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  • Summary: Feel the thrill of the chase and the rush of escape in Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered on Nintendo Switch™. Unleash a savage sense of speed both as an outlaw and a cop in the world's hottest high-performance cars. Outsmart the heat or take down lawbreakers with the tactical weaponryFeel the thrill of the chase and the rush of escape in Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered on Nintendo Switch™. Unleash a savage sense of speed both as an outlaw and a cop in the world's hottest high-performance cars. Outsmart the heat or take down lawbreakers with the tactical weaponry at your disposal in a heart-pumping, socially competitive racing experience. Updated with enhanced visuals, cross-platform multiplayer – including the asynchronous competition powered by Autolog – plus all additional DLC content, this is the ultimate edition of Criterion Games’ critically acclaimed Need for Speed debut. It’s time to reignite the pursuit.

    CROSS-PLATFORM MULTIPLAYER AND AUTOLOG – Bolt down the winding Seacrest County roads headfirst in racing that is socially competitive at its core. The groundbreaking Autolog connects you and your friends in head-to-head pursuits and races and instinctively delivers challenges based on your friends’ activities. This highly dynamic system is fueled by friendly competition and is now supported with cross-platform sync and new multiplayer gameplay so that you can race each other no matter what platform you are on.

    ALL DLC INCLUDED, PLUS MORE UPDATES – Get all the additional DLC content delivered at launch including an extra six hours of gameplay and more than 30 challenges. Brand new achievements, wraps, car colors, reduced hard stops, an updated photo mode and gallery, and multiple quality of life updates create an even more well-rounded gameplay experience this time around.

    EXOTIC CARS WITH WEAPONS – Drive the world’s most desirable supercars on both sides of the law. Bust suspects in supercharged cop interceptors enhanced with tactical weaponry, or level the playing field with counterattacks and defensive maneuvers as an elite racer. Strategize to gain an edge over the competition, no matter what side you’re on!

    CHASE AND ESCAPE – A deep and fully-defined single-player career delivers the action of both cops and racers, with a seamlessly linked multiplayer experience across all race modes. Take on friends or play through the career solo to earn Bounty and unlock new cars, weapons, and equipment.

    ENHANCED VISUALS – Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered delivers a timeless racing experience updated for today’s generation of hardware with enhanced visuals.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Dec 11, 2020
    90
    Overall, my first impressions of this remaster is a good one and it just keeps getting better the more I play it. I have streamed it a couple of times not because tons of people have been watching but simply because I want to share my love for the game with others.
  2. Nov 5, 2020
    89
    Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered is a good reissue of one of the best Need for Speed ever made.
  3. Nov 12, 2020
    80
    A bit aged in some respects, but perfect in others, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered is still, after a decade, a great racing game with a spicy Burnout flavour.
  4. Nov 5, 2020
    78
    Minimal remaster that changes almost nothing, doesn't look dewy fresh, but is still as much fun today as it was in 2010.
  5. Nov 5, 2020
    75
    Ten after its initial release, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is still a really good game, and the few improvements Stellar Entertainment has brought to refresh it a bit. Nervous, easy to learn and rather dense thanks to the addition of DLC, the title fits without much difficulty in a market where purely arcade racing games are rare, despite an aging general structure.
  6. Sep 8, 2022
    60
    An unfortunately thin experience Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, is a fun romp while it lasts, but it lacks any draw to return to it after completion. The multiplayer options are limited, but the online mode is solid and functional. For anyone who loved the remaster in the past, this will feel exactly as it did back then, but missing local play. A decent driving game with some weird changes.
  7. Nov 10, 2020
    50
    This remastered edition of 2010's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit shows how aged the game has become. The graphics are slightly better, but the driving and missions truly remain all those years back.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 24
  2. Negative: 15 out of 24
  1. Nov 15, 2020
    10
    The Gameplay is sooo nice i Like it, Good Job Ea it’s a Good Game for 2020 10/10
  2. Nov 20, 2022
    8
    Pros:
    + DLC pack finally included for PC
    + Same soundtrack that gives me nostalgia from 2010 Cons: - A few cars were removed due to
    Pros:
    + DLC pack finally included for PC
    + Same soundtrack that gives me nostalgia from 2010

    Cons:
    - A few cars were removed due to licensing issues
    - No Italian Polizia livery on the Gallardo
    - I still hate the Racer Hot Pursuit events where higher tier cops appear at the closing stages XD

    Short summary: The only good thing about this remaster is the DLC content that was never released for PC in the original version.
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  3. Mar 3, 2023
    5
    Para quem gosta apenas de jogar sem se importar com história ou se envolver mais com o jogo talvez esse seja o jogo.
    Começando pelos gráficos
    Para quem gosta apenas de jogar sem se importar com história ou se envolver mais com o jogo talvez esse seja o jogo.
    Começando pelos gráficos esse jogo é muito bonito, com um detalhamento muito grande no modelo dos carros que são todos licensiados. Existe muita opção para mudar as cores e aparencia dos carros mas encerra por ai.
    Quanto a jogabilidade na pista praticamente não via diferença entre um carro e outro além do controle, pois não importava se pegasse um carro mais rápido os que estão atrás sempre alcançam os da frente.
    Ainda sim achei muito estranho o carro na mão nesse jogo.
    Mas o que mais me decepcionou no jogo é uma completa ausencia de uma história ou evolução no jogo. Não existe como evoluir algo, investir em algo. O jogo vai te dando carro atrás de carro e nem é possivel sentir muita diferença entre eles na pista.
    Foi uma lastima terminar o jogo e não peguei 100% porque depois de 15 horas não aguentava mais esse jogo.
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  4. Aug 10, 2021
    2
    I've really tried to keep playing this, but it's almost impossible, the gameplay is awful, graphics and sound design makes the game lookI've really tried to keep playing this, but it's almost impossible, the gameplay is awful, graphics and sound design makes the game look poorly made, you will feel bored after playing it for 30 minutes Expand
  5. Nov 17, 2020
    1
    No steering wheel support. Max of 60 fps. Expensive.
    Joke of a remaster. Really expensive for what it is. NFS Hot Pursuit with better
    No steering wheel support. Max of 60 fps. Expensive.
    Joke of a remaster. Really expensive for what it is. NFS Hot Pursuit with better graphics. That's it.
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  6. Dec 11, 2021
    0
    Poor optimized. I have a RTX 2080 and it keeps stuttering even with graphics on low. Graphics are a little better than original. I wasted likePoor optimized. I have a RTX 2080 and it keeps stuttering even with graphics on low. Graphics are a little better than original. I wasted like 1 hour solving a controller issue where there was a message in the screen saying that my controller was not supported. -_-
    I don't mind the arcade gameplay but the stuttering is too much annoying, it breaks even the music!!! Game is bad. I got it for free but will never play it because it's just annoying to play in the current state. I don't even believe they will ever fixed it. Waste of money for someone that paid for it.
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  7. Nov 17, 2020
    0
    The worst game in the series remastered....
    Barely changed anything...
    -Rubber banding still present, so the AI can pass whenever it pleases
    The worst game in the series remastered....
    Barely changed anything...
    -Rubber banding still present, so the AI can pass whenever it pleases so races cannot be enjoyed....
    -No graphics overhaul, only things that can be done easily using Reshade
    -Handling is still bad
    -Some cars are not in the game, that were in the original

    At least its half the price for a new AAA game...
    If they wanted to remaster a Criterion game, they could have used 2012, which to me is not a NFS game but a fun racing game...
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