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NFS is always-online (even though it’s a single-player game). NFS: Heat also featured cops as a near-constant threat, but in this NFS, their presence is mainly limited to the Outlaw mode.

Unlike NFS: Payback, you can’t play as a cop. Each comes with a subplot, but all filter into the main story that you’re a rising star on the racing circuit. These modes are Style, Crew, Speed, Outlaw, and Build. The game has a free roam angle split across five main event types, all of which involve speeding to different parts of Ventura Bay. During the game, you get to race across the whole town, from wet urban streets to surrounding highways and mountain roads. NFS takes place in Ventura Bay, a fictional city based in LA.

There are multiple racing modes to conquer, ‘rep’ (experience points) to earn, and an overarching narrative to enjoy. This version of NFS is published by EA but developed by Ghost Games, who took the basic premise and boosted it. Other titles in the NFS series tweak the settings and features, but the core gameplay always remains the same - to drive as fast as possible. Some racing games (e.g., Forza) focus on the literal nuts and bolts of the cars and offer representations of real-world tracks, whereas NFS focuses on the thrill of racing.