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[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 97 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Apparently they do -not- have a Need for Speed

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was in Hot Pursuit to post this first, but you beat me to it.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I hate to do it, but we should Shift the conversation to something else.

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[–] tonytins@pawb.social 74 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Gotta pump out more Sims DLC.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

I think the saddest part was observing a clear wind down of Sims 4 then last second "lol JK we're not releasing another sims game" and the entire player base seemed to release a collective sigh that some of the structural problems that have plagued TS4 are here to stay

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 days ago

I LIVED for these games as a kid. They're a shell of what they were. Luckily, i can play nfs hp2 on my ps2 all day long and live in 2002 happily !

[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago (6 children)

The last good NFS was Hot Pursuit and that was 15 years ago.

[–] TurboLag@lemmings.world 15 points 5 days ago (8 children)

I thought the same until I played Heat a couple of years ago. Heat is solid and definitely reminds you of the golden age of NFS with Underground and Most Wanted.

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[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I hate to advocate for live service but...

An open world MMO racing game with a map that has roadworks that change the layout, on a weekly basis. Cops that do crackdowns on certain makes of cars, Carjackers trying to steal your ride, an ever evolving racing scene, weather events... give me a career mode where pushing my luck and teasing the cops too much costs me real progress. New songs in the radio every month, new events, new storylines and new arcs.

E.A could absolutely put it together and it could be great. But they would microtransaction the hell out of it, P2W, monetise the arse out of it and make it terrible. Because EA

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[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I can't agree more with you! Nfs hot pursuit was the best. I'm talking nfs from 1998.

[–] Envy@fedia.io 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nfs 3 hot pursuit was amazing. I found out that if you drove below speed limit the cops wouldnt come after you. Was hilarious watching them go after opponents instead of me

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You know there is a modern patch? You can still play this game today. Apply the modern patch by VEG. And you can play widescreen and other fixes.

People still play it today, even multiplayer see also the telegram group: https://t.me/classicnfs

[–] Envy@fedia.io 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Bless, what an amazing thing to learn on my day off

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I play all my ps2 games on pcsx2 (also on linux but it works on all os). Duckstation for ps1. Works perfectly.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 4 days ago

I don't know if people play multiplayer online with pcsx2.

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[–] MudMan@fedia.io 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Maaan.

I mean, I would take a Burnout instead. I just wonder if it'd make sense to try that at this point with a completely different market and group of people. I guess we can see if they figure out that Skate reboot and go from there.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Burnout Paradise city and NFS underground 2 I spent so many hours on. Loved those.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 9 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I think the Criterion Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted games are underrated. I get why, they're very Burnout-y for NFS fans but don't play just like Burnout, but man, are they sticky and precise and smooth.

And they still look great today, too.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I think Hot Pursuit played more like Burnout than Burnout Paradise for me.

Although the series peaked at Burnout 3.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

Hot pursuit is like a polished high budget hypothetical burnout 2.5 remake

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Both MW and Paradise have very quirky handling built for their open worlds, but I honestly really love both.

Paradise is such a perfect little gem of a small open world that is entirely consistent and has super clear design rules, sometimes to a fault. MW is a super smooth, compulsive expansion on that. They both hold up amazingly well today, even visually.

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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The worst part of that most wanted is that its called most wanted. It's a great game but it's name causes it to create comparisons to the og most wanted which for most, myself included, have big nostalgia for

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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 16 points 5 days ago

JDM: Japanese Drift Master is looking good right about now.

And the other projects will still end up being slop anyway

[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Have they finally had the revelation that the series has been shovelware for the past decade or more?

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That's fine; I lost interest in the series after Underground. NFS was ruined for me anyway when I learned what Rubberband AI was. (Which was also around the same time I started driving real cars, and thus began realizing just how terrible the physics are in all but the most hardcore sim racers.)

[–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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I think undercover was the last true NFS. Fast cars. High speed feeling. Tuning. Cops. Over the top grippy handling at times. Then it turned into cow dung with occasional decent ones but they never got the sense of speed or the fun worlds right for me again.

[–] PattyP@lemmy.zip 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Yet more evidence that the next decade may not be a good time to be a fan of racing games. Feels bad.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 10 points 5 days ago

To be fair, Kirby Air Ride is finally getting a sequel, and that may as well be the only racing game we'll ever need ever again.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

The indie and AA scene have finally started catching up to those tastes of mine that AAA left behind in the racing genre, for what it's worth. What are you looking for?

[–] simple@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago

First they cancel Dirt Rally (later known as EA WRC), now they cancel need for speed... At this point the only AAA racing games left will be Forza.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Of course they do

[–] justlemmyin@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

NFS 2000 Porsche Unleashed was peak NFS, its been downhill ever since.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 days ago

Man I think underground 2 was so my favorite

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I really liked Need for Speed World and discovered it 1 week before the severs were taken offline.

At least I still have Need for Speed Most Wanted III.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Aw that’s a shame. My kid loves NFS Heat. It’s his most favorite game.

[–] tahoe@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I played it recently (after not having played any NFS in like 15 years since I’ve come to hate AAA slop), and I thought it was really fun! The driving dynamics especially, and I was surprised to see so many different cars and so much customisation possible.

Not perfect of course, the music is utter garbage (to my ears) and it could have been more polished, but I definitely didn’t expect I’d play for 30 hours. They were on the right track.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 5 days ago (5 children)
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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I genuinely think we need a "Stop Killing Games" like movement to resurrect old games, but with a more public-domain approach.

As in remaking games like NFS, Command & Conquer, Freedom Fighter or Earth-2150 but make the assets public domain so that others can pick up & add things to the setting

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 days ago

Trademarks should expire quicker I guess. That said, copyright in general is broken.

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 5 points 5 days ago

Pffft, 5th, Porsche, part was the last playable anyway...

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Oh, finally? It only took them a hundred years.

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