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Another NFS game failure -.-
Maybe TLDR... or spend few minutes while eating pop corn ... but if you read, do it properly, not read half lines and assume you got the point! So yes, I’ve decided to write about yet another failure in the NFS series — which, let's face it, is dead, but EA keeps resurrecting it because flashy visuals still sell to untrained minds and easily impressed teenagers. First off, let’s talk about the sound design. As with most studios lately, the sound editors here seem to have no idea what human hearing even is — let alone how sound actually feels. The difference between environmental sound and speaker-driven noise seems lost on them. The result? It all sounds like it was recorded in a tunnel or bathroom. It’s like we’re being experimented on, and game companies just smile while turning the dial toward intentional irritation. I honestly got sick — and I mean really sick — every single time I accelerated. That endless “bam boom bam boom” of synthetic pedal hammering is so intrusive it might as well be shouting, “Quit the game and never come back!” Then there’s the absurd “volume innovation,” where the engine sounds louder at low RPM than at higher speeds. Really? And don’t even get me started on how all other sound drops the moment dialogue kicks in. I had to completely mute voices just to enjoy the cars I chose. It’s a headache, not a feature. The game clearly panders to this exaggerated “woke-gangsta” aesthetic — something you’ll notice right away from the tone of the update notes. It’s all “yo” and “ya” and over-the-top attitude, chains, earrings, and leg-dragging swagger like it’s trying to impress some imaginary street-cred algorithm. Visually? The car editor is another failure. Clicking on a part causes the camera to jump like a flash grenade just went off — jarring, disorienting, and far from smooth. As for the mouse control? It’s like trying to rotate a tank with a mouse tied to a cement block. Want to spin 360°? Better have biceps and desk space to match. And the HUD… my eyes hurt just thinking about it. It’s not blur — it’s layered text effects pretending to be edgy design. Who came up with the idea to stack transparent copies of numbers? It's just a guaranteed path to eye strain. Cookie for that “brilliant” move? And finally — when you keep putting out games that get worse every time, and your response to criticism is to hide behind forum moderators and “codes of conduct”… well, that says everything. The real “shield” isn’t protecting the community — it’s shielding your ego. 14/7/2025 UPDATE: Had to add few more important lines here to make it more clear on what I see.. Visibility Issues in Tunnels During rainy conditions, especially in tunnels, visibility drops massively — rival cars often appear pitch-black, making collisions nearly unavoidable. Weak LOD and Asset Pop-In Level of Detail is way too shallow. Objects, roads, and traffic pop in late at high speeds, ruining immersion and reaction time. Can't play with binoculars attached on my head! Unrealistic Car Behavior Mid-Air When a car loses contact with the road, it instantly aligns to camera direction — totally illogical, immersion-breaking, and just plain annoying. Cop Mechanics Are Overpowered Police pickups (hello, Colorado tanks) chase me down no matter how fast I go — even in hypercars. It’s laughably unbalanced, even for arcade physics. This has been a plague since NFS MW 2005 even, you never learn obviously. Traffic Density = Crash Festival Traffic spawns in unpredictable clumps, making high-speed escapes or clean race lines nearly impossible. I’ve crashed more in this game than in the entire Underground series combined — and no, it's not a skill issue. Broken Launch & Speed Balance Between Cars Same-class rivals magically launch faster and outrun me effortlessly, even in relaxed mode. Can’t do wizardry behind the wheel — I came here to race, not cast spells. Lack of Racing Identity Cops spawn in nearly every race, forcing chase sequences constantly. The game feels more like Need for Chase Unbound than a true racing title. Constant car selection by force! When I head to a race, I do so by having picked already a car I want.. so why do I have to forcefully pick or confirm my car every **bleep** time? It already got tiresome and a chore and If i wanted to change, I could so in the way NFS payback and heat did... by choice, not force. Am I to enter a lower category race? ok, I can pick my car on my own or use the one I have, even if higher tier, why do I have to be restricted when I put effort to buy and customize it? And no.. I never play online those games, I prefer my solo peace than dealing with teens and show offs. I don't get it, why must every race, raise heat for crumbs of money? Safeguard your precious fake money from us in a vault if you want even, but this, is ridiculous and laughable. And I thought NFS heat was bad... seems you could even worse as you did, nothing hew here ! At least in NFS heat, I can race during day and still enjoy it, even if i now have millions of $ there, I like the feeling of racing in hard mode there and trying to compete without hitting my opponents or smashing everything in my way. I’m not here to bulldoze through traffic or play demolition derby — I want to enjoy driving, feeling the rush, not smashing things like I’m commanding a tank.
[unbound] There is a missing asset when displaying the game in profile showcase
I completed need for speed unbound at 100% and I want to show it on my steam profile, but the image that is supposed to be there is not found. You can see it in attachment or on my steam profile aphfug's profile [SU: Thread moved from EA App FR to Need for Speed EN. Please post in the right language board per rule.]
Regarding the future of nfs
I first came into contact with nfs from the 3rd generation, which is the real first-generation thermal pursuit Heat's half-year suspension of updates and Unbound's poor performance should be done by EA and its studio even if the update is completed. EA and Criterion have to quickly complete all the unfinished parts of unbound, I support EA to ban mods, plug-ins, and cheaters, so that nfs can regain its glory If ea and CRITERION are not bad, nfsHEAT and NFSUNBOUND will not be so stretched, and HEAT will not be flooded with mods less than half a year after its release. EA and its ghost studio, which are not bad, will definitely manage the nfs series strongly. Whoever uses mods will use plug-ins, and ce will be banned directly like the fairfight of Battlefield 1 and 5 next door. So nfs really needs an anti-cheating system like or similar to fairfight. It can be seen that ea's current attitude towards nfs is that it doesn't care about the life, prestige and reputation of this series at all. It adheres to the idea that it can make a fortune by using nfs' previous glory. If it continues like this, it will affect the series' reputation as long as it is bad. good. Regarding the future of nfs, nfs in 2024 should return to hot pursuit or rivals2, and ea should give up the cliché elements such as underground illegal street racing and vehicle modification earlier. Unbound currently lacks rally and off-road racing, although unbound currently has a performance package for rally vehicles and a vehicle widebody package for rally vehicles. However, it is still lacking
How do I uninstall the Ultimate Edition Upgrade?
Hi, So I recently bought the Ultimate Edition Upgrade and got the known issue with lag whenever I finish a challenge or collect a collectible etc. I didn't know about this issue before purchasing the content, and now I'd like to uninstall it so the lag goes away. How do I do this?This game is insane
I don't understand why most people hate need for speed unbound cause I have finnaly gotten to play online after having the game for a while and a few days ago my friend had gotten the game and we have been playing he's been enjoying it and I've been playing lockeown with him and it is awesome. Great gameFAILURE TO LAUNCH ON LAPTOP
I paid for the monthly subscription of nfs payback. Downloaded successfully but does not launch on laptop. Whenever I try to launch, it refers me to the EA web page. I have deleted it, repaired it and downloaded again to no avail. Seriously considering cancelling my subscription. What can I do?My personal subjective opinion might be able to save this IP.
I'm sorry, I really can't get into UNBOUND because the controls feel too strange and I'm not used to it.My personal subjective opinion and suggestion is as follows: I hope the next generation of NFS is developed using the strengths and characteristics of 2015. There must be real-life cutscenes, and if necessary, there could be more meaningful DLC car packs, like MW2012 and the nearby FH5. so for the next generation of NFS, it would be best to develop it with the characteristics and advantages of 2015. Optimization problem, the reason I don't play Unbound is that the game uses too much CPU, which causes my CPU temperature to rise too high, it's too hot. After turning off the turbo boost, the temperature dropped from over 80 degrees at the default turbo frequency of 4.7GHz to 60 degrees at the base frequency of 3.6GHz, but it's still hot. I'm using a B360 Cooler Master water cooling system.In fact, these several Need for Speed games using the Frostbite engine, including 2015, Payback, Heat, and Unbound, consume a lot of CPU resources. However, RIVALS doesn’t use up much CPU resources. Also, I'm not very used to playing Unbound because I've been very accustomed to playing 2015,
Drafting in Link Ups.
Seems like about 5% of players I've encountered since Link Ups were added actually know what Drafting is. It's pretty obnoxious that a fully populated Link Up will fail because no one can Draft correctly. I think Drafting should be removed from Link Ups as no one seems to understand how to Draft correctly.
A Thought
I just wanted to air this out here. Legendary Custom Kits were this game's ticket to doing the equivalent of what successful F2P games do with skins, like League of Legends or Fortnite. Ideally, keep the gameplay, (all cars), accessible by in game currency and challenges and peddle skins. Right? Maybe do a 'Warframe' and make it so you build your new cars with blueprints and parts. Maybe we find em in lockups and we buy ""blueprints"" from the garage store. Though, it doesn't have to get that chopped up, that is just one way I spend payed-currency in Warframe when I don't want to wait 3 days to play with the Warframe I farmed for, for example. I know. "You want a reality where there is ANOTHER game that successfully siphons money for cosmetics that we don't ACTUALLY own???" (Because when and if the game shuts down it's all gone-gone. [*Cough* NFS World *Cough*])... Not really. No. But I do want a long-term arcade racer and NFS Unbound is the closest the franchise has gotten to bottling lightning in a long time. Maybe the arcade racer crowd is just too small. Maybe I'm missing something. This has just been on my mind. Feels weird to come on here and basically say "Exploit me better. I think you can." But for some reason this felt worth saying outloud. I love arcade racers. They (especially ones that include street racing as a theme) seem especially easy to do the "Skin Store" for. If I was sure this game had a bright future with heart, I wouldn't be mad if it suddenly had a ton of cosmetic micro-transactions. Basically, all I'm saying is I'd buy cosmetic centric Volume Passes and buy from a cosmetic store. Again, gross to say, but I hate that the newest games that get closest to itching my NEED here always miss something or never stick around. Always fleeting.
