Excellent news, individuals who get pleasure from it when video video games carry again issues folks used to love a few years in the past within the hopes that you will nonetheless like them now you are quite a bit older. NFS Underground-inspired drag and drift occasions have arrived in Want For Pace: Unbound at this time, Might 21, as a part of the newest replace to the collection’ most up-to-date entry.
We initially realized that these modes can be coming to the sport through the discharge roadmap again in February, which outlined a 12 months of in-game stuff designed to assist have a good time NFS turning 30 in December. Now, nevertheless, since they’re truly right here, there’s extra data concerning what they appear like, so let’s get into it.
As outlined within the weblog put up saying its arrival, Vol. 7: Drift & Drag brings these two basic modes to Unbound, with a few adjustments designed to assist carry them updated with what racing video games can do in 2024.
Drift races, for instance, include an “overhauled dealing with mannequin for drift builds”, which goals to present you extra management over your slides and make mastering being a slidey boy a bit extra superior than it was again in they days of simply flicking your experience right into a nook and desperately making an attempt to maintain the again finish from looping on you.
Drag occasions, in the meantime, sound like they will be similar to they have been in Underground, with the large emphasis being on “guide gear shifts, strategic lane adjustments to dodge obstacles, and completely timed nitrous boosts”, all of which is able to ring a bell for veterans.
On prime of those, the replace provides “The League” to Unbound, with this being an “Underground-inspired development system that enriches the solo participant expertise in Free Roam, by permitting gamers to problem Rival Racers all through the quantity in head-to-head competitors to win their automobiles”. This’ll embrace some community-oriented components designed to get people working collectively to unlock new boss racers you can problem for some cool rewards. It sounds fairly enjoyable in concept, however we’ll need to see whether or not it accomplishes its objective of giving Unbound one thing that feels a bit extra like a dwelling road racing scene to delve into.
Lastly on the nostalgia entrance, there are some new PVP playlists that includes basic NFS Undergound automobiles you may undoubtedly recognise – in addition to one to unlock through the Premium Pace Move. Oh, and the 2 new automobiles arriving as a part of the replace are the BMW M3 Competitors Touring and the Ford Mustang Darkish Horse, which are not very basic NFS in and of themselves, however do include some uncommon customs designed to assist them contribute to the retro vibes.
So, there you go. We’ll see if this replace does find yourself dragging a bunch of us old-fashioned NFS lovers again to Unbound. Positively be certain that to tell us beneath in case you’re planning on dusting off your outdated RX-7 or 350Z.
