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OXM UK: Why Need for Speed: Rivals, not Forza 5, is my Xbox One racer of choice

"It's nothing personal, Turn 10. I have no doubt your Xbox One launch exclusive will prove a glorious, boundary-pushing racer. I'm sure the very sight of Forza 5 in motion will cause my optic nerves to fizzle up and curl in on themselves, like snakes thrown onto a bonfire. A relative scarcity of day one cars aside, nothing I've read or heard about your game makes me think it won't be worthy of my time. Quite the contrary - I'm worried I won't be worthy of your time." [OXM UK]

come_bom3818d ago

Forza 5, or Gran Turismo 6 for that matter, are driving simulators (kind of).
Need for Speed: Rivals is a arcade racer.

Everybody have their gaming preferences.

GodGinrai3818d ago

I agree. I will have both by Xmas. One is a sim style racer with the focus on race craft. the other offers a more hollywood experience with its car chases and over the top action. Plenty of room for both at launch ;)

TearsOfARapper3818d ago

I do enjoy both sim and arcade racers as I'll often buy both Forza and Need for Speed (only Hot Pursuit and recent though). It definitely is a preference thing. However, in terms of next-gen experience I actually think Need for Speed really steps it up big from the predecessors with the single/online mesh as well as graphically. I'll be picking this up and grabbing Forza in the spring probably.

GearSkiN3818d ago

I enjoy arcade racer but they only last you a year till the next one

Boody-Bandit3818d ago

Any word whether or not this game will have FFB wheel support?

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Top 10 Best Need for Speed Games of All Time, Ranked

After nearly three decades of NFS games, here's a list of the best Need For Speed titles that have ever been released in the past years, ranked by The Nerd Stash.

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Ranking the Need for Speed games - from the bad to the great

Paul writes: "Without further ado, here is my list of the best and worst Need For Speed games in the history of the world! I'll run worst to best, so if you want to know which is the best ever Need for Speed game, you’ll have to read on."

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OneEyedSteve1724d ago

Most wanted 2012 imo was awful, on PS3 the graphics are dreadful, and the crash cam was very annoying. Rival is the worst imo, hated that game. My favourite is Hot Pursuit, great game. Also Shift 1&2 are really good.

OnlyThoseOnTheFence1724d ago

High Stakes will always be my favorite. Great cars, great music, and you could see through the windows which was pretty mind-blowing at the time. Best of all it was ricer-free.

steven83r1724d ago

Lame. The list doesn't even include any of the originals. NFS 1 and NFS hot Pursuit 1998. Must be a youngster who created the list.

CYALTR1723d ago

He clearly stated that being this was an Xbox centered site he was going to limit his list to games that released on some form of Xbox. He also stated he had been playing them since OG PLaystation, so pretty sure he's not a "youngster"

Retroman1724d ago (Edited 1724d ago )

From my personal experience NFS I personally don't like.......
The Worst : Underground 2 , Carbon, Prostreets, Undercover, Porche unleashed, Nitro, NFS World, 2012 Mostwanted, Rivals, 2015 Reboot last but not least Paycrap.
Best NFS I personally like :
All ps1 NFS : HighStakes (the best) including NFS 3 Hotpursuit , ps2 Hotpursuit 2 (Excellent game ) ..Underground ( Best so far)
2005 Mostwanted ( Excellent game) Shift 1/2 (Spectacular) remind me of GT , 2010 Hotpursuit Great game but race Waaaaaaay to long in my personal opinion . Last but not least The Run . these are my favorite NFS titles .
After The Run in my personal opinion NFS went down hill fast with Open world mapping crap, always online, multiplayer crap, alldrive, drifting in every freaking corners, no gripping anymore,autolog. None of this crapfest is NFS original formula. until Ea contract Ghost Games to return the original formula back in NFS it will always be Shitty game.

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The 10 Best Need for Speed Games of All Time

For 25 years now the Need for Speed series has kept its fans glued to their seats, but what are the standout titles?

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AdmGenAladeen1816d ago

NFSU2
NFSU
NFSMW
NFS(3DO)

Those are my favorites. Anything released recently is a big steaming pile of hot garbage.

gammaray131816d ago

NFS on the 3DO was the best by a mile and i wish they would bring that back

FlameWater1816d ago

My favs in order: NFS 3 Hot Pursuit, Hot Pursuit II, Both Undergrounds, Carbon, Prostreet, Shift 2 is a masterpiece

Inzo1816d ago

1. NFS2
2. NFS Most Wanted (Original)
3. NFS Underground2
4. NFS 3

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