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Need For Speed: Rivals | OT | In Theaters March 14
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AstroZombie
Banned
There's a very real point where this game just devolves into a very pretty mario kart.
Ryan242004
Member
There is, it was a preorder bonus I think.
FaintColt388301
Member
Happened to me too
Damn..
Its apart if a $5 per order dlc download that's now available.
BruiserBear
Banned
Did you download the game or are you using a disc?
a tiny part of me dies every time i read something like this.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Do you lose progress for switching speedlists?
Is there any way to go back and complete old speed lists?
Sorry for the noob questions. Add me btw.
RJN is my PSN I'D.
Is there any way to go back and complete old speed lists?
Sorry for the noob questions. Add me btw.
RJN is my PSN I'D.
Shadow Of Doubt
Neo Member
Indeed you do lose your progress for switching to another speedlist from an incomplete speedlist. You can complete old speedlist by going to the career overview in the garage, although I'm not certain if you have to complete the story first.
I'm looking for someone to help me complete one of the friend trophy on the PS4. My PSN ID is Shadowofdoutbs.
KaidoRacer7
Member
same problem here...
http://answers.ea.com/t5/ratings/ra...4571/rating-system/forum_topic_metoo#userlist
Edit: Delete the game, download it again, but DO NOT install the update. Play the game, pass the tutorial. Should be fine now.
The Antitype
Banned
So uh, if anybody is looking for some help to earn a ton of cash as they grind their way past level 20 to level 60 in the racer career, and get the 500,000 trophy along the way, I think I may have figured out something that could help.
You know that story mission where the voice-over dude steals the Koenigsegg police car? Go to that mission and select any of the three driving styles (all three have the same criteria - wreck 3 cops).
Since this is a cop car, it takes just an insane amount of damage and seems to deal a fair bit more too.
But it's also insanely fast, so it's really easy to put distance between yourself and cops, and make it to repair shops.
You're forced to use two weapons - shock ram and spike strip - so you have to adjust to that, but that shouldn't take anybody too long. I mean, I was wrecking cops using spike-strips alone.
I haven't made less than 500,000 per outing since I started using it. Granted, there's no requirement to earn money once you've already hit level 20, but if you want to unlock all the cars and all the performance upgrades and all the weapons on each car, so that you have access to all of them when you're playing with/against friends online.
Here's a video I uploaded to demonstrate. It's 10 minutes long, but it should give you an idea of how much damage this car can take and deal. It starts with 36000 or so SP, but that's just from your average Medium or Hard race, so nothing special.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=639678183280
And yes, I know my driving sucks, it was late at night after drinking plenty of rum and eggnog with friends and family. You can especially tell when I use the GPS to set a path to an event less than 30 feet away, LOL
You know that story mission where the voice-over dude steals the Koenigsegg police car? Go to that mission and select any of the three driving styles (all three have the same criteria - wreck 3 cops).
Since this is a cop car, it takes just an insane amount of damage and seems to deal a fair bit more too.
But it's also insanely fast, so it's really easy to put distance between yourself and cops, and make it to repair shops.
You're forced to use two weapons - shock ram and spike strip - so you have to adjust to that, but that shouldn't take anybody too long. I mean, I was wrecking cops using spike-strips alone.
I haven't made less than 500,000 per outing since I started using it. Granted, there's no requirement to earn money once you've already hit level 20, but if you want to unlock all the cars and all the performance upgrades and all the weapons on each car, so that you have access to all of them when you're playing with/against friends online.
Here's a video I uploaded to demonstrate. It's 10 minutes long, but it should give you an idea of how much damage this car can take and deal. It starts with 36000 or so SP, but that's just from your average Medium or Hard race, so nothing special.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=639678183280
And yes, I know my driving sucks, it was late at night after drinking plenty of rum and eggnog with friends and family. You can especially tell when I use the GPS to set a path to an event less than 30 feet away, LOL
UnluckyKate
Member
No internet today. Can't start the game.
Seriously ?
Seriously ?
The Antitype
Banned
It should start up eventually. You'll get a message saying you have to sign into Origin or some shit, hit ok, then it will drop you into a single-player game. The only thing missing when I did it was the icon beside my PSN tag... for some reason I guess it loads that off PSN instead of straight of the harddrive I guess.
SkylineRKR
Member
I had the Enzo, almost completely upgraded, with ESF and Jammer. During 2 or 3 occasions I missed the station but just took a U-turn to repair my vehicle anyway. I still smoked the AI, a benefit of rubber banding is that you'll never be completely out of the race. You don't need to full speed all the time if leaderboards aren't your priority.
Last part was easy I thought, but I knew that area very well. Within the last 8 miles I grabbed pole and AI cars were nowhere near me during the final 4 miles. For the odd cop I put ESF on.
help!
just downloaded this for my ps4 last night but i keep getting a bug in the training mode!
i can't move! r2 doesn't work, l2 activates my reverse lights but doesn't move me anywhere
i uninstalled / reinstalled the game but i still get the bug
anyone else see this bug??
just downloaded this for my ps4 last night but i keep getting a bug in the training mode!
i can't move! r2 doesn't work, l2 activates my reverse lights but doesn't move me anywhere
i uninstalled / reinstalled the game but i still get the bug
anyone else see this bug??
SkylineRKR
Member
Post 1114, its a known bug. Redownload and don't install the update before you done the tutorial.
EGOMON
Member
I don't really understand what people sees in this game i bought it after reading all the positive impressions here only to sell it two days after, its by far the worst NFS game i ever played sure it looks gorgeous but the offline and the online mode is just terrible.
No real story mode just drive a car to complete a set of objectives and the online interaction is non-existence i mean really 6 players per server in a huge ass map on a powerful new-gen consoles heck Most Wanted on PS3 had 12 players per server online.
I have now been disappointed 3 times in a row by NFS and every time i told my self i won't get the next game but this time its final am not going to buy any NFS game unless it is Underground 3.
/rant over
No real story mode just drive a car to complete a set of objectives and the online interaction is non-existence i mean really 6 players per server in a huge ass map on a powerful new-gen consoles heck Most Wanted on PS3 had 12 players per server online.
I have now been disappointed 3 times in a row by NFS and every time i told my self i won't get the next game but this time its final am not going to buy any NFS game unless it is Underground 3.
/rant over
UnluckyKate
Member
waited 10 mins. Nothing happened. I unplugged the cable and rebooted the game, worked.
The Antitype
Banned
NFS Rivals has a lot of problems, but a lack of a story isn't one of them. It's a racing game... do we really need [more] bad acting, dialog and stupid scenarios? Just let me race.
Never really liked the Underground games either. Whole lot of superfluous BS wrapped around rather slow, plodding racing game with bad AI and terrible event types (drag races, drift courses, etc).
I was pretty happy when Hot Pursuit came along and stripped all the Fast and the Furious BS away and bring NFS back to the heart of what made the series awesome in the first place.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Thanks for your help, tips, and just general knowledge sharing yesterday! Everyone should friend you on here, but then you woudn't have time to spend playing with me so nevermind, lol. Thanks for being an awesome gaffer.
Also, host migration during the Grand Tour had me biting my nails down to the cuticles, lol.
EGOMON
Member
Am not expecting top notch story mode just something that push you forward and makes you feel you are accomplishing something by beating this and unlocking that.
Car customization is the most asked for feature in every racing games even sims like Gran Turismo let alone an arcade racer i agree Hot Pursuit was one of the best NFS ever made and Rivals failed to capture what made that game really fun to play even without proper story or customization.
There isn't one thing in Rivals that makes it a unique NFS game it just lack impact and the fun factor which is the core experience of an arcade racer just crazy fun that defy the law of physics.
SkylineRKR
Member
I like Rivals a lot. I liked Hot Pursuit more but in all honesty I thought the handling in that game was rather pants and there was a shitload of Rapid Responses. Rivals has imo perfect handling and drift gameplay.
This game has more 'story' than Most Wanted 2012 which I thought was repetitive and lifeless. Just a grind to get to the next MW on the list, and those played out the same. Fairhaven was a worse location than Redwood too.
Rivals is not original by any means but to me it blends MW and HP together rather well. If there is an issue I have with this, its that there basically isn't online play. They should patch in some sort of matchmaking, class based. HP was a blast online.
This game has more 'story' than Most Wanted 2012 which I thought was repetitive and lifeless. Just a grind to get to the next MW on the list, and those played out the same. Fairhaven was a worse location than Redwood too.
Rivals is not original by any means but to me it blends MW and HP together rather well. If there is an issue I have with this, its that there basically isn't online play. They should patch in some sort of matchmaking, class based. HP was a blast online.
Liberty4all
Banned
I'm still debating picking this up. The streams of the game make it just look like a really fun arcade racer.
I miss Blur .... one of my favourite racers last gen, it deserved so much better than the lack lustre response it got. Watching the streams I'm getting abit of that vibe.
I miss Blur .... one of my favourite racers last gen, it deserved so much better than the lack lustre response it got. Watching the streams I'm getting abit of that vibe.
R_thanatos
Member
The rapid responses in this at a little less annoying than in HP 2010.
They aren't fun but now you're not forced to play the one you dislike to fill the playlist you want
The Antitype
Banned
I say pick it up if you know people who have the game, and play it regularly (or at least would be willing to play it with you).
In a private friends game, it's great.
Otherwise, it may as well be a single-player game, because there's so little interaction with other human players.
The Antitype
Banned
Yeah. It would have been nice if they did something to differentiate them. Either keep cops out of races, or maybe limit racers to only body-on-body contact, no weapons.
Anything.
secretanchitman
Member
Yep, had to restart the event 3 times and I finally got it.
I was in a fully upgraded Aventador with level 4 Shockwave and ESP (the static things around your car). Driving carefully and even stopping to turn around and drive through the stations to repair my car was absolutely key to completing it. Managed to get 1st place on it too!
SolidSnakex
Member
I'm really liking the game, but it seriously has the most obnoxious rubberband AI that i've encountered in a racer. It often feels like Pursuit Tech is pointless unless you completely wreck a racer, otherwise they're going to be right on your ass throughout the race no matter what you do to them. I know that it was in HP and MW as well, but it feels like they've really ramped up just how much the AI can hang with you in Rivals.
Victory Red
Member
The fact that the mission is to "survive" the world tour leads me to believe that none of the other racers finish it and you always get first.
I don't remember playing a game so good but with so many design flaws like this one. You simply can't breathe on this game without having the police on your tail.
And then the cutscene before the start of an event don't make you immune to damage from cops. Beyond stupid. So we are forced to see a dumb transition cutscene while the cops are able to hit you and make your car strength from 100% to 25% during that cutscene.
Seriously who designed this game? Did Ghost gave the design doc to Summer interns?
And then the cutscene before the start of an event don't make you immune to damage from cops. Beyond stupid. So we are forced to see a dumb transition cutscene while the cops are able to hit you and make your car strength from 100% to 25% during that cutscene.
Seriously who designed this game? Did Ghost gave the design doc to Summer interns?
PK Strawstorm
Member
I would love to mute the police chatter so that I can just have the music and sound effects, but I haven't been able to find the option. The "Voice chat" option is for other players online, right?
Until then, I will continue to mute the entire thing while streaming stuff on my laptop.
Until then, I will continue to mute the entire thing while streaming stuff on my laptop.
Owlowiscious
Member
Pretty sure I got third in that race. I don't remember.
R_thanatos
Member
Just completed the Cop career ..
"This is beyond stupid.."
I dunno what i was expecting maybe i raised my hopes too much when i realised it was the same story from another perspective. maybe i hoped that they could use this way to tell a story that was decent.
Damn , what a waste of cutscenes work. There is no pay-off , there is no real conclusion , there is nothing worthwhile about both campaign stories.
So let me get this straight :
Racers wants to be free
Cops wants to maintain order , but are losing facade and trust by the populace because the freedom of racers put civilians in danger.
So Cops are getting more dangerous themselves to the point that they pose a danger themselve to the public.
At this point , It's a a cat and mouse game between FBI response team and the crazyiest racers where each side think they are right.
But this lead nowhere and both sides only put fire
at this point the story is fine..now all the potential the story had goes away
So ..????
On the racer campaign.
On the cop campaign
WHAT
WHAT
Does this game wanted to insult my intelligence?
Please if i missed a point where this make sense , point it to me i'm lost. the story , so many cutscenes and No pay-off , no morale , nothing , it doesn't make sense.
What is the point of zephyr actions?
He made the stupidest thing possible , by basicly taunting everyone what was he expecting ? a ice cream as a reward ?
Damn this is nonsense... nonsense at the highest level. Never again , give me a racing game without story next time. maybe by skipping story entirely you would have time to polish some stupid gameplay problems that shouldn't be there in the first place.
"This is beyond stupid.."
I dunno what i was expecting maybe i raised my hopes too much when i realised it was the same story from another perspective. maybe i hoped that they could use this way to tell a story that was decent.
Damn , what a waste of cutscenes work. There is no pay-off , there is no real conclusion , there is nothing worthwhile about both campaign stories.
So let me get this straight :
Racers wants to be free
Cops wants to maintain order , but are losing facade and trust by the populace because the freedom of racers put civilians in danger.
So Cops are getting more dangerous themselves to the point that they pose a danger themselve to the public.
At this point , It's a a cat and mouse game between FBI response team and the crazyiest racers where each side think they are right.
But this lead nowhere and both sides only put fire
at this point the story is fine..now all the potential the story had goes away
A regular cop take a Racer car to cause havoc.
A racer realise this and do the same with a cop car
( This chapter does nothing )
A racer realise this and do the same with a cop car
( This chapter does nothing )
So ..????
On the racer campaign.
Zephyr ( the player racer ) then challenge f-8( FATE ) a challenge F-8 loses , then declare a big event , a race as a open challenge for everyone.
Race happens, zephyr crashes and die but is satisfied because he made a show ( WTF )
Race happens, zephyr crashes and die but is satisfied because he made a show ( WTF )
The cops try to take down the racer network and use said network to localise Zephyr, race happens, zephyr is busted/ko/dead. The cop is out of the response team and decide to begin a career as f-8 ? ( WHAT ? )
WHAT
WHAT
Does this game wanted to insult my intelligence?
Please if i missed a point where this make sense , point it to me i'm lost. the story , so many cutscenes and No pay-off , no morale , nothing , it doesn't make sense.
Why would a cop, that might have been so frustrated by the racers attitude or annoyed by the loss of trust by the public to the point it made him use "unnaceptable methods" go to the racer side after all that he's done ??
He made the stupidest thing possible , by basicly taunting everyone what was he expecting ? a ice cream as a reward ?
Damn this is nonsense... nonsense at the highest level. Never again , give me a racing game without story next time. maybe by skipping story entirely you would have time to polish some stupid gameplay problems that shouldn't be there in the first place.
Put a decent amount of time into this the last few days. I like it but seems to be a bit repetitive. Goal is to get a platinum in this game but that seems like it will take quite a while to get to level 60 on both sides. Think I'm currently at 13 on cop side and 12 on racer. We'll see
Owlowiscious
Member
Let me think here. I beat this a month ago so I might not remember it well...
My summary you can skip this part.
Racers race. Cops chase but don't pursue too much (normal procedure)
Racers put videos up on youtube. Gains a lot of popularity. Public sees it as cops not pursing because the cops are weak.
F-8 cop upset at this and starts aggressively chasing racers. Other cops do the same. One cop crashes and dies during a chase.
Racers all over upload videos and become more popular. Racing all over the place now.
FBI steps in. Cops no longer allowed to chase racers. FBI deems racers a non-threat and handles them well.
F-8 thinks FBI is being to easy on racers. Uses a racer car and the name F-8 to take out other racers "as a racer".
A racer watches the youtube uploads of F-8 and notice he drives and pursues racers the exact same way cops do. Deems him a cop and does the same. The racer uses a cop car to wreck other cops.
This racer then challenges F-8 to a race and wins.
FBI now ssee racers as an escalating threat causing damage. They up their efforts and form a group to chase/stop the racers. F-8 is recruited for the team.
FBI locate the racer to start all the youtube uploads at the start who made racing popular and is now a sort of leader. Zephyr.
Zephyr has a final race. The cops locate Zephyr during this race and chase them all down. Zephyr uploads a youtube of the race. F-8 chases Zephyr after the race and Zephyr crashes and dies.
F-8 blamed for killing a civilian and is kicked off the team and fired. F-8 recomes a rival and challenges racers to race him. The end.
Racers put videos up on youtube. Gains a lot of popularity. Public sees it as cops not pursing because the cops are weak.
F-8 cop upset at this and starts aggressively chasing racers. Other cops do the same. One cop crashes and dies during a chase.
Racers all over upload videos and become more popular. Racing all over the place now.
FBI steps in. Cops no longer allowed to chase racers. FBI deems racers a non-threat and handles them well.
F-8 thinks FBI is being to easy on racers. Uses a racer car and the name F-8 to take out other racers "as a racer".
A racer watches the youtube uploads of F-8 and notice he drives and pursues racers the exact same way cops do. Deems him a cop and does the same. The racer uses a cop car to wreck other cops.
This racer then challenges F-8 to a race and wins.
FBI now ssee racers as an escalating threat causing damage. They up their efforts and form a group to chase/stop the racers. F-8 is recruited for the team.
FBI locate the racer to start all the youtube uploads at the start who made racing popular and is now a sort of leader. Zephyr.
Zephyr has a final race. The cops locate Zephyr during this race and chase them all down. Zephyr uploads a youtube of the race. F-8 chases Zephyr after the race and Zephyr crashes and dies.
F-8 blamed for killing a civilian and is kicked off the team and fired. F-8 recomes a rival and challenges racers to race him. The end.
Ok with that out the way, here's my guess to answer your question.
Racer side: All throughtout the game, even on both sides, you see that racers are uploading videos to youtube and are doing this mostly for popularity. So Zephyr is happy the final race is uploaded and even happy that him crashing and dying will probably get a lot of hits on youtube.
Cop Side: F-8 sees the cops and racers as rivals. Like a Batman/Joker thing he thinks they need each other. So when he's fired from being a cop, he still needs racers. So he becomes F-8 to be a rival for racers. Also I think F-8 can't deal with people thinking the racers are 'better' than the cops/himself. So he keeps racing to prove he's better than the racers.
The racer is in it for youtube hits. The cop is in it for the rivalry and napolean complex.
Cop Side: F-8 sees the cops and racers as rivals. Like a Batman/Joker thing he thinks they need each other. So when he's fired from being a cop, he still needs racers. So he becomes F-8 to be a rival for racers. Also I think F-8 can't deal with people thinking the racers are 'better' than the cops/himself. So he keeps racing to prove he's better than the racers.
The racer is in it for youtube hits. The cop is in it for the rivalry and napolean complex.
AlphaTwo00
Member
Probably way too late, but finally cleared both the cop and racer career modes last night, recorded the last race to boot: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10100742961726767&l=6813402104186408332
SolidSnakex
Member
Finally hit rank 60 in the Racer career, took longer than I expected (11h)
I'd rank it ahead of Most Wanted, but it's still behind Hot Pursuit. I still feel that HP has the best races overall. Especially the final race.
But I still enjoyed it a lot more than MW, which in general just had a really boring world to race arrive in.
My biggest complaint is really with how unimportant the events feel. You never really have to complete every race, Time Trials, HP etc. You can find a few that you like and then just keep repeating them whenever you have to in order to complete a speedlist. And any time you need some SP you can just grind on an Interceptor event that's near a gas station for a few minutes and you'll drive away with a few 100k with ease (more if you want it). But once you get one of the higher end cars SP really isn't needed. I found the Enzo to be the best balance when it comes to speed, handling and durability, so I stuck with it throughout the career once I finally unlocked it.
I'm still not sure if i'll start up a Cop career. I've never really cared for those in NFS games as I just like to race. I think I tried one event in HP, but that was it, while I got Gold in every racer event.
I'd rank it ahead of Most Wanted, but it's still behind Hot Pursuit. I still feel that HP has the best races overall. Especially the final race.
The final race in HP actually feels like a race against other cars while the final race in Rivals feels more like whether or not you can survive against the cops until the end. The actual racers shouldn't give you any issue as most of them will probably be wrecked by the end.
My biggest complaint is really with how unimportant the events feel. You never really have to complete every race, Time Trials, HP etc. You can find a few that you like and then just keep repeating them whenever you have to in order to complete a speedlist. And any time you need some SP you can just grind on an Interceptor event that's near a gas station for a few minutes and you'll drive away with a few 100k with ease (more if you want it). But once you get one of the higher end cars SP really isn't needed. I found the Enzo to be the best balance when it comes to speed, handling and durability, so I stuck with it throughout the career once I finally unlocked it.
I'm still not sure if i'll start up a Cop career. I've never really cared for those in NFS games as I just like to race. I think I tried one event in HP, but that was it, while I got Gold in every racer event.
Just beat the last race on Racer. Really was a pain until I switched to the Enzo and then upgraded durability. Now to the cop side, I don't see playing through to get to level 60 in Racer mode.
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Close second is: Bastille - Pompeii
R_thanatos
Member
HI everyone i need kinda help to get the 2 trophies as friends.
I'm on PS4 I'm willing to help and be helped.
Thanks in advance.
I'm on PS4 I'm willing to help and be helped.
Thanks in advance.
iFootball
Member
Just sent you a friend request (PSN: NullPointer)
R_thanatos
Member
Accepted, i just sent you a message.
EDIT : And Done.
Thanks again : iFootball
Now i still need cop lv 60 and i'll get the patinium.