Brings back the NFSMW experience. many features and still lacks a lot.
The Good - Free, NFSMW like game play, open world, cop chases, Multiplayer, Power boosts, Vinyls
The Bad - Multiplayer not bug free, Old car models, very less customization of cars, Car choices very less (Variety & options), Few tracks,
So you would notice that I have put "Multiplayer" in both good and bad category and I will address this in a bit.
For playing this game you have to create an account which is a painless & fast task. You can maintain multiple driver profiles like other NFS games. With each profile you will get same starting money to start your career. You earn reputation by winning events and your level rises.
Races can be played as single player, Multiplayer or challenge races (like 1 on 1). Single player gameplay is flawless and suffers no lag or fluctuation. But multiplayer is a prob as of now. Though multiplayer races are fun, they often suffer lag, or long waits as not a lot of people are interested. Also many times they are also not balanced as the race finder will pick random people who want to race and wont put then into different category. For example you will see a level 5 racing again a level 13.
Also very little car customization is there. I miss all that customization that was in NFSMW or older versions. the upgrades are in one package means the upgrade will be engine, performance and body kit together not like old times when we could design the way we want.
Car choices are also very less and the car models that are used in game are also old. For example they are using Evo 9, older model of M3 etc.
Vinyls are the part where I want happy. It offers a wide variety of vinyls and one can put good amount of detail into their car.
You also win and unlock power boosts. This is another thing that makes this game interesting. Due to these boosts the fate of races are almost unpredictable. A good example is traffic magnet. When used, it will attract all traffic towards opponent's car and can result is serious accidents and can be used to win a race which wasnt otherwise possible.
In my opinion the best fun part about this game (and also to make money and rep) is cop chases or pursuit. It is just superb. Well it is like old style but since rewards are sweet, it is much more fun. Specially when you use special pursuit boosts like "ram" so that you can ram the cars very hard. It makes it so much fun.
So to end this small review, I would say that this game is free to play. Please play it and test it before you buy it. This is still in beta phase and I have read on forums that in subsequent patches they are going to fix issues that players want in game right now like more, cars, customization etc.
Thanks a lot for reading it. My apologies for any mistakes. Happy racing.