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The only real difference is you only get one livery and a siren.Д®vents are laid out on a county map, letting you pick whichever one you fancy. You have a more formalised ranking system, but progression is achieved in the same way. Whereas the thin blue line isвЂ¦ largely the same, actually. This ranking system is rudimentary enough: do good in races, unlock faster cars. This is where the Burnout influence from Criterion comes in, and itвЂ™s bloody lovely to see.ДЄs a racer, youвЂ™re tasked with climbing the Most Wanted list. Quite literally wipe out, as вЂњas any means necessaryвЂќ translates to вЂњrun them off the run in the quickest fashionвЂќ. The police, in typical American fashion, take it too far and are determined to wipe racing out in this wondrous part of the country. As such, you and a bunch of others head to it in your flashiest of flash cars to be the fastest troublemaker around. Seacrest County is a desirable hot spot for racers thanks to its large roads and stretches of highway. There isnвЂ™t really much of a вЂњplotвЂќ to Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. Yet itвЂ™s obvious that care has been given to spruce this up to modern standards, rather than just adding that вЂњHD sharpnessвЂќ and calling it a remaster. ItвЂ™s not pushing for graphical realism like, say, Driveclub or Gran Turismo Sport. Roads glisten, landscapes look vibrant and the sense of immersion is there when youвЂ™re hitting top speeds along highways. Cars are polished to that mirror sheen and faithfully recreated from their real world counterparts. Suffice to say, the sense of speed and adrenaline-fueled nature of racing is perfectly encapsulated here. Criterion and Stellar Entertainment had proven themselves with the Burnout Paradise remaster, only to hone that craft on this one. Whilst itвЂ™s obvious that this is a game from the last generation, considerable effort has been made to spruce it up to current gen. So going in blind to Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, I can confidently say, вЂњHot damnвЂќ. The closest parallel of the original I could draw would probably be Split/Second. I hadnвЂ™t played the original, my last NFS being Most Wanted as an Xbox 360 launch title. Normally, the first port of call with any remaster/remake is to make immediate comparisons to the original. Is it something to push through and grow to love, or will it put less competitive players off? LetвЂ™s take a trip to Seacrest County and find outвЂ¦ Blinded By The Sights

Yet it comes with a surprisingly difficult learning curve, as well as strict time parameters in races. A faithful remaster of the 2010 classic, itвЂ™s as close weвЂ™ll get to a Burnout Takedown remake for a while. Thankfully, Hot Pursuit delivers in buckets, from both sides of the law. You want high octane thrills, insane speeds and dramatic crashes. YouвЂ™d think wrecking a few of their cars would deter them, not encourage them.Д«ut then, this is a Need For Speed game.

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Of course, these drivers bring it on themselves by racing illegally in the first place. Such is the determination of the Seacrest County Police Department that IвЂ™m surprised Max Rockatansky isnвЂ™t on their payroll. In the world of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, however, youвЂ™ll be lucky if you donвЂ™t end up dead or paralysed.

Over here, you get slapped with some points on your license, maybe a ban if youвЂ™re lucky. Well, in this gameвЂ™s version of America, at least. I would hate to be caught speeding in America.

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