Need for Speed™ Rivals
Open-world arcade racing built around cops, racers, and pursuit tech
Criterion Games · Published by Electronic Arts · Released Jun 4, 2020
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 11K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 83% of 165 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 70
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)
What is Need for Speed™ Rivals?
An open-world arcade racing game with first- and third-person driving, set in Redview County amid a rivalry between cops and street racers. You choose either side, complete races and high-speed chases, and use vehicle modifications and pursuit technology in separate single-player campaigns. The online servers are no longer available.
For you if...
- +you want arcade racing mixed with vehicle combat
- +you like separate cop and street racer campaigns
- +you prefer open-world driving and high-speed police chases
Not for you if...
- −you want working online PvP or co-op modes
- −you prefer track-based racing to an open world
- −you want realistic racing without combat gadgets
What players say
76% of 10,667 reviews are positive · 83% of 165 in the last 30 days
Players praise the cop-and-racer campaigns, chaotic chases, pursuit technology, and visual presentation. The most common complaints are the locked frame rate and the server shutdown, which removed multiplayer and left DLC content inaccessible; some players also report crashes and progress-saving problems.
Screenshots and trailer
Need for Speed™ Rivals system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 (Service Pack 2) 32-Bit
- Processor
- Intel 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo or AMD 2.8 GHz Athlon X2
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon 3870 512 MB or higher performance; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance; Intel HD 4000 Integrated 512 MB or higher performance
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 (Service Pack 2)
- Processor
- Intel Quad-Core CPU or AMD Six Core CPU
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon 7870 3GB or higher performance; NVIDIA GeForce GT660 3GB or higher performance
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
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 Account (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Trading cards
- Age rating
- 10+
Steam Deck: Playable
- The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- 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, Russian, Japanese. Text only: Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Polish, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- Racing
- Open World
- Driving
- Multiplayer
- Combat Racing
- PvP
- Action
- Third Person
- Arcade
- First-Person
- Singleplayer
- Sports
- Atmospheric
- Adventure
- Destruction
- Co-op
1 DLC available.
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