Heat’s story certainly isn’t the main attraction, but it was never going to be: it’s the gameplay. It’s almost comical how straight-laced the story is played, especially when you can dress up your character in a hockey mask and Hawaiian shirt. The illegal street racers act like breaking the law by driving fast is the only way they can get their kicks, as if there isn’t a sanctioned racing competition happening in the very same city, while the police force comes across as arrogant jocks and bullies.
You play Need For Speed games to race, not to tail police officers without raising suspicion. It’s a fluff filled backdrop to the racing and police chases, though it’s one that sometimes gets in the way of itself. To be fair, Palm City must be some form of utopian society if the big menace plaguing the streets is some idiots with too much nitrous, living their lives a quarter mile at a time.Īs a new racer to Palm City for the legal daytime Speedhunter Showdown racing event, you become embroiled in the illegal night racing scene, where the police have instituted a corrupt task force charged with taking down illegal street racing. Of course there’s one, and in typical Need For Speed fashion, it depicts a world in which the police force decide to give more of a crap about illegal street racing than any other crime like murder, hate crimes, theft and fraud.
There’s no Fast & Furious-esque car heist or famous drivers showing up for the hell of it, it’s just you and your car versus the world. The core reason why Need For Speed Heat seems to work so well is because it gets back to the features that made the series so enjoyable to begin with, and puts them at the forefront: fast cars, street racing, customisation, earning respect and outrunning the cops. If nothing else, it’s definitely better than Payback, so take that for what it’s worth. Thankfully, after experiencing the thrills that Palm City has to offer, Heat is the best entry of the current console generation. After a few underwhelming entries back to back, Heat is under a lot of pressure to perform.
Need For Speed Heat arguably represents a make or break moment for the franchise.
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