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[olninty]

Hot Pursuit is one of the best arcade style racing games ever.

 

[Connificent]

This is one of the biggest franchises in gaming, it was a big money maker for EA for decades.

The last one had a big budget and flopped like a fish though.

Fucking modern gaming, the budgets are so high that one failure is enough to end 25 years of history.

That and licensing is a bitch

 

[Rocinante618]

Forza Motorsport dead, NFS dead, Dirt also dead.

So the only big budget. arcade style, fun racing game is Forza Horizon? Damn, we need competition. I liked NFS heat, was pretty and fun.

 

[tusharngf]

Forza Motorsport dead, NFS dead, Dirt also dead.

So the only big budget. arcade style, fun racing game is Forza Horizon? Damn, we need competition. I liked NFS heat, was pretty and fun.

There is crew motorfest which is better than horizon

 

[The_Observer]

They should just remake the Underground games. Nowadays they would stand out and the nostalgia would sell them also.

 

[Astray]

There is crew motorfest which is better than horizon

Please expand on this.

 

[Paasei]

Unbound was the last one and nobody cared for it, myself included. And now some of you are sad about NFS? Gimme a break. Just install your favourite old game(s) from this franchise in and call it a day.

 

[Zuzu]

Meh, it's had it's day, at least for the time being. It hasn't been a very good franchise for a long time.

 

[tusharngf]

Please expand on this.

Crew has better festival missions which get updated every week. Grand race multiplayer is so far the best racing experience you can get in any game. More cars variety than forza. Handling is improved. I have played both games around 300hrs each but motor fest keeps me engaged.

 

[drotahorror]

Crew has better festival missions which get updated every week. Grand race multiplayer is so far the best racing experience you can get in any game. More cars variety than forza. Handling is improved. I have played both games around 300hrs each but motor fest keeps me engaged.

I thought even Crew 2 was better than FH5. The Crew is under-appreciated here. It does almost everything better than FH.

 

[Astray]

Crew has better festival missions which get updated every week. Grand race multiplayer is so far the best racing experience you can get in any game. More cars variety than forza. Handling is improved. I have played both games around 300hrs each but motor fest keeps me engaged.

Thanks.

Was considering trying it out tbh.

 

[Lokaum D+]

 

[xrnzaaas]

They should just remake the Underground games. Nowadays they would stand out and the nostalgia would sell them also.

It's really sad that racing games rarely get remasters or remakes. I bet it's the licensing thing, getting stuff like the cars or the music again (imagine NfS:U without 'Get Low') is probably expensive and makes it a risky project.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Sad to see the arcade racer become more minuscule , some great IPs just left in the toilet bowl

 

[Arsic]

You could say EA no longer has a need… for speed.

 

[electricmastro]

"The Need for Speed franchise has sold more than 150 million copies since it first launched in 1994. The newest entry, Need for Speed Rivals, is already receiving praise from press worldwide, winning 15 awards including Best Racing Game of E3 2013 from the Game Critics Awards. Need for Speed Rivals glorifies the street's ultimate rivalry, allowing gamers to choose their driver's seat between cops and racers. Each side of the law will have its own set of distinct cars, tech, high-stakes challenges and rewards. Set in a stunning world powered by the advanced Frostbite™ 3 engine, Need for Speed Rivals also introduces the revolutionary AllDrive system that destroys the line between single player, co-op and multiplayer, seamlessly connecting gamers to their friend's racing world." - https://web.archive.org/web/20131102115459/http://investor.ea.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=799755
So a 150 million selling franchise goes down to tubes.

 

[YCoCg]

They never captured the heights of Underground 1 and 2 for me, those dropped exactly when they needed to, just as street racing culture was booming in media, Fast and Furious just started out, and the fucking kick ass soundtracks those games had

 

[GriffinCorp]

If only Burnout was back. NFS had so much more given to it. I always felt like Burnout was pushed aside. A reboot would be welcomed.

 

[Unknown?]

Probably for the better. Never like they were going to top the peak that was NFS3: Hot Pursuit anyway.

They need a reboot in the vain of NFS3 and High Stakes. Circuit racing, no open world crap, and no lame Honda Civics.

 

[ShaikhCroft]

No competition for the Forza Horizon series now...

...not that they had any since the launch of FH3!