I played this game in 2017 once.
After playing NFSPayback & NFSHeat, i decided to re-play this game, while playing it, i felt i had to write a review even if nobody cares anymore.

So, I will start by saying, there are definitely many mistakes in this Need For Speed which make this game bad, but the game itself isn't. This is the last NFS game which sticks to its identity. It has (wannabe) elements of Pro Street, pursuing each top character of its thing (like Kings in Pro Street) Speed,Drift,Drift Train(?),Outlaw,Customization in open world map. Obviously it's not Pro Street don't let my words confuse you, it mixs the new arcade racing gameplay with minor elements of old NFS versions. Off-road scene does not fit with Need For Speed identity IMO, it's not necessary bad it's just doesn't fit in NFS.

The idea and the gameplay of this game overall is superb, but wrong choices made this game really bad which i will list below.

--Cons
-Online only, who asked for this? If we want to play online we will, so give us a choice to launch in Single player mode.
-Single player mode exists, but you gotta go online first. It doesn't make any sense.
-Forces you to go online only and EA has some garbage servers who lag every once in a while or go for maintence every 30 mins.
-No HP requirement in story mode only "easy,medium,hard". While this feature is extra cool for me, many people had hard time completing story mode because they didn't have fast car to meet the requirements of the race, leading them to failure.
-Very confused options for crew play. If you have a friend and you wanna play together, you might have a hard time finding how.
-Long Crash cams, while i get the reason of its existance, the game punish you if you crash into a wall or a car, the bad thing is, it triggers even if you go very slow, which makes it a bit frustrating.
-Cop chasing system is a joke and boring.
-If you load this game in a Non-SSD disk, then map many times will fail to load resulting your car going out of the map.
-Many people say they have button mapping problem which i personally haven't met.
P.S Night only is not a con FFS! It's an illegal racing scene. Also who cares if it's night or day.

--Pros
-Many Visual Customization options.
-Many body customization options.
-GRIP-DRIFT customization options to set exactly how your car will react. That's my favourite.
-No RPG wanna be parts like NFSPayback and NFSHeat, pure performace customization just like the old games.
-Many,many,many events to play.
-Map is a bit short, no that's not a bad thing at all, Map is short but it's full of events, which makes couple areas of the map rememberable! That's totally a good thing.
-Intense gameplay, The driving in this game is a bit frustrating at the beginning. Once you practice and get the feel of it, the driving experience just feels PERFECT. Speeding with 340KM/H(~211MP/H) inside of city streets makes the gameplay interesting and challenging.
-Prestige mode, oh boy, this is the best mode an NFS game ever had. I'm a person who loves the challenge and this mode offers that at the maximum. To get gold times or scores, you need to practice and practice revisit your setup then again practice until you done it. The best part is, it's at the end of the game, which requires the maximum performace of your car.
I really wanna see Prestige mode in the future games, it makes end game not empty.

Having said all the things above, i do recommend this game with a very loud "BUT"!
If you are a nostalgic NFS player, then this game offers that at a high level, but many of the Dev's bad choices may ruin that experience for you.

P.S I can't believe i wrote a serious review for an EA game.

I played this game in 2017 once. After playing NFSPayback & NFSHeat, i decided to re-play this game, while playing it, i felt i had to write a review even if nobody cares anymore. So, I will start by saying, there are definitely many mistakes in this Need For Speed which make this game bad, but the game itself isn't. This is the last NFS game which sticks to its identity. It has (wannabe) elements of Pro Street, pursuing each top character of its thing (like Kings in Pro Street) Speed,Drift,Drift Train(?),Outlaw,Customization in open world map. Obviously it's not Pro Street don't let my words confuse you, it mixs the new arcade racing gameplay with minor elements of old NFS versions. Off-road scene does not fit with Need For Speed identity IMO, it's not necessary bad it's just doesn't fit in NFS. The idea and the gameplay of this game overall is superb, but wrong choices made this game really bad which i will list below. --Cons -Online only, who asked for this? If we want to play online we will, so give us a choice to launch in Single player mode. -Single player mode exists, but you gotta go online first. It doesn't make any sense. -Forces you to go online only and EA has some garbage servers who lag every once in a while or go for maintence every 30 mins. -No HP requirement in story mode only "easy,medium,hard". While this feature is extra cool for me, many people had hard time completing story mode because they didn't have fast car to meet the requirements of the race, leading them to failure. -Very confused options for crew play. If you have a friend and you wanna play together, you might have a hard time finding how. -Long Crash cams, while i get the reason of its existance, the game punish you if you crash into a wall or a car, the bad thing is, it triggers even if you go very slow, which makes it a bit frustrating. -Cop chasing system is a joke and boring. -If you load this game in a Non-SSD disk, then map many times will fail to load resulting your car going out of the map. -Many people say they have button mapping problem which i personally haven't met. P.S Night only is not a con FFS! It's an illegal racing scene. Also who cares if it's night or day. --Pros -Many Visual Customization options. -Many body customization options. -GRIP-DRIFT customization options to set exactly how your car will react. That's my favourite. -No RPG wanna be parts like NFSPayback and NFSHeat, pure performace customization just like the old games. -Many,many,many events to play. -Map is a bit short, no that's not a bad thing at all, Map is short but it's full of events, which makes couple areas of the map rememberable! That's totally a good thing. -Intense gameplay, The driving in this game is a bit frustrating at the beginning. Once you practice and get the feel of it, the driving experience just feels PERFECT. Speeding with 340KM/H(~211MP/H) inside of city streets makes the gameplay interesting and challenging. -Prestige mode, oh boy, this is the best mode an NFS game ever had. I'm a person who loves the challenge and this mode offers that at the maximum. To get gold times or scores, you need to practice and practice revisit your setup then again practice until you done it. The best part is, it's at the end of the game, which requires the maximum performace of your car. I really wanna see Prestige mode in the future games, it makes end game not empty. Having said all the things above, i do recommend this game with a very loud "BUT"! If you are a nostalgic NFS player, then this game offers that at a high level, but many of the Dev's bad choices may ruin that experience for you. P.S I can't believe i wrote a serious review for an EA game.