For starters, I am a long time fan of the Need for Speed franchise since Underground 2 and I'm a huge car enthusiast as well. This game is perfect for anyone wanting to experience what it's like to really build your own car. Most of these reviews are either good or bad, only because it's either a "A die hard need for speed" fan or a "It's an awesome!". Most of these reviews are before the updates and are out dated. but if your a fan of street racing, this is your game.



To help all those on the fence about it. Be prepared to sit for a good few hours not only upgrading your vehicle, but also tuning it. I've played this game since it's launch, before the update on its now more complex tuning and even before then I've honestly left the garage and returned millions of times simply because of tuning. Finding my type of driving. Which in my opinion is the closest thing it comes to the real thing. Upgrading and knowing how to drive is only a part of it. Tuning plays a huge role, and the fact every car needs a different tune to fit your driving style supports the realism even further. Any real car enthusiast would understand this, that simply slapping the biggest turbocharger or a more efficient ECU is only half of the racing.



Now for the car listing. It has a very good variety of cars. I've been waiting for this franchise to drop classification and tiers of cars. You can now upgrade your Supra or 69 Mustang to compete and even dominate against Lambos, Porches, Ferraris. You no longer have to resort to buying a super car to compete against super cars, which even supports the realism even more. Any one who's anyone who knows about cars knows that, with enough modifications, a Supra or R34 can hold its own or even beat modern day super cars. Being a guy who favors Japanese Imported tuner cars over Super cars, this makes me really happy. They are also releasing more cars with updates, the most current one are hot rods.



Now for Cosmetic upgrading, this game holds up to real brand upgrades. EX. Rocket Bunny. It is limited though, but only slightly. If it's a concern, then think about it this way. It is a whole lot better then it's previous predecessors because now you can make your cars literally look like ones you see at car meets/shows.



You may have heard of this game only limiting you to 5 cars at a time, but the new updates have given you more space to store your cars but I emphasize on the word "storage". You can only have five cars in your garage, your other cars are stored in a warehouse in a separate location but it's no big deal because you can swap out cars from your storage from your garage. It takes like 5 seconds to do so. It's really no big concern either.



Other then the con of requiring Xbox Live/Playstation Plus to even play it,this game is perfect for all car enthusiasts who love street racing