Interesting argument, HOWEVER, based on the image you showed. The lays classic chips were from california. A land where money has no value and the chips are filled with air. Therefore, this game may seem to be equivalent in worth to a bag of chips to a european but I assure you it is not. Lays and equivalent bags of chips can be purchased at much lower prices in the lone star state, with even greater savings on bulk purchases. In summary, no, Need For Speed Heat is not worth a bag of chips, only to a californiajack.
@@DisturbedVette In my country it costs about 450 for a ketchup flavoured chips. I can literally buy a whole ass burger for 300 and a bottle of coke for like 200.
in Poland you pay for pack od chips like in California... And earn less money than in California... But no one give a shit for new need for speeds (but NFS Unbound with familiar ASAP Rocky is something new)
I found myself enjoying NFS Unbound a lot more when I found a Spotify playlist with many great classic NFS songs and played that in the background, while the in-game music was off. And counter-argument: Non-rock songs also have their place in high-octane racing games. My favorite non-NFS racing game soundtrack of all time is from Burnout Paradise, many great artists, a healthy mix of rock, pop, OSTs and even classical music. Crashing oponents into walls and oncoming cars speeding in the mountains while Mozart plays in the background is weirdly relaxing. Edit: to those who want a link to the Spotify playlist, it's not possible to post links on RUclips comments, just look it up. "The Ultimate NFS Playlist (2002-2012)" by Brandon Vasquez.
Incidentally, this coincides with me stopping to play racing games around the 2008/10 mark. Early 2000's was absolute god-tier for a lot of racing games, be it arcade ones to more serious titles. I wonder if we'll ever see a renaissance of racing games where the music isn't all hip hop or gangsta rap.
That can fit to everything else too. It used to be variety and fun and not attempting to appeal to everyone because appealing to everyone isn’t apealing to everyone. There is a few exceptions but they are slowly becoming rare and far between nowadays.
Triggered songs need to make a comeback. Everyone had a theme in Most Wanted 2005. Even Midnight Club 2 was doing it, and took it to the next level where there were _event specific_ songs that played for their part of the campaign, then never again.
Maybe you just weren't paying attention but Unbound does have tracks that come on during police chases and there are even options to limit where or when songs will play if at all. Source: Just finished the story. Played with the soundtrack on and didn't die.
@@SamaelVR i mean they tried with the adaptive police chase music in heat and it was okay but in other circumstances it feels weird imo. Like for example in heat, they have really fast paced latino music which is great for races and it fits the setting, but there were multiple times in races when tu manera was playing, which is not a song that should be playing during a race. It's more suited to freeroam or customisation with its chiller beat. It's like they had all the pieces but couldn't be bothered to arrange them correctly, which is frustrating. Haven't played unbound but from what ive heard i guess it's more of the same as heat. But if there's a choice to choose which songs to play that would be better.
Yess I really loved the soundtracks of the older nfs games such as highstakes or nfs 3 hotpursuit, now whenever I play newer nfs games I just have to put out some eurobeat in order to satisfy myself
Good to know I’m not the only one who’s a sucker for soundtracks in racing games. Personally I think the last good soundtrack for the franchise as a whole was NFS 2015, it had a mix of electro, some really upbeat hip hop and some alternative rock. NFS 2012 was also a really good one imo for all the mix of rock and dubstep it had. Beautiful fit for the games. I wish we could get more of that again
@@jordigerards really? That’s cool, but the base music itself is great too, notably I remember songs from zeds dead the chemical bros and a couple others, tho I liked the garage music more than the in game
2015 had some of the worst selection of hip hop imo. Good variety but the hip hop part of it sucked ass. Unbound is the only new nfs game with good selection in hip hop, it messed up in the global section of the soundtrack.
I think the biggest way this could be fixed is by allowing custom music in game with at least Spotify integration. If we had a DJ ingame that could mix your tracks together in a cool way it actually would help bring back that vibe with personalization. The only thing that would kind of annoy people would be ads but a normal radio station has ads and if you have Spotify premium, you can just bypassed that ads. Orrr people start taking the GTA approach can actually integrate separate stations with a good amount of diversity
As a sim and arcade racer and car enthusiast, I couldn't gave two poops what music is in the game. Assetto Corsa - the greatest racing game of all time - has no music in the entire game.
I'm currently playing need for speed unbound and... Underground, for the first time. And... Yeah, soundtrack wise there ain't even a competition. It's absolutely not nostalgia, although I gotta say I've played some need for speeds not made by blackbox which have sick soundtracks (hot pursuit 2010 and rivals come to mind)
I played Unborn for 3 hours with no music and had a blast just doing online race series and learning the cool new nitros mechanics. Gen Z so overstimulated you need background music to enjoy anything 🤦🏻💀
@@christiantaylor1495 I like unbound too, but a stronger musical selection would've been appreciated. Especially considering the usual track record of NFS games (well, before heat)
@@christiantaylor1495 Having good music in games will in turn make the game you're playing more memorable/enjoyable and you'll associate the soundtrack with the game itself.Has nothing to do with "Gen Z overstimulation".Now its okay to have no music in a game when the game play is enough to sell the experience on its own,take the Dirt Rally series for example.Having bad music on the other hand will just make me not want to play the game.
26 now, I was 12 when my bought me a Ps2 and most wanted with a wheel as well... the store clerk said that the game was awesome and I was in for a hell of a time, and oh man I was...
One awesome thing NFS2015 did in the Legends update was featuring music from the older NFS games like Ekstrak from Carbon, Junkie XL from ProStreet, Rock from MW or Rom Di Prisco from the PS1 games. I wish NFS or racing games in general did that more often even if it's just music from their original soundtrack
The main thing that helped me with Heat’s soundtrack was embracing the chill Miami street culture vibes it throws at you. The older need for speeds had that grungy aspect to it, allowing Nu metal an such to fit right in.
Im not really an NFS fan, but i used tro be a massive fan of Midnight club LA, i just went straight back to that soudtrack, and threw in in some Ocean Grove, NIN, rabbit junk and EC.
I agree on everything I stopped playing nfs 10 years ago I recently replayed mw 2005 After 16 years and It still felt Amazing , I have all of the nu metal goodness saved on my playlist that I listen to while I drive my E46 coupe, rip blackbox!
I couldn't believe you had only 729 subscribers when I was watching the video. Great work, your style is awesome... and yes, older music is light years above what's presented today in the latest titles.
Glad to hear, thank you! Well, technically you could call it a style, but I'd rather say it is the result of giving a broke college student access to free editing software.
> You were 12 > You got back home from school > You turned your CRT TV on and hit that power button on PS2 > Startup screen > NFSU 2 > "Hi, i'm Brooke Burke..." > Opening > Riders On The Storm - Snoop Dogg ft. The Doors
I think a major factor would be that you can feel that older racing games were tested with their OSTs, and OSTs weren't used sparingly (Black List demos and intros come to mind) And at the same time Unbound's OST just doesn't fit the fast paced racing of the game. A lot of it reminds me of that Dynamite MC track from Carbon - you can't rush to it, it gives off more of a cruising vibe.
I played NFS MW 2005 before i heard english music... i got into linkin park and eminem coz of NFSMW... i got into metal coz of NFSMW... i got into GTA coz of NFSMW... NFSMW shaping my entire personality right there
I think EA was just basing their soundtracks around 2 things: Which genre of songs are popular this year? And What is the theme of the game? Like underground 2, most of the soundtracks were based around some alternative rock, rap but it had more focused on club music (idk what's the term for this one). Most wanted '05 is focused on the mix of (alternative or non alternative) rock, and rap because it's the popular genres during that era. Rivals was like this, most of the music on that game were EDM. It was released back in like 2014? I think, and the popular music there were the likes of skrillex, and other similar remixers and artists. I'm not saying that their music is getting bad over the years, it's just that the NFS games won't fit their main theme if their soundtrack was way off. You don't want the music of the game to feature rock if most of the characters there are part of a specific community. There could be some people on said community who likes rock but you know how the internet goes. Someone will get offended if EA made that decision like "EA DOESN'T KNOW WHAT [insert race or type of community here] LISTEN TO!" and get a huge backlash, resulting for the game to get some infamy instead of praise. If we get a NFS game where we can choose specific genres like alternative rock, heavy metal, EDM, rap, house and many more in specific types like: you want some EDM while customizing while having heavy metal as your race and pop as your non race cruise music, then people could be happy. Nice vid man. You earned a sub.
In some sort of way, yes. "Gotta know the music trends that the kids would love!" -EA probably Unfortunately, most who bought it still hated it because either, a few of them knew the song to even love it or it was played so much on a specific area (maybe radio) that they can't fathom liking it on the game. And also most music today lacks the aggressiveness that the past music had. Even Rivals which is filled with EDM had some banger music that makes you energized, even if you're driving around the map.
but i feel like EA just give the studio to finish need for speed, there is no way they would release a garbage quality unbound if EA got their hands on development
I think EA isn't that keen on creating different games if one of their sports games gives them the money. They just see what's trending, make some twists on it and even borrow something from their other games and then poof, new game. Even if they fix unbound or any of their games before release, it can never reach the fan's expectations. I never bought any games from EA as I'm a filthy pirate. Even if I bought any of their games, I'll still buy those who had offline capabilities. The NFS series is the only game franchise that's long running that still had games with offline capabilities. I'm still hoping TDU Solar Crown has offline play because that game looks nice.
i agree with your complaint about the soundtrack.some songs are fine and fit with the game but god damn they repeat 1000 times over and sometimes just make you want to jump off a cliff
I played NFS: Most Wanted for the first time at the end of 2021, and I immediately noticed how damn dope the soundtrack was. I still have Shapeshifter by Celldweller on my playlist when I'm out.
It's less about the genre of the music, and more the energy of the music for me. However, some genres just have a distinct energy. I found that Unbound tried to choose songs that are high energy to race with. Though, the difference between HEY NEIGHBOR! or Front to Back and songs like Ice Cream really makes me wish there was an EA Trax options menu like the good old days. Sidenote: Major L that Unbound doesn't have a separate track list for the garage like prior games did. Even Heat did.
This is amazing content honestly, I'm sure you'll be to grow your channel exponentially overtime :) As for NFS, I do miss the hard-hitting soundtrack that adapts to your situation (like in NFS Most Wanted), it's crazy to me that they got rid of the idea for the games since. Most Wanted truly is a product of its time, but also ahead of it in a certain way.
Need for speed most wanted, carbon, collin mcrae dirt 2, burnout 3, gta sa and 4, pes 2006-2013 were the games I used to play in my childhood, and I listen to their soundtrack to this day. And of course, minecraft and undertale, but these are a diferent kind of soundtracks hehe
Prostreet is and always will be one of my favorite racing games and probably the defining title of that series for me, and the soundtrack is a big reason why on top of it being a really good game, lol
I DID enjoy NFS Heat's chill soundtrack in the garage, I think it sets a nice mood while you're building your car and it gives you a break from the usually awful music selection of that game.
Funnily enough when i was young the only games i played were underground 1 and 2, which comprised of rock, rap, hip hop and electronica. What's funnier is that Linkin Park is my favorite band due to their mixing of these genres. So that comment made on games influencing music taste when young is definitely a true statement to make.
That's how you make mistakes and miss your breaking point, or turn in too late, or get on throttle too soon and spin out. You want to be relaxed to drive fast and with fewer mistakes.
I can confirm that this is not just you being biased due to nostalgia! The earliest nfs game I ever played was no limits on my iPad, cause I never had a console at the time :( but in nfs heat, I can’t go a couple minutes with the music turned on, but whenever I hear music from the old titles I never played, I can’t help but think “what happened” 😂
Current racing games are differently suffering from too few high octane tracks and tho I do also believe it’s important to have some more chill tracks in between there is currently just too many and they are often so boring that you just skip past them if given the option
I am of the opinion that racing games need to work on more dynamic soundtracks, like how the new DOOM games work. If you are cruising in free-roam, no mission, going under a certain speed, give me trap and halftime stuff, sprint race, or cutting up on the highway? A faster hip hop song, drifting? Phonk, police chase? Metal. It'd be tough to blend it all and likely take up too much of a modern games development time but it would be fantastic still. As, I do tend to like the modern OSTs in these racing games, I just want a bit more variety too.
Forza Horizon 5's radio stations have a mix of music that makes me physically sick while playing it, no joke. Many of the music included in the game feels so off while driving.
Dude I swear a room full of robots made the creative(or lack there of) decisions for FH5. Seriously none of the team must have ever been to a rally or festival, it gets wild. FH5 feels bland, where FH1 felt close to a real event. Plus the progression was far better in FH1-2, FH5 start with a S2 class wheelspin and no class limited races. Horizon deserves a better team.
NFS Unbound and Heat definetly deserves a better soundtrack. I still find it weird that they never catch on into this, im sure everyone would be fine even if they took the big hits from the blackbox games. Infact im sure it with even appeal or grab the attention of older fans when they realize songs they love are in the new ons. esp with the rise of the videos of NFS Unbound but with older nfs songs became trending, why not give it a shot. Take those songs in underground, most wanted, carbon, and pro street and just have a banger soundtrack.
Much as its ideal, there appears to be a problem with licensing music that are pretty old (and renewing licenses for something they already did, especially). Notice how in most games (and not just racing ones) they almost always have no tracks from 10, or hell, even 5 years ago. They very well could find good, new music too. It's everywhere, I just wonder why they don't do it. Some old bands are still alive & kicking. For example, I'd die to have Alice In Chains' 'Breath On A Window' as a racing soundtrack from the rock genre, among many others.
That's just nostalgia bait. Imagine if MW relied on hot pursuit 2's ost for bangers, that undermines most wanted's vibe. Even though you may not like Unbound's OST, you can't deny it's absolutely it's own unique vibe.
@@hawken796 Yeah but it's still something one could still recreate with better tracks. Did that myself with Spotify by keeping some of the tracks I actually liked (Cryptic Speech, Forever Be Steppin, Slayer, and a few more) as well as those that just fit the game, and also replaced whatever I thought was an ill-fit with similar but better tracks + more stuff I thought was missing like DnB (Makoto tracks could have been perfect if we're following the international artist thing) or even some 90s Chicago house (also very surprised how a Chicago-themed game did not have a single Chief Keef track). I also split everything based on where I'd ideally want to hear them (so different playlists for garage, free roam, and events, with some tracks overlapping in one or more categories).
Back when we were in the midst of the covid lockdowns, me and a bunch of friends played through NFS Heat, fully co-op as much as possible, all of us on PS4, got the platinum trophy. At one point the song Tu Manuera - INNA became an actual meme where we'd mock the intro by screaming ASI DELE DELEEEEEE as loud as we could into the microphone because I shit you not after nearly every daytime race that song would start playing.
on the subject of OST's Run the Jewels has been the only band added to recent games (both heat and Saints Row: Total seppuku have one song iirc) that had the energy you'd be looking for in a high octane situation... i agree that high energy music is needed for street racing games, however there's punk, pop, synthwave, and rnb songs that are also high energy. the big band stuff isnt necessarily the best either. Celldweller was basically unknown to the masses before most wanted, and he went pretty much back to anon status since. that's why they added at least two of his titles to the OST... cheap title rights was a thing in U2 too. half the titles were by bands that were starting to get traction and indies. Once upon a time, we had alphex twin, big names from pre skrillex dubstep, jungle, DnB... i'd rock some Brockhampton, Isidor, Electric Callboy, Amyl and the Sniffers, the Slaves, Sturgill Simpson, Tagada Jones, carpenter brut, santigold, metric or deadlife... And i would love some freaky internet tunes like Sewerslvt, Utsu-P, Igorrr or The Avalanches to see streamers freak out lmao. some sudden grindcore/audio gore like passenger of shit thrown in the mix. But half the titles wouldnt pass the PEGI 3+ these games all want to get.
I have Most Wanted to thank for introducing a young and dumb me into the wonderful music, that I still listen to this very day. If it wasn't for that game and it's soundtrack, my life would be sad, lacking and just simply suck. ...okay, it kinda still do suck, but nowhere near as much if I didn't played it.
Punto is one of my favorite cars in MW, much better than golf. Most Wanted is my favorite game, and the musics are a big part of what makes it my favorite game. MW is what turned me into a rock fan
Dude, I've been getting back into Burnout 3 Takedown again on the good ol Ps2 and man that game is a vibe. The Ps2 may lack power, but it's an absolute beast in quality games!
NFS underground series, most wanted, Hot pursuit, pro Street, midnight club LA remix, midnight club 3 DUB edition, Burnout revenge, NFS Undercover, Flatout Head on, LA RUSH, Motorstorm, Gran Tourismo 4, all amazing racing games with incredible soundtrack that isn't just for the trends, back then the soundtrack was creating atmosphere in the game and was not just in the background.
Well nfs payback, Forza horizon 4, project cars, Gran Turismo, Burnout, etc. Comes to mind when talking about a good selection of different genres of music.
To be fair, and to play a little bit of devil’s advocate, there are some absolute bangers in Heat and Unbound, but he’s right about wanting to turn off the in-game music. I got so tired of hearing MASA MASA MASA MASA in Unbound that I just took all the songs I liked from Unbound and shoved them into a Spotify playlist to listen to while playing the game.
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Interesting argument, HOWEVER, based on the image you showed. The lays classic chips were from california. A land where money has no value and the chips are filled with air. Therefore, this game may seem to be equivalent in worth to a bag of chips to a european but I assure you it is not. Lays and equivalent bags of chips can be purchased at much lower prices in the lone star state, with even greater savings on bulk purchases. In summary, no, Need For Speed Heat is not worth a bag of chips, only to a californiajack.
I refuse to pay more than $3 for chips
@@DisturbedVette Pringles for the win, 2.10 where i live
@@DisturbedVette In my country it costs about 450 for a ketchup flavoured chips.
I can literally buy a whole ass burger for 300 and a bottle of coke for like 200.
I got it from PS Plus, so yeah for me it's the same value of a bag of Lays from California
in Poland you pay for pack od chips like in California... And earn less money than in California... But no one give a shit for new need for speeds (but NFS Unbound with familiar ASAP Rocky is something new)
We need a dynamic soundtrack like in Doom for racing games
Most pursuit themes in the series ✔️
Ah so exactly what we had from NFS: Most Wanted (not the newer version lol).
Did you even play the game? Pursuit music is literally dynamic
Try Redout 2. It's not a car racing game but their musics are complete banger.
Unbound has it. Listen when the races start.
I found myself enjoying NFS Unbound a lot more when I found a Spotify playlist with many great classic NFS songs and played that in the background, while the in-game music was off.
And counter-argument: Non-rock songs also have their place in high-octane racing games. My favorite non-NFS racing game soundtrack of all time is from Burnout Paradise, many great artists, a healthy mix of rock, pop, OSTs and even classical music. Crashing oponents into walls and oncoming cars speeding in the mountains while Mozart plays in the background is weirdly relaxing.
Edit: to those who want a link to the Spotify playlist, it's not possible to post links on RUclips comments, just look it up. "The Ultimate NFS Playlist (2002-2012)" by Brandon Vasquez.
Counter-argument acknowledged and accepted.
@@Noobinati Chad
yea i agree. need for speed prostreet for an example didn't use that much rock but its soundtrack was very good
The classic music in Burnout has always been both funny but disabled because i don't really enjoy it.
@@Ferrari255GTO nah 66 kicks and bulldozer blues are straight bangers
Incidentally, this coincides with me stopping to play racing games around the 2008/10 mark. Early 2000's was absolute god-tier for a lot of racing games, be it arcade ones to more serious titles. I wonder if we'll ever see a renaissance of racing games where the music isn't all hip hop or gangsta rap.
That can fit to everything else too.
It used to be variety and fun and not attempting to appeal to everyone because appealing to everyone isn’t apealing to everyone.
There is a few exceptions but they are slowly becoming rare and far between nowadays.
My man, you're looking for wreckfest, it's now a bit forgotten, but the game is still alive.
Wreckfest.
Old NFS games had a bit of everything in variety of genres, in underground series they even had breakbeat and in pro Street they had electro and Dnb.
You mean *trap. This winey trap music ain't no real rap. Nowadays everyone becomes a rapper.
The thing is, for older games, they picked the correct song to play at the correct places, unlike later entries like heat or unbound.
Triggered songs need to make a comeback. Everyone had a theme in Most Wanted 2005. Even Midnight Club 2 was doing it, and took it to the next level where there were _event specific_ songs that played for their part of the campaign, then never again.
Maybe you just weren't paying attention but Unbound does have tracks that come on during police chases and there are even options to limit where or when songs will play if at all.
Source: Just finished the story. Played with the soundtrack on and didn't die.
@@SamaelVR i mean they tried with the adaptive police chase music in heat and it was okay but in other circumstances it feels weird imo. Like for example in heat, they have really fast paced latino music which is great for races and it fits the setting, but there were multiple times in races when tu manera was playing, which is not a song that should be playing during a race. It's more suited to freeroam or customisation with its chiller beat.
It's like they had all the pieces but couldn't be bothered to arrange them correctly, which is frustrating.
Haven't played unbound but from what ive heard i guess it's more of the same as heat. But if there's a choice to choose which songs to play that would be better.
I got into A7X due to NFS, got hooked immediately after hearing Blinded in Chains.
same brother
i blame MW for turning me into a metalhead
Don’t you seeeeee we’re dyyyying one by one
@@Journey_to_who_knows Avenged Sevenfold
Older racing game osts were an art!
Yess I really loved the soundtracks of the older nfs games such as highstakes or nfs 3 hotpursuit, now whenever I play newer nfs games I just have to put out some eurobeat in order to satisfy myself
@@spartan7119 not even just nfs! Like the burnout sound tracks and midnight club sound tracks go hard!
@@spartan7119 man of culture
@@angrynerd2103 yes agreed
Good to know I’m not the only one who’s a sucker for soundtracks in racing games. Personally I think the last good soundtrack for the franchise as a whole was NFS 2015, it had a mix of electro, some really upbeat hip hop and some alternative rock. NFS 2012 was also a really good one imo for all the mix of rock and dubstep it had. Beautiful fit for the games. I wish we could get more of that again
Imo NFS Rivals also had a healthy mix of genres
@@thraciandude that’s true, I really like rivals soundtrack as well, but that actually cane out before NFS 2015
Nfs 2015 also had the legacy update with music from older games
@@jordigerards really? That’s cool, but the base music itself is great too, notably I remember songs from zeds dead the chemical bros and a couple others, tho I liked the garage music more than the in game
2015 had some of the worst selection of hip hop imo. Good variety but the hip hop part of it sucked ass. Unbound is the only new nfs game with good selection in hip hop, it messed up in the global section of the soundtrack.
I think the biggest way this could be fixed is by allowing custom music in game with at least Spotify integration. If we had a DJ ingame that could mix your tracks together in a cool way it actually would help bring back that vibe with personalization. The only thing that would kind of annoy people would be ads but a normal radio station has ads and if you have Spotify premium, you can just bypassed that ads. Orrr people start taking the GTA approach can actually integrate separate stations with a good amount of diversity
As a sim and arcade racer and car enthusiast, I couldn't gave two poops what music is in the game. Assetto Corsa - the greatest racing game of all time - has no music in the entire game.
Gran Turismo PSP, allows you to play your own tracks.
@@christiantaylor1495 that’s your opinion which is very valid but having the option for people who would like it is a plus for us.
@@kornaros96 GT psp custom tracks were crazy back in the day!
@@Nina.playdead lapping the Nordschleife while Psarantonis plays in background made a very top gearish experience...
0:30 this is the best part of the video
I'm currently playing need for speed unbound and... Underground, for the first time. And... Yeah, soundtrack wise there ain't even a competition. It's absolutely not nostalgia, although I gotta say I've played some need for speeds not made by blackbox which have sick soundtracks (hot pursuit 2010 and rivals come to mind)
I played Unborn for 3 hours with no music and had a blast just doing online race series and learning the cool new nitros mechanics.
Gen Z so overstimulated you need background music to enjoy anything 🤦🏻💀
@@christiantaylor1495 I like unbound too, but a stronger musical selection would've been appreciated. Especially considering the usual track record of NFS games (well, before heat)
@@christiantaylor1495 Having good music in games will in turn make the game you're playing more memorable/enjoyable and you'll associate the soundtrack with the game itself.Has nothing to do with "Gen Z overstimulation".Now its okay to have no music in a game when the game play is enough to sell the experience on its own,take the Dirt Rally series for example.Having bad music on the other hand will just make me not want to play the game.
@@playbossthebest936 No he was playing "Unborn" 💀
@@soulcrona8727 cringe. Need for speed underborn is so much better
Picking soundtracks is a talent that not many have.
Rock fits racing as good as Eurobeat does!
Its just that fast pace slap in your dace while the Honda drives up to 140 km/h!
26 now, I was 12 when my bought me a Ps2 and most wanted with a wheel as well... the store clerk said that the game was awesome and I was in for a hell of a time, and oh man I was...
0:30 the way he picked up the phone and put it down non chalant immediately after hearing him talk 😂😂
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One awesome thing NFS2015 did in the Legends update was featuring music from the older NFS games like Ekstrak from Carbon, Junkie XL from ProStreet, Rock from MW or Rom Di Prisco from the PS1 games. I wish NFS or racing games in general did that more often even if it's just music from their original soundtrack
On it's own NFS2015 had pretty decent soundtrack
I'm glad to be one of the few Gen z's that got to grow up with these gems
You're not alone my friend
Living in Indonesia where new games came out late and sticking to the older ones, we the gen zs of Indonesia can relate
You act like Gen Z didn't begin in 1996.
Gen Z began in 1997. Sure, 1994-2000 is kinda like this weird blend of Millennial and Gen Z but still.
@@Arkiasis I grew up in a poor family and most of my games and consoles were used so when the ps4 came out I was still using the ps2
In conclusion, agreed
Bonus points for having THE CONQ from For Honor as you profile pick.
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The main thing that helped me with Heat’s soundtrack was embracing the chill Miami street culture vibes it throws at you. The older need for speeds had that grungy aspect to it, allowing Nu metal an such to fit right in.
Im not really an NFS fan, but i used tro be a massive fan of Midnight club LA, i just went straight back to that soudtrack, and threw in in some Ocean Grove, NIN, rabbit junk and EC.
Saw "nine thou" in the thumbnail, knew this is was gonna be good
I agree on everything I stopped playing nfs 10 years ago I recently replayed mw 2005 After 16 years and It still felt Amazing , I have all of the nu metal goodness saved on my playlist that I listen to while I drive my E46 coupe, rip blackbox!
I couldn't believe you had only 729 subscribers when I was watching the video. Great work, your style is awesome... and yes, older music is light years above what's presented today in the latest titles.
Glad to hear, thank you! Well, technically you could call it a style, but I'd rather say it is the result of giving a broke college student access to free editing software.
Hears do ya thang while in garage
I see you are a man of culture as well
> You were 12
> You got back home from school
> You turned your CRT TV on and hit that power button on PS2
> Startup screen
> NFSU 2
> "Hi, i'm Brooke Burke..."
> Opening
> Riders On The Storm - Snoop Dogg ft. The Doors
I think a major factor would be that you can feel that older racing games were tested with their OSTs, and OSTs weren't used sparingly (Black List demos and intros come to mind)
And at the same time Unbound's OST just doesn't fit the fast paced racing of the game. A lot of it reminds me of that Dynamite MC track from Carbon - you can't rush to it, it gives off more of a cruising vibe.
I played NFS MW 2005 before i heard english music... i got into linkin park and eminem coz of NFSMW... i got into metal coz of NFSMW... i got into GTA coz of NFSMW... NFSMW shaping my entire personality right there
Same bro same
GTA and NFS games reshaped my music taste and I'm doing that ever since.
@@heavenlanes5598 i personally always found music annoyng in GTA because of It being the car's radio, otherwise the soundtracks are always great.
@@Ferrari255GTO I like GTA's soundtrack being played on car radios, probably since you can cruise around to the best sounding tunes.
Either it's a parody or that's the cringe of the year I see.
That thumbnail is gorgeous
I could remind of Stories with unhappy endings of Midnight Club 3
your editing and personality are amazing, great video
I think EA was just basing their soundtracks around 2 things:
Which genre of songs are popular this year?
And
What is the theme of the game?
Like underground 2, most of the soundtracks were based around some alternative rock, rap but it had more focused on club music (idk what's the term for this one).
Most wanted '05 is focused on the mix of (alternative or non alternative) rock, and rap because it's the popular genres during that era.
Rivals was like this, most of the music on that game were EDM. It was released back in like 2014? I think, and the popular music there were the likes of skrillex, and other similar remixers and artists.
I'm not saying that their music is getting bad over the years, it's just that the NFS games won't fit their main theme if their soundtrack was way off. You don't want the music of the game to feature rock if most of the characters there are part of a specific community. There could be some people on said community who likes rock but you know how the internet goes. Someone will get offended if EA made that decision like "EA DOESN'T KNOW WHAT [insert race or type of community here] LISTEN TO!" and get a huge backlash, resulting for the game to get some infamy instead of praise.
If we get a NFS game where we can choose specific genres like alternative rock, heavy metal, EDM, rap, house and many more in specific types like: you want some EDM while customizing while having heavy metal as your race and pop as your non race cruise music, then people could be happy.
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In other words EA the whole time was like: “How do you do, fellow kids.”
In some sort of way, yes.
"Gotta know the music trends that the kids would love!" -EA probably
Unfortunately, most who bought it still hated it because either, a few of them knew the song to even love it or it was played so much on a specific area (maybe radio) that they can't fathom liking it on the game.
And also most music today lacks the aggressiveness that the past music had. Even Rivals which is filled with EDM had some banger music that makes you energized, even if you're driving around the map.
but i feel like EA just give the studio to finish need for speed, there is no way they would release a garbage quality unbound if EA got their hands on development
I think EA isn't that keen on creating different games if one of their sports games gives them the money.
They just see what's trending, make some twists on it and even borrow something from their other games and then poof, new game.
Even if they fix unbound or any of their games before release, it can never reach the fan's expectations.
I never bought any games from EA as I'm a filthy pirate. Even if I bought any of their games, I'll still buy those who had offline capabilities. The NFS series is the only game franchise that's long running that still had games with offline capabilities. I'm still hoping TDU Solar Crown has offline play because that game looks nice.
EDM is not a genre, it's a term to the generic electronic music on the radio that mostly sounds the same shit.
i agree with your complaint about the soundtrack.some songs are fine and fit with the game but god damn they repeat 1000 times over and sometimes just make you want to jump off a cliff
You just can't forget the bullet for my valentine guitar solo, it's PERFECT
BROOOO that ss4 Gogeta theme caught me off guard af I haven't heard it in so long
Dirt 2.0 soundtrack in the background goes hard
I appreciate a lot that i guessed correctly how round 3 was gonna start with lol
I played NFS: Most Wanted for the first time at the end of 2021, and I immediately noticed how damn dope the soundtrack was. I still have Shapeshifter by Celldweller on my playlist when I'm out.
Decadence playing while I'm going 300 km/h at heat 5 just hits different
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It's less about the genre of the music, and more the energy of the music for me. However, some genres just have a distinct energy. I found that Unbound tried to choose songs that are high energy to race with. Though, the difference between HEY NEIGHBOR! or Front to Back and songs like Ice Cream really makes me wish there was an EA Trax options menu like the good old days.
Sidenote: Major L that Unbound doesn't have a separate track list for the garage like prior games did. Even Heat did.
I think same is true for mainstream music, every song these days is either edm or edm mixed with rock, hip hop whatsoever.
Me: puts my ear to the speaker because I couldn't tell if the game was playing music
Game: *"HEY!"*
*HOW'S THE TRAFFIC OUT THERE*
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As for NFS, I do miss the hard-hitting soundtrack that adapts to your situation (like in NFS Most Wanted), it's crazy to me that they got rid of the idea for the games since.
Most Wanted truly is a product of its time, but also ahead of it in a certain way.
I never found myself turning a soundtrack off until Heat
Need for speed most wanted, carbon, collin mcrae dirt 2, burnout 3, gta sa and 4, pes 2006-2013 were the games I used to play in my childhood, and I listen to their soundtrack to this day.
And of course, minecraft and undertale, but these are a diferent kind of soundtracks hehe
Prostreet is and always will be one of my favorite racing games and probably the defining title of that series for me, and the soundtrack is a big reason why on top of it being a really good game, lol
I am happy that i hear p5 music in the background. Great choice
P5 music is just crazy good. Couldn't resist using it 😅
nu metal,metalcore.poppunk,raprock,hiprock,metal rap
the real of highspeed soul concept.
I DID enjoy NFS Heat's chill soundtrack in the garage, I think it sets a nice mood while you're building your car and it gives you a break from the usually awful music selection of that game.
Tbh garage soundtracklers were best in nfs heat
I stopped playing just to listen to that damn thing. The rhythm is great.
SACRIFICE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW
YOU LOVE
YOU MISS THE THINGS YOU HATED LONG AGO
For real this song was the copium that carried me through high school.
Funnily enough when i was young the only games i played were underground 1 and 2, which comprised of rock, rap, hip hop and electronica. What's funnier is that Linkin Park is my favorite band due to their mixing of these genres. So that comment made on games influencing music taste when young is definitely a true statement to make.
ROCK + METAL Supermacy
we need that music that gives you that adrenaline rush that pushes you to go faster and faster not ambient music.
That's how you make mistakes and miss your breaking point, or turn in too late, or get on throttle too soon and spin out. You want to be relaxed to drive fast and with fewer mistakes.
@@christiantaylor1495 Wrong
So Just eurobeat?
Rivals' soundtrack: *Absolutely*
I can confirm that this is not just you being biased due to nostalgia! The earliest nfs game I ever played was no limits on my iPad, cause I never had a console at the time :( but in nfs heat, I can’t go a couple minutes with the music turned on, but whenever I hear music from the old titles I never played, I can’t help but think “what happened” 😂
I absolutely love the thumbnail
It took me an all nighter to finish that one, but the end result was worth it I think 😅
Surprisingly good take, funny as all get out. Channel deserves more subs.
The old times when ı come back from school and play nfsmw on my pc
Fun fact, i played NFS Heat with music on mute and a mw 2005 spotify playlist in the background
They still do, (most of them) it's just how you see them or play them
this is why i put rocksongs on the background
Wow your videos are good for such a small channel, good stuff
Thanks you sir!
Current racing games are differently suffering from too few high octane tracks and tho I do also believe it’s important to have some more chill tracks in between there is currently just too many and they are often so boring that you just skip past them if given the option
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I am of the opinion that racing games need to work on more dynamic soundtracks, like how the new DOOM games work.
If you are cruising in free-roam, no mission, going under a certain speed, give me trap and halftime stuff, sprint race, or cutting up on the highway? A faster hip hop song, drifting? Phonk, police chase? Metal.
It'd be tough to blend it all and likely take up too much of a modern games development time but it would be fantastic still.
As, I do tend to like the modern OSTs in these racing games, I just want a bit more variety too.
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Playing FlatOut 2 rn, it made me listen full discography of Megadeth and Rob Zombie.
I'll never forget the nfs underground 2 lobby with riders on the storm feat snoop dog.
Love persona ost btw
Forza Horizon 5's radio stations have a mix of music that makes me physically sick while playing it, no joke. Many of the music included in the game feels so off while driving.
that's why I put it on classical music radio. hehe
Dude I swear a room full of robots made the creative(or lack there of) decisions for FH5.
Seriously none of the team must have ever been to a rally or festival, it gets wild. FH5 feels bland, where FH1 felt close to a real event.
Plus the progression was far better in FH1-2, FH5 start with a S2 class wheelspin and no class limited races. Horizon deserves a better team.
"Heat" has 1 OK song ... But as you say... It plays every 15 minutes
NFS Unbound and Heat definetly deserves a better soundtrack. I still find it weird that they never catch on into this, im sure everyone would be fine even if they took the big hits from the blackbox games. Infact im sure it with even appeal or grab the attention of older fans when they realize songs they love are in the new ons. esp with the rise of the videos of NFS Unbound but with older nfs songs became trending, why not give it a shot. Take those songs in underground, most wanted, carbon, and pro street and just have a banger soundtrack.
Much as its ideal, there appears to be a problem with licensing music that are pretty old (and renewing licenses for something they already did, especially). Notice how in most games (and not just racing ones) they almost always have no tracks from 10, or hell, even 5 years ago.
They very well could find good, new music too. It's everywhere, I just wonder why they don't do it. Some old bands are still alive & kicking. For example, I'd die to have Alice In Chains' 'Breath On A Window' as a racing soundtrack from the rock genre, among many others.
That's just nostalgia bait. Imagine if MW relied on hot pursuit 2's ost for bangers, that undermines most wanted's vibe. Even though you may not like Unbound's OST, you can't deny it's absolutely it's own unique vibe.
Unbound actually had a few good tracks there, but just a lot of questionable picks as well.
@@hawken796 Yeah but it's still something one could still recreate with better tracks. Did that myself with Spotify by keeping some of the tracks I actually liked (Cryptic Speech, Forever Be Steppin, Slayer, and a few more) as well as those that just fit the game, and also replaced whatever I thought was an ill-fit with similar but better tracks + more stuff I thought was missing like DnB (Makoto tracks could have been perfect if we're following the international artist thing) or even some 90s Chicago house (also very surprised how a Chicago-themed game did not have a single Chief Keef track). I also split everything based on where I'd ideally want to hear them (so different playlists for garage, free roam, and events, with some tracks overlapping in one or more categories).
As a Drum and Bass fan, I love the Guitar Track from Kings Of The Rollers (that garage music from NFS Heat) TBH
Back when we were in the midst of the covid lockdowns, me and a bunch of friends played through NFS Heat, fully co-op as much as possible, all of us on PS4, got the platinum trophy. At one point the song Tu Manuera - INNA became an actual meme where we'd mock the intro by screaming ASI DELE DELEEEEEE as loud as we could into the microphone because I shit you not after nearly every daytime race that song would start playing.
on the subject of OST's Run the Jewels has been the only band added to recent games (both heat and Saints Row: Total seppuku have one song iirc) that had the energy you'd be looking for in a high octane situation...
i agree that high energy music is needed for street racing games, however there's punk, pop, synthwave, and rnb songs that are also high energy.
the big band stuff isnt necessarily the best either. Celldweller was basically unknown to the masses before most wanted, and he went pretty much back to anon status since. that's why they added at least two of his titles to the OST... cheap title rights was a thing in U2 too. half the titles were by bands that were starting to get traction and indies.
Once upon a time, we had alphex twin, big names from pre skrillex dubstep, jungle, DnB...
i'd rock some Brockhampton, Isidor, Electric Callboy, Amyl and the Sniffers, the Slaves, Sturgill Simpson, Tagada Jones, carpenter brut, santigold, metric or deadlife...
And i would love some freaky internet tunes like Sewerslvt, Utsu-P, Igorrr or The Avalanches to see streamers freak out lmao. some sudden grindcore/audio gore like passenger of shit thrown in the mix.
But half the titles wouldnt pass the PEGI 3+ these games all want to get.
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The nostalgia just hits hard sometimes, but the enjoy factor sometimes stays, and thats a good sing!
I have Most Wanted to thank for introducing a young and dumb me into the wonderful music, that I still listen to this very day.
If it wasn't for that game and it's soundtrack, my life would be sad, lacking and just simply suck.
...okay, it kinda still do suck, but nowhere near as much if I didn't played it.
1:07 i think this is better and when you leaving from garage... you got even louder and the best drop over there
the old game got drips
Punto is one of my favorite cars in MW, much better than golf. Most Wanted is my favorite game, and the musics are a big part of what makes it my favorite game. MW is what turned me into a rock fan
This is sports games in general. Skating games and mx bike games, as well as wrestling+ mma has the same problem
Out the mud, that Toro Moi one and the garage music is literally all of the decent tracks in Heat
I can relate to the first warning in the video
Dude, I've been getting back into Burnout 3 Takedown again on the good ol Ps2 and man that game is a vibe.
The Ps2 may lack power, but it's an absolute beast in quality games!
NFS underground series, most wanted, Hot pursuit, pro Street, midnight club LA remix, midnight club 3 DUB edition, Burnout revenge, NFS Undercover, Flatout Head on, LA RUSH, Motorstorm, Gran Tourismo 4, all amazing racing games with incredible soundtrack that isn't just for the trends, back then the soundtrack was creating atmosphere in the game and was not just in the background.
Flatout 2. If you haven’t heard the soundtrack then I don’t know what to tell you. Probably the best ost ever created.
NFS Prostreet Soundtrack is a banger
This is why I listen to the Postal Redux OST and the Postal 2 OST while playing anything combat or racing related.
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Well nfs payback, Forza horizon 4, project cars, Gran Turismo, Burnout, etc. Comes to mind when talking about a good selection of different genres of music.
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To be fair, and to play a little bit of devil’s advocate, there are some absolute bangers in Heat and Unbound, but he’s right about wanting to turn off the in-game music. I got so tired of hearing MASA MASA MASA MASA in Unbound that I just took all the songs I liked from Unbound and shoved them into a Spotify playlist to listen to while playing the game.
3:54 demon core, literal "death metal"
I think Forza Motorsport 7 has the best modern racing game soundtrack; It fits so fuckin well
Burnout paradise is the last racing game imo where everything goes together, the game is a total vibe I still play it today
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I recommend the “Best of Need for Speed” Spotify playlist by Juggernaut Jett
Cool to see a lot of other people going back to listen to nfs OSTs on RUclips , tons of bangers there
It's not even about music type for me, it's wanting to listen to some bangin' tunes. Heat doesn't have that.