Well worth playing through it

So I want to say, according to Most Wanted I was a little disappointed. Clear the multiplayer concept was not bad, but the game had partly not too much to do with a racing game. But here so go to Rivals. Expectations were this time a little more subdued.

Rivals is again more on the Rennspielelemnte and the fight with the cops. It is good of discord good / evil and the thin line drawn in the campaign between. There are not just black and white, but shades of gray. And the police, actually yes guardian of the law, show here quite a different face. After all, these are all means necessary to prevent the Raser's success.

It is very good that it now represents a direct single-player mode. Only online is somehow too stupid. Otherwise everything as before, execute from Speed ​​lists. The good thing is as a racer, you can by a high Fahnungsstufe quickly learn many Speed ​​Points, which comes to a good during the game. Because that one buys upgrades, decals or tech to avert Verfogern or on offensive Techs.
As a police officer you have all the cars from the outset on his level freely. Therefore you have to accept that you can not customize or upgrade indivdiuell his vehicle.

So much for first gameplay. We care and now to the technical side.

Graphically Rivals not offers insanely great. The Lock on the part of EA to 30 fps is noticeable, even if it now can be bypassed. By turning the FPS numbers high, so it comes back against graphically Most Wanted. And seriously, who can make it, it soltle do. It is worth it.

The AI ​​is really good. Cops and Raser respond to any Beegung. Roadblocks or Abfangmaneuver be coordinated and flow well in the game. The fact that the AI ​​is not simply give up, but even if you can end up in a car chase mentioned quite safe again.

A major problem, as always cheaters. Even in Most Wanted gabs all cheaters clan. Again by EA no anti-cheat measures is provided. That bothers especially honest players in multiplayer. It's frustrating when Racer Cops techs use. Well, apparently EA puts no value on honest players. After all, there shall Steam standards. Cheater be punished rigorously there. Why EA as a "kiss my ass" mentality shows, remains a mystery to me. Or are we only worth the money that we pay ?! I think we may also expect fairness player for a multi. And if cheaters can do anything with impunity, so the game is quickly gone.

What also disturbs eutlich in MP is that you can not create more lists Speed ​​and people can invite. It's hard enough to go to the limit to six people playing on the big map on the way. But six strangers to coordinate an event to go? IMPOSSIBLE! Since it was dissolved in Most Wanted better.

Finally, one can say it is a quite successful game. Although it still has some weaknesses and some unnecessary technical limitations, it is well worth it to play through time.