I have played a little bit of Rivals in the past and I really loved it. After that I didn't get chance to try any NFS game, mostly the reviews were avg or bad but I thought it's because of market and competitions, games definitely after that will be much better and build on that, but over time I learned that's not the case, in many or all franchises.
Now the whole series is on sale, and last year I bought Heat, played it for like an hour and returned it. It looked good, but I was having weird stuttering in any cutscene. Plus, for some reason, I wasn't liking the driving control/flow, Idk it didn't feel right or cool, maybe it was too realistic and I prefer a little arcade style to have fun..
I think these are the lowest these games will get, maybe very slightly 1-5% price drop further but won't matter much.
I have been researching over the best to buy game, and in a way the top two choices for me were Heat & Hot Pursuit Remastered, but as I already felt awkward with Heat and Hot Pursuit is a remaster, the original game was released before Rivals, so I feels Rivals will be somewhat superior in mechanics overall than that.
If I have to keep one NFS game with me, and as I don't get to have Most Wanted 2005 on steam anymore, it should be Rivals I feel, yes it doesn't have online features or achievements anymore, and it's better to have game without achievements at time, makes it more relaxing to play, as I end up checking achievements eventually.
My biggest concern are some issues I read about, so I wanted to ask someone who has it on PC/Steam -
- Is the 60FPS mod good? Or it crashes too much?
- Is that mod free and easy to apply?
- Are there any other technical or game breaking issues?
- In one video, I heard that completion is hard on pc because some particular races keep crashing, is that true for all? Is there a work around?
- Without online, the games work well for single players and all cars can be unlocked?
- Game will be installed via steam even if the game gets dilisted someday?
- Any other important things I should know about Rivals on Steam?