I’d say for a potential Vol. 4, I’d want 2 things: 1. Being able to do playlists solo with AI drivers from single player. 2. Off-road Playlists, We have more road focused playlists and nothing for off-road? There is enough dirt trails for off-road playlists. Edit: Fill in the slots where people don’t join with AI in a playlist is a missed opportunity.
For your point #1, if there are already people joining, it'd also be great to fill the remaining empty slots with AI drivers if nobody else joins once the playlist starts.
@@Otherfaceit just might be. Imagine more than 16 players leaving a linkup. The amount of cops that’s gonna be on the screen at the same time would be crazy and would most likely drop frames
Saved? That depends on the perma-haters who look for anything to be mad about. But I'm having tons of fun. Linkups are a blast, and I love drift events--still waiting to get a full roster for one though. (Edit: I also usually accept any races I see if I'm not in a linkup--even if I was on my way to one--because I feel bad for new players that want to race and can't get one started.) Wishlist: -Larger lobbies (for more potential racers) -AI racers to fill playlists (and the potential to race solo if no one joins) -Off-road races -Let us reuse parts, at least for different engines on the same car (although, money is pretty easy to come by now, so it's not a huge deal in multi--but it is in single player)
I played the game on launch, i did 100% of the story mode then i went online, got bored with the lack of content in online mode, only played for the achievements back then, vol 2 wasn't enough to bring me back, but now vol 3 launched and i gave it a go, i liked it and i'm having fun in the game right now, i already finished the speed pass and now i'm motivated to play and unlock all the cars in online which i didn't try before, so what can I say is the game is a lot better now and i'm looking foward for new content
Ngl this update really got me back into the game. Actually, I never attempted to fully get into the online mode beforehand, but now with this update I saw the potential the future has in store for the game
The update is great, the only thing i wish for them to add is being able to load into a playlist solo or individual races to test out builds. I have also noticed that not many people are racing due to linkups. I think if they spread out the time between them happening but made the payout abit bigger, it would give players enough time to complete a playlist or two then do another link up, or have players opt in to start a linkup, i.e. have 4 or more players meet at the location to trigger it to happen.
They should just have a global queue, that way all the people who want to do B tier playlists can queue together no matter what server they are currently in, and then get put into a server together for the race, and people who want to do the new events can also queue together no matter what the people in their current server are doing
One of my idssues with the game is: I just want to race. The meetups are cool Except they are making the racing less. I frequently open this game and exit because I don't have a race within 5 minutes.
My opinion would be to make the online races more like previous titles, where as you're not forced to only play multiplayer, doing this would give people an easier option to unlock cars and race without limitations of no one in lobby's joining.
I think the popularity of the linkup events will taper off fairly quickly, after which you'll be back to status quo in terms of racing. Considering that the status quo for that prior to Vol. 3 wasn't great to begin with, the global solution in my mind is allowing people to race in playlists by themselves. In order to make that interesting or sustainable for any length of time, they need to backfill multiplayer playlists with AI racers. I fear that if they were to increase the time between linkups, they will die even faster. Given how lucrative they are, people who want to utilize them to generate funds for new cars/builds will lose patience if their ability to frequent them is either unpredictable or unreliable.
I like the link ups in this season but you still make more money in races.... yes high pay in link ups but it takes 20 minutes to finish a link up... only takes 12 minutes average to finish a 3 race event... so yeah you actually make more in doing 2 race events with others .... the drift events don't make enough... my last complaint is new car introduced is not even close to a top tier car its slow fully fixed up.... dumb
If you get a full 8 racers you earn WAY more in two events REGARDLESS finish spot 😂 you get close to 70k with a win with 8 racers two of those would be 140k and events give you 120k for full event that can last up to 20 minutes long where races full 3 are only a combine 12 minutes at most so 20 minutes 120k or 24 at most for 140k? Plus no wait time between races so adds up faster than you think
@@Ribo-qj1ud - Sure, but how often do you get 8 racers in a playlist? I've been playing since the pre-launch and I've seen 8 racers in a playlist maybe 4 or 5 times... before Volume 3. Now, you're lucky to even be able to start a playlist.
Totally agree! Vol. 3 is better than expected. Especially that we can lay the focus on so many different cars now that have never been in the limelight. Linkups are fun BUT I‘ve seen some bully squads that have nothing better to do than to crash into other players. I mean… really?
To add to this i have also seen and experienced players teaming up to purposely hunt down others after the linkup has ended, if they manage to wreck you while in a police chase you lose your money.
My biggest gripe and they have actually addressed this but funnily enough not with all race types. So what I mean is if someone starts a drift playlist the box appears in the top right and next to that box is a banner with a drift icon basically saying hey this is a drift event. But and here's my problem all other race types to not have this banner, so for example someone starts a playlist that isn't a drift even you join thinking it's a street race but BOOM its a rumble event and your in the wrong car. So manny times this has happened to me and I'm even resorting to consulting the wiki with the race name just to find out if its on or off road. Real pain in the ass.
I personally love the Vol.3 update and it made me play almost everyday now just like when NFS Unbound launched until i completed the campaign. Drift playlist was the main thing that got me excited about this update but for some reason most of the time i get most people only in A+ Mo Grip Mo Problem playlist but it maybe just me. Also the Linkups probably better than Forzathons in FH5 imo. Btw i believe there were Drift playlist in NFS Payback and only in NFS Heat they were missing.
I would say this is definitely a step in the right direction, Linkups are really fun and make the cops much more enjoyable than in story mode and drift playlist are fun as hell. I would like to see the off-road, drag and take-off specific playlist as well as more drift playlist and new race playlist. New cars would be cool but new tracks is my main priority.
I also think you should be able to pre-shift in story mode at least so the pros can still set world records. I drive auto so this doesn't affect me. I do think it's a really big advantage in multiplayer so I'm indifferent towards it being removed there.
I think you should be able to get into “high skill” races where the racers involved agree on how much IN GAME CURRENCY they put on the line Or even racing for pink slips
Ive been playing unbound since vol 1 and i really enjoyed playing vol 3.this game has potential to blow up if they fixing certain issue for vol 4 imo such as : -increase capacity of party,instead of 4 make it 8 or higher -increase capacity of players in the server -add offroad event -NERF REGERA FFS (it would be lot better too if they add toyota and audi cars in the game,but we knew thats not gonna happen)
I randomly got into a game with you the other day. We did a linkup together, I was in the french-themed bugatti and you drafted behind me in the regera for a minute to get the challenge. Solid teamwork
Yea definitely enjoying it more now. The thing I appreciate the most is that they fulfilled my wish of letting you to just teleport to meet ups. Finally you can just start races instead of having to manually drive to them every single time. As for what they could improve/add on next, I'm not sure but did they forgot about rumble races? Addition of drift playlists is nice & all, but I also enjoy rumble a lot & have been hoping for more rumble races (which also suffer from having the least races & playlists), but I don't think I've seen any new ones unfortunately. That aside, I think we'd all appreciate it if the speed pass also comes with a timer on how much longer it will last. Personally I'd hate it if it ends before I could even get to Lvl.50. Though they're probably reluctant on including this since it'd set a misguided expectation on when Vol.4 would drop & the next speed pass would start. That said, the current speed pass duration would probably last as long as it'd take for Vol.4 to drop? Just a hunch.
Yeah, teleporting is clutch! After you've got all the collectibles/activities, there's less benefit to driving clear across the map. It's also nice when you just want to go to a garage to switch/upgrade/build cars, like you could in Heat.
@@MattePurple1 fr fr. Before it was very tedious initiating playlists to playlists, and getting to the garage, etc. Time is very precious & I'm glad this is in. The amount & frequency of races I'm getting now is unbelievable compared to before.
Were we supposed to get police cars in online races I think I heard somewhere? Don’t remember if Trigger said this or not, but this update definitely has me playing the game a lot more and actually playing the linkups wayyyy more than playlists; kind of takes the incentive away from them since you make so much money in less time
Quick change: Half an hour between Link-ups, schedule to 0h, then 0h30, 1h, 1h30... Future: make events during the day - 0h: linkup, 0h15: Race playlist with bonus paying, 0h30: drift playlist with bonus paying, 0h45: rally race playlist (then rotate different events during the day). So if u are in the lobby, always will be some to play with more players
They need to just add a full on Speedlist lobby like Payback, separating it from the free roam to make it easier for people to focus on challenges and unlocks with a lobby they want to join. Especially putting a filter on the Speedlist lobby to choose the class and event type
Just to follow up too, I feel like the speed pass was pretty lack luster when it comes to things. Yes, it fills up the slots of the game people wouldn't want as rewards, but then it becomes a forgetting process. I felt like they should've add the DLC pack cars as other legendary "skins" like other games to get more hyped about. BUT the catch with that could be making the Speed Pass 10 dollars like the rest of the games to keep pace with the competition of today's games. Of course keeping the new content free for everyone
I was excited for this game when it dropped! I even preordered it and I've never preordered any game before! After about the first week I realized I have been "had" 💢 in an attempt to increase longevity with the game they made it *WAY* to grindy! People like myself don't have time to be spending hours playing a video game! I played this game for all of about 3 weeks then dropped it! I recently returned just to see that the main problems (my problems) were still there! I honestly only have 2 major issues! 1) the way to unlock cars is ridiculous, it should have been based on levels like the previous games! 2) if no one joins your race you simply just can't race! 💢 That's idiocy! I don't mind the redundancy of having to grind a few different races hundreds of times to load up cash, it's boring but at least it's all up to me!
I agree with everyone here in the comments that we should be able to start races alone and maybe decrease the reward since it's solo. I've been trying to set high Scores in the drifting playlist and it's kind of hard to do that because ill be sitting trying to get at least 1 person to join and i just cant and ill be sitting there for like 20 minutes just hoping i get someone. I do have a record set on my channel and i hope people see and would want to do more drift races
I think a better solution would be if Criterion would finally add matchmaking for playlists. Don't just invite everyone in the lobby, but search for players in other lobbies, who want to play in the same classes. Unbound (and Heat) needed that system even before the update, but now even more!
This update got me playing again. I went back to modding Carbon and MW until this update dropped, my friends and i have had a blast since this one dropped. They just need to up the payouts from races
i think it should be split , just like in payback you wanna hang out go to all drive , and set the link ups there , you wanna do speedlist go to speedlist and in there thats all you do drift or race , you cant do link ups thats the best way to fix the issue
I think for vol 4 the speed pass should have a paid and free one for every say 10 levels for the paid speed pass new car and for the free speed pass there should be new bodykits every 5 levels.
I think new cars should absolutely not be behind a paywall. Can make the game pay2win if the new cars are better than stock cars. They should have the cod approach and have cars in the free pass and amazing body kits and cosmetics in the paid BP
@@TheBindoS Well if they keep giving us these things for free how will they make money the more money they make the more updates we get. And me personally I wouldn't pay money for bodykits or any cosmetics.
@@Jay-dq7wk When they do paid cosmetics I'm sure they'll put a lot of effort into making sure they look great. You may simply not be the target audience for cosmetics and that's okay. I don't buy the paid BP in cod because I don't care about skins myself but I know many people that do care and do pay for it
@@MattePurple1 Yes, you do. Money, and even speed pass experience as well. In a way, this does incentivize people to initiate & join races, which I've seen an increase on lately. Somewhat creating a healthy cycle of Linkups > Playlists > Linkups > ...and repeat.
I streamed myself playing volume 3 and finished the Speed Pass days ago and the only thing fun to do in multiplayer for me is grinding for the Regera and spotting cheaters during a playlist. It was nutty. Also, because the gap between Volumes is roughly 3 months, most players only play the game when new update drops and it almost died down because there's almost nothing left to do but grinding for cars
at the end of the day this game is about racing. and getting into racing playlist is kind of a pain. so while keeping the free roam online an option, they should include some sort of competitive or casual racing queues. so you don't have to get into any 16 people lobbies, you will be matched with 8 players everytime with the voted playlist of the sessiion. best example i can give is the blur online. so if you say that then linkup gonna be useless. i have a solution. you jump into free roam as always and there will be 16 players as always. but whenever you are in the garage you can matchmake for any playlists regarding of the lobby you are in. you will be matched with 7 people from different 16 player lobbies(which means across the free roams). you will vote for the playlist or whatever. when you done with the races you go back to your 16 player free roam then if you wanna do linkup you go out of the garage then you do 16 player linkup or you just queue for another race. this will both improve the amount of players in linkup events and maximize the players in sessions for races since now races are not restricted to your 16 player lobby.with this you now got rid of linkup cooldowns because now if people wanna do races they will always have players to do it so and if they don't feel like it they will just grind out on linkups. again this is not impossible since same kind of ways is been followed even by Minecraft servers. (and if they want to keep the online alive for 3-4 years this is the only way i feel like) and this should not take any more servers than they have already for unbound. it will be both efficient for their and our side.
I thought something as simple as: When you enter Online and press "find game" You are presented with two options saying "What do you prefer to play"? "Linkups and Cops" or "Races" You simply chose one or the other. Its noy actual matchmaking persay, it still puts you in a session all the same like it does now. But instead the matchmaker attempts to put players who want to race in a server together, and players that want to do linkups/cops in another. Wont be perfect but could help. That, or of course just make it 32 player lobbies but i dont see that happening.
They should do what the crew 2 does and that's a lobby with players in it and when it fills up with min 4 players boom loads to screen with players voting what Playlist they want either drift or reg racing. Something along those lines would help those wanting to unlock new cars or just race in general.
I have read some comments that they need AI to fill up the slots. No, please this is why it killed the Online system in Heat. Instead of implementing a proper matchmaking system, it should be global not in a 16 player lobby.
Vol3 Update has been good new players will just have to grind like we all did since day 1, that's the price you pay when you join the party late. I have a Vol4 update idea that I think is worth the while to implement and that would be to have a car preset feature that instead of buying 3 or more of the same car with different specs a preset would save the cars spec and you'll just switch it depending what you need your car for, drift, link ups, endurance etc. 1 car with the option to save 3 or 4 different presets for that 1 car, obviously you could rename those presets to know which preset you want to use at the moment.
I got an idea btw what if Criterion make some of the playlists as events such as the Link-ups for example where they pop up out of nowhere and feature bonus cash and EXP ? I think that this will bring some variety in the agenda of players
Im one of those that bought the game late and started online late (wanted to finish up story first). I think online is great BUT is missing the key thing that people want to see.. Maybe a List of overall fastest people for each Map or playlist including top 3-10 players with car used. People want to see their avatar/car/name in a top list online. Another thing is off road maps/playlists. We need more reason to build off road vehicles with off road suspension and tires. With that being said, in addition to that, if more off road maps/playlists implemented, more addition of awd rally cars or trucks/crossover vehicles should be added to accomodate variety of off roading. But if anything, honestly, the leaderboard would be a great idea. I mean, alot of mobile games have em so it sholdn't be that hard to implement. They could add a building with a huge electronic billboard that show maps, players (avatars), stats and what not. *shrug* i dont know.. just thoughts. In all honesty, I'm enjoying the game alot right now and hope it goes a few more volumes.
In my opinion I really liked unbound except for the car unlock system in nfs, I feel like it’s a bit excessive and they probably did it to expand the game’s lifespan but to me that’s what caused my to stop playing but recently I picked this game up with my little cousin again and I must say I’m kinda enjoying myself again I hope criterion continues in this direction
This game is like NFS Heat. Has so much potential to be good. Is quite an upset to see them take the wrong approach. They could split the community properly, by dividing things into their own sections, rather than dump everything into a free roam lobby with 16 players. Make it so that people can hop into a session where they race other people who want to do the same thing. 1. A Racing Lobby only mode, where you get three track options with different classes on each track and a fourth option with the choice of getting something unknown and random for your track and class choice. 2. Make a Playgrounds Mode, where is all free roam and has the link ups and open world drift challenges, speed traps, cop takedown challenges etc. 3. Make a Drift Lobby Mode, where people can go in and do drift playlists with no collisions, no cops and no burst nos, with the same three track/class choices and a random choice option. 4. Make Off Road Playlist with Off-Road races. 5. Make a Drag Mode for drag racing. The game has potential. Is just the wrong approach and splitting the community in a way where people can't fully enjoy the game to it's full extent. Unbound cannot be made into this kind of game as is a complete over-haul of how the game was intended to be. I feel Unbound can be saved, more for the casual side of things. Hopefully, Criterion can take this approach into the next NFS title they choose to release. They could also transition into the new NFS title with the whole idea of a speed pass with extra content. Make the speed pass locked behind a micro transaction with all the new released content being within the speed pass and drop a new speed pass/season every 3-4 months. Your ideas on how they could improve the gaming experience for unbound is very solid. They should continue to approach unbound as they are but transition into a new NFS title with more of the ideas I have given above. I know not many people will agree with this but I feel this could be a good approach for a future NFS Title. They have done a similar thing with NFS Hot Pursuit Remastered. If they take that approach and combine it with some of the fun game modes they have created on Unbound, I think Criterion can have a very solid base for a future NFS Title in their hands.
Lower the requirements to unlock cars and/or make it so there's more than just 1 way to unlock each one. Make the regular race playlists worth more money and add more game modes and events like the linkups. Drag race events and full on off-road races would be nice
Brought this game on special and me and the crew have appreciated what a breath of fresh air this game is. We came from Apex legends being seasonal players but we’ve been stuck on NFS for the last 5 weeks. I hope the devs keep improving the game.
Triggers suggestion to have a 15 minute gap in-between link ups is a good one. I like race playlists and mostly struggle to get more than 2 or 3 in a race. Overall though I'm personally pleased with the vol 3 update. I feel the need, the need for speed! 😁
I agree with what you say in the video but I would also like to see them add more event types like Drag Racing. It's a big one people have been asking for and it wouldn't be that hard to add there are plenty of good locations for Drag Racing. All they really need to add it Drag Tire's and Tracks.
I consider myself lucky that I have two friends to play this with, having access to make this much money has been a blessing. We have been able to do really fun builds with no real monetary worry.
The problem I have with this update is the small server amount! There is too much freedom. Im yet to play a link up with 16 players and the playlists are still dead. With most of my races having 2-4 players 95 percent of the time.
Ive had the most fun with the volume 3 update, but its hard to start a race playlist now. 2. Would be cool if we had the option to join a race or drift lobby
i like the update but the problem is as MGC said, as a returning player its imposible to unlock cars from playlist in the past couple days not a single person accepted a race i started and the races that others start i always only drift events. I do believe the best solution at this point would be to make solo(or with bots) race playlists.
My little sister still plays unbound whereas me I still play heat/2015. From her feedback she sounds the same ss trigger, she says this is the most fun she's had in unbound since launch. Cool for her I'm still on the outs, I agree with trigger I'm waiting for the next nfs game too. In my way of playing, It seems like unbound would be playable if you could have npc racers in online races. The choice to challenge the lobby, party or race solo, simple heat already did it wonderfully. Biggest gripe with unbound, is it's a chore to practice races. Solo; it's metal gear sold with the cops & random races. Online; it's nobody joins the races (that you pick) That's my poison, that's why unbound is dead to me. If npc racers was in online races, the way I explained⤴️, I might purchase another copy, but until then, Heat>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>unbound 🚬💋💄
The update has bought me back to the game and made online fun. Between grinding the linkups for easy money to get all the cars I want trying out different stuff having fun with builds and doing playlist to unlock cars like the Bugatti, Regera etc I never unlocked. there’s enough to do. The game doesn’t have to be the best NFS as long as it’s fun that’s all that matters.
If they can add bots to automatically fill playlists so I can play my races then it would be perfect. Everyone is in the overworld so I can’t do challenges to unlock the cars that I want
so this my first time ever playing a nfs. just started playing because it was on deal and im having a lot of fun on the game right now. I didnt hear good things about the game but honestly its pretty good imo. Ive just been playing through the story and im enjoying it even though everyone else says otherwise. I tried to play online but it was empty so i wondered if the game was dead but now i know why.
@Trigger Rt now, for Father's day I got Unbound, Heat, and Hot Pursuit, I put down the sports games, and cannot stop playing these 3 games, I love what CRITERION is doing, no it's not perfect but they're trying, and I'm all in bro.
I just got the game on sale a week ago and I’ve been grinding nonstop but the trophies aren’t popping up. Any idea of what I can to make them show up on PS5?
As a singleplayer focused gamer, all the Unbound vol updates has left me feeling alienated. I've waited over half a year for something, but there's just nothing here for me.
While I am happy, now that the people who still play this game are happy with this update, even though I have been on and off since the launch with this game and my experience with it has been kind of iffy from what all that I have seen from the newest update I have to say it looks pretty fun and way better than when I last played the game two months ago so just because of that, I might reconsider re-downloading the game
The problem is the last 2 NFSs(Unbound and Heat) really only focused on the co-op player base and left those like me who just wants to pick fast car and race in a speedlists or other with other players. While I think the Vol.3 update is good I also think that it killed completely the reason to race at all and everyone is on the linkup bandwagon and it sucks plus the split SP and MP thing doesn't help at all. I just can't play this game's MP. This split thing with SP and MP killed my motivation to play the game at all. I don't have time to grind again for a cars let alone for their upgrades and garage upgrades and for sure I don't want to repeat the same boring linkups again and again and again to loose my mind, it's boring AF. I just want to pick up the cars I have build in my SP game, pick a speedlist and race with other players and if I want co-op game I can go to open world and do it but NFS doesn't have that option because guys like Blackpanthaa wants co-op play cus he sucks at racing etc. Pure garbage for me. Until NFS can make a game for everyone I'll still play Forza Horizon. Even if every new title has the same gameplay and structure, at least I can only race there on a new map and maybe cars and I also have a choice of free roam co-op if I want to. At least this game gives you option not like Unbound and Heat that forces you to play co-op. I don't want that garbage, sorry I love NFS but fuck this shit
Also maybe increase player count in sessions? 16 players in one session seems a bit low considering the game is next gen only, maybe up it to 20 or 24?
1. The linkup became trending on need for speed unbound 2. The race of speed list is dead not much people are join 3. This update is good it’s only if need something bit change 4. My opinion is good if people is here playing race doing some challenges that some of them hasn’t been not finished yet or not started
I just want them to add AI when no one joins your race. It's already no player payout multiplier anyway so it's less money, but it's gonna be easier to complete objectives like "20 takedowns in races" or something like that, I don't want to be branded as toxic whenever I takedowns people in online races and it's weird they promoted that way instead of clean racing. Ghosting in drift event is the great addition to the game I wish they also added it in normal races but it's back to the last problem I've been talk about.
In my opinion yes they maybe have saved unbound but I maybe an another idea for the decals. You know on the SRT Viper legendary body kid with the glowing snake and other stickers? They should add more of those but with our own cars! What do u think?🤔
As a new player. Recently started yesterday. The game feels weird. Navigating the menus. The "effects" are very distracting. But in terms of actual gameplay. I dont know if ill enjoy the whole drive to the meetup location, do the races. Drive back to the garage, rinse and repeat. I feel like this is a massive step backwards.
For me no. I’m a racer I like to race on need for speed games and even before this update it was always a challenge to get players to race because of matchmaking being limited only to the lobby your in. No one wants to race and racing should be the big thing in this game
Its definitely a step up and being a long time player with having a month or so break i think its great. Somethibg different to just doing speed lists. But do agree will be a good change to have a longer break in between to have enough time to do a speedlist in between will be good. But its definitely the most fun i have had since the start of playing the online of unbound for sure
I never been a competitive player i had like 200 hours in heat but only played solo I played unbound the release day but never finish the story becouse it wasnt that fun for me and i had a lot of work so i played games i enjoy more in the little time i had Now i gave the game a second chance and did my first online experiences it is pretty fun, the unlocking cars its a problem yeah but other than that im enjoying it and recomendig it to friends to play, being in game pass helps a lot in that
i left the game after i finished the main story and tried the online. it bored me because people were making those weird builds with ferraris and stuff and wasnt feeling too fair. but i have been happy to return, did it out of curiosity (i play lots of games with BP) and this one is free. didnt think i would like to stay but now i find myself having lots of fun jumping from linkups to races, theres more people in the lobbies and feels more alive. it isnt too grindy and instead been more fulfilling and rewarding to play for me. in my un educated opinion this has potential to keep bringing more people into the game.
Before the Vol.3 update all i care is PvP races, i was a manual gear player and always launch the cars with second or third gear for better acceleration with perfect launch combo but not anymore. They removed the pre-shift in Vol.3 whenever i want to race, the whole server doing sh*tty link-up event. PvP races now much worse and boring, %90 of players drive like an idiot. So yeah, that's my opinion.
Honestly, I have been enjoying this update, but I feel like it lacks different cars because we only get one car in the speed pass and that’s a STR viper that’s already been customized and that is one thing I feel like that shouldn’t have happened. Honestly, there should’ve been at least two maybe three cars in the speed pass in my opinion that would make it more worse cleaning instead of just getting more cosmetics for the outfits and the decals that you used to customize your car. I honestly feel like that’s not the best way to go about it don’t get me wrong. I think that the drift playlist is a event. Yeah I get that should be in a need for speed game. But at the same time they failed to balance it because I told people talk about drifting this drifting that no one’s talking about actual racing so this is not towards anybody that likes drifting events, but this is just what I think. I truly wish they would’ve done more racing instead of throwing everything under the bus that’s what it’s like for me again, this is just my own opinion.
I want to come back to the game, but the fact that they won't increase the server size or add matchmaking for races between servers is insane. It's so frustrating to log into a server and see that 12 of the 16 people are busy, and I have no idea who is in which playlist or when they'll be available to race again. 64 player servers should be no problem for a huge corporation like EA, 32 should have happened before I finished typing this. The new content looks fun but are people still racing? Last time I logged on I tried to get a race for 5 minutes and gave up.
Not sure if anyone will see this but like you said I’m new from the ea pass thing and I watched the video but I’m still confused on how to get cars in online
When in the garage go to challenges, then all challenges and it will show you exactly what you need to do to unlock certain cars. I believe the cars are organized in alphabetical order.
Thank you for posting this video. In my opinion nfs heat playlist is way better. I don’t have to rely on other people to unlock cars and find matches. And earning a lot of money is way better. Unfortunately, i need to say that nfs heat is better that unbound even though unbound got so much customizations but it’s not as satisfying. They could have at least heat 2.0 🤦🏻♂️
Hi I've just found your channel and thanks for the advice but I'm playing nfsh and it's my favourite game I can play it for hours every day but I'm only at r level 21 because I had to start over a new game when I got it for my ps5. I had it on my ps4 but I dnt understand how to get my saved data from my cloud it says to copy from cloud or console but I've dun both and I carnt find were to load that previous save so I just started again basically on all the games I play which I dnt mind really it's only took me about 4 days to get to were I am now at level 21 and way I do it is I do a race in the day to make money and I always win I've never lost a race yet and I'm not being big headed I'm just telling the truth anyway I'm now at the part were I've been given a Aston Martin db11 and ive to go thru some speed traps at 130 but i carnt find them on the map the ones I've been going thru I get 180mph thru them but I've still to get 130 so I'm lost because there not showing up on the map so I'm just going to change back to my original car I've got really tuned up its the bmw m3 and I love it max speed says 210 now I've tuned it up so I'll just carry on with the story I think anyway not sure if you will even see and read this comment but if you do well done on the channel and all the subs I gave up with my channel yrs ago now I wasn't getting any views hardly so didn't see the point but then all ov a sudden one of my play throughs on resident evil 4 the old one when it was released on the ps4 update version send crazy viral and the views kept going up but I'm not monetized only have like 130 subs but I'm not even sure not looked in ages last time I looked at that vid there was 40k views I was shocked lol anyway piece out bro
I’d say for a potential Vol. 4, I’d want 2 things:
1. Being able to do playlists solo with AI drivers from single player.
2. Off-road Playlists, We have more road focused playlists and nothing for off-road? There is enough dirt trails for off-road playlists.
Edit: Fill in the slots where people don’t join with AI in a playlist is a missed opportunity.
For your point #1, if there are already people joining, it'd also be great to fill the remaining empty slots with AI drivers if nobody else joins once the playlist starts.
@@Don_Akane89 forgot to mention that. I’ll add a edit to it.
@@reekid_ace Oh, AND also, if somebody quits mid-race, it'd also be cool if they could replace the quitter(s) slot with AI as well.
@@Don_Akane89Pretty sure GRID Legends does that and I love the idea
Decrease the amount of races required to unlock a car 30 per car is ridiculous
it saved the multiplayer yes, but it kills speedlists
If only we had 30 players in lobbies
And this wouldn't happen if only they increase the lobby side by 32. Is it really that hard to change a few numbers?!
@@Otherfaceit just might be. Imagine more than 16 players leaving a linkup. The amount of cops that’s gonna be on the screen at the same time would be crazy and would most likely drop frames
@@deathbynina3539I mean your right but I had 14 players in my linkup an led it wasn’t that bad honestly
Just put a cap on how many cops can spawn at the link ups
Saved? That depends on the perma-haters who look for anything to be mad about. But I'm having tons of fun. Linkups are a blast, and I love drift events--still waiting to get a full roster for one though. (Edit: I also usually accept any races I see if I'm not in a linkup--even if I was on my way to one--because I feel bad for new players that want to race and can't get one started.)
Wishlist:
-Larger lobbies (for more potential racers)
-AI racers to fill playlists (and the potential to race solo if no one joins)
-Off-road races
-Let us reuse parts, at least for different engines on the same car (although, money is pretty easy to come by now, so it's not a huge deal in multi--but it is in single player)
I think the update is good, now they need to add a speedlist type for races only.. so you can just join people who like to race!
I played the game on launch, i did 100% of the story mode then i went online, got bored with the lack of content in online mode, only played for the achievements back then, vol 2 wasn't enough to bring me back, but now vol 3 launched and i gave it a go, i liked it and i'm having fun in the game right now, i already finished the speed pass and now i'm motivated to play and unlock all the cars in online which i didn't try before, so what can I say is the game is a lot better now and i'm looking foward for new content
Ngl this update really got me back into the game. Actually, I never attempted to fully get into the online mode beforehand, but now with this update I saw the potential the future has in store for the game
We actually did have drift playlist in need for speed payback
The update is great, the only thing i wish for them to add is being able to load into a playlist solo or individual races to test out builds. I have also noticed that not many people are racing due to linkups. I think if they spread out the time between them happening but made the payout abit bigger, it would give players enough time to complete a playlist or two then do another link up, or have players opt in to start a linkup, i.e. have 4 or more players meet at the location to trigger it to happen.
Or not increase time. But increase session amount. And finding players across the world not in a session with you like Forza or GTA
They should just have a global queue, that way all the people who want to do B tier playlists can queue together no matter what server they are currently in, and then get put into a server together for the race, and people who want to do the new events can also queue together no matter what the people in their current server are doing
This is absolutely what the game needs more than anything.
One of my idssues with the game is: I just want to race. The meetups are cool Except they are making the racing less. I frequently open this game and exit because I don't have a race within 5 minutes.
My opinion would be to make the online races more like previous titles, where as you're not forced to only play multiplayer, doing this would give people an easier option to unlock cars and race without limitations of no one in lobby's joining.
I think the popularity of the linkup events will taper off fairly quickly, after which you'll be back to status quo in terms of racing. Considering that the status quo for that prior to Vol. 3 wasn't great to begin with, the global solution in my mind is allowing people to race in playlists by themselves. In order to make that interesting or sustainable for any length of time, they need to backfill multiplayer playlists with AI racers.
I fear that if they were to increase the time between linkups, they will die even faster. Given how lucrative they are, people who want to utilize them to generate funds for new cars/builds will lose patience if their ability to frequent them is either unpredictable or unreliable.
I like the link ups in this season but you still make more money in races.... yes high pay in link ups but it takes 20 minutes to finish a link up... only takes 12 minutes average to finish a 3 race event... so yeah you actually make more in doing 2 race events with others .... the drift events don't make enough... my last complaint is new car introduced is not even close to a top tier car its slow fully fixed up.... dumb
@@Ribo-qj1udthat’s assuming you win the 2, minimum would be 80k in 24 minutes, completing a linkup gets you an extra 45k for less time
If you get a full 8 racers you earn WAY more in two events REGARDLESS finish spot 😂 you get close to 70k with a win with 8 racers two of those would be 140k and events give you 120k for full event that can last up to 20 minutes long where races full 3 are only a combine 12 minutes at most so 20 minutes 120k or 24 at most for 140k? Plus no wait time between races so adds up faster than you think
@@Ribo-qj1ud - Sure, but how often do you get 8 racers in a playlist? I've been playing since the pre-launch and I've seen 8 racers in a playlist maybe 4 or 5 times... before Volume 3. Now, you're lucky to even be able to start a playlist.
Totally agree! Vol. 3 is better than expected. Especially that we can lay the focus on so many different cars now that have never been in the limelight. Linkups are fun BUT I‘ve seen some bully squads that have nothing better to do than to crash into other players. I mean… really?
just report and ignore them! switch maybe from server or get revenge and let them crash into walls XD
To add to this i have also seen and experienced players teaming up to purposely hunt down others after the linkup has ended, if they manage to wreck you while in a police chase you lose your money.
@@Vyltax haha 😂 yeah, they don’t bother me. But maybe others.
@@OSHSTO actually happened to me once. 😄
@@MusashiDE RIP what a agressive people! They should be happy they can play such an amazing game!
My biggest gripe and they have actually addressed this but funnily enough not with all race types. So what I mean is if someone starts a drift playlist the box appears in the top right and next to that box is a banner with a drift icon basically saying hey this is a drift event. But and here's my problem all other race types to not have this banner, so for example someone starts a playlist that isn't a drift even you join thinking it's a street race but BOOM its a rumble event and your in the wrong car. So manny times this has happened to me and I'm even resorting to consulting the wiki with the race name just to find out if its on or off road. Real pain in the ass.
I personally love the Vol.3 update and it made me play almost everyday now just like when NFS Unbound launched until i completed the campaign. Drift playlist was the main thing that got me excited about this update but for some reason most of the time i get most people only in A+ Mo Grip Mo Problem playlist but it maybe just me. Also the Linkups probably better than Forzathons in FH5 imo. Btw i believe there were Drift playlist in NFS Payback and only in NFS Heat they were missing.
I would say this is definitely a step in the right direction, Linkups are really fun and make the cops much more enjoyable than in story mode and drift playlist are fun as hell. I would like to see the off-road, drag and take-off specific playlist as well as more drift playlist and new race playlist. New cars would be cool but new tracks is my main priority.
I also think you should be able to pre-shift in story mode at least so the pros can still set world records. I drive auto so this doesn't affect me. I do think it's a really big advantage in multiplayer so I'm indifferent towards it being removed there.
I think you should be able to get into “high skill” races where the racers involved agree on how much IN GAME CURRENCY they put on the line
Or even racing for pink slips
Ive been playing unbound since vol 1 and i really enjoyed playing vol 3.this game has potential to blow up if they fixing certain issue for vol 4 imo such as :
-increase capacity of party,instead of 4 make it 8 or higher
-increase capacity of players in the server
-add offroad event
-NERF REGERA FFS
(it would be lot better too if they add toyota and audi cars in the game,but we knew thats not gonna happen)
Unbound would be perfect with Payback's drift physics.
I randomly got into a game with you the other day. We did a linkup together, I was in the french-themed bugatti and you drafted behind me in the regera for a minute to get the challenge. Solid teamwork
Yea definitely enjoying it more now. The thing I appreciate the most is that they fulfilled my wish of letting you to just teleport to meet ups. Finally you can just start races instead of having to manually drive to them every single time.
As for what they could improve/add on next, I'm not sure but did they forgot about rumble races? Addition of drift playlists is nice & all, but I also enjoy rumble a lot & have been hoping for more rumble races (which also suffer from having the least races & playlists), but I don't think I've seen any new ones unfortunately.
That aside, I think we'd all appreciate it if the speed pass also comes with a timer on how much longer it will last. Personally I'd hate it if it ends before I could even get to Lvl.50. Though they're probably reluctant on including this since it'd set a misguided expectation on when Vol.4 would drop & the next speed pass would start. That said, the current speed pass duration would probably last as long as it'd take for Vol.4 to drop? Just a hunch.
Yeah, teleporting is clutch! After you've got all the collectibles/activities, there's less benefit to driving clear across the map. It's also nice when you just want to go to a garage to switch/upgrade/build cars, like you could in Heat.
@@MattePurple1 fr fr. Before it was very tedious initiating playlists to playlists, and getting to the garage, etc. Time is very precious & I'm glad this is in. The amount & frequency of races I'm getting now is unbelievable compared to before.
Were we supposed to get police cars in online races I think I heard somewhere? Don’t remember if Trigger said this or not, but this update definitely has me playing the game a lot more and actually playing the linkups wayyyy more than playlists; kind of takes the incentive away from them since you make so much money in less time
Nope
Quick change: Half an hour between Link-ups, schedule to 0h, then 0h30, 1h, 1h30...
Future: make events during the day - 0h: linkup, 0h15: Race playlist with bonus paying, 0h30: drift playlist with bonus paying, 0h45: rally race playlist (then rotate different events during the day). So if u are in the lobby, always will be some to play with more players
They need to just add a full on Speedlist lobby like Payback, separating it from the free roam to make it easier for people to focus on challenges and unlocks with a lobby they want to join. Especially putting a filter on the Speedlist lobby to choose the class and event type
Just to follow up too, I feel like the speed pass was pretty lack luster when it comes to things. Yes, it fills up the slots of the game people wouldn't want as rewards, but then it becomes a forgetting process. I felt like they should've add the DLC pack cars as other legendary "skins" like other games to get more hyped about. BUT the catch with that could be making the Speed Pass 10 dollars like the rest of the games to keep pace with the competition of today's games. Of course keeping the new content free for everyone
I was excited for this game when it dropped! I even preordered it and I've never preordered any game before! After about the first week I realized I have been "had" 💢 in an attempt to increase longevity with the game they made it *WAY* to grindy! People like myself don't have time to be spending hours playing a video game! I played this game for all of about 3 weeks then dropped it! I recently returned just to see that the main problems (my problems) were still there! I honestly only have 2 major issues!
1) the way to unlock cars is ridiculous, it should have been based on levels like the previous games!
2) if no one joins your race you simply just can't race! 💢 That's idiocy!
I don't mind the redundancy of having to grind a few different races hundreds of times to load up cash, it's boring but at least it's all up to me!
I agree with everyone here in the comments that we should be able to start races alone and maybe decrease the reward since it's solo. I've been trying to set high Scores in the drifting playlist and it's kind of hard to do that because ill be sitting trying to get at least 1 person to join and i just cant and ill be sitting there for like 20 minutes just hoping i get someone. I do have a record set on my channel and i hope people see and would want to do more drift races
I think a better solution would be if Criterion would finally add matchmaking for playlists. Don't just invite everyone in the lobby, but search for players in other lobbies, who want to play in the same classes. Unbound (and Heat) needed that system even before the update, but now even more!
This update got me playing again. I went back to modding Carbon and MW until this update dropped, my friends and i have had a blast since this one dropped. They just need to up the payouts from races
i think it should be split , just like in payback you wanna hang out go to all drive , and set the link ups there , you wanna do speedlist go to speedlist and in there thats all you do drift or race , you cant do link ups thats the best way to fix the issue
it killed online racing entirely
I think for vol 4 the speed pass should have a paid and free one for every say 10 levels for the paid speed pass new car and for the free speed pass there should be new bodykits every 5 levels.
I think new cars should absolutely not be behind a paywall. Can make the game pay2win if the new cars are better than stock cars.
They should have the cod approach and have cars in the free pass and amazing body kits and cosmetics in the paid BP
@@TheBindoS Well if they keep giving us these things for free how will they make money the more money they make the more updates we get.
And me personally I wouldn't pay money for bodykits or any cosmetics.
@@Jay-dq7wk When they do paid cosmetics I'm sure they'll put a lot of effort into making sure they look great. You may simply not be the target audience for cosmetics and that's okay.
I don't buy the paid BP in cod because I don't care about skins myself but I know many people that do care and do pay for it
i agree with the timegap between link ups. Although I find it funny that you can escape a cop chase after the link ups by accepting a playlist invite.
Do you still keep your money if you escape that way? I don't accept race invites until I've escaped, but I always feel bad doing that.
@@MattePurple1 Yes, you do. Money, and even speed pass experience as well.
In a way, this does incentivize people to initiate & join races, which I've seen an increase on lately. Somewhat creating a healthy cycle of Linkups > Playlists > Linkups > ...and repeat.
I streamed myself playing volume 3 and finished the Speed Pass days ago and the only thing fun to do in multiplayer for me is grinding for the Regera and spotting cheaters during a playlist. It was nutty. Also, because the gap between Volumes is roughly 3 months, most players only play the game when new update drops and it almost died down because there's almost nothing left to do but grinding for cars
at the end of the day this game is about racing. and getting into racing playlist is kind of a pain. so while keeping the free roam online an option, they should include some sort of competitive or casual racing queues. so you don't have to get into any 16 people lobbies, you will be matched with 8 players everytime with the voted playlist of the sessiion.
best example i can give is the blur online.
so if you say that then linkup gonna be useless. i have a solution.
you jump into free roam as always and there will be 16 players as always. but whenever you are in the garage you can matchmake for any playlists regarding of the lobby you are in. you will be matched with 7 people from different 16 player lobbies(which means across the free roams). you will vote for the playlist or whatever. when you done with the races you go back to your 16 player free roam then if you wanna do linkup you go out of the garage then you do 16 player linkup or you just queue for another race. this will both improve the amount of players in linkup events and maximize the players in sessions for races since now races are not restricted to your 16 player lobby.with this you now got rid of linkup cooldowns because now if people wanna do races they will always have players to do it so and if they don't feel like it they will just grind out on linkups. again this is not impossible since same kind of ways is been followed even by Minecraft servers. (and if they want to keep the online alive for 3-4 years this is the only way i feel like) and this should not take any more servers than they have already for unbound. it will be both efficient for their and our side.
I thought something as simple as: When you enter Online and press "find game" You are presented with two options saying "What do you prefer to play"?
"Linkups and Cops" or "Races"
You simply chose one or the other. Its noy actual matchmaking persay, it still puts you in a session all the same like it does now. But instead the matchmaker attempts to put players who want to race in a server together, and players that want to do linkups/cops in another.
Wont be perfect but could help. That, or of course just make it 32 player lobbies but i dont see that happening.
They should do what the crew 2 does and that's a lobby with players in it and when it fills up with min 4 players boom loads to screen with players voting what Playlist they want either drift or reg racing. Something along those lines would help those wanting to unlock new cars or just race in general.
I have read some comments that they need AI to fill up the slots.
No, please this is why it killed the Online system in Heat.
Instead of implementing a proper matchmaking system, it should be global not in a 16 player lobby.
Vol3 Update has been good new players will just have to grind like we all did since day 1, that's the price you pay when you join the party late.
I have a Vol4 update idea that I think is worth the while to implement and that would be to have a car preset feature that instead of buying 3 or more of the same car with different specs a preset would save the cars spec and you'll just switch it depending what you need your car for, drift, link ups, endurance etc.
1 car with the option to save 3 or 4 different presets for that 1 car, obviously you could rename those presets to know which preset you want to use at the moment.
I got an idea btw what if Criterion make some of the playlists as events such as the Link-ups for example where they pop up out of nowhere and feature bonus cash and EXP ? I think that this will bring some variety in the agenda of players
Im one of those that bought the game late and started online late (wanted to finish up story first). I think online is great BUT is missing the key thing that people want to see.. Maybe a List of overall fastest people for each Map or playlist including top 3-10 players with car used. People want to see their avatar/car/name in a top list online. Another thing is off road maps/playlists. We need more reason to build off road vehicles with off road suspension and tires. With that being said, in addition to that, if more off road maps/playlists implemented, more addition of awd rally cars or trucks/crossover vehicles should be added to accomodate variety of off roading. But if anything, honestly, the leaderboard would be a great idea. I mean, alot of mobile games have em so it sholdn't be that hard to implement. They could add a building with a huge electronic billboard that show maps, players (avatars), stats and what not. *shrug* i dont know.. just thoughts. In all honesty, I'm enjoying the game alot right now and hope it goes a few more volumes.
In my opinion I really liked unbound except for the car unlock system in nfs, I feel like it’s a bit excessive and they probably did it to expand the game’s lifespan but to me that’s what caused my to stop playing but recently I picked this game up with my little cousin again and I must say I’m kinda enjoying myself again I hope criterion continues in this direction
I came back for vol 3 but the requirements for unlocking cars is far too high so getting people to do playlists is frustrating as you stated.
This game is like NFS Heat. Has so much potential to be good. Is quite an upset to see them take the wrong approach. They could split the community properly, by dividing things into their own sections, rather than dump everything into a free roam lobby with 16 players. Make it so that people can hop into a session where they race other people who want to do the same thing. 1. A Racing Lobby only mode, where you get three track options with different classes on each track and a fourth option with the choice of getting something unknown and random for your track and class choice. 2. Make a Playgrounds Mode, where is all free roam and has the link ups and open world drift challenges, speed traps, cop takedown challenges etc. 3. Make a Drift Lobby Mode, where people can go in and do drift playlists with no collisions, no cops and no burst nos, with the same three track/class choices and a random choice option. 4. Make Off Road Playlist with Off-Road races. 5. Make a Drag Mode for drag racing. The game has potential. Is just the wrong approach and splitting the community in a way where people can't fully enjoy the game to it's full extent. Unbound cannot be made into this kind of game as is a complete over-haul of how the game was intended to be. I feel Unbound can be saved, more for the casual side of things. Hopefully, Criterion can take this approach into the next NFS title they choose to release. They could also transition into the new NFS title with the whole idea of a speed pass with extra content. Make the speed pass locked behind a micro transaction with all the new released content being within the speed pass and drop a new speed pass/season every 3-4 months. Your ideas on how they could improve the gaming experience for unbound is very solid. They should continue to approach unbound as they are but transition into a new NFS title with more of the ideas I have given above. I know not many people will agree with this but I feel this could be a good approach for a future NFS Title. They have done a similar thing with NFS Hot Pursuit Remastered. If they take that approach and combine it with some of the fun game modes they have created on Unbound, I think Criterion can have a very solid base for a future NFS Title in their hands.
the link ups happen almost every 5-10mins it seems…i haven’t been able to get into a racing playlist since the update…
Lower the requirements to unlock cars and/or make it so there's more than just 1 way to unlock each one. Make the regular race playlists worth more money and add more game modes and events like the linkups. Drag race events and full on off-road races would be nice
Brought this game on special and me and the crew have appreciated what a breath of fresh air this game is. We came from Apex legends being seasonal players but we’ve been stuck on NFS for the last 5 weeks. I hope the devs keep improving the game.
Vol.3 killed online. No one races anymore. Imagine that, a racing game where nobody races.
Triggers suggestion to have a 15 minute gap in-between link ups is a good one. I like race playlists and mostly struggle to get more than 2 or 3 in a race. Overall though I'm personally pleased with the vol 3 update.
I feel the need, the need for speed! 😁
I agree with what you say in the video but I would also like to see them add more event types like Drag Racing. It's a big one people have been asking for and it wouldn't be that hard to add there are plenty of good locations for Drag Racing. All they really need to add it Drag Tire's and Tracks.
I consider myself lucky that I have two friends to play this with, having access to make this much money has been a blessing. We have been able to do really fun builds with no real monetary worry.
The problem I have with this update is the small server amount! There is too much freedom. Im yet to play a link up with 16 players and the playlists are still dead. With most of my races having 2-4 players 95 percent of the time.
IMO money should really be increased in the race playlists + added AI, and there should be more heat levels than 5
Ive had the most fun with the volume 3 update, but its hard to start a race playlist now.
2. Would be cool if we had the option to join a race or drift lobby
My biggest annoyance about linkups it that there are arrows around the perimeter showing a direction to go and everyone ignores it
i like the update but the problem is as MGC said, as a returning player its imposible to unlock cars from playlist in the past couple days not a single person accepted a race i started and the races that others start i always only drift events. I do believe the best solution at this point would be to make solo(or with bots) race playlists.
My little sister still plays unbound whereas me I still play heat/2015. From her feedback she sounds the same ss trigger, she says this is the most fun she's had in unbound since launch. Cool for her I'm still on the outs, I agree with trigger I'm waiting for the next nfs game too.
In my way of playing, It seems like unbound would be playable if you could have npc racers in online races. The choice to challenge the lobby, party or race solo, simple heat already did it wonderfully. Biggest gripe with unbound, is it's a chore to practice races. Solo; it's metal gear sold with the cops & random races. Online; it's nobody joins the races (that you pick)
That's my poison, that's why unbound is dead to me. If npc racers was in online races, the way I explained⤴️, I might purchase another copy, but until then, Heat>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>unbound 🚬💋💄
The update has bought me back to the game and made online fun. Between grinding the linkups for easy money to get all the cars I want trying out different stuff having fun with builds and doing playlist to unlock cars like the Bugatti, Regera etc I never unlocked.
there’s enough to do. The game doesn’t have to be the best NFS as long as it’s fun that’s all that matters.
I just got this game and I'll accept any race playlist even if I have to whip a rental.
If they can add bots to automatically fill playlists so I can play my races then it would be perfect. Everyone is in the overworld so I can’t do challenges to unlock the cars that I want
I just need matchmaking for races for this to be perfect for me because I’d love to do full playlist races and I don’t want AI.
so this my first time ever playing a nfs. just started playing because it was on deal and im having a lot of fun on the game right now. I didnt hear good things about the game but honestly its pretty good imo. Ive just been playing through the story and im enjoying it even though everyone else says otherwise. I tried to play online but it was empty so i wondered if the game was dead but now i know why.
@Trigger Rt now, for Father's day I got Unbound, Heat, and Hot Pursuit, I put down the sports games, and cannot stop playing these 3 games, I love what CRITERION is doing, no it's not perfect but they're trying, and I'm all in bro.
I made it to level 75 in this last weekend so now I have nothing to grind for they need to fix that we need to make it more grind
Currently free for the weekend in steam
I think it did but I want to see vol 4 come with the Chevrolet c10 pickup getting a legendary custom body kit
I just got the game on sale a week ago and I’ve been grinding nonstop but the trophies aren’t popping up. Any idea of what I can to make them show up on PS5?
As a singleplayer focused gamer, all the Unbound vol updates has left me feeling alienated. I've waited over half a year for something, but there's just nothing here for me.
I don’t have issues getting playlist races done
While I am happy, now that the people who still play this game are happy with this update, even though I have been on and off since the launch with this game and my experience with it has been kind of iffy from what all that I have seen from the newest update I have to say it looks pretty fun and way better than when I last played the game two months ago so just because of that, I might reconsider re-downloading the game
I have had the most fun on unbound with this update
VOL 3 BROUGHT THIS GAME TO LIFE!!! 💯💯😎😎
THIS UPDATE IS BALLER!!! 💯💯
The problem is the last 2 NFSs(Unbound and Heat) really only focused on the co-op player base and left those like me who just wants to pick fast car and race in a speedlists or other with other players. While I think the Vol.3 update is good I also think that it killed completely the reason to race at all and everyone is on the linkup bandwagon and it sucks plus the split SP and MP thing doesn't help at all. I just can't play this game's MP. This split thing with SP and MP killed my motivation to play the game at all. I don't have time to grind again for a cars let alone for their upgrades and garage upgrades and for sure I don't want to repeat the same boring linkups again and again and again to loose my mind, it's boring AF. I just want to pick up the cars I have build in my SP game, pick a speedlist and race with other players and if I want co-op game I can go to open world and do it but NFS doesn't have that option because guys like Blackpanthaa wants co-op play cus he sucks at racing etc. Pure garbage for me. Until NFS can make a game for everyone I'll still play Forza Horizon. Even if every new title has the same gameplay and structure, at least I can only race there on a new map and maybe cars and I also have a choice of free roam co-op if I want to. At least this game gives you option not like Unbound and Heat that forces you to play co-op. I don't want that garbage, sorry I love NFS but fuck this shit
Since vol 3 comes, i have a lot of stuttering in PC, i try to fix it but no solution for the moment.
Also maybe increase player count in sessions? 16 players in one session seems a bit low considering the game is next gen only, maybe up it to 20 or 24?
I did come back to try the volume 3 update and now i love the multiplayer
For me it was very empty at launch but now it feels great
If they make servers larger
Maybe 32 or even 64 player servers
It would help a lot
We need playlist matchmaking
100%
1. The linkup became trending on need for speed unbound
2. The race of speed list is dead not much people are join
3. This update is good it’s only if need something bit change
4. My opinion is good if people is here playing race doing some challenges that some of them hasn’t been not finished yet or not started
I just want them to add AI when no one joins your race. It's already no player payout multiplier anyway so it's less money, but it's gonna be easier to complete objectives like "20 takedowns in races" or something like that, I don't want to be branded as toxic whenever I takedowns people in online races and it's weird they promoted that way instead of clean racing. Ghosting in drift event is the great addition to the game I wish they also added it in normal races but it's back to the last problem I've been talk about.
In my opinion yes they maybe have saved unbound but I maybe an another idea for the decals. You know on the SRT Viper legendary body kid with the glowing snake and other stickers? They should add more of those but with our own cars! What do u think?🤔
As a new player. Recently started yesterday. The game feels weird. Navigating the menus. The "effects" are very distracting.
But in terms of actual gameplay. I dont know if ill enjoy the whole drive to the meetup location, do the races. Drive back to the garage, rinse and repeat. I feel like this is a massive step backwards.
For me no. I’m a racer I like to race on need for speed games and even before this update it was always a challenge to get players to race because of matchmaking being limited only to the lobby your in. No one wants to race and racing should be the big thing in this game
I like the idea of events with other players
Its definitely a step up and being a long time player with having a month or so break i think its great. Somethibg different to just doing speed lists. But do agree will be a good change to have a longer break in between to have enough time to do a speedlist in between will be good. But its definitely the most fun i have had since the start of playing the online of unbound for sure
I never been a competitive player i had like 200 hours in heat but only played solo
I played unbound the release day but never finish the story becouse it wasnt that fun for me and i had a lot of work so i played games i enjoy more in the little time i had
Now i gave the game a second chance and did my first online experiences it is pretty fun, the unlocking cars its a problem yeah but other than that im enjoying it and recomendig it to friends to play, being in game pass helps a lot in that
i left the game after i finished the main story and tried the online. it bored me because people were making those weird builds with ferraris and stuff and wasnt feeling too fair. but i have been happy to return, did it out of curiosity (i play lots of games with BP) and this one is free. didnt think i would like to stay but now i find myself having lots of fun jumping from linkups to races, theres more people in the lobbies and feels more alive. it isnt too grindy and instead been more fulfilling and rewarding to play for me. in my un educated opinion this has potential to keep bringing more people into the game.
Need drag racing playlist to be added
Bro give me AI in empty grid slots and an option to do hot pursuit races on any playlist and I'll actually be happy to play this daily again
Before the Vol.3 update all i care is PvP races, i was a manual gear player and always launch the cars with second or third gear for better acceleration with perfect launch combo but not anymore. They removed the pre-shift in Vol.3 whenever i want to race, the whole server doing sh*tty link-up event. PvP races now much worse and boring, %90 of players drive like an idiot. So yeah, that's my opinion.
Honestly, I have been enjoying this update, but I feel like it lacks different cars because we only get one car in the speed pass and that’s a STR viper that’s already been customized and that is one thing I feel like that shouldn’t have happened. Honestly, there should’ve been at least two maybe three cars in the speed pass in my opinion that would make it more worse cleaning instead of just getting more cosmetics for the outfits and the decals that you used to customize your car. I honestly feel like that’s not the best way to go about it don’t get me wrong. I think that the drift playlist is a event. Yeah I get that should be in a need for speed game. But at the same time they failed to balance it because I told people talk about drifting this drifting that no one’s talking about actual racing so this is not towards anybody that likes drifting events, but this is just what I think. I truly wish they would’ve done more racing instead of throwing everything under the bus that’s what it’s like for me again, this is just my own opinion.
The game joining gamepass added a lot of players.
I want to come back to the game, but the fact that they won't increase the server size or add matchmaking for races between servers is insane. It's so frustrating to log into a server and see that 12 of the 16 people are busy, and I have no idea who is in which playlist or when they'll be available to race again. 64 player servers should be no problem for a huge corporation like EA, 32 should have happened before I finished typing this. The new content looks fun but are people still racing? Last time I logged on I tried to get a race for 5 minutes and gave up.
I've only just started playing. I like the link ups. IS 75 the highest you can go on the speed list?
yes
Not sure if anyone will see this but like you said I’m new from the ea pass thing and I watched the video but I’m still confused on how to get cars in online
When in the garage go to challenges, then all challenges and it will show you exactly what you need to do to unlock certain cars. I believe the cars are organized in alphabetical order.
It's actually ruined since no one does race playlists ever.
Linkups shouldn't be that frequent imo.
Thank you for posting this video. In my opinion nfs heat playlist is way better. I don’t have to rely on other people to unlock cars and find matches. And earning a lot of money is way better. Unfortunately, i need to say that nfs heat is better that unbound even though unbound got so much customizations but it’s not as satisfying. They could have at least heat 2.0 🤦🏻♂️
I wouldn't have issues with it if it stops kicking me out when am trying to get into a multiplayer Lobby
After reaching max level, i got bored because no one wants to race or do drift playlist
Something to note that might be saving this game: it just released on Xbox game pass.
So a Vol. 4 is a sure thing? If so that is pretty cool
Hi I've just found your channel and thanks for the advice but I'm playing nfsh and it's my favourite game I can play it for hours every day but I'm only at r level 21 because I had to start over a new game when I got it for my ps5. I had it on my ps4 but I dnt understand how to get my saved data from my cloud it says to copy from cloud or console but I've dun both and I carnt find were to load that previous save so I just started again basically on all the games I play which I dnt mind really it's only took me about 4 days to get to were I am now at level 21 and way I do it is I do a race in the day to make money and I always win I've never lost a race yet and I'm not being big headed I'm just telling the truth anyway I'm now at the part were I've been given a Aston Martin db11 and ive to go thru some speed traps at 130 but i carnt find them on the map the ones I've been going thru I get 180mph thru them but I've still to get 130 so I'm lost because there not showing up on the map so I'm just going to change back to my original car I've got really tuned up its the bmw m3 and I love it max speed says 210 now I've tuned it up so I'll just carry on with the story I think anyway not sure if you will even see and read this comment but if you do well done on the channel and all the subs I gave up with my channel yrs ago now I wasn't getting any views hardly so didn't see the point but then all ov a sudden one of my play throughs on resident evil 4 the old one when it was released on the ps4 update version send crazy viral and the views kept going up but I'm not monetized only have like 130 subs but I'm not even sure not looked in ages last time I looked at that vid there was 40k views I was shocked lol anyway piece out bro