

Here it gives you a overhead view of the RedView map, showing you all the events, your player location and rivals locations. With a lot going on all at once, sometimes it comes down to your pure instinct to get you through, but once you reach and enter the zone Need for speed becomes that perfect blend of arcade open world racing that you want.Īn interesting feature the game invites you to take part in is by downloading the Need for speed Network app onto you mobile device or tablet. This unique technology is helpful at times, but it comes down to you as a racer to use and master your speed and control to weave your way through traffic, drift around corners and through roadblocks and use what little Nitrous Oxide you have to evade successfully from the police. When it comes to evading the police as a racer you have plenty of tricks up your sleeve to combat the oncoming chase, including shockwaves that damage and repel nearby vehicles and Jammers that prevent the cops or your fellow racers from using their own weapons against you. Each time you rank up makes a new car available to you and you can use your points to modify and customize the car to your liking. Time trails, Head to heads, evading the police, a simple race or simply going through a speed camera at high speed all add up and give you player speed points progressing you foreword and ranking you up.
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If all else fails ramming the racer at full speed will cause major damage and eventually will bring them down.Īs a racer your progression is tracked through series of events you must partake in. These include spike strips, shock rams and EMP’s. To help you bring them down and to make an arrest, you have an array of gadgets available to you. You will have to use a combination of using your cars speed and handling to chase them.
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As a cop don’t expect the driver to pull over for you as soon as you start up your lights and siren. Giving you the choice of either enforcing the law or to upend it. Just like with 2010s entry of Hot Pursuit the game allows you to step into the roles of both the Cops and the Racers, giving you an in depth beautiful world of RedView County. Yes Need for Speed rivals really gives applause to the whole dynamic of Cop v. Everything I’ve earned up till now rests on this decision. Do I carry on the chase or do I head to the nearest safe house. “Damage Critical” The words flash on the screen and this is the deciding moment. The lights flash behind me as my car is rammed either side by police. Where do I go? Do I take the high way and let my cars speed help me escape, or do I take to the forest routes and back roads using my skill maneuvering the car, showing its handling capabilities to evade them. A helicopter has been added to the pursuit, hot on my tail and tracking my every move. The first roadblock is evaded, then the second and the third, but my heat level is now rising. The cops have found me and the chase begins.

I’ve been racing for the past 2 hours and my winning streak just keeps on going up, but no. The developers Ghost Games/UK and Criterion games and publishers EA give a new fresh racing experience that will keep your pulse pounding every step of the way. This latest incarnation makes speeds its way in as the twentieth installment into the long running Need For Speed series. Need for Speed The Rivals is the latest installment in the ever growing and ever-popular racing franchise. Save the racing for the track and if you feel the need for speed, just play Rivals.

Drive safely and responsibly on the roads. This Review is dedicated to the memory of both Paul Walker and Roger Rodas.ĭisclaimer: All actions that appear in the game should not be imitated in real life.
