I don't get it... Why is it that hard to focus on handling and general feel of the game in today's racing games? That should be the main thing. And open world is a must? How about some really well designed tracks like we used to have...
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Need for Speed™ Heat - Impressions Thread
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I miss the action and location of Rivals.
Actually I would take a remaster of Rivals with HDR running in the latest version of Frostbite than Heat. The city is painfully boring. Night racing on the other hand is a lot better.
Actually I would take a remaster of Rivals with HDR running in the latest version of Frostbite than Heat. The city is painfully boring. Night racing on the other hand is a lot better.
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Yo, whoever wants a custom character in the racing game, you got it.
Forget the cock-pit view, who cares about that in racing games?
YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE YOUR FUCKING SHOES.
Forget the cock-pit view, who cares about that in racing games?
YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE YOUR FUCKING SHOES.
All the best ones like Hot Pursuit, High Stakes, Porsche Unleashed, Hot Pursuit 2, Underground and Hot Pursuit.
this so much
I understand the market forces behind the push for open world but I'd kill for a circuit-based NFS game again
Played for a few hours last night, came away with mixed impressions. I do think I'll play it some more though. I like the differences between day and night racing. I hit a glitch last night when where I wasn't getting any R points at night, which was kind of frustrating.
I do like the heat meter, and the risk/reward of trying to build that up. Tuning cars seems like something you can spend a lot of time on, as well as the customization.
Graphics are hit or miss. Playing the game on a 9 year old spinny hard drive, and textures can take forever to load in. Performance seems okay, feels like I'm getting sub-60FPS most of the time, but when it hits 60, it feels real smooth. I have an older PC, and set the graphics to automatic. Didn't feel like messing with settings last night, but I'll mess with the graphics next time I boot it up to see if I can get a smooth 60.
Overall, I like it better than I thought I would. I don't get too hung up on the story stuff. I just pretty much browse Twitter when any cutscenes start up haha. As far as arcade racers go, I prefer Forza Horizon 4 more than this game, but I can see myself putting a decent amount of time into Heat.
I do like the heat meter, and the risk/reward of trying to build that up. Tuning cars seems like something you can spend a lot of time on, as well as the customization.
Graphics are hit or miss. Playing the game on a 9 year old spinny hard drive, and textures can take forever to load in. Performance seems okay, feels like I'm getting sub-60FPS most of the time, but when it hits 60, it feels real smooth. I have an older PC, and set the graphics to automatic. Didn't feel like messing with settings last night, but I'll mess with the graphics next time I boot it up to see if I can get a smooth 60.
Overall, I like it better than I thought I would. I don't get too hung up on the story stuff. I just pretty much browse Twitter when any cutscenes start up haha. As far as arcade racers go, I prefer Forza Horizon 4 more than this game, but I can see myself putting a decent amount of time into Heat.
wish they figure out another way to present the campaign. the stories have always been terrible in nfs games. even back in underground days
Taken in totality, seems like pretty mixed impressions overall... similar to NFS 2015. Damn. I'll wait for reviews, but if it's middling, as well intentioned as Ghost games might be, probably time to hand the reigns over to someone else.
fuuuuck - I hate those games
fuuuuck - I hate those games
I swear he said the same thing about Payback.
Meanwhile, Heat will be on sale for Black Friday so yeah, I'll wait until then.
Played about an hour of it last night on XB1X and its "fine".
Its not terrible but its not good either. The city is empty and pretty soulless. Game looks awful during the day but pretty damn good at night. The soundtrack is also pretty meh. The customization continues to be the standout. The sense of speed isn't really there but the actual racing and running from cops is cool.
I'll play some more of the next couple days but I don't see myself buying this.
Its not terrible but its not good either. The city is empty and pretty soulless. Game looks awful during the day but pretty damn good at night. The soundtrack is also pretty meh. The customization continues to be the standout. The sense of speed isn't really there but the actual racing and running from cops is cool.
I'll play some more of the next couple days but I don't see myself buying this.
He did specifically say it was better than Payback, if that helps.
the soundtrack is really wow... like, okay, I actually like a few songs on it, but it gets repetative SO FAST because they limit certain songs to play only at day/night. It's the same stupid decision that made Payback's soundtrack super repetative after a while because certain events only allowed certain songs.
I completely agree on the handling. When Criterion were in charge of this series the handling was amazing. The 2010 and 2012 NFS games were the only ones I've truly loved. It's been a sad state of affairs since then.
The open world thing is just what some people have come to expect at this point. I wish it would change but I doubt it will.
I remember him bashing Payback. He did say it looked graphically good, which is true.
How do Cops get you? Is it Burnout style where they just have to knock you out of commission on the road?
Yeah, I would honestly enjoy these games I feel if it wasn't for that input lag. I also checked to make sure I had the same setting on lol
Sounds like another NFS iteration I will be passing on sadly. I looked back at all the NFS titles and just get sad to see this series dying. Last game I played was Rivals and it was okay, but their last high point was Hot Pursuit from 2010. Most Wanted from 2012 was close, but not quite as good.
Rivals was Ghost's first NFS and I don't think they topped it. If fact I think Rivals still looks better than Heat. Ghost should stick with exotic locations instead of an empty city.
I quite like it. Though it is definitely the slowest starting NFS. Usually after you've played about 2/3 hours you feel like you can tackle anything but I feel as though even if there aren't speed cards they are padding things out more.
This isn't a trend I like in games (Breakpoint and general RPG style mechanics and halting progress) but I also like it in this game because it's not too intense and it does always make you feel like you're progressing and earning your cars and mods.
I love the contrast between day and night. I think the world/map is great. I was coming from the mountainous region at a clip and the city came into view beautifully. I think this is going to be like Undercover or Rivals in that it's super easy to just cruise around. The car customization is fantastic. Love the cops. Player customization is a neat touch. Soundtrack is awesome (Tory y Moi and Tycho!)
Overall I think it's going to go down as a great entry in the franchise if I were to guess and I'm looking forward to putting lots of hours into it.
This isn't a trend I like in games (Breakpoint and general RPG style mechanics and halting progress) but I also like it in this game because it's not too intense and it does always make you feel like you're progressing and earning your cars and mods.
I love the contrast between day and night. I think the world/map is great. I was coming from the mountainous region at a clip and the city came into view beautifully. I think this is going to be like Undercover or Rivals in that it's super easy to just cruise around. The car customization is fantastic. Love the cops. Player customization is a neat touch. Soundtrack is awesome (Tory y Moi and Tycho!)
Overall I think it's going to go down as a great entry in the franchise if I were to guess and I'm looking forward to putting lots of hours into it.
Well Rivals is just Hot Pursuit 2010 but scaled down. So... Sure it had to be decent but it was really nothing special
There is a difference between favorites and best ones.
I don't like Underground 2 or Most Wanted 2005, but I know they are considered some of the best.
I don't think it's necessary to add that which NFS games I think are the best are my favourites. It goes without saying. But you got my two bests/favourites in one!
NFS 2015 had mixed impressions? The game had the worst driving physics ever implement to a AAA raver.
This series will be run into the ground soon.
This series will be run into the ground soon.
Hot Pursuit 2010 IMHO is the best NFS and just a little bit of DNA from that in Rivals makes it special. At least the combat in Rivals was a breath of fresh air.
Now all racers want to be Forza. I welcome the new Grid and its closed in tracks.
I HATE how the story missions start off with you being escorted to the race. The escort driver drives so fucking slow, it's horrible.
Also only earning $ during the day and XP at night is pretty lame.
Also only earning $ during the day and XP at night is pretty lame.
Agreed on NFS Hot Pursuit 2010. It was an amazing game. I would legit pay $60 for a port of that game to current consoles running at 60fps. One of the best arcade racers I've ever played.
The lack of diversity in the races is killing it for me. It just feels so boring. Needs some Burnout-esque variations to change things up. I'm rep level 9 and there are still barely any events around the map.
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Played a bit more and still kinda enjoying it, though I definitely feel some of the complains in here.
Also unlocked drifting events and holy shit, I hope I just need to get a car (or tires maybe) and tune it towards drifting. because otherwise that shit feels terrible. And I don't even mean the drifting per se, I use it frequently in races. But those drifting courses are super tight and I can't seem to reach a decent speed to get my car to actually drift. So hope more drift oriented spec should help with that, otherwise I guess I'll wait until I get overleveled cars / parts to make things easier.
Some of their online implementation is... umm.. it has issues. I drove to an event, couldn't start it because it was apparently 'in progress' by another player. That's definitely a choice I guess, considering other players can just launch events solo and then they're taken. Okay, waited like 10 minutes and nothing changed. Drove to another event, tried to launch it twice and then got disconnected. Happy times. :(
Definitely couldn't recommend anyone to pick this up for full price, but it's been a fun enough time overall for me thanks to Origin Access.
Also unlocked drifting events and holy shit, I hope I just need to get a car (or tires maybe) and tune it towards drifting. because otherwise that shit feels terrible. And I don't even mean the drifting per se, I use it frequently in races. But those drifting courses are super tight and I can't seem to reach a decent speed to get my car to actually drift. So hope more drift oriented spec should help with that, otherwise I guess I'll wait until I get overleveled cars / parts to make things easier.
Some of their online implementation is... umm.. it has issues. I drove to an event, couldn't start it because it was apparently 'in progress' by another player. That's definitely a choice I guess, considering other players can just launch events solo and then they're taken. Okay, waited like 10 minutes and nothing changed. Drove to another event, tried to launch it twice and then got disconnected. Happy times. :(
Definitely couldn't recommend anyone to pick this up for full price, but it's been a fun enough time overall for me thanks to Origin Access.
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The graphics on pc are terrible. There is no way to adjust brightness that I can find, the TAA implementation is garbage, the sharpening in the game is horrendous and offensive with no way to disable or reduce, and the screen space reflections are some of the worst offenders I've seen in any game in the last 10 years. And on top of all that, it runs at less than 100 fps on my 2080ti. This game is not impressing me at all.
Edit: and the game not only stutters, but corrupts the audio whenever it does stutter. And the game stutters a lot.
Edit: and the game not only stutters, but corrupts the audio whenever it does stutter. And the game stutters a lot.
Nope. Don't think NFS has had a cockpit view since NFS Shift for whatever reason. Should have spent these story/cutscene production money into modeling interiors.