Nice move EA,

removing the original game from steam and release a so-called 'remastered' version in which almost nothing has been changed, just to ask for another 30€. I was actually really looking forward to the remastered version, but that's just cheeky and another figurehead of a greedy company.

⚖️ Grade = A. Worth a buy, for those who enjoy arcade race, chase & escape. However, for who want car setup, customization & realistic racing, don't buy it

✔️ Point A to Point B (Sprint, not Circuit)
✔️ Time Attack for replay value
✔️ Cop pursuit
✔️ Take down cars
✔️ Exciting collision damage
✔️ Must win 1st pos in very races
❌ Weekly random challenges
❌ Car customization
❌ One life challenge (No retry if failed)
❌ Ghost car for training


🔎 Long version checklist ➜ Reveal
🗯 Disagree + Criticize ➜ Write here

🕘 2010: Game released & didn't aware of this
🕘 2017: Play for the first time & love it
🕘 17 hours gameplay later: Still love it
🕘 2020: Remaster released

🔊 Require to login EA account to play
🔊 Steam friend will not auto load into friend list
🔊 Require friend ID to add into friend list
🔊 Person best will save into cloud, but not game progress
🔊 Manually backup saved progress (Users\secre\Documents\Criterion Games\)
🔊 No DLC is available on PC
🔊 Community Rating: Very Positive

⚠️ Autolog exist, no buy ➜ Skippable thing
⚠️ Unskippable logo video, old online activity ➜ isn't affecting that much

💎Option to start as a Racer / Cop
💎Very easy to drive
💎Very immersive damaging
💎Offensive / Defensive devices available
💎Cinematic sound effects
💎Many Cinematic cutscenes
💎Autolog: always have random friend suggestion
💎Autolog: always have notification that friend had beaten your record

Thanks for reading, please 👍 to support because writing all this is not a easy task, then:
🔔 Browse more similar reviews and follow this Curator, or
🤝 Visit our group to understand what culture we are

EA is at it again, f.u.c.k.i.n.g. over the ones that bought their legacy games on Steam.
with the Remaster of this game being released, they removed the capabilities of purchasing this version

If they gave access to the remastered version to the owners of the original for free, that would've been nice, but then again, never expect nice things coming from EA

Loved this game on the 360 and it's only better here........ if you do a couple things first. This game will only use one cpu core by default and as a result the frame rate will hitch and stutter as the cpu core is overloaded. While the game is running go to task manager, details, right click hot NFS11.exe, and select "affinity". Uncheck the CPU core in use, should be CPU0, and your other cores will take the processing load. Now you can enjoy whatever your GPU can handle. There are permanent ways to apply this tweak if you would like as this will have to be done every launch. I also would recommend forcing anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering via nvcp or amd equivalent. Locking your frame rate is also a great way to even frame pacing and decrease input latency. Playing this game at 4k with 8Xmsaa, 16Xaf, and a silky stutter free framerate gave my life meaning again. hope you enjoy.

Tbh if already owned the game you should be given the remaster for free

To start off, I can't say that this is my favorite NFS game of all time, but it is certainly up there. I have been a NFS fan for a long time, dating back to the good old PS2 days with Most Wanted and Carbon. So far no other NFS game, in my opinion, has been better than those, but Hot Pursuit is still a lot of fun, and here's why.

PROS:

The graphics are fantastic. The car models are awesome as always, and the scenery is beautiful. Yes, scenery especially matters to me because I want to be able to go for a nice drive, if that's what I'm in the mood for. It looks great at 200+ MPH too! Now don't expect Metro: Last Light graphics, but it really is a nice looking game.

There are quite a few cars as well. I can't say for sure how many there are, but it's certainly enough to keep you busy with trying certain races with different cars or just taking them for a spin. Not to mention that for every normal car in the game there is a cop car counterpart, with the addition of a couple! So if driving at 200+ MPH on a freeway with sirens on sounds fun to you, this game is for you. What about the handling then?

I personally enjoy how the cars handle. It is NOT a simulator in any way. It is arcade style racing with easy drifting so you can boost into those corners without losing tons of speed or control. To me it seems like all the cars handle in a very similar fashion, but I actually don't mind it. I don't think this type of racing is for everyone however, but it's not hard at all to get used to. Remember that this game is all about going fast to evade cops or bust racers using special abilities, so you can't be completely focused on realistic driving. But that brings me to another thing I love about this.

In the game, whether you are a racer or a cop, you have access to EMPs, spike strips, roadblocks, extreme turbo, and more. All these make the game more exciting and tense. If you are a racer, you can drop spike strips on cops OR other racers and use EMPs to pass someone, and if you are a cop, you use all of these to take down racers. I especially enjoyed the cop career more because it is really fun to smash into other cars and send them into a barrel roll or other cool crashes.

NEUTRAL:

The free roam is one thing I always want in a racing game. Yes, Hot Pursuit does have it, but I feel that it is missing content. Being able to free roam as a racer, you would expect to occasionally run into a police car and get into some sort of epic chase, or vice versa being a cop, but sadly that just isn't the case. There aren't even any collectables! I guess the free roam in Hot Pursuit is pretty much there to test out cars or just go for a nice ride. So yes, it's nice to have, but it lacks content.

The menus are also sub-par. You can very easily tell that it is more suited for consoles. While I strongly recommend using a controller for this game anyways, the least they could have done was provide a more intuitive menu for the PC version.

CONS:

With the exception of changing the color of the car, there is NO customization. I guess I "spoiled" myself with the feature of customizing back when I played on the PS2. I don't know why they ever took it out.

Now that I think about it, the menu tutorial at the very beginning of the game is pointless and unskippable. It's like they expect you to know absolutely nothing about how a menu works. It takes a few minutes and is mandatory before actually playing the game.

TL;DR:

NFS: Hot Pursuit is a really fun game with nice graphics, a great selection of cars, and tense racing. While free roam could have been significantly improved, it is always great to be able to go for a joyride in any of the vehicles you have unlocked, including the cop cars. Taking down racers or the police using EMPs, spike strips, roadblocks and more is very satisfying and really adds to the gameplay. There is no customization, with the exception of painting your car different colors, so this is a big let down, but nonetheless a very fun game. As a racing game enthusiast, I have to give this game a 7/10. Very fun!

Dont get misguided by my review. I love NFS:HP 2010. I am glad i paid money for this game.However you gotta understand i must give a thumbs down because of EA and their never ending greed.

this game cant be purchased anymore.there is a ''better'' remastered version with 4 times the original price.One day they will shut down it's servers too. Just like this game. Just like NFS:the run in the recent news.If you really love NFS buy it for singleplayer offline play only. If you want a never ending multiplayer experince dont forget to set LAN or use Hamachi Gameranger type of priavite gaming networks you will find people to play the games you like.I hope.

One piece of advice: Always buy EA's games on sale.Because you pay full price for full game only. EA will shutdown every nfs game's online play sooner or later. So pay only for singleplayer. you wont regret it.

They shut down the online servers for this version of the game in a forced attempt to sell the remastered version. Terrible practice and I will not be playing anymore after dozens of races with friends over the years.

The last great NFS

I have been playing this game for years now, and I can definitely recommend it to people who likes arcade racing.

Pros:
- Good graphics for its time of release
- Resembles the NFS Carbon drift handling
- Awesome collection of cars, lots to choose from
- You can play either Racer or Buster (Cop)
- Overall gameplay is satisfactory
- Has a free roam mode beside of its many race missions
- Has OK vehicle sound collection

Cons:
- Engine Sounds are little bit low even when turned all the way up
- Every corner you are somehow forced to drift, letting off the accelerator will make the car slide
- No customization available, all cars are stock