Recent reviews by st8888

Played 150+ hours | 100% Completion | Ultra Settings | PC Mid-Range RigIf you're craving that pure adrenaline rush from the golden era of Need for Speed, stop scrolling—this is THE ONE. Need for Speed Heat doesn't just deliver; it transports you back to childhood memories of late-night sessions with Underground 2 and Most Wanted. The neon-lit streets of Palm City feel like home, with that same addictive loop of grinding races, evading cops, and building your dream garage. It's like EA finally listened to the fans and revived the franchise's soul. 10/10 - Buy it NOW, especially on sale!

• DAY/NIGHT CYCLE: GENIUS MECHANIC
  Daytime: Sanctioned Speedhunter Showdown races to farm BANK safely. Unlock parts, tune your rides.
  Nighttime: High-risk REP grinds with escalating HEAT levels. Cops go from annoying to full-on SWAT helicopters and rhinos. The tension? Unreal. One wrong turn and you're busted—pure thrill!
• DRIVING PHYSICS: DRIFT HEAVEN
  The drift physics are EXCELLENT—responsive, grippy, and insanely satisfying. Feather the handbrake, chain corners like a pro, and watch your score skyrocket in Drift Zones. It's not arcade floaty; it's got real weight and momentum, making every slide feel earned. RWD beasts like the Subaru Impreza or Porsche 911 GT2 RS? Chef's kiss. Tested on curvy mountain roads—non-stop smile generator.
• CUSTOMIZATION: DEEPER THAN EVER
  127+ cars, engine swaps (V8 into JDMs? Yes!), full visual tuning (wheels, wraps, neons), and performance upgrades. Build a sleeper Civic that smokes Lambos or a hyper-maxed Pagani. Garage is your playground—hours vanish here.
• POLICE CHASES: INTENSE & FAIR(ISH)
  Cops scale with HEAT: Level 1 traffic stops → Level 5 spike strips, corvettes, choppers. Cool-down spots are clever (bushes, garages). Busted? Lose REP/BANK, but respawn quick. Multiplayer chases with friends? Chaos perfection.
• OPEN WORLD: PALM CITY SHINES
  Miami-inspired paradise: beaches, highways, off-road trails, city grids. Dynamic weather (rain slicks drifts!), jumps, billboards. Exploration rewards everywhere—collectibles, hidden races. No empty filler.
• SOUNDTRACK & AUDIO: BANGER CITY
  Hip-hop, EDM, Latin beats sync perfectly with boosts and drifts. Engine roars? Immersive AF—exhaust pops, turbo spool, tire screeches. Headphones mandatory.
• MULTIPLAYER: SEAMLESS & FUN
  Crossplay PvP/Co-op races, free roam. Join crews, tandem drifts, group cop evasions. No toxic lobbies—pure vibes.

My Rig & Performance (For realism—tested extensively):

[] CPU: i7 12700K | GPU: RTX 3060 | RAM: 32GB | SSD: Yes[] Ultra Settings | 1080 | 144-160 FPS average. Dips to 90 in heavy chases/rain—still buttery.
• Low-End Friendly: Runs great on GTX 1060 (60FPS High). RT off if needed.

Minor Gripes (Keeping it real):Story? Meh, cheesy dialogue. Skip cutscenes if you want.
Endgame grindy for max REP/BANK, but that's the NFS way.
No nitro like older games (nitro's baked into engines now—adapts better).

Why This Beats Modern Racers:
Forza? Too simmy. Unbound? Stylish but Heat's handling + cops + customs win. It's arcade perfection with depth.Grab the Deluxe Edition for starter cars/REP boosts. On sale? Steal. Full price? Worth it for 100+ hours.TL;DR: NFS Heat reminds me of past memories, ignites the kid in me, and delivers the best drift physics in years. Pure joy. Recommended!

GhostRider who? You're the Heat now.

100% Worth It | Play It!

This game has a lot of potential to be completed in a short time. I raged and almost broke my keyboard a few times but I didn't.
Overall it was a fun game. I got to know this game through a streamer and then I beat the streamer's record.

stfu COD

Very hard gameplay
There are many community servers you can play on but this game is very old and not worth playing anymore with this difficulty and its dry graphics
There are better games in this genre
I played this game with 2 of my friends but it was still hard
We just took a helicopter or a fighter jet and hit the enemy
Or we were taking passengers
Overall it was good for 4 hours no more so I will give it a negative score.

I played this game for a while for fun with my friends. It was fun and very easy. For me, who has been playing shooter games for about 12 years, a little variety is good. After 12 years of playing CS, the appeal and better strategy of this game made me feel better, but I still prefer CS.

Real war, amazing and natural environment, especially very large maps that you can really launch a very attractive fight with a strategy of attacking from behind

You only have to play this game with a few people with your friends and in a voice, otherwise the game space will be dead.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☑ Just don't, Co up Online

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Normally
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Medium
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Story }---
☑ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
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I had a great time playing this game with a friend who bought it and it was worth the money. It's fun and the graphics are similar to the Unreal Engine.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☑ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☑ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☑ 9
☐ 10

Left right, left right, that's all you do

But I feel like it was a little fun.

I play this game when it didn't even have a season and it was really fun. After the update, I feel like it's a bit too busy and fancy, but overall it's a good game, especially the fact that it can be played on relatively low-end systems.