Need For Speed - Unbound - Anyone playing this?

I have it on ps5 and I like it. It's not underground and the cartoon effects are gimmicky.. but I've had some fun races. I think it's a wait for sale. I bought it full price and not sure its worth that.

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The cartoonish shite completely destroyed any interest I had in it.

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it's an arcade racing game. it's not like it's Gran Turismo.

i'd probably play it.

Those animations, to me, bring nothing. I wish I could turn them off.

I will probably play this at some point. I really don't like the Ghost Games/Criterion handling model for open world racing games.

Cars need more weight.

I enjoyed Payback. I played it after the microtransaction debacle was sorted out. It had some atrocious rubber banding though.

I thought Heat went too far in the other direction. I wasn't sure that the racers even had AI in that game.

I don’t think this game is for teens. There are some pretty vulgar lyrics in the soundtrack. Like, pull a train on her, lick my dick, one song said something about pussy. I mean I can handle straight up curse words like shite and frick and bitch. But that other stuff is bad.

Playing the 10 Hour EA trial. Feels like this is a Ghost Games NFS Heat sequel that Criterion slapped their name on after they were put in charge of the franchise.

I still don't think the handling model fits open world racing. It still feels like Hot Pursuit 2010 which was geared towards wide open highways and long curves.

I did not like the risk vs reward gameplay loop in Heat, and it's just magnified here.

Win races, get money, etc, but you're constantly having to dodge police like it's North Korea.

Then, you'll spend 3 minutes in a race and 15 minutes evading the police when all you want to do is go home and bank your money.

I feel like I am the only NFS player who doesn't give a shite about cop chases and finds them incredibly annoying except for in game modes specifically tailored to playing as cops or running from them.

The AI is back to Payback levels of rubber-banding, except this time the "car-PG elements" are magnified. If the AI has a higher level then you, you will loose and there isn't much you can do about it. Sometimes, position 1 or 2 will finish 30 seconds ahead of the entire rest of the pack.