy story but it's fine as a F&F copy movie or their own Need for Speed movie, Heat i see the game and i don't know but it doesn't call me a lot, and Rivals is the only one that it's interesting for me, for 1.99...

[@sosa7st_649]

The fact that bro thinks payback has a better story than heat is insane lol

[@UltraViolet_Moses]

I mean on a narrative front it is objectively better written. All boils down to which you can deal with, over the top pandemonium or contrived characters, pick your poison neither are masterpieces

[@sosa7st_649]

@@UltraViolet_Moses agreed I just feel like heat is the much better game

[@miguelorozco4445]

It is better. It doesn't mean that Heat is a worse Game. HEAT still better than payback ​@@sosa7st_649

[@zzmrpicklezz798]

I don't think ditching the open world formula would end well, no matter how well they implement it. Unless it's some kind of direct sequel to Pro Street, the community would just complain again. No matter what, people tend to complain all the time nowadays.

[@miguelorozco4445]

How dare people be critical about things that aren't for free How dare them

[@miguelorozco4445]

How dare people be critical about things that aren't for free How dare them

[@ElaboratorOfToast]

the plants vs zombies civic tho

[@patrxgt9691]

I find it a little funny, that you don't consider NFS Hot Pursuit (2010), The Run and Rivals a "modern" NFS era entries.

[@undeny]

they are not, its been a while since those came out. guess what, we're old

[@airboruto23]

they are more than 10 years old. 360 era games lmaoo.

[@airboruto23]

to be fair, 2015 did come out almost 9 years ago now and, it'll be 10 next year so. maybe it shouldn't be considered modern as well. approaching atleast

[@patrxgt9691]

@@airboruto23So, not that long ago. When you grow older, even 20 years from now will feel like yesterday.

[@UltraViolet_Moses]

They’re not part of the “Ghost Tuner era”, in which this video focused on. The most modern reboot of the series

[@MikeK-pm9oj]

If they fix cars handling make it like Need for speed underground 2 and not slide like crazy at around 130 mph instead you know turn a corner like Ug2 it does not have to be highly realistic just balance a arcade and realism instead of full on mario kart physics. More involvement in the city bright side gritty side, full on raceday festival like prostreet. Like example midnight club series cars handling is not realistic not arcade just a mix of both and it was perfect! Heck! Need for speed prostreet handling physics was ok.

[@skylineXpert]

Looking at NFS If they didnt add the online only thing at 2015 then It could have been better. After 2015 EA got cheap & would not feature the supra mkIV along the Skyline GTR R34. Curse you EA... Payback without the gambling & micro transactions would have fared better. Heat feels like a remake of 2f2f but with a crooked doughnut muncher of a cop instead of a drug lord. the effects in unbound being cartoonish feels worse than the comic book cutscenes from u2. They might as well have re-done u2 & recycled the comic book cutscene thing.

[@BrolyKenseigoku]

Biggest issue is giving wayyyyy to much traffic, limiting cars to 235mph and damage to your car.. actually since 2010 oh and.. F**k the run

[@dandrelowery3714]

Plus, when unlocking the speed limiter from 235 to 250+ from the community mods. The game runs fine with that top speed but for some reason it's likely to do with time constraints on balancing every vehicle in the game. Also, the physics engine is still not properly optimized making vehicles highly unstable if you simply touch the sidewalk with one or two wheels the vehicle goes flying for no reason. Frostbite engine is not even properly built for everything, and its development is mainly mismanaged and understaffed.

[@BrolyKenseigoku]

@@dandrelowery3714 because ea is run by a moron who does not care.. ending black box, ghost.. they keep on talking about, oh we dont know what people want… easy, police of mw05, customisation of u2, physics of mw and c, big map and story can be something similar to what 00s games had.. does not take an astro physicist to know that

[@joshuajefferson3504]

You didn't like the Run ?

[@BrolyKenseigoku]

@@joshuajefferson3504 the laziest nfs of them all, no

[@joshuajefferson3504]

@@BrolyKenseigoku my opinion it wasn't that bad i actually like it.

[@elbuge]

I bought 2016 and played some others on my emulator and seriously, excluding the run this whole franchise completely sucks. Bad stories and do races 24 7, while racing is fun as a whole all the games are too bland.

[@soupy3322]

2015 is the worst game in the series.

[@Yokaisan23]

That and undercover

[@crazy1speed559]

That would be undercover or payback, unless we count nitro

[@johnxina2140]

Not a chance, payback's monetization and progression makes it worse in every way

[@Otherface]

I would say Ps2 Undercover is the worst, but Nfs2015 isn't far behind.

[@madhunter6420]

2015 is more UG3 than Unbound 😂Unbound and Payback is the worst

[@MikeK-pm9oj]

When i played unbound i couldn't stand Tess she was so annoying af.

[@dennisthewalker]

I feel like your NFS critique are too hash is certain aspect.

[@PandemoniumPirateRadio]

I recently tried all the last 4-5 NFS games since they're all on Gamepass, and they ALL absolutely suck 😂 I'd rather play Burnout Revenge again lol. That game smacks the shit out of these trash nfs games. I can't even understand people bought these NFS games.

[@miguelorozco4445]

Copium

[@krivejkrivex8690]

I love Heat ,not the story.

[@canada87699]

Heat was good

[@catsexe6932]

I still think nfs unbound is the best yet but the heat comes close Funny they nerfed the police in heat one or two times so i guess they decided to not make them that hard in unbound but they are annoying