Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered
Combat racing as cops and outlaws with cars and weapons
Stellar Entertainment Limited · Published by Electronic Arts · Released Nov 6, 2020
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 81% of 15K
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 78% of 308 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 157
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 74/100 (critic reviews)
What is Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered?
An action racing game set on Seacrest County’s winding roads, where you compete as either a cop or an outlaw racer. Its single-player career and cross-platform multiplayer center on chases, takedowns, tactical weapons, and unlocking new cars and equipment, without a story-led campaign.
For you if...
- +you want fast, competitive races with vehicular combat
- +you enjoy playing both sides of police chases
- +you prefer challenging events over a story-led campaign
Not for you if...
- −you want activities beyond structured racing events
- −you prefer traditional racing without weapons or police takedowns
What players say
81% of 15,118 reviews are positive · 78% of 308 in the last 30 days
Players praise the straightforward cop-versus-racer action, car sounds, and variety of race events. The main complaint is the required EA launcher, which recent players say often causes startup failures; some also report crashes and freezes during races.
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Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- WIndows 10, 64 Bit
- Processor
- (AMD) Phenom II X4 965 or equivalent (Intel) Corei3-2120 or equivalent
- Graphics
- (AMD) Radeon HD 5870 or equivalent (Nvidia) GeForce GT 640 or equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 45 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- WIndows 10, 64 Bit
- Processor
- (AMD) FX-8350 or equivalent (Intel) Core i5-350K or equivalent
- Graphics
- (AMD) Radeon R9 270x or equivalent (Nvidia) GeForce GTX 660 or Equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 45 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 Account
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 66
- 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
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- First time setup requires active internet connection
- Singleplayer gameplay requires active internet connection
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese. Text only: Dutch, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese.
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