Deception of the year...
The bad: Awful graphics in lower res, no "real" street races, no world to explore, no cops, poor story (always the same)....
If you are expecting the best Need for speed ever released I assure you will very disappointed...
In fact I don't even believe what they've done in this NFS.
First off: Graphics are awful in lower resolutions, if u want to play with acceptable graphics at least looking like NFS carbon with all specs maxed you'll need a high end PC. I've tested the game in p4 3.2, 2mb cache, 2 gb ram @ 667Mhz, Geforce 7900 Gs (this graphic card is superior to every 8600 series). It might be odd but I run Crysis better than this game LOL. Just to give an example: I run every NFS with all specs maxed out in this machine. To get acceptable graphics and frame rate I have to turn off almost everything like filtering options, smoke, shadows, world quality. I know I cannot judge a game by its specs request but man why buy a game that looks worse than the last NFS game @ mid resolution ?????? They should worked better low res textures so that everyone could play the game smoothly...
Enough about the graphics - let's talk about the story: has you might be expecting the objective is to become the street king or whatsoever. You'll have to race a bunch of tracks and different events, which is pretty much the same has the last games in the series. You can customize your car in many aspects unfortunately interiors were left out of play once again. All races are made in closed circuits. There is no world to explore, tunning is made @ garage, no cops and off course, no incoming traphic.
We all know that races aren't to be done in the street, because they are dangerous, so we don't race outside and we play @ our homes games like Nfs underground or GTA where we could do a lot of stuff that wouldn't be possible in real life.. Playing this game is almost like playing Toca Race Driver the only difference is the tunning aspect and some race events. The game OST is ok, there are lots of neat songs, some are present in other games like Fifa 08. Gameplay is more realistic somehow. Now instead of offering Arcade gameplay like the rest of the series it offers you a more realistic simulation. Damage system is really cool now it is possible to destroy the car in a collision and the damage inflicted by other cars and objects in the track do realistic damage to the car like side mirrors broken and scrachy paint. Smoke is cool and also very realistic.
Conclusion: If you are looking for a street - "indoor" game with realistic race simulation and own a high end pc, if you are a fanboy of the series and looking for something new then this game is for you. To those who are looking for NFS underground 3; NFS Most wanted 2 or NFS Carbon 2 - With mid-end PC - Forget about it because you won't find anything here besides costumized cars and some race types present in other games in the series.....