Need For Speed: Rivals review

need for Speed: Rivals is the 20th title in the franchise, and it’s one of the first racing games that we’ve had the chance to try on a next-generation console. We evaluated it on the Playstation 4, but it’s also available for the upcoming Xbox One, as well as the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. So how does the most recent version of cops and robbers fare?
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You’ll be pleased to know that you race supercars instead of the Vauxhall Insignia automobiles used by British police, and the action takes place in the fictional environment of Red view County, which is based on southern California instead of sunny Slough.
Watch the gameplay video below to get an idea of the game’s style, and then read on for our full need for Speed: Rivals review.
Need for Speed: Rivals – new Features
The big new development is ALLDRIVE – a feature which EA calls ‘mingleplayer’. That essentially implies that at one moment, you can be playing the game’s campaign mode, on your own; then the next, you can join up with your pals online and race – all without having to connect to a server and wait. It can be distracting when you’re in the middle of completing an objective, but we eventually got used to it.