A very interesting arcade racer that is sadly ruined by terrible AI and insane rubberbanding.

It's a big shame because the game hits the spot in literally everything else (good selection of cars, vibrant visuals, nice tunes and a good amount of customization and tracks), but the actual racing experience feels miserable due to the rubberbanding and AI behavior.

The AI is very aggressive which is expected in a game like this, but it's way overtuned and most of the time they'll go and cut you out while crashing themselves. And the real issue is that they don't tend to suffer any speed penalty from hitting you while you'll end up in the back of the pack.

And the rubberbanding... Genuinely felt worse than the original NFSU1, it's blalant and you can expect every race to end in the 1s gap if you don't play your cards right. Nothing that you do in the race while leading matters because they'll always catch up to you, so if you get a solid lead it's simply better to save your boosts and use them in the finish line to ensure that you win (because they'll always pull a magic boost). And if you fall too behind might as well restart because you won't be catching them up by normal means.

This rubberband also spreads towards the extra gamemodes and makes them almost unplayable too, not fun to do. Additionally due to the AI behavior and rubberband, most of the cars are useless if the AI gets the ones with higher speed.

I can't recommend this one, it's simply not fun due to the rubberband. I've done all expert trophies and was gonna try to complete all achievements but they are unnecesary grindy.

bum game

Fun party game to play with friends, even those who aren't used to playing racing games. Although, this doesn't mean the driving physics is basic, it's very easy to go around a corner without making a fool of yourself, but actually mastering it to drift continuosly and rack up nitrous is not as easy as it seems. 10/10