Customer Reviews:
 Most NFS fans Will Not Like This One Little Bit November 23, 2007
Amazonian Native (Amazon Rainforest)
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
This game seemed ok on the demo, but once you get inside the full version it is quite dissapointing.
You don't get the same kind of NFS game that has gone before, the cars handling is completely different, they are heavy and hard to turn, no powerslides and arcade handling here that made previous games so much fun.
There is no way to play race categories in groups for instance, like in previous games if you wanted to play point to point or circuit races you could go to that category in Quick race mode and play the game how you wanted, in this there aren't any categories to select race modes, you have to race an event, and the events have one race, several drifts, a drag, a couple of time trials, so the racing is split up and disjointed,and if you don't really care for any of these modes except regular races, known as grip races here, then you will find it annoying to have to keep starting and ending events just to have a quick single race on a certain track for example then have to exit and enter another and go through all the categories and choices again just to play another single race on another track.
The cars handling is unresponsive and heavy, some could say more sim-like and they'd be right, but this means its not very much fun, a few laps round the Mondello race track is enough to bore anyone to death, this isn't NFS's forte, TOCA Race Driver does this sort of thing much better, NFS's strength is fast sportscar racing around circuits in countryside or urban enviroments where arcade handling compliments the track layouts.
The Career mode is identical to the race day events that aren't in the career mode, the only point of the career mode is to get the cars in the game, but because the actual structure of the game is so tedious and unnapealing a lot of players won't feel motivated to wade through this to get a few more cars.
I've been a fan of NFS for a long time and I do wish they'd go back to their roots of centering the game around the worlds most glamourous sports cars, adding videos and data about the cars, including in car dashboard views, and racing in Championships made up of single races, which is what true motorsport is all about, just like in the early games of the 90's. It seems those days are long gone and no doubt, so will be the enthusiasm of many a gamer for this title when they try it themselves.
 Superb !! December 5, 2007
Clarkey boy (england)
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
I really dont know why people are saying this game is rubbish !!
Its the nutz !!! its one of the quickest car games i have ever played and the handling is superb!
So what if it aint like the other nfs's its in a class of its own.
The single player game is excellent! the amount you can customize your vechicles is excellent,
I do think the online raceing is laggy at times but who cares people are to fussy these days !!
if you aint a nfs fan then you will love it!! If you are then play the demo first !
 shocking November 23, 2007
Tom Todd (England)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
got it 2 hours ago, rubbish, driving feels wooden and as though they have tried to be too realistic and completely removed the fun from NFS. the gameplay is too linear and boring. taking it back tomorrow!
Hugely disappointing for any NFS fan November 24, 2007
Neil Foot (Leamington Spa - UK)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is the weakest NFS title I have played. Hugely disappointing - getting rid of free roam was a mistake, add this to the removal of the police chases, this has killed what was a hugely fun "arcade" racer. EA have clearly tried to compete with the likes of Forza and PGR4 and i'm afraid have failed. They have been caught in no mans land. This is neither as graphically good, nor as realistic as either PGR4 or Forza nor is it as good as previous NFS titles.
If you are a true NFS fan, DON'T BUY THIS, and instead, put Carbon or Most Wanted back in your 360 instead...................unless you want a real racing game in which case buy PGR4 because it is fantastic!
The game ONLY gets 2 stars in view of the still fun and unique customisation options, otherwise - it would be a 1 star game.
Disappointing November 26, 2007
Steve (Kent, England)
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Disappointing - the only word I can used to describe this game. There is no free-roam environment, the races are all the same and there is the most annoying commentator who just talks rubbish constantly!
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