Need For Speed Heat - 4 Years Later

Need For Speed Heat released 4 years ago and has had mediocre reviews ever since. For some its a favorite and others the worst. I wanted to give my full and honest critique and analysis of Need For Speed Heat 4 years later. This is my retrospective look on a game I played on launch and played again to see how it's holding up.

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[defnotatroll]

you can actually skip the cruising part of those driving missions if you so wish (found this out myselt recently). just drive quickly far ahead of the npc and they'll tell you where youre meant to go on the map

[gumball]

Honestly to me NFS Heat is a A tier NFS, definetlly the best one of the modern nfs games, so disappointed with Unbound, it was alright, but heat just did it better imo.
To me, heat is so close being at S, just fix the damage system (atleast make the damage more consistent or let us take more damage to ram cops back), better soundtrack, and a longer complete story, NFS would easily get that S tier spot.

[conmartin]

The traffic is what gets me in this game. They ALWAYS have two cars lane by lane in every single fucking turn or drift and then theres those big ass white trucks that to stop directly in front of you (long ways ofc) and the fact npcs really just come out of nowhere in the most infuriatingly bad spots.

[fvkz]

The music was the most disappointing part of the game. The rest of the game imo was amazing.

[dperr]

I came from playing Midnight Club as a kid and found that the barriers in Need For Speed to be infuriating. I liked choosing my own path to a checkpoint. It also makes the map feel closed in and less of an open world.

[v_hr]

14:30 Need for Speed The Run is the perfect example of having a SIMPLE lore but is easy to understand and enjoyable

[seaocean]

They were supposed to add a lot more content to the game but EA neutered out experience because it didn't sell enough.

[usersixtyseven]

4:54 i would actually recommend against using the handbrake so much because you lose a LOT of speed through the fast corners.

[RickySama]

This is one of the better NFS games within this past decade. The customization is very much improved compared to NFS: Payback's card system. The only thing i wish Heat had was more time to flush out the story. For example, i really wanted to know what else happened to Shaw or even Mercer. Still, i enjoyed this racing game after not playing one in soo long lolz. ❤

[PoisonIvory]

I'd pay cash to play the game for the first time again, I remember banking 1 million rep and building my crew to level 50 by myself

[Milty]

I remember playing nfs heat on ps4 and i think its one of the few nfs games that was pretty good, the story was good and kinda made me feel for the characters and the fact that they mixed it with racers good and cops bad was the cherry on top, the car list was pretty decent and the ranking system between day and night races was great it's pretty much risk/ reward, however the first time i played it i wasn't a fan of having aggressive cops chasing me as if they're trying to destroy my car rather than chase me and try to box me like in nfs most wanted it was kinda rough, but after some practice on the escape routes and safe zones i got the hang of it, the music was lack luster i was surprised that there's no rock music.

[theplaceholder]

This game is gonna be considered a classic in the future, just watch

[EngineerAAJ]

The game is with a 95% discount on steam until 20th February 2024 !!!

[LeTableauX_X]

6:43 Fun Fact: when you’re in a mission where you have to follow someone, if you wait around 10 sec you’ll receive the position of where you’re supposed to go. That way you can drive faster and reach the location quicker

[minaco]

i don't know what but there is something in Heat, that is missing in Unbound. i mean i can't describe it but i feel it when i play the games.
Heat gave me more of NFS Carbon vibes, escpacially during night racing i felt major NFS Carbon vibes, and closed circuit racing in those dock yard with containers gave me nfs prostreet vibes.
so in all i feel right at home when i play Heat, well not so much.

Now this is my opinion (if you wanna disagree plz politely do so) but Heat is one of the better NFS of this franchise it is for me in the top 10.

Handling was an issue for me at times, bcz of the handling model, but over all i like it more then Unbounds Grippy handling model.
Graphically i think Unbound did it better in some areas, Map wise it's a tie, both of them can be equally confusing and fun at times.

Cops are superior in Heat and give of vibes of NFS MW 2005 in this re guard. if we all remember that before we knew hiding spots were a thing in need for speed mw 2005, we made strategies to avoid cops or to evade, you have to do the same in Heat. High level cop chases are extremely fun and challenging.
Unbounds cops were a pain in the ass and were annoying beyond comprehension, i didn't like cops in Unbound felt boring and lazy, kinda like the cops of NFS Undercover during the early stages of the career. However even in Undercover when cops switch to Sate Cruisers, Porsche 911 Turbo's and Nissan GTR's they can give you a tough time to evade them.

As for the car list both have awesome car list and the choices are vey good. NFS never disappointed in this re guard. the car lists are always good or excellent. even Undercover which was heavily panned by players and critics alike mentioned the great car list of the game

Sense of speed in Heat is very good, you actually feel the car is going fast and above 200 mph feels FAST! by all accounts.
Unbounds sense of speed resembles Undercover in this re guard slow and feels slow, even going above 200 mph feels okay and not well good.

Heat's sense of speed camera resembles NFS Prostreet and The Shift series. Remember how the camera used to shake voilently when accelerating at neck break speeds, heat camera feels pretty similar.

Overall, i would rate Heat a 7/10, the three marks that are cut are bcz of the fact that the story is short and it nds fairly quickly.. Handling sometimes feel's out of place and sometimes feels to forced. sometimes the game get's confused as you wanna drift or grip.

this game made find need for speed fun and engaging again. the most fun i ever had after The Black Box era games,

[CraccoS]

3:46 thinking about that, having parts at heat level 3-5 is pretty fair, it kinda warm you up

[hasssan.]

The vibes u get late at night flying down the roads while blasting your music is top tier👌fav racing game

[matthewfreeman]

I was most disappointed in the fact that they threw a blower on a camero and not only do you not get that car. But you can't even put one on your own car

[deondreashelton]

I honestly wish they give this game a big update and add a few more cars on here and add other missions on here tbh. Nfs heat is a good game tbh. Its not boring to me lol i enjoy racing people on here

[phzitos_]

As a Brazilian, I identify a lot with the soundtrack (the producer is Brazilian). Maybe the sounds didn't connect to you, but I bet they connected with latin community which is a big if not the biggest part of Miami culture.

The saddest part to me is that the game is clearly half-baked. It had a lot of potential to beat MW2005 as the best game of thr franchise in my opinion, but there's something lacking in every single feature of the game.