Need for Speed

GameSpotScott Butterworth

8/10

Straight from the underground.

PSExtremeBen-Dutka

7.4/10

Graphics: 9.0 Gameplay: 6.7 Sound: 8.5 Control: 8.3 Replay Value: 7.0 Online Gameplay: 7.7 Overall Rating: 7.4 Publisher: EA Developer: Ghost Games Number O ...

Press StartMatthew Zimmari

7/10

Welcome to Ventura Bay; a land of street racers, outlaws, and no daylight cycle between dawn and dusk. As a mysterious unknown racer, you work your way through the ranks to earn the best reputation and become king of the streets. Returning to the import and modification scene of car racing not seen since Need for Speed: Underground two generations ago, EA and Ghost Games have attempted to recapture what made the franchise a massive hit. But does this latest instalment/reboot fire on all cylinders, or does it lose traction and slam into the wall?<img decoding="async" data-attachment-id="22229" ...

Xbox AchievementsRichard Walker

70/100

A slightly disappointing return for EA's racing franchise, Need for Speed doesn't do anything to push things forward. You'd think that a hiatus might have given Ghost Games time to inject a little extra vigour into Need for Speed, but the overall result is falls woefully short of expectations. Still, the racing part remains good, clean fun, which is what really matters.

TheSixthAxisDominic L

7/10

Need For Speed feels like a plucky contender, that is close to greatness but tragically falters at number of key moments. There is genuinely plenty of fun to be had in its world, and the return to the themes of Need For Speed: Underground are welcome. However, there simply isn’t the level of consistent quality that the franchise has had during Criterion’s stewardship, despite a large number of their staff moving to Ghost Games, and indeed in a number of ways it feels like a step back from 2013’s Rivals. This year’s Need For Speed is close to greatness, but it doesn’t quite make the podium.

Worth PlayingBrian Dumlao

7/10

The game delivers on what the fans want, and what Need for Speed stands for - deep customization, authentic urban car culture, a nocturnal open world, and an immersive narrative that pulls you through the game.

WellPlayedZach Jackson

6.8/10

Under the hood, Need for Speed is a finely-tuned beast. Unfortunately, it’s out on the streets where the game stalls and it never finds the right gear to get it over the line.

What Need for Speed has done spectacularly is put the focus on the car. In every opportunity possible the game showcases these machines, almost fetishising them. And that’s great, but in achieving this, Need for Speed has left behind what makes players stay for these games. Not matter how great my car is, if I’m not driving down interesting streets, or being able to compete in diverse challenges, then slowly the thrill of the car will fade.

StuffChris Kerr

Back in 1989 Cher promised that if she could turn back time she’d take back all the words that hurt us and make us stay. Fast forward to 2015, and it’s clear EA is thinking the same thing about its long-running racing series, Need For Speed.

Attack of the FanboyDean James

The customization and racing itself is fantastic, but Need For Speed reboot has certainly not gotten out to a fast start behind frame rate issues and the insistence to be always online.

VideogamerIan Dransfield

5/10

Slow, boring, and rarely challenging, Need For Speed is a serious misstep.

PC GamerBen Griffin

50/100

The latest in the racing series barely finishes the first lap.