
They’ve got all the street racing in the area cornered and the fix is in, so when Tyler decides to scupper their plans his life is turned upside down and, in true videogame plot fashion, he’s forced to start again at the bottom of the street racing scene, winning races to earn ‘rep’ in an effort to get noticed enough that he’ll be able to enter the big, important races. You play a talented street racer, Tyler Morgan, who while racing around Fortune Valley (read: Las Vegas) is ripped off by a shadowy crime syndicate called The House. I’m a couple of Need for Speed games behind (the last one I played was Rivals) but playing Payback was a very familiar experience but thankfully now has more of an emphasis on the story. You’ll be racing around a big open world while winning races, upgrading your car and sticking silly colourful things all over your pristine paintwork. While EA have most of their eggs in the FIFA and Star Wars baskets, their Need for Speed series has always been a consistently popular title for them and so with roughly one game per year bearing the title, it was no surprise to see the series return again this year, this time with Need for Speed: Payback which continues to explore similar themes to before. Novemin PS4 tagged drifting / need for speed / racing / street racing by Richie
