Terminal Velocity. Discarded
Yo. I wanted to talk about the future of NFS. Payback if we're all being real is not a failure, but a disappointment. NFS has gone BACKWARDS in the past 5 years. NFS is not about drifting, jumping, or...
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Thank You for a very refreshing post!
Well, I fully agree, NFS was all about racing, not some gimmick cartoon characters!
Back to basics, this franchise needs to go!
E.A. & Ghost Studios need to stop promising the moon with each release, but fall short of the delivery day!
Yeah, High Stakes and titles before that were Core fun to me, it is what drew me into racing games!
Sure there was (Pole Position) racing game back on the old Atari system in the 1980's and that was fun too.
N.F.S. has grown from being a fun game to being a bottleneck headache and a Cash Cow for E.A.!
I do fully agree if E.A. and Ghost Studios don't make this game about Core Racing, original fans will walk away.
Sure people can argue that the new generation of fans will like this moving progression in each release, but I beg to differ on that thought!
The other thought is E.A. never really cared about their Core product.
They just thought with each improvement - or as I call it - (Gimmicks) would keep race fans hooked by the wallet!
Well looks like its all about E.A. and not about the fans desires for this franchise.
I realize E.A. is a corporation.....A Billion Dollar one of all things too!
So in all honesty, Greed is the ambition of E.A.!
Greed is what is killing many Game Titles made by E.A.!
Regards
BLVD69
To the OP: I agree that the physics could use some work. Actually I feel like the handling for a NFS title is the best it has been in years. But I do agree that you shouldn't have to drift in order to go faster. We should have genuine grip racing in the game.
That said, I can't agree with the idea that Ghost had everything set up for them and all they had to do was 'not get it wrong.' Fact is, the NFS community has been divided for years on what they want the franchise to be. What you want, based on my interpretation of what you said, was basically the SHIFT titles. So the franchise has already heard you, made that type of game, and they didn't sell all that well. Naturally they are now trying something different. Knowing how much negativity there is online, they will probably go in a completely different direction once again in a vain attempt to try to please the masses, so just stay tuned - we may get your wish next time.
"What you want, based on my interpretation of what you said, was basically the SHIFT titles."
How you managed to come to that conclusion is beyond me.
He wants proper NFS games, like the ones that came before Underground. Before it all became about customization and story and other such nonsense.
- No, it's not that I don't like drift physics, it's the DRIFT EVENTS I do not like. Like I said, the physics were fine, but it's the drifting we don't want. If you played the online recently, you'd understand my words better. Drift events, not drifting in general.
@iGearheadwrote:
No, it's not that I don't like drift physics, it's the DRIFT EVENTS I do not like. Like I said, the physics were fine, but it's the drifting we don't want. If you played the online recently, you'd understand my words better. Drift events, not drifting in general.The reason for my confusion is because you can't race (even race events) without drifting. The physics don't allow you grip race. Every race is a drift event practically, the only difference being whether or not your drifting is scored lol. So I thought you were complaining about the physics.
@mrtun3rwrote:"What you want, based on my interpretation of what you said, was basically the SHIFT titles."
How you managed to come to that conclusion is beyond me.
He wants proper NFS games, like the ones that came before Underground. Before it all became about customization and story and other such nonsense.
By your definition "proper" NFS games were exclusively about racing. I'd put the over/under of how many times he said racing in his post at about 27. So yeah, Shift 1 & 2 are about the closest NFS has come to pure racing since the Underground days. Not sure why that was hard to decipher.
Pre-Underground games were exclusively about racing. If anything NFS Shift is less about racing, since it also featured a drift mode, not to mention drag mode which is barely racing.
- Exactly iagree man, i been waiting many years too for a proper NFS game. Without tuning NOS or awkard story campain. Need for speed got famous because of entertaining simcade racing, plus realistic police chases. Atleast if you compear it with todays NFS games, soo i would love a High Stakes remake or something.
