NFS Unbound Gaming

[lavish crest]

apparently we're also getting a Maybach

and then we have refreshed playlists, and new playlists and races on top of that

and then 30 instances of the new hot lap activity

We didn't get a season pass with like 8 cars like Forza or The Crew but this is a good update regardless

[dense torrent]

🤨

[lavish crest]

I mean

is that so bad?

[foggy mango]

where u see dat

[latent echo]

thats nice

[foggy mango]

update overall is pretty nice

amen

the only bad thing about the update is still lobby size not increased

doesn't feel like a current gen game from that point of view

[dense torrent]

Where did you hear this

[safe viper]

HALLE-FUCKIN-LUJAH

[short trellis]

Finally

a reason to grind

[safe viper]

We'll have to see how much more money it is. But HOLY HELL this update is packed with fixes. Exactly what I wanted to see

[short trellis]

Now i dont have to consider throwing away my 1 mill for a car i want to customize and take 4 hours to get that money back

[safe viper]

Exactly why I kept a $3M pillow, just in case I wanted an expensive AF car and it didn't pay off

[short trellis]

3 Mill

that must of been

painful to grind up

[lavish crest]

A friend of mine told me this

[short trellis]

..

https://tenor.com/view/cope-gif-21611779

Maybach....

out of all cars

The CGT

Fucking Saleen

Hell the damn 1LE Package Camaro

[lavish crest]

oh hush lmao

[dense torrent]

They did say luxury not muscle nor exotic

[short trellis]

Although i cant complain

this game is themed around a rapper

so im not suprised that they would use an Overpriced Merc

[full zodiac]

me who is just happy there's any new car being added to the game at all:

[lavish crest]

themed after a rapper, no

thats like saying U2 is themed after snoop dogg

but yes, a maybach fits unbound nicely

[rustic isle]

?

[lavish crest]

I dunno which model

but a Mercedes sedan would be sick

[rustic isle]

Can I DUBify it?

[lavish crest]

I doubt it but that'd be sick

actually wait

[foggy mango]

tbh i don't mind it

[lavish crest]

Bleeding hearts, full chrome, 22 inch

Bagged even

[foggy mango]

as long as it's not some suv i'm happy

[lavish crest]

even if it was an SUV, DUBify it and you're golden eitherway

[foggy mango]

meh

[foggy mango]

making a modern asap rocky merc based on it would be amazing

[full zodiac]

I would've hoped for the W140 S Class

But still the fact that even any car is being added makes me happy

[lavish crest]

good god its so much easier to straighten out in Heat than Unbound holy fuck

or maybe its bc I'm driving an AWD car????

so I figured it out

basically drift like its 2015 except way more cautious bc the game doesnt like drift

[short trellis]

kinda is a little

[lavish crest]

not really

there's a collaboration yes

but besides him being a character with his own game mode that's about it

[foggy mango]

asap rocky in nfs:

three event intro lines

like 2 finish lines

you talk to him like 3 times

including one time where you get to drive his car while listening to an interview of him

he barely exists in the game

honestly the biggest thing i want to see added to the game is ai racers roaming the streets

to make the game feel more alive

like 2015 & payback had

[sleek swallow]

big ups this

make them provide special unlocks too

[foggy mango]

why not

i don't even want to race them

i just want them to be there

to create an "atmosphere"

over used word in this community

but basically i wanna be able to turn my hud off, go into the world and feel immersed

but being basically alone in that world breaks the immersion somewhat

pedestrians help, now bring the racers back

[dense torrent]

I want more Ai

In the open world

[safe viper]

Not really with the level rewards

[celest lantern]

^

Well yeah

[safe viper]

Plus I used the multiple reward cars glitch to get like $800k as a justification because I lost my original save file due to cloud failing to work properly

[celest lantern]

Mind me being a GTA Online grinder but

those cash milestones boost a lot

[safe viper]

Also doing the challenges in online

[celest lantern]

Yep

[safe viper]

It helps way more than people think

[celest lantern]

I honestly do the collectibles as well

Mainly to earn more online money lol

(The graffiti ones I do like though)

[safe viper]

I have 100%ed everything, got the M1

[celest lantern]

Sweet

Same

[safe viper]

So happy I figured out the tune for A+, it's so much fun to drive. Way more than the M4 GTS

[celest lantern]

Yeah

I'm more glad on knowing how to tune S+ & S personally

But yeah I can see some guys have issues on tuning A+ cars

[safe viper]

S+ can be a pain. I'm a drift player (keyboard), didn't grasp grip well at all. I like A+ most, no actually broken builds there

[celest lantern]

Yeah S+ is very grip focused

[dense torrent]

I like the grip focus tbh for Unbound

Been enjoying it especially on keyboard

[celest lantern]

Same

[dense torrent]

B2D has been little

How to explain it

[safe viper]

Let's be real though, it took massive nerfing of drifting and burst nitrous to make it better

[celest lantern]

I wish drift events has its own drift handling though

Like NFSUG/Carbon/ProStreet

[safe viper]

Drifting went from vastly superior to vastly inferior

[celest lantern]

Yeah, Kuru's irritated by it a lot

Also kinda' dumb ngl

that it's distanced based

[safe viper]

unnecessary stuff too. If you touch your opponent, you can't drift for like 5 seconds. Even the smallest graze

[celest lantern]

instead of points based

Like drifting should be based more on angle per se

[safe viper]

Thrown in at the last minute clearly

[celest lantern]

instead of how long you drift I think

[safe viper]

Thank God I don't have to do that anymore

[celest lantern]

Especially if you're forced with an actual grip tune

just forced the slider to "drift"

[safe viper]

Best is to have like 30% drift, any offroad suspension and bronze off-road tires

That worked for me

[short trellis]

...

Nevermind

[celest lantern]

Bruh

I legit reach level 99

Then I finally got to buy the Chiron

Doesn't have to be at 99

[short trellis]

you can get the chiron before level 99

its possible

[celest lantern]

Yup

[short trellis]

but i didnt grind that much since the Regera back at the time was obtainable and useful

and it was fun to drive

[celest lantern]

If you have cheaper cars on the other classes

It's easier to save money for it

Fr

[short trellis]

Or sell the cars you get for free too

[celest lantern]

I love the Chiron in SP

[short trellis]

Chiron in SP was okay

Regera however

that was fun to whip around

[celest lantern]

Yeah

[short trellis]

but i guess since people wanted it nerfed have fun grinding 3 mill for the chiron that has worse acceleration

[safe viper]

I lost all my progress. At that time I had no clue about the deep stuff like gearbox swapping. So I half-speedran the campaign over a single weekend and used the glitch as basically "your BS cost me everything, so I'm doing this as a consolidation"
I beat the campaign once already the legit way, so this felt validated

[celest lantern]

Skill issue sadly

We have to give it up for them

with no other choice

Unfortunate

[short trellis]

I can understand that you lost all of your progress

but i still dont condemme cheating

[celest lantern]

At least I'm sure the Pista's nerfed this time

[safe viper]

Look, I wouldnt do it if I didn't have a reason to do it. That was the only time that I was doing something like this. I play the game legit, no 3rd party stuff, no online exploits, nothing

[short trellis]

Yeah and i want that 458 out of A class

[celest lantern]

It's out

It's in S class now

[short trellis]

well

actually in the new patch notes

it was confirmed that now you cant swap the gearbox lower than stock

[safe viper]

One level lower than stock, not any more

[celest lantern]

Yeah

I believe this is what they meant

[safe viper]

So a stock S car can only go to A+ at the lowest

[celest lantern]

I mean tbh it would sound weird on the trailer

if it said "nerfed the Pista" or somethin'

[safe viper]

Yeah, I get why this technical stuff wasn't in the trailer. You can't make that stuff flashy

[celest lantern]

So this is definitely a patch notes material

and shows that Criterion listened

Exactly

[short trellis]

actually

they fixed a lot

even issues i never thought were issues

[celest lantern]

I'm lowkey excited to put different effects on every cars when it's out ngl

I do really like em'

[short trellis]

same

[safe viper]

This is an awesome thing to add. The effects matching the car wrap and stuff, I'm happy about that ^^

[short trellis]

they fixed a lot of decal issues too

same with the clipping

[sleek swallow]

imo you definitely could, just give the patch it's own 12 second section and flash images of some of the bigger changes

[safe viper]

The stuff they had in the tweet with the selected fixes, that can be added to the trailer

[lavish crest]

Oooh, this was unexpected but rather nice

Economy saved?

[rustic isle]

are car unlock requirements decreased?

[safe viper]

Don't think so

[safe viper]

Mayhaps

[sleek swallow]

RIP

[safe viper]

I'll need a speed build for A+ rip

[lavish crest]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

THE STUPID TRAIN WAS PART OF THE FUN 😭

[rustic isle]

boo

[safe viper]

It was fun, except when it wasn't

[celest lantern]

Smh

[rustic isle]

i liked seeing noobs crash out

[celest lantern]

They removed the funny

[safe viper]

When it was literally unavoidable though...

[rustic isle]

nah, skill issue

[celest lantern]

^

[sleek swallow]

Just phase through it

[safe viper]

Get bent xD

[sleek swallow]

tbh

[lavish crest]

Only after the gas station is it unavoidable

but it's significantly rarer

for that timing

[safe viper]

True

[celest lantern]

Then it's not breathless anymore

Way to reducing the challenge

[safe viper]

Well the playlists are refreshed anyway

[celest lantern]

I mean the playlist name

[safe viper]

So I imagine no playlist will be untouched

[lavish crest]

Even without the train it'll be fine

Nahh

[safe viper]

Hate that track. Can't smooth turn on KB

[celest lantern]

It's ok but we'll miss the funny moments

[lavish crest]

All of the existing playlists were refreshed

and then some new ones were added on top of that

[safe viper]

I'm curious about the Rumble playlists. Or is that just the Mixed classes ones?

[celest lantern]

No

It's a new race mode

[lavish crest]

Nah, they woulda just said mixed

[safe viper]

Cool

[lavish crest]

I think Rumble might be mixed race types? That's my wild guess

[celest lantern]

This is a pretty good W

[lavish crest]

like an off-road race followed by drift followed by a corner king or something

just a guess though

[safe viper]

Judging from the trailer, it might be races on Takeover tracks

[celest lantern]

I wish it has matchmaking added though

[sleek swallow]

That would make the most sense

[celest lantern]

But fixing the payouts is pretty cool too

I know players complained about it a lot

so this is really great

[lavish crest]

ooooh sorting through all those cars just got a bit better too

[safe viper]

Fucking finally

[celest lantern]

Hide and Seek should be a party mode at some point

Demolition Derby too if this game's saved for sure I'd say

[sleek swallow]

Prophunt too lol

[lavish crest]

PROP HUNT

[safe viper]

[lavish crest]

imagine driving off as a fucking dumpster lmao

[sleek swallow]

just section off the city

2 minutes, make the props slower

easy

seeker has to crash through the props to tag them as found

[celest lantern]

Peak game mode

[sleek swallow]

It would work okay

btw Criterion I do not live far away from Guildford

and my notice period is two months

so hit me up ty ty

[lavish crest]

M3 E46 Razer

I fucking love whoever wrote these patchnotes lmao

[rustic isle]

razer

razer m3

[shell wing]

Kinda hope they just nerf the Pista instead of ditching the whole down grade system

Cos some of the cars a better and only useful in lower tier glass

[stable timber]

I mean cars can only go 1 tier down

That's not bad

[shell wing]

Yeah now reading the patch notes more carefully this is actually pretty good. I thought it was generally not able to downgrade cars

However some pretty good build like A+ pista, A+ 488 or A+ Huyra are just useless now

[wicked marsh]

where do i find car meets

[sleek swallow]

on the map mate

or use the watered down easydrive

[lavish crest]

they literally said they limited the ability to downgrade

[scarlet dove]

Discord

[lavish crest]

so asphalt man

new events

new playlist type

a fucking avalanche of fixes

and a new car

and then multiplayer cops and some brand new free roam activities

[scarlet dove]

Nothing to write home about

[lavish crest]

ok asphalt kid

anyways

"People are only gonna be driving 3 or 4 cars bc meta"

meanwhile I just ran a B class race lead by an RX-8, beat an A+ playlist with a Camaro SS and Z4, and an S playlist with a Murcielago and RSX

[full zodiac]

asph*lt🤢

[lavish crest]

I like how the keys to the map throws in some character stuff too lmao

[undone rivet]

Is the update here already?

[celest lantern]

Tuesday

[latent echo]

ah 6 days before my bday

[undone rivet]

27th march?

nice

exactly 2 months after me

[latent echo]

nice

[latent echo]

yes

[full zodiac]

cumb

[undone rivet]

hi pepsi and z

good to see you guys

[full zodiac]

still no unbound for me

[latent echo]

Good to see you too

[safe viper]

Update out one day, my bday the next day ^^

early bday gift xD

[sleek swallow]

well hopefully it will last longer than your birthday lol

[foggy mango]

So

I might be getting an ssd and double my ram

Today or Monday

So i can finally unbound properly

Not sure how i sat through the entire campaign with massive stutters

[sleek swallow]

me neither honestly

congrats on the potential upgrade

[celest lantern]

Fr

Congrats

[foggy mango]

I'm 90% sure the hdd was the source of my problem

I mean sure my gpu and cpu are both beneath minimum specs

But i'm pretty sure it's because they're not tested due to their age

They're still capable enough to run the game on low settings

Especially with fsr2

[sleek swallow]

FSR is kinda cheating but fairs

HDD in 2022 is not it

whats your specs

*23

[rustic isle]

Real gamers play unbound on a HDD with integrated graphics

[dense torrent]

I still use a HDD

[foggy mango]

nvm my father told me that without looking at when the shop is open lmao

[foggy mango]

GTX 960 (4GB VRAM)
8GB DDR3 RAM
Intel i7-4790k @ 4.00GHz
120GB SSD + 1TB HDD

[foggy mango]

tbh integrated graphics have gotten pretty good

my laptop has no dedicated gpu and it can play rocket league, project wingman and GTA 5 (720p) at 60 fps

which for an ultrabook is more than you should expect from it

[dense torrent]

Damn you need to upgrade

[foggy mango]

no shit

[dense torrent]

I barely have any issues playing Unbound on my HDD

[foggy mango]

how old is ur hdd?

[lavish crest]

Windows XP old perhaps?

[dense torrent]

I did got it 5 or 6 months ago

[foggy mango]

that'd be why

mine is almost 7 yo

[lavish crest]

💀

[dense torrent]

Honestly the GPU and memory might be the issue then anything

That GPU isn't really listed plus 8GB of RAM isn't helpful nowadays

[foggy mango]

i dont see it running at 60fps between stutters if my gpu or cpu werent good enough

[dense torrent]

I wonder what Criterion is doing when they said "improve performance on low end PCs"

[lavish crest]

optimization perhaps

wouldn't that be wacky

[foggy mango]

cyberpunk used to have a 970 as minimum gpu but they changed it because it was no longer supported

not because it isnt good enough

i can run FH5 on medium settings at between 35-60fps

at full 1080p that is

on Unbound i'm getting massive stuttering, especially when launching the game, it calms down after about an hour

and i'm running it on low with amd fsr 2

[lavish crest]

I fucking love how good this game looks good

[foggy mango]

might wanna read that again

[lavish crest]

but this game looks good so good

[lavish crest]

I also forgot to get garage pics of this but I built this before actually getting the night shot of the GT-R

[magic dune]

where's the subaru?

[lavish crest]

Need to grind

[magic dune]

skill issue

[lavish crest]

not skill issue

bc the money is made quick

though I am gonna sleep soon since I need to wake up in the morning

[magic dune]

what is sleep even?

[scarlet dove]

Very nice looking shot bro 📸

[full zodiac]

That's a proper street racing wrap👌

[celest lantern]

Natural talent 👍

[lavish crest]

lets gooooo

[full zodiac]

420 hours lmao

[rustic isle]

i only have 104 hours

unbound is overhated

much better than ghost crap

[magic dune]

agreed

but slightly less fun than heat

[rustic isle]

nah

i prefer it to heat

unbound feels like it has better goals to achieve

i kinda felt i was randomly racing for nothing in heat most of the time

[latent echo]

for me heat is boring

I play nfs rivals sometimes

and hpr

I play more shooting games I've noticed

[magic dune]

i think it would be better if they gave you more than just story progression and unlocking upgrades during the night

[lavish crest]

Heat is fucking boring bro

[rustic isle]

people who say unbound bad heat good are kidding themselves
on the hate bandwagon

[lavish crest]

most likely haven't even played Unbound

[rustic isle]

nah
they play unbound daily
but still hate on it
because they have stockholm syndrome with nfs

[lavish crest]

Ziimbiian moment

[sleek swallow]

For the masses though, they prefer Heat

sales numbers and player counts don't lie really

[rustic isle]

well it is on last gen and was put on a massive sale

and ea play

and probably ps plus

[lavish crest]

$5 sales really work wonders lmao

[sleek swallow]

I'm talking lifespan

I'd also like to point out people who buy NFS 3 years later for £5 aren't going to buy a new NFS near launch for £30

[lavish crest]

yeah that was a poor move on their end

[sleek swallow]

on who's end?

[lavish crest]

Unbound'll be fine though

On Criterion's end

or EA rather

[sleek swallow]

I don't follow at all

mate

even if Heat wasn't 5 quid a few months back

[lavish crest]

they put Heat on sale as Unbound was about to release, that was a bad move for Unbound

[sleek swallow]

those people wouldn't be playing Unbound right now

[lavish crest]

you wouldn't know that lmao

granted it's the whole current gen only issue

[sleek swallow]

no like

[lavish crest]

but what about the people on PC?

[sleek swallow]

I can't tell if you're being serious or?

The people who spend £5 on a game years down the line aren't generally the people to buy the latest release while it's expensive

this is not an error with timing or anything, you're looking at data with no correlation

[lavish crest]

yeah sure

[sleek swallow]

as a person who spent years as a certified broke boi

I would play the old games in a franchise when they got cheap

not the latest releases

core fans of NFS have likely already bought it, those without the money will bite when they can

the general masses (who make up most of the profit let's be completely honest) will buy based on feedback, enjoyability, marketing and many others

[dense torrent]

Fix MP and add Audi

[lavish crest]

they fixed MP, audi is mid lmao

[dense torrent]

Ok yeah MP is fix

Still bring Audi and make the cops intense

[lavish crest]

"make the cops intense 🤓"

this was me slipping away from like 5 cops, one stuck to me like super glue

[dense torrent]

🤓

So intense in A class

[lavish crest]

sounds like a you problem tbh lmao

[full zodiac]

Sounds like you both had different experiences with the cops in Unbound

[lavish crest]

the cops for me are pretty damned intense, especially in heat 3+

[stable timber]

What difficulty

[dense torrent]

Intense

On PS

[dense torrent]

The game as a whole is a disappointed negative mess

I am glad MP is getting fixed already but I hate the idea Gho- Criterion is doing the release the game unfinished and finishing it later

[lavish crest]

sooo clever

anyways blame ea

its most likely their want

[stable timber]

We need to always blame ea and no one else

[lavish crest]

dude its a pattern

forza doing it, and then nfs doing it

that cant be some random coincidence

its gotta be a greedy tactic to keep playerbase coming back

I've honestly been fearing that for months

[light nacelle]

I've come back to Unbound. And I forgot how much the OST sucks.

[dusty acorn]

Greedy tactic, it’s not that deep

They just want quick cash

Quicker the release, quicker the cash

Long term success hasn’t shown to be extremely profitable for non-sandbox games anyway

Most of their sales/income come in the first quarter/half of the release year

So why bother perfecting a game if it only means that it’s gonna delay the date you get a shitton of money

Plus releasing a flawless game would give barely any reason to upgrade

[light nacelle]

Well, most of the soundtrack sucks. There's a couple good tracks in the game.

[lavish crest]

eh I think like

all but 3 or 4 songs are damned sweet

[light nacelle]

One one I can think of immediately is Front to Back by Buku.

[lavish crest]

Here though

the one and only black cux song that could actually fit Unbound

[light nacelle]

Yeah, that fits.

[lavish crest]

My favorites tho

definitely Shout Like and Hey Neighbor

[sleek swallow]

yknow sometimes I wonder why this discord gets a bad rep online, then I read any NFS related channel and it becomes clear

[safe viper]

Saw this on my YouTube timeline...
Who hurt him?

[dusty acorn]

Not even surprised

Nfs community will bitch about the update, or if they were to not release it they’d bitch about not having an update

No matter how right or wrong they are, you cant genuinely hold respect for people whose main source of views is complaint videos

[safe viper]

I think this was release before the patch notes were released

But still

[safe viper]

Holy Jesus I remembered something

Look at this

[dusty acorn]

Even worse then lmao

[dusty acorn]

Sad person sad life

The fact he has 150k but gets 2k views proves it

[safe viper]

I keep seeing this and just... Why even bother

[pearl mason]

Silvia can get like 316 kmh

[safe viper]

Which one

S14 or S15?

[pearl mason]

S15?

The beautiful one

Newer one I guess

With a 5 speed and a turbo

I think it's gold single turbo

Is rx7 trash car?

Never met anyone with rx7

[safe viper]

Probably not a lot of people have it since it's locked behind 30 B class playlists in a Mazda challenge

And nobody wants to really experiment because the economy is so bad

[lavish crest]

"nobody wants to experiment"

that can't be it

I run into the weirdest cars all the time

The RX-7 isn't bad but it's almost as difficult as the 350Z

[safe viper]

Or everyone is stuck with the status quo because their existing builds are good already

[lavish crest]

I doubt that lmao

People still race a lot, it's a waste of time if they aren't doing anything with that money

I've been seeing people in various cars constantly

[safe viper]

Maybe I should buy it and try it 🤔

[lavish crest]

Z4s, RX-8s, I've seen a couple of E92s, and even a La Ferrari once

I want a La Ferrari but I'mma wait for the update to do it since it's pretty damned expensive

[safe viper]

I tried a Z4, didn't quite click for me

Built a pretty decent BRZ, will share once I'm able to

[lavish crest]

Certain cars are for certain people in this game, it's beautiful

Alot of people hate the 190E but it's not a bad car

some people hate the Z Proto, but then again some love it

Some people use the RX-8 for grip racing, personally I'd keep it in drift

[safe viper]

Apparently the A$AP 190E version has different internal stats from the normal one

If you put same stuff in them, you'll get different results

[pearl mason]

B class stock engine rx8 is pretty busted

4 gears

[safe viper]

Yeah there will still be cars that feel broken. Foxbody is another one in B class

But nothing that's outright ridiculous like the Pista or NSX

[pearl mason]

Top speed is like 206-8 but I revbang whole race

[lavish crest]

I think they pointed that out

[pearl mason]

Doesn't matter corner king or not

[lavish crest]

so they might be fixing it

[safe viper]

We'll see

[lavish crest]

maybe bc you're using a 4 speed

[safe viper]

That's the point. You sacrifice the top end for better acceleration

[lavish crest]

your top speed will be complete garbage in exchange for faster acceleration

honestly I think it's only mostly useful for drift builds

[safe viper]

You don't need high top speed for most B class tracks anyway

[lavish crest]

at least 135mph

bc the RX-8 on 4 gears only reaches like 124

[safe viper]

You'll be fine with 130 on all but two tracks in B

[lavish crest]

again, it's mostly only useful for drift events, where you'll really need acceleration

[pearl mason]

Idk ,none of non cheese cars have ever catched up with me even in speed races in b

[lavish crest]

im gonna be petty like alot of others I talk to and say this

you must play with really shitty drivers

[pearl mason]

Might be

But non cheese cars hardly ever get 200kmh in non speed races

So not having top speed is just whatever

I wish that was not the thing

B class supposed to be more sluggish ,not a+ but without top speed

Cuz atm b class meta is something like that

• a+ but without top speed

[lavish crest]

?

[pearl mason]

I mean if Rx 8 had top speed ,it feels like it would belong in like a+

[lavish crest]

it probably belongs there

with that 4 second 0-60

but the balancing strongly revolves around the top speed

then again..

yeah no the RX-8 is way too slow to be A+

[pearl mason]

I'd like to do a drag race

Some day

Against some shittier a+ car

[lavish crest]

You can go against my A+ hatchback

We can see what car is shittier

[pearl mason]

Stock Evo X is very shit 🤣

Probably in every tier

[lavish crest]

no lol

I use it in A

[safe viper]

I have a quite decent S build

[lavish crest]

I have solid builds in everything but S+

I only have an R35, it's decent but I do wanna replace it with a FLF

[safe viper]

Murciélago

[pearl mason]

Well it is in a+

From what I've experienced if a car is decent in low tiers ,it won't be bad in few tiers above

[safe viper]

I got a bunch in A+. Countach, 370Z Nismo, M1, Cayman GT4, Testarossa, all viable

A+ is probably my favorite class

[pearl mason]

Same same

[safe viper]

Mainly because you don't see any actually meta builds. Almost everything looks beatable

[lavish crest]

Meta builds aren't too meta

[pearl mason]

I got r34 ,Evo X (swapped),mx5 (new one),Silvia s15 and eclipse

I've heard rsr is pretty amazing in a+

[lavish crest]

For A+ I have uhhhh

I can't remember, I have the A 45 and I think an RSX?

[safe viper]

You can specialize in cornering or speed, but that's it, there isn't a car that will be great at both

[lavish crest]

among many other cars

oh yeah

Some cars are faster but handle worse while others are better in races like Drifter's Paradise

[safe viper]

Mhm

[pearl mason]

Silvia is pretty good at everything but corner kings

[lavish crest]

Being able to change cars in between races will be perfect for strategizing your best outcomes for playlists

Can't wait for tomorrow

[safe viper]

I had a DB5, which was a rocket, but so difficult to handle

[lavish crest]

this is a part of the update btw

[pearl mason]

Maybe Its a bit of a skill gap

Cuz I've started using manual recently

[lavish crest]

skill definitely plays a part too

the car is only half the battle

[pearl mason]

And Im not comfy in corner kings with manual

[lavish crest]

I just drive auto tbh

I only drive manual in ProStreet

[safe viper]

Same

[pearl mason]

Mainly I started manual just because so many cars have so shity first 2-3 gears

So if I launch in like 3rd ,that removes that weakness

It's pretty fun ngl

When I do it right ofc

When I don't ,it just feels so ass

[safe viper]

Many builds are like that. I choose to suffer through it, mainly for comfort, and I very often regain the lead anyway

[pearl mason]

It's Hella anoying to battle from the middle to first place

Specialy in corner kings

Theres always atleast few guys who can't take corners and always pushes me from road

[safe viper]

Tell me about it xD

[lavish crest]

bro its fucking bad

[safe viper]

Also person ahead grazing a traffic car and sending it directly in your line x.x

[lavish crest]

DUUUUUUUUUDE

IT HAPPENS IN SP AS WELL 💀

[pearl mason]

Its so good that they're fixing the desync

And randomly flying cars after someone else crash

They mentioned that in patch notes

[safe viper]

Yeeeeeeep

[pearl mason]

They did not said exactly 'were fixing a desync problem '

But something that means that

Which is amazing

I've seen many ppl disliking then patch, but personally I'm so happy about it

New playlists ,tracks ,and qol changes is amazing

Don't really need new cars yet

Haven't played even half of that is available now

Not even near half I think

And not gonna lie,there's bunch of cars I'm not even interested in

Like those grandpa'mobiles

First 10 in shop and maybe some more

[lavish crest]

even then we're getting a hidden car

[pearl mason]

Ye

Maybe they are still hidding something more

Just to not spoil all the things

[lavish crest]

maybe

[foggy mango]

so it was indeed a maybach

[lavish crest]

so I've heard

[foggy mango]

https://twitter.com/CROWNED_YT/status/1637846506597220353?s=20

crowny (@CROWNED_YT)

The new Mercedes-Maybach in @NeedforSpeed #EAPartner

Twitter · Mar 20, 2023, 4:00 PM

[lavish crest]

is it the new one?

it is

hell yeah

[foggy mango]

ar12 has a video up

https://twitter.com/AR12_Nick/status/1637846819144101889?s=20

Nickypoo (@AR12_Nick)

Check out the full customization here: https://t.co/hFun3zx5QS

Twitter · Mar 20, 2023, 4:01 PM

i'm gonna wait until next week end to see by myself

[lavish crest]

no thanks I'll customize it myself

NOOOOOOOOOO THEO WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[foggy mango]

?

[lavish crest]

he JUST uploaded a video on it

[foggy mango]

cool to see EA giving early access to creators

the community aspect is important

[celest lantern]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plZVXertPkA

[lavish crest]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

least dumbass nfs fan

[magic dune]

man got proven wrong lmao

[lavish crest]

People only paid attention to Waru's car and the cops

[magic dune]

indeed

[foggy mango]

wait did influencers get early access or does the update release today and i'm dumb?

[lavish crest]

ngl I only want one Audi

and that's just bc I wanna recreate the transporter S5

[pearl mason]

Let's hope they add Audi A4 b7

https://tenor.com/view/copium-meme-pepe-frog-gif-26117735

I wish I could rice my whip in need for speed

And yeah it's kinda weird

0 Audi's

[lavish crest]

doubt

[celest lantern]

[lavish crest]

honestly Audi is mid anyway

[magic dune]

indeed

[foggy mango]

LeMans Quattro concept

[magic dune]

basically just rebadged volkswagens and lamborghinis

[lavish crest]

Maybe a TT and first gen R8b would be nice

[magic dune]

audi tt would be good tbh

[foggy mango]

first gen

or second

later ones look dumb imo

[lavish crest]

second gen ofc

[lavish crest]

also 326 in Unbound when

[magic dune]

ah, bellus mare neo project 350z

it's a shame the rear bumper is stock

[lavish crest]

not really but ig

[latent echo]

meditate or masturbate

• Trevor Phillips

[foggy mango]

how about both

max level clarity

[lavish crest]

i mean

as the old saying goes

its better to cum in the sink, than to sink in the cum

[foggy mango]

wise af

[lavish crest]

even wiser

and this is a deep quote from Cha Cha from Need for Speed Unbound

Sometimes when you win, you really lose.

[sleek swallow]

could be a euphamism

[lavish crest]

true

still funny tho

[pearl mason]

ay yo @lavish crest

lets do the drag race

[lavish crest]

hm?

[pearl mason]

im available

are you?

[lavish crest]

Lemme finish my lunch

its just the tomato soup left

[pearl mason]

okay

aprox how much time ?

can i start a playlist?

[lavish crest]

go ahead ill lyk

[pearl mason]

tell me when ready

@lavish crest

well ,are we going?

[lavish crest]

ill be a bit i got busy

[wraith atlas]

I like the new merc

[lavish crest]

hell yeah

[lavish crest]

still available?

I'm free now

the pain 😭

a widebody Z-Tune would genuinely be sick tbh

or better yet, BEE-R bumper on the R34

[light nacelle]

Or you know, letting us have the fucking Mantis body kit. I'm still salty about that.

[rustic isle]

it will be ea play exclusive in like 4 months

[light nacelle]

You sure, or are you guessing?

[pearl mason]

Not today

[lavish crest]

just a guess, it'd be funny tho tbh

[light nacelle]

I should try and come up with a new design for my cars.

I just don't know where to start.

[lavish crest]

Look for inspirations

check out other games or maybe the speedhunters blog

[light nacelle]

There's a Speedhunters blog?

[lavish crest]

That's what Speedhunters is lmao

It's the NFS blog

[light nacelle]

Oh

I'll check out the hot wheels at my store. See if anything catches my eye.

[lavish crest]

Yeah, usually when an idea doesn't come to your head it's always best to look for an inspiration

[light nacelle]

Think I got a winner already.

[lavish crest]

oh?

[light nacelle]

I think I can make it work.

But I need to get the right car first. And that'll take a while.

I will give you a hint. It's a red Viper.

[lavish crest]

ooh

[light nacelle]

Once the update for Unbound drops, getting it should be a bit easier.

Assuming I can handle the cops.

[lavish crest]

its not exactly like single player cops I think

heat doesn't raise after each race I think

might be wrong tho

[light nacelle]

Either way, they can be dangerous if I'm not careful, and I know I can be reckless sometimes.

[lavish crest]

If we play together (CappuMilku) I can help out

[light nacelle]

I'll be off this Wednesday, and the whole weekend. Think you'll be on then?

[lavish crest]

ofc

[light nacelle]

Cool.

[warm spire]

for when the Maybach comes out.. i think i might go for the Simple clean VIP build on that car...aaand in that nice blue paint

[stable timber]

Cool

I will remove both the front and rear bumper

And see what i will change after

[magic dune]

DUB edition

[warm spire]

That woulda been painted Black or Silver then

...or white

[lavish crest]

This guy in the rental was in a Pista and got kicked out of it

after the playlist we spawn in a parking lot lol

[rustic isle]

DUB

[sand coral]

Guys can the non ea play members buy the Legends M3 GTR on the custom cars tab?

[dense torrent]

no you still need ea play

[rustic isle]

rental cars now have rydell's rydes on them now

[sand coral]

I see, after purchasing them from the custom shop will it stay there after EA play expires?

[dense torrent]

Nope

Had my M3 GTR taken away when my EA play expired on my PS5

[celest lantern]

oof, pain

[light nacelle]

That's funny

[lavish crest]

wanna play?

[celest lantern]

Let's do it

[lavish crest]

what's your tag

[celest lantern]

What tag ?

I just came home

from the gym

[lavish crest]

ea tag

so i can add you

[celest lantern]

Let me check

Drift3rkid I guess

Yeah

[lavish crest]

are you in ku1ks server?

[celest lantern]

Loading rn

I would like to

I was in Kairu's

[lavish crest]

ill inv you

[celest lantern]

Cool

Thanks

I'm still in the Maybach loading screen btw

About 85% ish

[lavish crest]

ill be talking in ku1ks server

[celest lantern]

A'ight

[warm spire]

Nice thing is that they fixed the front grille issue on the M3 GTR

Ik lazy pic

[dense torrent]

Damn I guess I need PS+ if I want the Mayback on PS

[lavish crest]

console moment

wait can't you just do them on sp?

[light nacelle]

Gotta say, I'm happy to have the effects being independent from the other cars now. It makes each car more unique in action.

[foggy mango]

mostly*

[light nacelle]

I got another idea for a livery, but I need to unlock the 1970 Ford Mustang first.

Also if I want to get the Viper, I need to do 30 mixed playlists, and I've done 10, I think.

[lavish crest]

??????????

[foggy mango]

look under the grille

s

[foggy mango]

damn it's been a while since i've played this

hopefully i get an ssd this week

[fickle cradle]

Darius approved maybach

[celest lantern]

I'd like to see sum white accents on it

That'll make it more Stacked Deck-esque

[foggy mango]

u mixed the two builds i had in mind into one

i wanted a two tone red and black lowered maybach with wide smooth fenders, maybe a diffuser and stock rims

and then a more aggressive spec with that mercedes grille and some spoiler

[fickle cradle]

dawg wtf is going on

[lavish crest]

your exploits came back to bite you in the ass

REAP WHAT YOU SOW, SINNER

[fickle cradle]

I didn't exploit though, just frosty mods on SP?

[light nacelle]

I found another idea for a livery from a Hot Wheels car. This time it's based off an orange Fairlady.

And since I got that free Fairlady from the update, that saves me money from buying and upgrading one.

[safe viper]

https://medal.tv/games/need-for-speed-unbound/clips/10ItAkxWHF8IIj/d1337qH5XEiP?invite=cr-MSwzRWUsMzQ0ODU1MzQs

Endurances are so much fun ❤️

[light nacelle]

Barely got that.

[light nacelle]

I'm working on a livery right now. Here's how it's going so far.

[latent echo]

Im hard

[safe viper]

https://fxtwitter.com/NEO_NoiseBomb/status/1638596875459723289?s=20

[light nacelle]

I think I made a new friend in Unbound. We only raced a few times, but she was fun to race against.

[scarlet dove]

Nice

[dense torrent]

Bruh this whole time my PS5 bug out and didn't show me the maybach in SP

[lavish crest]

rip

I have it

though my membership shit isn't showing

[waxen fog]

H

[safe viper]

thank you Unbound, very cool

[pearl mason]

tell me this isnt cheap

[light nacelle]

I just had a same model battle between me and another guy's BRZ, and it was a lot of fun.

[lavish crest]

hell yeah

hell yeah

[undone rivet]

nico glitching again

[full zodiac]

hell yeah

[lavish crest]

hell yeah

[safe viper]

hehe, ass xD

[rustic isle]

😳

[full zodiac]

RUMBLE

[lavish crest]

rumble races are fun

[scarlet dove]

What's rumble

[lavish crest]

off-road races

well

off-road races but it's like

very interesting courses

racing around the docks, in constructions sites, and even the parking building thing up North

[scarlet dove]

Might have to boot up unbound.

[magic dune]

assap cocky

[light nacelle]

It's the takeover events without the obstacles, and you're racing each other primarily off road.

[lavish crest]

its not takeover events

It's more like

U2 Street X

grip races on drift courses basically

y'know what

thats actually kinda spot on

modern street x

[neon saffron]

They did a Ubisoft move xd

Mario and rabbids 2 was abt to get released and they just dropped the price on the first one, making the sales of the second one bad

They should really avoid this type of shit

[sleek swallow]

that's not how sales work...

[jagged rain]

what in the hell?

[sleek swallow]

there's a lot of spots like that

[jagged rain]

some are patched now

i recorded the video before the two updates

[sleek swallow]

I heard they fixed the truck one

[jagged rain]

same

[sleek swallow]

still haven't fixed controllers on steam/pc though evidently

my controller I'm using on type C randomly stopped working 3 fimes in one race... again

thanks criterion smh

[dense torrent]

Are you using a Xbox controller

[sleek swallow]

no dualsense through steams input emu

so technically yes but actually no

[scarlet dove]

Agreed

[dense torrent]

I would've said oh that's just Xbox controller acting up since I would play other games and the controller would stop working

I don't have issues when I use my DS controllers for Unbound atleast

3/4 and 5

[lavish crest]

I dunno, my 360 controller works fine with it

[dense torrent]

I want to make my 360 controller work but I need a adapter and idk if I want to buy one

[neon saffron]

hmm yeah i wonder why this game did not sell well while it was maybe the rarest ubisoft game being fine these days

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/867756058834370570.webp?size=96&quality=lossless

[sleek swallow]

people who buy games after they've been out for 3 years on sale don't buy the latest game on/near release day while not on sale

[stable timber]

Because people weren't interested lol

[sleek swallow]

can't believe this is the second time I've had to explain the obvious lmao

bunch'a fuckin redditors lol

[stable timber]

Also that

[sleek swallow]

"why did this person who's clearly not a major fan buy Heat for 3 quid and not Unbound for 70"

they're the same guys who are likely to buy unbound when it hits the bargain bins in three years

[light nacelle]

I got the new Lotus car.

Livery's not mine btw

[celest lantern]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/560593330270896129/1089257360712810517/20230326_013853.jpg

Now that's a 10/10 Stacked Deck based livery !

[light nacelle]

It's easily one of my favorites liveries in the series, but I'm too lazy to make my own version of it

[celest lantern]

Oh yeah

Forgot you mentioned that ^_^'

Still nice to share anyway

[jagged rain]

its not really new

[lavish crest]

yes it is

it's only been in production for a year

[jagged rain]

i mean to unbound

[lavish crest]

?????

[jagged rain]

forget about

[gilded garnet]

Oh it’s a stacked deck livery

I mean

It works well I guess

[sleek swallow]

it's the right car for it

just a shame it's slow af

[rustic isle]

I made a stacked deck livery for the proto z

[pearl mason]

@light nacelle well i don't have any issues on controller ,only Bluetooth connection doesn't work ,has to be wired

[sleek swallow]

I'm running wired too

[light nacelle]

You sound a bit disappointed

[pearl mason]

Have you tried changing the wire ?

Also I've noticed that you have to use proper cabels ,for example older usbs from my vape didn't work on PS4 pads

[sleek swallow]

wires known good, use it for multiple peripherals

[pearl mason]

Maybe that's the case

It does charge my vape but doesn't charge my PS4 pad

[sleek swallow]

your vape takes like 1.1a that's probably why

lot more to USB than meets the eye - cable is a known good high quality cable that handled my mouse, headset and numerous other peripherals perfectly

I can confirm it is the game thanks to having no disconnect sounds and it working perfectly in games such as mirrors edge or NFS Heat

[gilded garnet]

Probably just needs a engine swap

[lavish crest]

Unbound is so nice in the sense that I'm not forced to engine swap to be competitive like Heat

[sleek swallow]

couple of strings attached but yeah, it is a little better in that regard

losing forged engines does suck though, would have removed said strings in this game too, technically

[lavish crest]

Somehow the forged VQ is still there

for a select few cars, 350 included

[full zodiac]

there goes my coyote swapped ford gt

[rustic isle]

Why didn't they put this in unbound?

[full zodiac]

obvious reasons

[sleek swallow]

1/10

[lavish crest]

Stormzy Queen meme at one of his concerts when

[celest lantern]

Man's got wild from the night huh

[stable timber]

Smh

Should have been an effect

[lavish crest]

The Palace effect gives you plane wings when you jump

Could make for some epic gamer moments

[foggy mango]

Finally got an ssd and more ram

Even tho it's a real shit ssd

But the game runs smooth

[ionic spear]

Do anybody wanna play

@ionic spear

[foggy mango]

Bruh

I thought from watching theo that when you do the challenges in online to unlock cars they give you one for free

[lavish crest]

They do

Just not the new ones

[foggy mango]

Well i unlocked a bunch of cars today

And received none of them

[light nacelle]

Random question: how many cars have you guys named, and what are some of them?

I've named 4 so far, and I've named the old '69 Charger "Charlie",the Countach "Gloria", the Silvia's K "Naomi", and I named the Skyline R32 "Yuki".

[lavish crest]

Most of my main cars are named

I got Ukiyo, a 370Z. Sanae, a 240SX. and more

Allison is an R34 of mine

[full zodiac]

Not in Unbound (because no PC sadge) but my Ford GT in Heat is named Triton. Can you guess why?

[undone rivet]

Is it the engine name or something?

[full zodiac]

Yes

The Triton isn't in the game though

So it's a Viper V10 instead which is the next closest thing

[undone rivet]

The gt was supposed to have a v10, i just looked it up online

So thats what the triton is

[full zodiac]

The 2005 GT?

Shame, it only ended up in trucks and vans

And the Excursion

[undone rivet]

Yeah

[full zodiac]

I mean, I'll never complain about the 5.4 that is in the GT

[undone rivet]

Same

[safe viper]

Ok, I'm now missing the last 5 challenges with car rewards in the game

[light nacelle]

Anyone want to help me get the legendary custom kit for the Lamborghini Countach? I need 5 more wins, but I can't figure out a build that makes it better, so I keep losing as a result.

[safe viper]

I can share the build I used later today when I get home if it helps

[foggy mango]

Tried Unbound Remix yesterday

being able to fast travel is so based

that and delivery events paying 250-400k

who needs cheat engine

[lavish crest]

cringe

[foggy mango]

?

[sleek swallow]

I think they meant something along the lines of

"you should grind in a boring repetitive manner on a souless endgame because that was the developers intended direction"

Sadly, their knowledge of English is approximately one word

[foggy mango]

Understandable

[lavish crest]

cope

genuinely though

a "dead endgame" isn't exactly it

more like an outdated play style

NFS is very much an outdated type of single player game

which is hilarious because everyone wants the Black Box experience which was essentially that

[sleek swallow]

dead endgame is precisely it

The difference between Black Box endgame and Criterions endgame is that with black box you earnt no money, Unbound you earn the same money

[celest lantern]

I do would like to see them adding quick races tbh

Like having an option where you can pick a map and class, enable/disable cops or traffic

https://youtu.be/e6uC0ODUgNM?t=102

I mean I'm really happy with the endgame but I quite cope on this

I'm not asking for challenge series or stuff and Unbound's definitely a way better game than Heat does

but still Heat got the better endgame because of what he mentioned

[sleek swallow]

Unbound is the better game, Heat is the better time if you get me

I'd say it's a good base but I've been saying that on every NFS ever with the exception of Old Criterions NFS games

[celest lantern]

Yeah

[light nacelle]

I keep hearing fans longing for something like what Black Box Entertainment did in the early to mid 2000s, and that they're upset that Criterion can't or won't do it.

Especially when it comes to the soundtrack.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want a bit of the same thing. I want my canyon duels back.

[lavish crest]

Unbound is very Black Box-ish in some aspects

but they gotta keep moving

because people just want MW05 remastered

[scarlet dove]

They should make MW05 remastered

[lavish crest]

no they shouldn't

if a most wanted ever gets remastered it'll be 2012 this year

[scarlet dove]

Missed opportunity not to do MW05

[lavish crest]

there is no missed opporitunity

nobody likes Unbound or Heat not having much endgame, why the fuck would an outdated game be any better

MW12 at least has something in it's multiplayer

If anything they should just keep working on Unbound and adding more content

They added new race types into multiplayer, it's a good step

[scarlet dove]

It's a beloved game, that is often reguarded as legendary and a remaster would allow players to relive the game in HD, as well as let people who never played it before like me, experience the 'peak' of NFS.

[light nacelle]

Also it just occured to me that there's probably never been a custom route mode in a NFS game.

[lavish crest]

No there hasn't

[lavish crest]

The HD version already came out with the 360 dumbass