A game that is overall pretty fun, but not quite as as good as the others in the series
Gameplay
There are 4 types of Events you can race in and most of the events have at least 2 variations. Their is Grip, which is a normal race. Drag, which is of course, a drag race. Drift, and Speed Challenge, which is like Grip, but 5 times faster. All of the types are pretty fun and the variants expand on the game a lot.
The game is set up in "Race Days." Which are pretty much sites that you have to complete events in order to advance to the next race day. In order to beat the game, you must set new records on every race type to face the "King" of that race type. Once you beat all the Kings you can advance to the Showdown King, which is pretty much good at every type of race. I enjoyed this system very much.
There was some problems in the game, obviously. The difficulty curve is way to high. I got overwhelmed. I was beating people so easily and then "whoosh" you actually start losing. It is quite ridiculous, because I ended up having to beat the extra Race days to gain some more money to upgrade my car.
Graphics and Sound
I was sort of disappointed with the graphics. The cutscenes were pretty bad and I swear they looked exactly like the early games from the Gamecube. The cars are pretty nice, but Most Wanted looked alot better than this.
The sound in the game is pretty cool. The announcers have unique dialogue and the cars sound intense.
Verdict
Overall, this installment was not as good as the other ones. But like almost any other Need For Speed, it's still fun.