NFS Unbound

[Chris V6 255]

New need for speed looks pretty cool

 

[Ph1 Tom]

190e does it for me.

 

[Daz.]

Jet set radio with engines.

 

[BoatNonce]

You know the saying about a monkey, a typewriter and an infinite amount of time?

I’m going to give @pot ltd Che a computer and let him have at it. I reckon he’ll still beat EA at giving me the Need For Speed I actually want, which is a direct remaster of Need For Speed Underground 2, which I’m currently playing again as it happens.

 

[Touring_Rob]

NFS Porsche challenge for me!

Playing NFS heat at the moment and it's alright, not as good as need for speed (2015) but they are all easy plays.

If I've had a shitty day I quite like 30mins of something brainless before bed.

 

[Adamm.]

If it's free to EA pass or something I'll give it a go certainly won't be paying for it. Could be good fun for a few hours. Needs a good story line to really pull you in for anything more than that.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Why have they scribbled all over it?

 

[Clio_fool]

I'm enjoying nfs heat atm. I'd rather blast aimlessly around a map than play gran turismo these days, although I doubt I'd ever pay full price for a nfs.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

I really enjoyed Payback, may not have been the best story but I enjoyed it non the less. Carbon is probably up there with one of the best, Underground was ace as was the first hot pursuit.

I'll get this if it gets decent reviews.

 

[Chris V6 255]

If you have game pass ultimate then you get 10hr free trial 👍🏻

 

[Touring_Rob]

If you have game pass ultimate then you get 10hr free trial 👍🏻

Heat was free last month too. I've been paying for PlayStation plus or whatever its called for 5 years+ and didn't realise it gave you free games.... what a mong.

 

[Adamm.]

If you have game pass ultimate then you get 10hr free trial 👍🏻

Is it one if those trials where it's a set 10hr period or can you play whenever until you hit 10 hours?

 

[BIFCAIDS]

I'm enjoying nfs heat atm. I'd rather blast aimlessly around a map than play gran turismo these days, although I doubt I'd ever pay full price for a nfs.

I downloaded it for free last month and because Unbound has been announced I've actually started playing it. It's not bad, I forgot about the wanky controls at times, where you end up snaking down the f**king road just to try and control the bleeding car. Cops are stupidly hard to shake if you don't have a quick car and the E92 M3 is actually shite. 911 RSR and I wipe the floor with everything even though it's like 35 points below the recommended level for the race.

Ana is annoying as f**k too.

 

[SCJM21]

I never got on with NFSU2 weirdly, for me the original NFS Underground is the top dog.
FROM THE WINDOOOOW, TO THE WALL.

 

[N0ddie]

This does look good though I’ll definitely be turning down/off the funky visual thingys.

 

[Adamm.]

This popped up on my YouTube earlier for anyone that hasn't seen it. Bit more of an idea what it'll look like.

 

[Chris V6 255]

10hr free trial now available via EA Play / gamepass.

just finished the prologue & bought an EK9.
It’s very arcadey as expected but really enjoying it to be fair. Great graphics & art style, even all of the smoke effects etc work. Not sure I’d pay £60 but can see me buying it after Christmas when it drops to 30 quid

 

[Touring_Rob]

I've been playing Heat for a few months now, 20mins in the evening and its been good.

Somethings to note.

1) My 6 yr old is getting really good at it, nearly as good as me.
2) This morning he told me he found out how to get lots of money and so has bought a new car (he loves saving up and buying new cars)

What this meant was, that he had worked out how to sell ALL OF MY CARS and had bought a Zonda. Mother fucker.

I think I will dangle the new version above as an incentive for something, not winding his mother up for a month or something as he absolutely loves NFS it would seem. He has also started telling me where all the police cars are when we are driving in real life - mildly concerned that I've been inadvertently teaching him that running away from the police by jumping your car over various rivers is the done thing.... time will tell.

Shame all the cars he will get to drive will be electric and boring.

 

[Ph1 Tom]

10hr free trial now available via EA Play / gamepass.

just finished the prologue & bought an EK9.
It’s very arcadey as expected but really enjoying it to be fair. Great graphics & art style, even all of the smoke effects etc work. Not sure I’d pay £60 but can see me buying it after Christmas when it drops to 30 quid

I'll give the demo a go. If it's decent it'll do as a birthday present for the boy in June.

 

[Ben]

I’m going to give the EA 10 hour trial a go now.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

I've been playing Heat for a few months now, 20mins in the evening and its been good.

Somethings to note.

1) My 6 yr old is getting really good at it, nearly as good as me.
2) This morning he told me he found out how to get lots of money and so has bought a new car (he loves saving up and buying new cars)

What this meant was, that he had worked out how to sell ALL OF MY CARS and had bought a Zonda. Mother fucker.

I think I will dangle the new version above as an incentive for something, not winding his mother up for a month or something as he absolutely loves NFS it would seem. He has also started telling me where all the police cars are when we are driving in real life - mildly concerned that I've been inadvertently teaching him that running away from the police by jumping your car over various rivers is the done thing.... time will tell.

Shame all the cars he will get to drive will be electric and boring.

Buy the 911 RSR and fully mod it, only thing as quick is the Agera. Though I do have the Mclaren F1 and it's bloody quick.

 

[N0ddie]

Downloaded this last night (On the 10 our GamePass trial thingy).

Plays pretty well (Its Need for Speed so isn't gonna blow anyone away) though I would like to be able to turn off the silly cartoony clouds of smoke and those effects. Not sure its as good as Most Wanted (2005 on the Xbox 360) but good fun none-the-less.

 

[Cub.]

Been playing this today. It’s “ok”.

I wasn’t expecting it to be forza / GT levels of car handling but it’s ok and modding different cars is as fun as it’s always been in NFS.

Agree with Nod, the cartoony graphics that accompany “trick driving” are aids.

Other than that, pretty easy / fun game.

 

[Cub.]

This is strangely addictive.

Built an awesome modern mx5, a brilliant 2006 Exige S and just bought a blue Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio 🤣

When you put a clean run / clean lap together it’s very satisfying. Still too arcadey, but hay ho.

 

[N0ddie]

Spunked 1.5 million on the Regera. Nearly at the last event me thinks.

 

[N0ddie]

Finished this yesterday afternoon. Ending is a bit underwhelming tbh.

Enjoyed it though and worth the £25 it cost me.

 

[Jonnio]

Downloaded through game pass for something to play in the living room.

Just spent about an hour and a half playing to earn f**k all thanks to the cops. I'm not sure an extraction racing game is what I wanted.

Really didn't help that I tried a drift event and the only eligible car was woefully underpowered and of course then I ended up free roam trying to escape cops in something that was struggling to hit 100mph.