One of the worst they've made to date, no surprise though, criterion are pretty good at missing the mark with NFS. It's too difficult even on easy, NFS has always been about being enjoyable and not too intense, the carrying over of heat into each night is a kill joy, its hard to get any meaningful money to upgrade cars or the garage. Heat was heading in the right direction, back to the good ol' days but this has gone back a few steps. Progression from Need for speed to Payback to Heat was great but this... ruined it. Much to my surprise though, I didn't mind the anime style, it makes for a nice change. Overall, get Jeat if you haven't played it instead of this. Just keep your money.