Need for Speed™
Open-world street racing with visual and performance car customization
Ghost Games · Published by Electronic Arts · Released Jun 4, 2020
ActionAdventureRacingSimulation
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 69% of 30K
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 65% of 359 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 209
- peak 24h 211
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
What is Need for Speed™?
A third-person open-world street racing game set across Ventura Bay’s city streets, harbor roads, and canyons. You race, build your reputation, and customize cars for looks and performance while following overlapping stories about becoming a racing icon. It includes single-player, online co-op, and competitive multiplayer.
For you if...
- +you want open-world street racing with arcade-style driving
- +you enjoy detailed visual and performance car customization
- +you like rainy nighttime cities and underground racing culture
Not for you if...
- −you prefer realistic handling over drift-heavy arcade physics
- −you want racing confined to linear tracks
- −you dislike live-action cutscenes and story-driven progression
What players say
69% of 29,703 reviews are positive · 65% of 359 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise Ventura Bay’s rain-soaked nighttime atmosphere, visuals, and car customization. The most common complaints are the always-online requirement, disconnections that interrupt races, and inconsistent handling; some players also report controller and EA app problems.
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Need for Speed™ system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 7 or later
- Processor
- Intel Core i3-4130 or equivalent with 4 hardware threads
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB, AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB, or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 2GB of memory
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 7 or later
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-4690 or equivalent with 4 hardware threads
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB, AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB, or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 4GB of memory
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required.
- Third-party account
- EA Accounts (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 45
- Steam features
- Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- First time setup requires active internet connection
- Singleplayer gameplay requires active internet connection
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian. Text only: Polish, Traditional Chinese.
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