![]() ![]() If you’ve got a PS4 Pro or Xbox One X, you can choose between playing at 1080p resolution with 60 frames per second, or playing 4k at 30. Same with the background scenery, even if you’re gonna be a little distracted driving at 200 miles per hour or more. The roads and cars have got an extra level of detail and polish. There are definitely visual and performance enhancements here. But be careful, as if you’re looking for new content, there isn’t a whole lot here. The game has held up pretty well, the elements making it fun are still there. ![]() Hot Pursuit Remastered still maintains a lot of the same fun that was had a decade ago. Overall, the weapon system was intuitive, slowly drip-fed into the career modes, and thankfully, not too much of a distraction from the pure driving experience. The chases as cops where you’re shutting down as many as eight cars in a race were so much fun, and once you got into it, it was very hard to put down. If you’re a racer with EMP’s, do you target your fellow competitor, thinking a takedown will send them down the field? Or do you target a police helicopter laying spike strips up ahead? Or is that what you use your jammer for, disabling all weapons briefly? The amount of weapons for each event are limited, so timing and situational awareness are keys to success. For better and worse, this all holds true in the remaster as well. The tactical element of which weapon to use, and when, showed a hidden level of depth as well. The drifting was tricky at times, the game carrying a small amount of input lag (A small delay between inputs on the wheel and the steering of the car), but when you got it right, it was incredibly satisfying. The beauty of Hot Pursuit was its simple fun. You’ll also gain access to weapons within races like EMP’s top fire at cars in front, spike strips to hit cars behind you. By the time your rank is in the double digits, you’ll be in full-blown hypercars of the time like the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport and the Koenigsegg Agera. At the start, you’re looking at relatively tame sports cars like the Mazda RX-8, and the Audi TT. In 2020, this certainly hits a little differently compared to the time of the original, but Need For Speed’s world is so much like a soap opera in its reality-stretching, over-the-top nature that it’s pretty much a moot point in the grand scheme of things.īoth sides of the events ladder have rankings, gaining access to faster cars and weapons as you progress. Based in the fictional area of Seacrest Country, it offers two paths: play as a hotshot street racer trying to win races and escape the cops, or you can play as one of the cops trying to break-up street races with force as you climb the ranks of the SCPD. That said, the game series is called Need For Speed so it fits in well.Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is focused on cops-and-racers car chases through picturesque scenery. You do have a good amount of variety throughout, although that can feel a bit samey after a while given the, “get there as fast as you can” requirements for a lot of events. Given the selection of weapons you have available, everything from spike strips to roadblocks, EMP strikes to helicopters ramming racers off the road you will be well catered for throughout the game depending on what it is you’re looking for. Where the game really comes alive though is in the Hot Pursuit modes where you play as either a Cop or a Racer trying to make your way up the ranks as you either fight for first place or hunt down the racers trying to evade you. Hot Pursuit was a fairly solid game back in the day and you get much of the same here including a large selection of vehicles which can accommodate different driving styles, whether you’re a drifter, a power-slider or drive with full on aggression, you can find your niche here and exploit it to your advantage whilst racing through Seacrest County. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit originally released on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and PC back in November 2010, EA and Criterion Games have since brought this Remaster with new visuals, all 5 DLC packs in one neat package to current gen. ![]()
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