Peak NFS. They finally fixed the game length (although this one is rather short). Drag is removed (thank god) and Drift is brought back , although is too arcadey for my taste, I prefer the Underground style. Art direction is way superior than Most Wanted, i love these night races with lots of reflection on the street/cars. Story is an upgrade, but still OK. Progression system is great. The only downsides are the underdeveloped Crew and the division of cars in categories with different driving mechanics, which made me avoid certain cars because of this.

Great. Love the aesthetic and driving is excellent. The way drift is handled is very satisfying and the option to customise each car to drive differently is a nice addition. The day and night system is good and balanced in general, and brings an exiting adrenaline feeling when you're on a night police chase in the risk of losing your REP, although frustating at times, as police can be too overpowered. I still think that police chases are the worst mechanic introduced in the series. Unlocking cars and upgrades are decent, but cars should be more cheaper. Every time a story thing happened my brain turned off completely.

Huge leap from Underground 2, optimizing every half-ideia from it. Has a much better story, gameplay and progression system with the Blacklist, although i liked how Underground 1/2 forced the player to customize the vehicle to progress. All the race events are great, except for Drag. The only drawbacks are the, obviously, long game length (a Blacklist of 10 would be ideal) and the awfully hard police chases on the end game.

I must replay.

Respect for them trying something new with this one, has a lot of problems in the execution, but is short enough, has tons of pretty scenery and the driving works all right. Had quite a fun time.

The most straightforward game in the series. Too basic for the duration, overstaying it's welcome. But the drifting is nice, great art direction and having the chance to drive so many cars is entertaining.

Story is crap and using cards for upgrading the cars is bullshit, but the driving is okay, race variety is nice and all the over the top stuff is fun and offer something the series always flirted with but didn't go all the way as this one goes.

Improves everything from its predecessor, but still commits the same mistakes. Driving, physics, tuning, race variety and AI is hugely improved, but the game length still is a problem, it's too damn long for a racing game, especially when you have to play thousands of those boring URL races to progress. That said, the game is great when played casually now and then, like Underground 1, just don't go all in.

Starts off great, the art direction is excellent and the driving is soapy but manageable. The problem is that the game only has 3 race tracks that spawns 100+ ones. Recommended for historical/curiosity value.

Has a way better progression system over MW2012, but still isn't good old NFS games where you just pick a race and go. That said, police chases aren't fun and the overreliance of them here is a shame, making the Police campaign way better. Criterion's gameplay is fun as Hot Pursuit, love the drifting.

Soulless game. I hate track racing because every race plays and looks the same, especially since the art of the game is quite unremarkable, nothing charming. Besides that, the progression is really awful with the Race Day where you are locked to X races and can't get out without loosing progress. Can entertain for a few hours but this new path they took for NFS isn't interesting at all.

The lack of a real progression system makes this a no-go to me, works like a mobile racing game, and funnily enough the mobile version of this is way better.

Played 47% of the campaign (Chapter 12) and some extras. It's basically impossible to progress further without spending money or your life. Not that bad gameplaywise but 40 seconds races, (almost) no customization without paying, awfully hard to get cars and all that mobile game stuff on top breaks completely.

The PC version is completely broken. No shadows, awful bloom effect and the non existent game difficulty makes you win the races without even seeing the opponents (miss you, rubber-banding), adding this to the worst driving mechanic i've seen and the sunniest city on the series makes this game the ugliest and the worst.