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The game is very well put together with amazing graphics and fun to be had. Need for Speed offers some unique races, a huge open map and great multiplayer. However, the racing is short lived as you find yourself doing the same thing over and over again.

Also, the integrated constant online feature messes with your single player – as you are racing AI, online drivers could drive into you whilst free roaming, this then messes with your race. Overall, for the price – it is worth it.

However, the fun will not last unless you start finding your own challenges. There are only 50 cars in the game which is terrible, but the game focuses on customisation, so this is understandable. Graphics are stunning (other than the fact it is always night) the story isn’t very in depth but the multiplayer is very good.

Buy it if you love the franchise, if you want to play with friends or you don’t get bored easily. The game is good for street car lovers.

So the last NFS I played was ProStreet and I bought this based on having serious fun with NFS Underground. I played the NFS 2015 Beta and still kept my pre order. This game is full arcade, I will not compare it to Forza or Gran Turismo.

Car selection is limited, even more so are the bodykits. Ie. Can’t change the wheels on the F40 or the Supra only having two bumper options. The sounds of the cars are near enough, as you can hear the difference between a rotor/4banger/v8 etc.

Driving is always at night and the map can feel rather small if you teleport to every race. The AI are entertaining and can be challenging at times. Ranking up offers motor parts and the odd exterior mod.

No real detail tuning options, just a scaling system between drift and grip. (Yes you can change ride height, offset, brakes etc). The story/script is nothing special, rather cheesy. You join a crew and make yourself known to the scene through events.

The game is online only and I haven’t had any issues while playing. Hosting or getting your friends to join can be long winded as this isn’t as easy as it sounds. There’s fun to be had, so long as you don’t take the game seriously.

Drifting down the mountain with your friends whether it be an event or challenge is a hoot. Drifting… Well I said it was arcade and yeah this is a great example; no real skill require. Once you understand how the game wants you to drift, plunging into corners at high speed with multiple cars is a breeze.

My one sentence summary is just wait. Why, because the game doesn’t feel complete, it needs to patch a few bugs, release more content before I give it more than 5-6/10. If you enjoyed Midnight Club LA, NFS Underground then this will still well in your gaming collection.

I really like NFS. This one though seems to glitch way too much when the internet is actually fine. Others ps4 games don’t glitch like this one. I love the customization and the realistic visuals and everything.

I’ve played other NFS games and this one is alright but it could use some improvements in the system. Would definitely recommend tho!.

Need for Speed: Rivals is a fun, open-world racing game that has you either joining the law to shut down the illegal racers that cruise the streets of Redview County, or become a racer yourself and try to avoid the police.

The graphics are beautiful, and the gameplay is fun and exciting, for sure. The largest issue I have with this 2013 installment of the NFS series – and this is totally just a personal preference – sometimes, when you collide with something in the environment, whether this be a fellow car, a lightpole or the like, the game takes away your control over your vehicle and forces you to sit there for a few seconds and stare at your motionless ride – while the rest of the world ticks on in the background, which means you can be busted by cops if they swarm you during this time, or get wrecked as oncoming enemy vehicles collide with you.

It’s a minor frustration, especially when it costs me all of my hard-earned points, but I’m admittedly not great at driving in this game anyways. If you’re looking for a NFS game for your modern system, I hear some of the newer offerings like Payback or Heat have even more options for your cars and a more in-depth story.

But Rivals does more than enough for those that just want to zoom around an open world, like myself.

After only very recently bothering to unwrap and play through (in order) NFS Hot Pursuit and then NFS Most Wanted, I decided it was high time to acquire NFS Rivals for my PS3 and give it a spin. As you can appreciate, this game, being made AFTER the aforementioned duo, had high expectations placed upon it, especially as – NFS Hot Pursuit, in particular – was thoroughly excellent.

However, I was disappointed by this game, right from the outset. First thing to raise my eyebrow; the requirement for a mandatory install. Both other previous titles had excellent visuals throughout (MW especially) and required zero installation.

Naturally, I presumed that this would be required due to the immense graphics, textures and details I was going to be subjected to(?!) Secondly, the load times are horrendously painful. No elaboration required.

Thirdly and, this is the big one: visuals. The graphical presentation is terrible. Rough as hell, I don’t mind saying. If you remember, when you tried to go ‘back’ and play a PS2 game via SCART on your shiny new 42″ HD Panel when you first bought it? Yeah, very reminiscent of that effect, visually.

The game VERY often runs at sub 30fps (I doubt it ever really reaches it) and the visuals actually make the game hard to look at when your trying to play it! Migraine inducing tbh. I will say, in fairness, when the framerate is up to scratch (rarely) the game actually feels and plays alright.

After the great job Criterion did with the last two NFS titles though (opinions vary, but they were at least, graphically accomplished and gameplay was good) this is a massive step back. I have since had chance to experience the PS4 version and, although the game seems to lack any personality and is as dull as dishwater, the visuals are at least very nice and the game plays well enough.

Just a bland ‘we can’t possibly lose’ mix of Most Wanted & Hot Pursuit rolled into one. If you could be bothered to read this far, do yourself a favour and either: 1) Buy or revisit NFS Hot Pursuit or NFS Most Wanted 2) Buy NFS Rivals for PS4 instead The PS3 version is reminiscent of all those leading developer/publisher titles (EA, Ubi, Acti, etc) released at the end of generation for all consoles; a shoddy, quickly ported, “will have to do” cash grab.

If you really have to. then you have to. But you’ve been warned: honestly, just avoid it.

From having a PS2 I had a good collection of need for speed then when I upgr to the PS3 I had a few of these games and I had one very similar but a different title. Now on the PS4 the graphics are awesome and the driving is touch and go.

The only thing I find hard is how sensitive the steering is such as taking bends at moderate speeds so being chased by the police or vise versa you have to brake easy to take the bends good so you don’t plow into on coming traffic.

But apart from that I love it, so I guess the more I play it the better driver I’ll become. And yes. I Highly Recommend this game to all Need For Speed fans out there.

I was super excited for this game even though it arrived late. I downloaded it right when it arrived and I noticed it was making a really loud spinning noise in my Xbox One X which has up to this point always been dead silent besides a little whirring when first downloading a game.

But this sound was painful like as if the Xbox was hurting so I took it out and put it back in, and the same thing happened. So I thought maybe it was the Xbox and I put in another game and it was just fine and quiet as well.

So I put the game in to download even though it was loud and went straight to playing when it was finished. Well I tried to open it 5 times until I realized it was crashing and it wasn’t me accidentally closing it some way some how.

So all in all, the game doesn’t work. SMH. Luckily I could download NFS Heat from my Xbox Game Pass. I bet that was their plan all along.

Took me a while to complete this game’s story mode, but it was definitely long and worthwhile just to see how the story played out. The gameplay was definitely fun the longer you stayed with the game and learned how its new mechanics work.

Speed Cards is introduced as your new system for upgrading your ride beyond its natural limitations, which kind of keeps you coming back in hopes to being ready for the next big event. Sometimes you have to replay events to earn enough to get to the next big thing, but it’s not a constant thing if you are frugal early on with base shipments and earned rewards.

For a smooth gameplay style, I recommend you save all of your Speed Cards until you really need them. Don’t sale the ones you don’t want; store them to invest in rolling three unused ones for a chance to score a really powerful one later on as you progress through the game with your car of choice.

Save up all of your money to get that dream car you always wanted (mine was the Jaguar F-Type R). The only downside to this game, when compared to the likes of Hot Pursuit, is that the cop chases are either very difficult to get past later on in the game and that they just end automatically after you get toward your final checkpoint.

It’s nowhere near as good as it was when you actually had to work hard and think creatively at dispatching them in previous games. The game is split up between Race, Drift, Drag, Off-Road, and Runner (Cop Chase) events.

You’ll most likely spend most of your time as a racer and doing off-road events because those two are the most challenging as you get deeper into the game. (Off-Road is particularly unfair on certain difficulty settings.

) There are a million little distractions to do in the open-world of this desert city, so go out and explore, find derelicts, and save up for your dream car. Then go online and challenge the world with your unique ride.

I grabbed this for the PS4 a couple weeks ago. I havent put it down yet! Ill give it a quick rundown. *STORY* Just like the others, lame at some points and not so bad at others. *GRAPHICS* Amazing, it has beautiful scenery along with day and night cycles.

The cars are absolutely gorgeous! *THINGS TO DO* It has tons to do, there is a ton of cars to build that is very detailed from bumper to bumper, a bunch of story and side races with side bets for extra money.

Also, you can find hidden body parts around the world to 5 cars for that supercar. The car lineup has classics to futuristic, american muscle to extremely rare and now you can build Off-road with them.

It gets a little challenging at times but nothing to crazy. You can free roam and play it offline. If you liked NFS Most Wanted im sure you will have no problem with this one. Its been a great game even with the bad reviews.

This is the NFS I have been looking for since Underground, Underground 2 and Carbon. I hope this review helps in making a purchase and getting this gem the recognition it very well deserves! Enjoy.

Bought the game and was excited just to find that it doesnt work. Scratches on the game and does not get past install menu. Terrible !

The graphics and handling of vehicles is really good but the biggest downfall of this game is the lack of size of the on-screen text which are supposed to help with controls and all in-game activities.

After 10 years, the game is very fun and still a solid arcade racing game. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered, is a nice re-release of Criterion’s Need For Speed Hot Pursuit that originally came out in 2010 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

The gameplay feels very smooth and responsive. All of the cars has a distinctive feel and weight to them. For example, cars like the Ford GT or the Dodge Viper, have better offroad speed due to their higher ride height vs a Porsche 911 GT3RS where it’s ride height is much lowered and won’t offer great offroad speed.

The cars don’t feel they are constantly driven on ice and the drift mechanic is very easy to pick up but will require some mastery to get better times and speed for certain later game challenges. The game campaign is split up into both Cops and Racers and each discipline has their own challenges and gameplay elements.

Each offer, a nice reward and gameplay loop for both careers. And you can pick and choose what events you want to play first. If you own either the Xbox 1X, PS4 Pro, or even the newest consoles you can have the option to choose Visual or Performance mode.

Selecting Visual will prioritize a more 4k display but it runs the game at 30fps. And selecting the Performance mode, will give the game a 1080p output but will run the game at complete 60fps. I selected the Performance mode option on my PS4 Pro and had no major issues of frame dropping or skipping due to the chaotic gameplay the game provides.

What’s included in this Remastered is additional DLC content, that were only available on the old consoles’ versions of the game. It adds new cars to unlock and challenges to complete; which adds about 4 to 6 hours of extra content.

Also, another great feature is the ability to cross-play with your friends across all modern gaming consoles. So, if you have the PS4 copy you can play with your friend that owns the Switch, PC, or even Xbox 1 copy.

Also, the game’s Autolog feature will track and record you and your friend’s best times for each mission across all gaming platforms. The only issues I have with the game is the rubber-banding/catchup where the computer racers can instantly catch up to you, even after a major crash.

Also, the hit detection of the cars and the police can be off at times. Lastly, online matches can show slowdowns and even lag if one persons does not have the best internet connection. However, despite these issues, the game is a nice fun and simple arcade racer that provides many hours of fun and even tense gameplay and at $40 provides a nice value to newcomers and veteran players that want a nice and familiar game.

The single player aspect is too short and easy. Cars will slow down or speed up drastically to keep up with you no matter how slow or fast you are, so there is practically no challenge. There is no added content over the original and there is nothing to do at all once the main events are completed.

The multiplayer aspect is buggy and there aren’t many lobbies that don’t involve cross play, and there is no anti cheat to speak of so cheaters are rampant online. On top of that, bugs and performance issues plague the game and there has been almost no support for the game since it released.

The console struggles when racing with a full lobby and frequently stutters and slows down, and the game is plagued with graphical glitches and artifacts. Traffic will literally appear out of thin air in front of you and cause you to crash, abilities will frequently and randomly fail to work, and in some modes your car will spawn on top of a teammate’s, causing you to lose speed and receive damage.

It is clear that this game was “remastered” solely for the purpose of a cheap cash grab in between development of the main Need for Speed titles. On top of this, some content was actually removed from the original version.

It’s worth a play if you didn’t try the original, but if you have played the original this is an easy pass.

I have been a Need for Speed fan since the very beginning, and I am happy to report that this remastered version of Hot Pursuit for Xbox One is one of the best iterations of this long-running series of arcade racing games.

The graphics are much improved over the Xbox 360 version, and the game plays effortlessly on the Xbox One X. I don’t own the latest version of the console, but I’m satisfied with the game, nevertheless.

The game itself features enough cars and tracks and races to keep you engrossed for months, and you can choose to play the role of the police if you wish. It adds an extra dimension to the game as it allows you to chase and take down lawless racers! In short, this version of Need for Speed is a must-have for arcade racing enthusiasts.

For kart racing fans who have played Mario Kart 8’s courses to death and need something new and fresh, Team Sonic Racing comes along to satisfy your pallette. Before you think it unfair to compare TSR to MK8, the makers of this game make little effort to hide that Mario Kart is exactly what they are aiming for.

Just look at the items in this game (called wisps). 80% of them are borrowed from MK. Missiles that bounce off walls (green shells), crimson eagle that chases opponents (red shell), boost (mushroom), cube (fake item box/banana), rhythm (blooper), drill (bullet bill), bomb (bob omb), ghost & lightning.

Quake is like blue shell but way better since you actually have a chance of dodging the pillars. A lot of the courses look like combinations of MK levels. There is a haunted house/sand level and a volcano level with a molten monster that looks suspiciously like the one in Bowser’s castle.

The good news is the courses look gorgeous and are a blast to play. The controls are silky smooth and there is even a second control option for MK veterans (x on PS4 to accelerate, r2 to drift, l2 to use items).

They really nailed the feel of the drifting! This is probably the first non-MK racer that got the drifting perfect. It’s better than the last Sonic Racing Game. I watched footage of the upcoming Crash Team Racing remake and it looks jerky af.

This is smooth turning around all the corners. The bad news is the roster dropped all those cool and random characters from the last game and the tracks are a bit less fun and creative than those in Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed, where they had the whole SEGA catalog to pull ideas from.

While Nintendo expanded MK8 to include Zelda, F-Zero, Splatoon, Animal Crossing and others, Team Sonic goes the opposite direction and just focused Sonic franchise characters, half of which are obscure even to fans (Zavok anyone?).

I’d give this a 3 and a half star if it was an option. I’m a huge fan of Sega racing games, always have been, always will be. The Sonic Racing series that really took flight with Sonic and All-Star Racing Transformed is still one of the very best kart racing games I’ve ever played.

I mean it when I say it can easily be seated against any Mario Kart game or even Crash Team Racing, it’s that good. So my hopes were pretty high for this. Unfortunately they went with this gimmick of you having a trio of characters to racing around with, think Sonic Heroes in cars.

It’s weird to get used to at first since the place of each person on your team will tally your total score at the end of the race. Naturally you all work together but this would have been far better as a mode of play rather than the entire experience as a whole.

I don’t mind trying new things with any genre to mix it up and push the envelope but it took away from the basic aspects of what made the previous two entries so special. There was also a lack of other Sega properties since this was solely a Sonic racing game this time around which naturally bummed me out but what can you do? Hopefully down the road we get a sequel to Transformed.

Team Sonic Racing is one of those rare Mario Kart clones that is exiting enough in its own right to be fun, addictive and worth playing. The game consists of 15 racers, 21 tracks, an Adventure Mode and classic modes like Grand Prix, Time Trial and Exhibition.

Some levels are returning from previous Sonic racers, but most are new and fresh. The main draw here is with its exclusive 3-person team system, which forces you to work together with AI teammates to share items, gain boosts and bounce off each other to gain the upper hand in a race.

By performing enough of these coop moves, your team will eventually earn a significant speed boost, which could drastically change the outcome of a race if used at the right times. The main mode, ‘Adventure’, places you in a bit-sized map with a Mario-style level structure, where each stage represents a new race.

Each level gives players the opportunity to earn up to 3 stars (bronze, silver and gold), which should give the game some replay value in the long run. Each track is designed with upmost care, boasting an enormous amount of color and vibrant texture work that gives you that feeling of quality, with tight controls and a good sense of speed.

The game isn’t without its fair share of problems, though. First of all, many stages are locked behind Adventure mode progress, so don’t expect to fire up the game and choose whatever stage and character you want right away, because you can’t.

The next issue worth mentioning is in regards to the tone of the game. For years, Sonic games have been catering to little kids, and the series never matured enough to remove the utter cringe from its voice acting and soundtrack, and this game is no different.

Luckily, most of the music is well orchestrated and catchy, but the voice acting and a couple songs that contain lyrics can be pretty awful, so expect to be tempted to skip the ‘cut-scenes’ that occur between Adventure levels and plug your ears when necessary.

Overall, I would recommend Team Sonic Racing as a worthy Mario Kart alternative. The power-ups aren’t too exciting and the voice acting is pretty bad, but the gameplay, level design and fun factor are all high enough quality to warrant a purchase.

The Thrustmaster T248 racing wheel and the accompanying T3PM pedals is the first racing wheel I have owned and after using it for the last couple of weeks I can say that I am quite happy with it so far.

It is no way perfect, and given the price and functionality it sits in a weird spot between a beginners set and a more advanced one (making things a bit confusing to newcomers like me). However, as an overall package it won’t disappoint.

Here’s some key takeaways: Pros: Excellent and solid build quality. Though made mostly out of plastic, the fit and finish is good and I found it to be quite durable Force feedback is very good (disclaimer: I have not used a lot of racing wheels before, and this is my first time owning one).

It uses a hybrid-drive i. e. a combination of gear- and belt-driven setup which is supposed to perform better than a standard belt-only cheap wheels On the fly change in force feedback: There are 3 different set points (curves) that can be changed with a button.

This helped me a lot as different games required different types of feedback Very fast magnetic paddle shifters Wheel has a built-in display that helps changing some settings on the fly much convenient.

And if the (PC) game supports it, some telemetry data can be seen (and selected) Setting up the wheel with Windows PC and Xbox was fast and easy Included T3PM pedals are quite good and offers some flexibility is setting the position and brake-pedal stiffness Quick-release USB-C cable is a good addition Cable routing on the wheelbase (power, USB-C to console/PC, and RJ-12 for pedal set) is well thought out.

An attached velcro helps in keeping those cables under control Mini-DIN port available for option shifter/handbrake Threaded holes on both the wheel-base and the pedal makes mounting on a racing cockpit an easy thing Cons: Though made solidly with good finish, all plastic material looks a bit cheap.

I was expecting some better materials (like metal) on the wheel based on the price The paddle-shifters are really really loud and become tedious after some time if you’re using it consistently. I had to wear headphones to bear it.

Other people in the room will get annoyed The pedal set is very slippery, even on carpets. Even though there are some rubber bits, they are useless. Unless it’s mounted to a racing rig, it needs to be held in place in some other means.

When using on my desk, I relied on a large box The integrated display is not supported in Xbox consoles (at least at the time of this writing). Also in PC, only a number of games support it for telemetry The included USB-C to A cable (to connect it to a console/PC) is quite short – I had to buy a longer one when I was using it with my console/TV setup The default stiffness of the brake-pedal was too much – I had to change the stiffness by taking out one of the rubber spacers.

Overall I found the pedals to be not to my liking out of the box – I had to tinker with it a bit before I got comfortable Which brings to my next complaint – the userguide is not the easiest to understand, especially if this is your first racing wheel.

As mentioned, I had to adjust things a lot to get comfy and the user manual was not the best place. I was expecting a better documentation (e. g. nowhere did it say you need to select the correct device (PC or Xbox) using the “Mode” button) Same goes with the Thrustmaster website – it looks really dated and unintuitive After going through all the setting up, I found that having a rig/cockpit/wheel stand would’ve been much better from the beginning.

So do your research if you’re planning on setting it up on a table All in all, even though there happens to be a lot of annoying issues, the basic functionality and experience while gaming is excellent, at least after all the setting up is done.

Except the loudness of the paddle-shifters, everything else can be taken care of. And once I got there I had a really good time using the T248.

GOOD – Strong force-feedback drive – Well constructed, comfortable wheel – Very customizable on PC BAD – Wheel clamp doesn’t work on desks with lips and ront support beams – Pedals don’t stay still on floor – Very limited PlayStation compatibility – Short USB cable for living room use – Loud shifting paddles – Poor documentation As a product in itself, the T248 is pretty good.

The wheel is constructed well, has a comfortable grip, and the buttons are placed smartly for quick and easy actuation. The paddle shifters have a nice, crisp magnetic actuation, but are very clacky and loud.

The wheel does have a display unit, which isn’t common on the less expensive wheel controllers, and can be used to display various things like speed, RPMs, and other info. More on that display later.

The pedal base and arms are plastic, but pretty sturdy, and the pedals themselves are a nice brushed aluminum. You can adjust the pedal face spacing on the arms and the brake pedal has an adjustable spring ( two different springs with a spacer for four stiffness levels.

The throttle and clutch pedals can’t be adjusted unless you do some rudimentary modding yourself. It’s fairly straightforward to setup. The steering wheel has its own wall power brick and connects to your PlayStation or computer with a USB cable.

The pedal unit connects to wheel using a proprietary cable, and the wheel unit has an additional DIN connector so you can add a shifter or e-brake module to the system. The wheel then clamps to a table or desk and the pedal unit sits on the floor.

All the cable connectors on the wheel are un the underside, so you must wire everything up before mounting it, which is annoying. However, to use the system well requires a lot more time and money than one might originally think.

Logitech claims the drive system is 70% more powerful than their previous model, and that seems true as it can generate some very strong force feedback effects. However, that also means the wheel needs to be mounted very sturdily.

A typical computer desk or kitchen table will suffice, but if you want to clamp this on folding table or TV tray so you can play on your couch, forget it. The clamp won’t work well on desks or tables that have a roll lip or support boards on the edge.

The pedals are, frankly, unusable just left on the floor. Even when adjusted to the lightest resistance, the brake pedal is very stiff. The pedal unit will move around more than your Rock Band drum kit.

The base has rubber feet, but isn’t heavy enough to stay put on its own on hard floors. It doesn’t have any sort of hooks or claws to grip carpet. Bracing it against a wall helps a little, but the unit will still rock back and lift up at the front when you press the pedals.

Like the wheel, they need to be securely mounted to actually use. The frames on both the wheel and pedals have standard M6 threaded holes for bolting them to other surfaces, and that’s the real crux of the T248.

Though it’s supposedly marketed as an “entry-level” or “low-budget” FF wheel, it’s designed to be used in sim racing frames and cockpits. Even if you don’t go for a full simulation setup with surround displays and a 5-point harness seat, you’re still looking at a couple hundred dollars to buy a basic frame for the wheel and pedals.

If you’ve got carpentry or welding skills, you can make yourself one for less, but that’s still costly in materials and especially time. Gaming compatibility can be a mixed bag, depending on platform.

On PC, you can use it pretty much however you want since you have full access to the device’s control panel and configuration. Sadly, the documentation explaining things is practically non-existent. Case in point, the manual uses “encoders” in different ways, talking both about settings for FF encoder strength curves, and again in talking about four different encoders.

The first one made sense to me, as I know an encoder is a circuit that interprets FF commands and converts it into instructions to the FF motors. The second I thought meant the wheel had four different encoder units that would change the feel ( not just the strength ) of the various FF effects.

After much searching on YouTube and Reddit, they’re just four different profiles for programmable buttons. Some PC games have native presets specifically for the T248, making configuration for the game easier.

Other games will require you to manually map the various axes and buttons to the controls. Some people have reported problems with some game compatibility ( often Forza Horizon 4 ), but I haven’t seen any in the few games I’ve tried, including FH4.

I did immediately upgrade to firmware 2. 0 after getting the wheel, so perhaps that solves some of the earlier issues. However, just because a game supports the wheel doesn’t mean it supports the wheel’s display ( the Thrustmaster site has a list ).

On PlayStation 4, compatibility is rather limited. The PS4 itself will recognize the T248 as a controller and you can use it normally in the main system menu to select and launch your games. As on PC, Thrustmaster lists games that support the controller, and a subset of those games that also support the wheel display.

I tried it with DiRT 2. 0 and had no problems. Sadly, the T248 doesn’t work with any game not on Thrustmaster’s list ( at least the ones I’ve tried ). I don’t mean you don’t get FF effects, other games don’t recognize it AT ALL.

I was hoping for some kind of generic control mapping, like the steering wheel mapped to the left thumbstick, throttle to R2, brake to L2, etc, with no FF effects, but at least normal wheel centering.

But not even the steering wheel face buttons will work when in a non-supported game. I understand the wheel is mainly meant for in-depth simulation racers, but it’d be nice if it could also work with more casual games like Burnout Paradise, Wipeout, even Horizon Chase.

Gaming performance and FF fidelity largely depends on the game you’re playing. On Forza Horizon 4 on PC, I had no problem. Some minor tweaks and most things felt right, if a bit squirrelly. Also keep in mind on PC it will be a combination of how you configured the device in its own control panel and the game’s own settings.

In DiRT 2. 0 on PS4, it felt very rough and stiff. Even after lowering the FF settings in game, I still felt I was wrestling the wheel the entire time. It’s good to know the wheel’s drive is strong enough to do that, bad that games specifically meant to support it don’t have better default configurations for it.

As to whether I’d recommend this to someone else is very situational. For someone looking for a fun peripheral for living room gaming, absolutely not. The cost of the T248 itself is almost as much as the gaming console you’re playing on.

The supplied USB cable is rather short, only 2m, so reaching from your TV to a chair or couch is iffy ( at this price I don’t know why there isn’t a wireless option ). Add in the cost for some kind of basic frame and mount and that’s a lot of money.

Such a frame also makes it a semi-permanent fixture in a room, not something you can easily pull out of the closet when you want to do some racing. And considering the limited compatibility for console racing games, I can’t see that being worth it.

For someone looking to get into more dedicated sim racing on PC, it’s a different matter. The wheel can mount well enough to most computer desks and it wouldn’t be difficult to frame up a simple brace to secure the pedals to the floor or desk legs.

Compatibility and flexibility on PC is much better than console, so you can use it on many more games. Its current price is fair, but if Thrustmaster dropped it by $50 ( or if you can find it on sale ) it’s much more compelling.

If you’re already deep into sim racing and you’re considering a dedicated racing setup, I would say the T248 might not be enough. Even a basic cockpit setup, including the cockpit frame, wheel, shifter, pedals, and other accessories is going to run you $600ish or more.

If you’re already spending that much, rather than buying a T248 now and then spending more to upgrade shortly down the road, you might be better off paying a little more upfront for a more premium wheel, one that’s larger and features a quick-disconnect.

Arcade and simulation racing becomes that much more realistic with the Thrustmaster T248 Racing Wheel and Pedals. Whether you’re on a PS4, PS5, or PC, the T248 is designed to free gamers from the control pad or keyboard and immerse them in a one-of-a-kind driving experience.

Right out of the box, you’ll notice this is no toy. With an interactive dashboard display, multiple types of force feedback, and dozens of remappable buttons, the Thrustmaster T248 is truly a driver’s delight.

The wheel feels stable and solid to grip, with easily reachable hand gear shifts and purposeful button placement. The racing wheel attaches to a desktop or coffee table via a clamp for secure, jostle-free play.

The pedals could grip a little better on the bottom, but overall its heaviness should allow it to sit undisturbed on a carpet. I would suggest securing the pedals with better, rubberized material if using on hardwood or other non-textured flooring to prevent it from slipping.

These pedals have excellent pressure for precise responsiveness. You will spend most of your time re-learning how to drive and getting the feel of the wheel and pedals – not surprisingly, just like a real car.

Luckily, the T248 is easy to start up (plug and play everything) so there’s no time wasted on installation and setup. The driving experience stands out the most with the T248. While arcade-style games tend to feel more erratic or out-of-control with driving wheels, sim-style games ask you to hone your skills and precision behind the wheel.

This is perfect with the Thrustmaster T248. For both types of games, the T248 does it’s best to keep you focused on the game with its modifiable force feedback options. Whether you’re a novice driver or a seasoned pro, there’s a setting for you that will let you feel all the effects that you want to feel on your drive.

The Thrustmaster T248 is officially licensed for the PS5 and PS4, but it is compatible with PC as well. With a growing list of compatible games, it is the perfect accessory to get both the arcade feel or a genuine driving sim experience.

It’s a great addition to your gaming lifestyle. Full disclosure, I received this product for my honest, unbiased review.

This is a fine addition to the Need For Speed franchise. My only complaint would be that this one, along with the others made for the PS4 and PS3 are single-player. I miss playing with friends. You can, of course, play online, but that’s not really my thing.

Good graphics, and good handling when you get the hang of where the heck you’re going, lol. Anyway, it’s a fine game.

The best NFS since Most Wanted & Carbon, and it definitely lives up to the expectations those games left us with in all areas except the story, which was a bit lackluster. but not the worst there has been in a NFS game (much better than NFS 2015 & Payback).

The physics are fantastic, feels like a fully refined version of Payback’s physics, completely fixing the unpredictableness of Payback, and actually requiring skill to do well in. Drifting is not as easy as you’d expect for an arcade racer, but is rewarding and fun.

Sense of speed is finally back, I don’t think I’ve ever felt like I was moving as fast as I have in NFS Heat before. Cops are great and they’re brutal, but also pretty fair. If you’re quick and have a fast car, ducking through multiple back alleys is a good way to lose them.

and they do put up a really good fight. Anyone saying that they’re too hard shouldn’t be playing a NFS game and needs to go play Forza Horizon (a good game in it’s own right) without cops instead. The map is beautiful and fun to drive in with lots of secret places/shortcuts/alternate routes, as well as having billboards to smash (reminds me of Burnout Paradise) and other free roam activities like drift zones, long jumps, and speed traps.

Heat feels like a combination of the best parts of Most Wanted, Carbon, and Underground. paired with NFS 2015 and Paybacks excellent customization, with a bit of Burnout Paradise thrown in in terms of free-roam activities.

Overall- absolutely recommend the game. Ghost games listened to what the community wanted over the course of NFS 2015 and Payback, and delivered in almost every area this time. Really looking forward to seeing where this takes the NFS series.

It’s starting to feel like the good old NFS games we played as kids again.

The game overall is pretty good. But in order to increase reputation, you have to drive the events at night. This also increases the likelihood of being chased by cops which are nearly impossible to shake.

It seems no matter how fast or how well you drive, they can keep up with you or pass you. They only have to drive next to you to bust you, which means you could be doing 180 mph and they can still bust you.

When you do get busted/wrecked they take at least $30,000 of your money. So, all told the game is decent but it is completely ruined by the excessive cops.

I have played every NFS. From the early series defining 90s exotic racers, the shift to street racing, MOST WANTED 2005, attempt at cannonball run with The Run, failure in sim racing with Shift 1 and 2, the forgettable Most Wanted and Hot Pursuit reboots, then the interesting yet forgettable NFS 2015 and Payback.

The last two games were mighty disappointing, but they served their purpose. Heat is definitely a return to a decent handling model, cheesy storytelling that defined the series since NFS Undeground and perfected in Most Wanted 05, and a great setting.

Only issue is longetivity of this game once you complete the main campaign as you can’t jump into online lobbies to search worldwide for races. Instead you are placed in a hub (open world) where you can only invite or be invited by other racers to participate in a race.

Absolutely awful system. GTSport and Forza Horizon 4 stay in rotation because of the physics and the online aspect. Heat doesn’t have the driving physics to make tuning and driving cars rewarding on its own.

Without the campaign to drive the momentum, the game does lose steam. But during that time, it is probably one of the best arcade racing experiences I have had in a while. Crew 2 was absolute trash and Forza Horizon 4 took a while to grow on me before I fell in love.

Thing is I’m done with Heat after 20hrs, while I’m going 741hrs strong in FH4. Either way, a worthy successor to NFS greats.

The game is pretty dated by today’s standards, as the gameplay can be quite clunky when compared to later 3D fighters. Even on the PS1, games series such as Tekken and Tobal would be much better in terms of control, function, and graphics.

However, as one of the original fighting game series on the ps1, it has a charm with its novelty, and has a fun set of characters, a cool art style with some of the arenas, and a catchy sound track. If you can pick it up for a good value ($15 or less), I’d recommend it.

It’s certainly fun for what it is, and an interesting look at the early days of 3D fighters.

It’s over all decent game as it’s not new I realize that it will have a few issues so I ain’t complaining because for the most part it plays as if should only thing I seen a problem with was when I get chased by police the road after driving so far disappears and you have no idea where your going.

All in all I’d give it a 4 star.

This need for speed is probably one of the worst I’ve played. It isn’t a thing like the Most Wanted. In fact even the New Rivals isn’t as good as most wanted ! Most wanted is free roam and the landscapes change.

Rivals is always the same old boring highway with little to no city. Carbon was great that it had split screen. It is a disappointment that the newer NFS games didn’t they would be amazing I’m sure if they did.

Carbon is great if all you want to do is race on a track where you can’t make your own decisions and steer off the beaten path if you want.

Need for speed is a series that needs a hard reboot, just start from scratch. The story is pretty generic, ” race to be the best” like arc. It constant needs online, if you can’t connect, you can’t play, meaning you also have to play with other people.

The cut scenes are live action and in first person, which is great for the immersion, but the acting is very bland and just not good overall. The gameplay itself is fun, the driving feels great, they’re 4 type of missions such as “Speed, Style, Crew and Rebel” The driving feels great and is fully customizable form the wheel tighness to your interior, exterior and specs, for as long as it’s unlocked and you have the coin.

They’re are a medium amounts of cars available, but they have a few of each type that you. The game is fun, but a lacking story and bad acting, really take away from it, but the game play is fun and if that’s all you want in a game, I can recomended it for sure.

Having played most NFS games this one seems a good addition to the series with some major quirks. Graphics are good with great visual style built on Frostbite engine. Night/Dawn time setting is a little tiring and puts a lot of strain on the eyes.

The story line gets boring after time with the repetitive missions. The biggest negative to this game is the need of constant connection to the internet even for single player mode. However PSN Plus service is not needed to play single player mode.

Car selection is scares but we knew that before the game was out. All in all this game has its own character with different driving styles and visuals which can make you forget all the negatives until you loose your internet connection.

If you are an NFS fan then I can recommend this game otherwise stay away.

If you’re into car chases and racing games then i highly RECOMMEND this one for you simply because it’s got ALL of the best production cars in the world such as porsche, pagani zonda and many more. The cop mode is particularly good too as it reminds me of an old time favourite ARCADE called chase hq but only with more features such as spike strips, chopper coppers or heli if you will, and the EMU system plus road block set ups as well.

The best part of this racing franchise is simply UNLOCKING the xbox one achievements as well as unlocking more cars along the way. But anyway i hope that wraps it up for my review of THE NEED FOR SPEED HOT PURSUIT remastered version and i hope that this helps the need for speed fans or purists out there but for now take care and peace out.

I first had this game on my Computer, but the game stopped working. So I bought it for my ps3 and it worked pretty fine. Career Mode (Offline Mode) is cool. I chose as being cop and racer. Made it to level 20 on both cop and racer.

The police cars and racer cars are awesome. Hot Pursuit races, Interceptors, Rapid Responses, Races, Time Trails and Gauntlet missions were pretty fun. Some of them were hard and annoying, but I completed them.

The free roam mode is extremely peaceful. No cop chases, no worrying about car health and no challenges. You drive across Secrest County with your cars. You’ll still crash on the free roam mode, but when you spawn back on the road, the car get repaired.

The online multiplayer is not my favorite because it’s a whole lot more challenging with other players online. But to be honest, this game is super duper. Highly recommended.

Good game plenty of modes and cars to unlock. One of the best looking driving / racing games on the nintendo switch. Had this for the ps3 years ago and it’s one of need for speed’s best. Worth a purchase.

Box says download required but is playable without it.

This game is legendary and really changed the way people see racing games. It is action-packed and finds a way to entertain you from start to finish even if you don’t like racing games. Legendary soundtrack, intense police pursuits, great vehicles and beautifully designed open-world are what this game has to offer.

Great features to this game was the nitrous and the speedbreaker that really allowed endless possibilities on how to drive your car. Even beginners can look amazing driving their hot rods. This game gets you addicted on every event from circuit races, sprint races, lap-knockout races and drag races.

There are also tollbooth and speedtrap events that tests your speed and driving skills. The most entertaining event of the game however is the milestone events given by the 15 Blacklist racers. Milestone events are used to rack up your bounty by causing havoc on purposely-engaged police pursuits.

During police pursuits you can complete milestone goals such as dodging a certain number of police roadblocks and spike strips, hitting a certain number of police vehicles, getting a certain number of cost to the state by hitting vehicles and damaging property and getting points on your bounty and committing infractions.

However to be successful, you have to evade the police pursuits after completing the milestone goals for that pursuit also. To escape you can simply outrun the cops and use open-world map navigation to plan your escape or use pursuit breakers which are fragile objects around the city that you can use to immobilize police vehicles.

Another great event to this game is the photo ticket milestone event which is to get a certain miles per hour. After you win enough races and complete enough milestone events and rack up enough bounty you can challenge a blacklist racer and if you beat them you can choose 2 slips that will range from impound strike, get out of jail free, extra cash reward, customizable and performance upgrades and the pink slip.

The pink slip allows you to have ownership of the Blacklist racer’s car. These slips are picked by chance but if you always want to get the pink slip turn auto-save off and challenge the Blacklist racer.

If you fail to get the pink slip you just simply turn off your console and the start the game again from your last saved point and attempt to get the pink slip again. There are also a great number of cars that you can purchase with cash you earn in events at car lots around the city and you can also take your cars to car shops to upgrade them with customizable features and enhance their performance.

The police pursuits are the aspect that receives most attention of this game and is really what the whole Need for Speed series is all about but racing is extremely fun too! Even if you find the racing boring the music from the game will keep you entertained.

Some racing events will feature police pursuits that you will force you to outrun the cops after you win the race. Need for Speed features a great storyline where you are a protagonist that is on a journey to become the number 1 Blacklist racer and the Most wanted illegal street racer of Rockport city.

Cutscenes are great and the game has a epic introduction and ending. The worst consoles to get this game is the PS2 and the gamecube which has horrible graphics and takes away the beauty of the game.

The best consoles to get it on is the original Xbox and the Xbox 360 which is slightly better than the original xbox due to enhanced graphics but the police lights look much prettier in the original xbox.

This game also changed the way we see police pursuits. Other Need for Speed games just require us to simply outrun the cops. This game requires you to create havoc during those police pursuits through milestone goals before outrunning the cops.

This game has great online multiplayer and also has quick-play and challenge series where you complete 68 challenges that test your overall-skills. The 68th challenge is the hardest which forces you to survive a 30 minute police pursuit and then evading it after the 30th minute.

This game features 5 heat levels where the cops get more aggressive and execute different tactics to stop you as you get higher in heat levels. The special heat 6 level happens during the final police pursuit in the story mode where you have to evacuate the city from a broken bridge and also makes it’s appearance in the 68th challenge in challenge mode.

This game also features a rap sheet that keeps track of all your records in police pursuits as well as the records of other blacklist racers. It is optional to break the records of the other Blacklist racers.

In heat level 1 police civic cruisers chase you. Heat level 2 police civic undercover cruiser. Heat level 3 police state cruisers. Heat level 4 police state undercover cruiser. Heat level 5 police federal cruiser which has nitrous and can easily catch up to you in high speeds.

Heat level 6 has police federal undercover cruisers and Rhino SUVS.

For almost every NFS fan it always comes down to either Underground 2, Most Wanted, or Carbon. Lets start by the graphics, this is one of the biggest graphics jumps in the series, especially on PC cars looked stunning! If you do not wish to play the PC version, then Xbox 360 is easily your best bet, by far superior graphically and smoother than the PS2, Gamecube, and original Xbox versions.

Going into career mode you notice how they use full motion video, which mostly turns out so bad in other games its funny. Somehow Most Wanted made this style look cool again with a great setting and background and not so bad acting! The story is the best in the series, is it a good story for a movie? No.

Its as clich as it can possibly get. but its the way they immerse you into the story with your car getting stolen, the usage of voice mail and text messages while progressing in the career, every time Razor sends you a message calling you sweetheart you just want to punch his face that much more The gameplay is fantastic, handling feels good, and the sense of speed on the highway is just awesome, shortcuts are everywhere in this game and its fun memorizing them to use them to your advantage.

There is one big flaw in the gameplay, drifting, it feels like pulling a wardrobe on a rockysurface, the car just immediately loses all its momentum and control and thats probably the reason there are no drift races in the game.

Cop chases are easily the most fun in the series, if not the most challenging, you will love dropping giant donuts on the police and running around in circles while the police just constantly crash each other and give you extra bounty.

Challenge mode is very, very hard in the end and has a respectable 68 challenges, career mode is quite long as well, car lineup is awesome and varied, theres just so much to do in this game and I havent got bored of it not even after 14 years, its sad the reboot of this masterpiece was another hypercar riddled Burnout reskin Most Wanted never deserved that.

First of all, the game is still extremely fun to play even after 15 years of new releases and new hardware. The far selection, albeit limited perfectly fits with the themes of the city and the feeling of being in the daylight and more sort of industrial and edgy feeling.

The soundtrack is also great, bands like Bullet For My Valentine? Disturbed? Mastodon, even Celldweller. Great mixture of songs and genres, even if all I stated was metal. But there is one thing that can easily kill the game for someone like me.

The big thing that for me, crushes it from being the BEST NFS is the rubberbanding, it is completely busted in this game, if you get any noticeable lead in this game, before you realize it, the AI will be right on your rear bumper again, for me around Blacklist Rival #5, the game went from really fun to really frustrating, I probably selected the wrong cars, but come on, the AI with fast cars and rubberbanding.

? Its a recipe for disaster. The pursuits themselves are quite fun really, the whole feeling of having the city in the palms of your steering wheel chasing after you, it is a great feeling but anything past heat condition 4 becomes an absolute nightmare to get away from, when you are trying to escape and start to get away, a Helicopter spawns, for example.

Like rubberbanding, it is incredibly frustrating and can completely ruin the game late game when going for the late game pursuit milestones. The races themselves are fine, you got racing, lap knockout, tollbooths (basically time trial) and the WORST and most BS race type of them all.

Drag Races. They are absolutely horrible, basically you are on a rail the entire time, the car following the set lanes for you, and you have to shift gears and swap lanes, its fine yeah? The problem occurs when it comes to the AI cars.

Or traffic cars, they are put in places just to crash your car, oh and have I mentioned that if you hit a car too hard in a drag race you get totaled? Anyways, they turn into complete RNG and luck, trial and error also.

Final word though, I know this review is quite negative for a 4* review. But honestly it is still top 5 in terms of Need For Speed games. Not the best IMO, but up there. The game is extremely frustrating, thing all the mid 2000s NFS titles were good at being.

And the final thing I will say is that if you want a nostalgia trip, go ahead and pick it up, you wont regret it. Even after all the frustration of the rubberbanding and the Drag Races.

A huge list of cars is amazingly recreated, while Palm City offers a wide range of locations for racing from city streets to swamps. Weather conditions are perfectly reproduced, although they are limited only by the types of rain.

Night lighting is especially magnificent, filling your periphery with blurry neon lights when you rip through the streets of the city at full speed. You can buy upgrades and cars for cash if your reputation is high enough.

There are tons of cosmetic options, as you would expect. On the mechanical side of the garage there are car statistics, which allows you to adapt your wheels to different types of races. Thus, you can get either a drift car, an SUV or a sports car.

The main unique addition is the system of day and night. The city hosts a driving festival, so during the day you can participate in legal races to make money. But, since the demand for spare parts is very high, you will not be able to spend this money until you build up your reputation in illegal street racing at night.

At low levels of search, it’s enough to simply shake off or break one police car, but when you start to pursue four at once, it becomes more interesting. More recent improvements can help your car destroy cops or run away from them if you want to start the hottest chase.

Need for Speed: Heat is a really fun game that offers tons of content.

Gran Turismo 7 for Playstation 5 is just as good if not better than its incarnates, it is certainly better than GT Sport in my opinion. In GT7, whilst the game is installing you can race in a mini game called Music Rally.

Although, the music can get annoying in this, the cars that you use are fun to drive. After installation you are prompted to buy a used car with the 20,000 credits that are given. In the early stages of the game, you’ll spend most of your time flipping between the cafe and Sunday Cup races.

In the cafe, you are given a menu book and this is how you can unlock other parts of the GT world map, earn cars and unlock new tracks as you progress in the game. At certain points you will also need to acquire specific licenses like you do in previous versions to advance.

The controls on the standard PS5 controller are easy to master but I can not comment on other controllers. The graphics in game are superb in my opinion, just like watching a video but your the main character in it.

Every detail I can think of is there including shadows, reflections and varying weather options. The sound is good, but I can find the BG music both in game and in the menus irritating, but once I figured out how to turn them off and only have Sound Effects and other ambient sounds, gotmore enjoyment from the game.

Overall an extremely good game and perhaps a must have game to those who like driving/racing simulators but I think the RRP of AU$109. 95 is a little to high. I’d wait until you get it at a discounted price.

I’d certainly would not pay anymore than the RRP if you can avoid it.

A fantastic complete package, some early QOL fixes requires in some areas but nothing that takes away from the fun overall. Engine sound design even on PS4 is such a pleasant upgrade wow, and speaking of which, upgrades really change the sound of the car more realisticly and prominently than FH5.

Various exhaust upgrades actually sound like step upgrades to the same vehicle rather than how FH5 does it where it just selects a different exhaust sound file from a slightly more powerful sounding V6 engine for example of a different car.

You even have Anti-Lag upgrades which makes coasting the car sound awesome seeing the better looking flames spit out and all that wonderful roll off sound and exhaust burbles and cracks. even on a diesel car! I am not sure if it does the idle rev limiter machine gun popping effect as I haven’t used it on a powerful car yet, I’ll test and see but it’s so fun when driving.

There is a lot to love, it’s a shame it’s always online single player and when servers are down it would be nice to be able to tune cars, do license tests and other stuff like that. I have nearly 20gbs 5g data as a backup on 2 devices which the game would never use in a 6 hour session for example so that’s not an issue, it would just be server maintenance.

Hopefully this can be patched going forward to allow access to racing offline. Every house hold should have a 4g or 5g backup setup in place, or hell even 3g. Overall very good, could do with maybe a few more tracks and more city cars but I’m sure they will come, we are only just beginning with future content updates looking promising.

This is just an evolution of GT that is finally what is supposed to be: a single player game with a campaign. The GT series has lost fans and failed to make new ones while other franchises have evolved.

Gran Turismo 6 on the PS4 failed to be anything new or different from previous entries and GT Sport alienated long-time fans by being mostly an online-only game at launch. With GT 7, fans know what they are getting into, and many don’t care or have lost interest.

This game is a driving simulator that caters to those who just want to improve their driving technique and progress in the game. Visually it looks better than GT Sport looked on a PS4 Pro, but how better can it look.

It’s like Halo infinite, taken as a sole product, it is impressive. Once you compare an entry that has perfected its genre, how much more can there be? I feel that this game is the evolution of the series going back to what made it good in the first place, and for me that is just not that exciting, but what more can there possibly be? In regard to its price, I think it’s way up there and keeping more people from playing it, specially the Ann.

Ed. The Steelbook it nice, but it’s just for those of us that value such things.

absolutely amazing gameplay, car selection, graphics, game engine. couple glitches here and there but this always happens on new games so give a couple weeks for updates. i love the endless supply of modification both visual and performance, and i love finding the right balance between drift n grip.

i am level 50 on this game and i love it so much. only thing that bugs me are the cut scenes with the characters talking – cheesy as but oh well. i preordered this in june and i was very excited waiting the 6 months for it, and i wasnt dissapointed when i got it like others.

but yeah i love it so i hope you other customers do.

Graphically master piece, sound and cars are amazing. However the game is severely disappointing, broken AI, rubber banding and vulgar scenery make you scream abuse at the TV. EA games couldn’t have made a worse game if they’d tried because of the horrid sound track, AI and rubber banding it gets a 1 star.

Hire the game or borrow it.