CheatCC says, "EA's Montreal studio has been very successful in creating a game that is fast, eye-catching, and approachable, but we're a bit concerned that the whole experience is too vanilla. Although there will be four-player split-screen, there is no online mode, and the main racing mode seems to lack any features to really distinguish it from the crowd of other racers before it. Playing it safe can pay off in the lean summer months, but if EA wants to compete in the fall rush, they need to give gamers a reason to buy their game instead of someone else's."
SPC writes, "Sunday is this week's kickoff of SuperPhillip Central content, and with it we see a retro review. The announcement of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to the Nintendo Switch saw the site developing a vested interest in arcade racing games. Last week, we took a look at Pac-Man World Rally, a kart racer. Now, we look at a different kind of racer with this retro review of the Wii version of Need for Speed: Nitro."
Is Need For Speed: NItro-X as good as the Wii version of the game? Not quite, but it's still cheap racing fun.
Had Nitro been given online capabilities the score would have been higher just on merit. But the lack of it, coupled with the "meh" presentation and production values makes this Need for Speed a hot rod with nothing impressive under the hood.
