Need for Speed ​​2022 graphics will be… different: ‘Photorealistic but with anime elements’

The next Need for Speed ​​could visually stand out from the crowd.



The next Need for Speed ​​could visually stand out from the crowd.

Racing games like Forza Horizon 5 and Gran Turismo 7 impress with their fairly realistic graphics. And the Need for Speed ​​games usually rely on a realistic look. But that could soon change if Jeff Grubb has his way. The VentureBeat editor and industry insider spoke on his Giantbomb show Grubbsnax about the next Need for Speed, which is said to have a very special graphic style. (via VGC)

When Need for Speed ​​meets Anime

At the beginning of April, Jeff Grub spoke on his show about the next part of the racing game series, which he believes should be released at the end of 2022. Now he’s chatting out the box again and has given us presumed information about the graphics, setting and multiplayer functions.

According to this, the new Need for Speed ​​should use photorealistic graphics, which – and now the interesting thing about it – will also offer “anime elements”. We shouldn’t expect big googly eyes from a racing game, but rather reinforcing style elements, as we know them from advertising, for example, according to Grubb’s comparison:

You know, when you see a car commercial or something and the car drives around, but then cartoon flames and something fly away? That’s the kind of aesthetic they seem to be aiming for.

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Autolog comeback?

In addition, Grubb spoke of an individual adjustment of all car parts and the game world. Lake Shore City is designed to represent a fictionalized version of Chicago and feel like a real city, Grubb said.

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Within this world we should then also have access to the Autolog function, a social network that first appeared in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. This made it possible, among other things, to hold multiplayer races, to compare high scores and to share, rate and comment on photos taken on a kind of pinboard. In the new Need for Speed ​​we can probably expect a further developed version of it – if Grubb is right.

Speaking of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit: The last NfS part was a remaster of it. If you prefer a more traditional style, you can watch the following video to see if you like the rest:

Is Need for Speed ​​Hot Pursuit remastered as awesome as it used to be?






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Is Need for Speed ​​Hot Pursuit remastered as awesome as it used to be?

It remains to be seen whether Criterion Games is really working on such a Need for Speed. We ask the publisher about this. If Grubb, who has reliable sources in the industry, is right, we can expect a different kind of Need for Speed ​​this year.

What would you think of an NfS part as Grubb describes it?

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