The environment was inspired by Hot Pursuit: in the free roam mode 'AllDrive' you can discover mountain views, forests, coasts and populated areas in Redview County, although we weren't able to find a real city in this version of the game. Developed by the swedish studio DICE, the engine covers strategy titles like Command & Conquer, shooters like Battlefield 4 and several other important titles for the upcoming Christmas trade.įor Need for Speed Rivals this means enormously detailed graphics, especially shown at the cars, impressive weather effects in spacious landscapes. You still can drift, but you have to keep an eye on your entry speed as well as the angle, which is in contrast to Hot Pursuit, where you went more straight ahead.įrostbite 3.0 is EAs new 'Swiss Army knife', an engine which can be used for a wide range of games. The fastest way to take a curve is driving the racing line. However, the handling doesn't feel like the Criterion produced games, it reminds me more like 'The Run'. The developer team consists partly of veterans of the NFS series, like Craig Sullivan, who already worked on the relaunches of Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted. Luckily we were able to attend and take a peak at the upcoming Need for Speed Rivals and want to share our experience with the game. Next to Titanfall and Battlefield 4 of course we paid special attention on Need for Speed Rivals:Īt the gamescom 2013 EA showed two different versions of NFS Rivals: The already known Gameplay-Demo from the E3 (Ferrari f12 vs Koenigsegg Agera) and a new, more extensive version of the game, which the developers showed to trade visitors behind closed doors. This year NFS-Planet visited gamescom and followed Electronic Arts' invitation to play the latest upcoming titles.

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