Criterion are the masters when it comes to racing games (outside of Mario Kart). The last great Need for Speed game (MW 2012) also happens to be their last contribution to the series. Huh, weird. The art style here is incredible. It's one of the best looking games ever, if not my all time favourite in some ways. The driving is perfectly smooth. The only knock against this game that I really have is that the police chases tend to get old pretty quickly. I wish there was a better way of adding a sense of "pressure".