The hyper-realistic graphics of Need for Speed ​​Unbound are complemented by cartoonish smoke effects in the corners taken by skidding and wings during every major jump that takes your breath away.

Of course, this is a totally individual matter and I understand that a significant part of the players will immediately go to the menu and look for where to turn off those goofy effects (don't worry, it's possible). I didn't do it. Instead, as part of tuning my first vehicle, the legendary 1998' Nissan Silvia K, I started exploring the possibilities of various shapes and colors of smoke and wings, because I not only didn't mind their presence in the races, but I actually enjoyed them.
They fit the overall tone of the game, where beautiful, realistically modeled vehicles collide with fully animated characters. The culture in Need for Speed ​​Unbound is wild, the visual tuning of the cars goes to absurd lengths and the cartoonish animations only confirm this.

The game starts to be bad only when we realize the terrible "woke" story. At the beginning, a lesbian steals my car and the whole game is about getting the car back, so I have to get to the top of the street racing scene and endlessly defeat a bunch of lesbians and transvestites.

I just tried to skip the story quickly without throwing up from those annoying characters and enjoy the amazing possibilities of realistic driving on a big and successful map, collecting and fulfilling various collecting activities and challenges and looking for the best places where I can take a screenshot with a newly tuned car.

In addition to the considerable care devoted to the vehicles, which are truly absolutely beautiful, Criterion also put a lot of care into the level design. I can't even remember the last time I had fun with the world itself in the Need for Speed ​​series (maybe only in NFS Heat).
I thoroughly enjoyed my stay in the Chicago-inspired Lakeshore City.

If you put aside the uninteresting story with the woke propaganda and focus purely on the car part, Unbound succeeds, despite initial concerns about its wild style. 70%

The hyper-realistic graphics of Need for Speed ​​Unbound are complemented by cartoonish smoke effects in the corners taken by skidding and wings during every major jump that takes your breath away. Of course, this is a totally individual matter and I understand that a significant part of the players will immediately go to the menu and look for where to turn off those goofy effects (don't worry, it's possible). I didn't do it. Instead, as part of tuning my first vehicle, the legendary 1998' Nissan Silvia K, I started exploring the possibilities of various shapes and colors of smoke and wings, because I not only didn't mind their presence in the races, but I actually enjoyed them. They fit the overall tone of the game, where beautiful, realistically modeled vehicles collide with fully animated characters. The culture in Need for Speed ​​Unbound is wild, the visual tuning of the cars goes to absurd lengths and the cartoonish animations only confirm this. The game starts to be bad only when we realize the terrible "woke" story. At the beginning, a lesbian steals my car and the whole game is about getting the car back, so I have to get to the top of the street racing scene and endlessly defeat a bunch of lesbians and transvestites. I just tried to skip the story quickly without throwing up from those annoying characters and enjoy the amazing possibilities of realistic driving on a big and successful map, collecting and fulfilling various collecting activities and challenges and looking for the best places where I can take a screenshot with a newly tuned car. In addition to the considerable care devoted to the vehicles, which are truly absolutely beautiful, Criterion also put a lot of care into the level design. I can't even remember the last time I had fun with the world itself in the Need for Speed ​​series (maybe only in NFS Heat). I thoroughly enjoyed my stay in the Chicago-inspired Lakeshore City. If you put aside the uninteresting story with the woke propaganda and focus purely on the car part, Unbound succeeds, despite initial concerns about its wild style. [b] 70% [/b]