Need for Speed: Rivals

1. mracof

   Nov 15, 2013

   10

   Best auto game ever! Works like a charm on PS4. I'm really impressed with the gameplay and the graphics. The multyplayer is very entertaining.Best auto game ever! Works like a charm on PS4. I'm really impressed with the gameplay and the graphics. The multyplayer is very entertaining. A small downside, but nothing to make me not to rate this at 10, are the fps lock at 30. EA execceded my expectations with this new NFS.… Expand

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2. ericjohn004

   Feb 2, 2014

   9

   NFS: Rivals puts you in the middle of a small city, a forest in the hills, a snowy mountain, and a desert. The games graphics are massivelyNFS: Rivals puts you in the middle of a small city, a forest in the hills, a snowy mountain, and a desert. The games graphics are massively impressive. The lighting, reflections and shadows are awesome on PC. And the cars look SO much better than anything else I've ever seen. The game also has a system where the time of day changes. So it can be sunrise, sunset, mid day, or night time. The game looks best at sun rise. It's breathtaking how awesome this looks. Most of the roads you ride on are blacktop with a very reflective surface. And you always have some type of debris floating around, whether it be snow, sand, green leaves, brown leaves, or rain. When it does rain, it can be anything from a drizzle to a thunderstorm. The rain looks amazing as does everything else. There is nothing like being a cop chasing a racer through a forest at night, and it's pouring down raining while your sirens are blasting and your engines revving up. It's an awesome experience.
   
   The sounds of the game are also quite impressive. As I've played racing games a good bit, and NFS: Rivals sounds are right on the money. Each car has a different sound and slightly different feel. Some cars are rather slow while others are blazing fast. You won't really hear too much background noise, other than other cars, cops talking, sirens, tire screeches, pursuit tech, and your own car. So you won't be hearing a whole lot of the birds chirping or water or anything like that. Although you can hear thunder if a thunderstorm rolls in, and yes you'll here waterfalls if you go right by them. But most of the time you just hear the radio playing and your own car. So thank goodness the sound track is awesome. I didn't know any of these songs before I played this game, but now I love the songs. The sound track is awesome. Awesome in that I've downloaded these songs and listen to them daily now.
   
   I've searched far and wide for an open world racing game that has the graphical standard I am used to from playing Far Cry 3, Crysis 3, and Metro LL. And this is the only game I can truly recommend. FYI, the next best is NFS: Most Wanted, although the graphics are a definite step down, it still looks better than anything else.
   
   The big downside to this game is the fact that it only runs at 30FPS. There is a "fix" to this where you can set it to whatever FPS you'd like. But if you have it set at 60FPS, and it drops to 59FPS, your game will slow down and your car will start to glitch. And even though I have a GTX780, it still drops to 59FPS every few seconds. Not because of the ability of the card, just because it's throttling to maintain 60FPS, and when you hit a point that gets strenuous, it'll drop to 59 then pop right back up to 60, simply because of the throttling, not the power of the card. So no matter how powerful your graphics card, you'll get this glitch. Although it looks SO much smoother at 60FPS, I run it at 30FPS so my car doesn't slow down and it doesn't glitch out. FYI, if I set the game with a 100FPS cap, the game only runs at about 80-85FPS with a 3570k@4.7Ghz and overclocked GTX780. So NFS: Rivals is a fairly demanding game. And I'm not surprised being that it's based on Battlefield 4's Frost Bite 3 engine. Also, I notice if I use this "fix", and I race online with other people, my car(although it doesn't feel like it to me)is a noticeable amount slower than other online racers. To the point that they beat you easily. Since I've gone back to the regular 30FPS this hasn't happened again. Maybe those players were just THAT good, probably not though.
   
   So between the looks, the sounds, and the gameplay, this is THE best open world racing game to date.… Expand

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4. Jonasluas

   Jun 20, 2020

   8

   Un gran juego un poco mas realista una aventura entre policias y corredores bien desarrollado alejandose de las carreras de barrio como lo esUn gran juego un poco mas realista una aventura entre policias y corredores bien desarrollado alejandose de las carreras de barrio como lo es siempre al igual que el tuning exotico gran juegos si quieres jugar solo… Expand

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5. cxqcxqcxq

   Oct 22, 2019

   6

   boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring

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6. Hossrobinson

   Jul 10, 2014

   5

   I don't know what it is but there was a lot left to be desired after playing most wanted. The game just didn't seem complete to me. ItI don't know what it is but there was a lot left to be desired after playing most wanted. The game just didn't seem complete to me. It didn't seem very big or very complex. Most wanted made you explore separate areas of a big city while rivals seemed very narrow in drive-able areas. Plus it was almost in possible to go cruising because the cops were on you at every moment and the long stretches of single roads made it impossible to escape them sometimes. I was bored of the game after a few weeks and went back to Most Wanted and Forza Horizon.… Expand

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7. DGDrocks7

   Mar 12, 2018

   4

   At first, I thought this was an improved version of NFS Hot Pursuit 2010. Boy, was I wrong. Now that doesn't mean it has to be in order to beAt first, I thought this was an improved version of NFS Hot Pursuit 2010. Boy, was I wrong. Now that doesn't mean it has to be in order to be good, but on it's own, both as an NFS and racing game, it's just not good.
   
   Why? It's unbalanced. Cops dominate the road. When playing as them, you get new cars for free. You only have to buy the Pursuit Tech. But it's just so similar to Hot Pursuit 2010 you may as well play that instead.
   
   Playing as a Racer is where the game shows it's ugly head. You need to buy everything as a Racer. When you finish an event and earn points, you need to go to a hideout to bank them, else if you get busted, you lose them. And the thing is, if you stay on the road for longer than 5 minutes, your chances of getting caught are greatly increased. So either you go into a hideout to bank your points after an event and endure long loading screens. Or earn more points by staying on the road longer, but get busted by superhuman cops, making all that hard work go down the drain.
   
   Speaking of the superhuman cops, I meant what I said by that. They have superhuman sense, as when you think you're escaping, suddenly they continue the pursuit, though they are nowhere to be seen. They can teleport as they can spawn in front of you. They have super strength because they can take a quarter of your health wheras you can barely take out a tenth of theirs. And they are psychic too because they'll chase you for no reason to arrest you for a crime you didn't commit (yet).
   
   Plus, the game still progresses after you complete a Speedlist, even if you get busted, but you still lose the points! Why can't I progress but not keep the points? Because of that, I am severely behind in my vehicles and upgrades and I get my rear-bumper kicked because of that. So you're saying the only way to get a chance at my Rivals is to make back the points I lost? No thanks.
   
   The 4 points I give to the game are because it looks kinda pretty. Yet I should have used that against the game because looks deceive. Thanks a lot EA.… Expand

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8. Bulbotrax

   Feb 12, 2017

   0

   This crappy piece of trash is not a game... it's a crappy piece of trash. This is a festival of bad ideas: for example: night & day cycle...This crappy piece of trash is not a game... it's a crappy piece of trash. This is a festival of bad ideas: for example: night & day cycle... when it's drak, you can't see a damn thing... the graphics of the "game" are a failure, too many lens flares, too many dirt... It's obvious the team behind this turd didn't play it.
   
   the worst game of the licence.… Expand

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