Jess is cool and condescending - mostly because she’s had to clean her fair share of blood and gore off her Audi‘s leather seats. Payback looks like a director is framing the game live as you play. Tyler gets a deal - work for a new boss or go to jail - and he takes the safer route, splitting his gang up in the process. But, Lina Navarro, a middle-man for The House’s leader, steals the Agera and sets Tyler on a quest for revenge. A few months before the game starts proper, Jess, Mac, and Tyler get the chance of a lifetime - to get their hands on the $2 million Koenigsegg Agera - one of the world’s top hypercars. The Boys are Back in TownĮverything in Payback goes down in “Fortune Valley,” a Vegas analogue with plenty of arid deserts, neon lights, and vice. It’s a monumental juggling act that spins a few too many plates, but, as we lay out in our review, Need for Speed Payback still comes together. It has all the major moments, too: The big heist, getting the gang back together, and plenty of turf challenges to work your way up through the ranks of Las Veg… Excuse me, “Fortune Valley’s” criminal underground.

There’s the cocksure mechanic, the getaway driver, insanely talented but hopelessly boring white guy, and everyone else you’d expect to meet. Xbox Game Pass adds Need for Speed, drops Monster Hunterįinal update will make Need for Speed: Heat EA’s first cross-play gameĪlong the way, Payback plays every trope, every street-racing film cliché you’ve ever seen. Need for Speed Unbound officially revealed - and it’s arriving very soon

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