Back in the day, after being disappointed by Most Wanted reboot, and hearing this one is always online and locked to 30 FPS even on PC, it essentially bricked my interest in NFS games in general. Recently, after trying Heat, and being very positively surprised how good it is, I decided to return to previous three entries as well.

And so far, after playing Heat, NFS (2016) and Rivals, I can say, that this one is probably the best of the bunch.

It is a pure oldschool NFS experience, with focus only on racing and cop chases, without barely any bloat in the openworld map and car customisation. You simply pick your car, change the color if you want, upgrade performance, and on you go racing or chasing in beautiful countryside on the most exotic cars the world can offer.

Handling is excellent and precise, surprisingly responsive even with the 30 FPS lock. Visuals barely aged even after 12 years (Frostbite is timeless engine), soundtrack is simply excellent, and races with cop chases are as cinematic as only possible in a game made by Burnout creators from Criterion games.

The only big issue is the always online aspect of the game, especially with P2P matchmaking, where host migrations randomly disconnect you from ongoing race, and you have to wait till game connects you to another player. The race continues after this, but immersion is all gone... And not being able to pause the game is really annoying as well.

Otherwise there is really not much to complain about. Rivals is a barebones openworld racing game in the most positive way possible - focusing only on as entertaining races/chases as possible.

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