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Video game

Need for Speed Payback

November 7, 2017
Arcade Racing Metacritic 61

About

Need for Speed Payback is an action-driving racing game and the twenty-third part of the NFS franchise. ###Gameplay Despite the trend made by NFS' before Payback features an offline mode. The game is set in a fictional city named Fortune Valley. The player can choose between the three individuals to represent. The title features a real car — a total of 74 ones, and crafting system — many car parts can be tuned according to the player's liking. There is a total of five challenges types: Race, Drift, Off-Road, Drag, and Runner. All the modes share the goal — to reach the finish. However, the initial purpose is altered depending on the race — sometimes one has to drift his way to the finish line, somewhere the manual transmission turns one, and the gear switching comes to be mandatory. ###Plot Payback is one of few NFS' to feature ongoing narrative — the story of this one emphasizes the revenge theme. Three characters — Tyler, Mac, and Jess — are trying to avenge Lina who betrayed the crew from the very start. Each member of the gang has its unique abilities — Jess, for instance, is professional intel gatherer, so she plays a role of inside agent all the time. Guys, on the other hand, are more into races, so they do the dirty job in the trio.

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Processor
and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel i3 6300 @ 3
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 2GB of memory DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 30 GB available space
Memory
6 GB RAM
VRAM
2 GB
Storage
30 GB
OS
OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel i3 6300 @ 3

Recommended requirements

Processor
and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later Processor: Intel i5 4690K @ 3
Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 480 4GB, NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 4GB of memory DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 30 GB available space
Memory
8 GB RAM
VRAM
4 GB
Storage
30 GB
OS
OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later Processor: Intel i5 4690K @ 3

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