For a long time it was quiet about the new Need for Speed, which is rumored to be released this year. But in the past few weeks, more and more new details about the new game from Criterion Games, which are responsible for the Burnout series and various NFS offshoots, have leaked out.
Now a short gameplay video has even appeared for the first time – reason enough for us to collect all the current rumors and record them in an article.
All known leaks & rumors about Need For Speed 2022
Release: When should NFS 2022 appear?
In April 2022, well-known industry insider Jeff Grubb was still confident that Need For Speed 2022 should be released in November of this year:
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New Need for Speed should come in 2022
A few days ago he published an update on Twitter: The release, which has not yet been officially announced, is said to have been postponed by a month, NFS 2022 will therefore appear in December.
Gameplay: What can you expect from NFS 2022 in terms of gameplay?
In the past few weeks, the user TopRamanNoodl3s has made a name for himself on Reddit with detailed leaks about the new NFS.
We summarize the most important points of his contributions published in the subreddit GamingLeaksAndRumours for you here:
- That Upgrade system has been significantly simplified and should now work similar to Forza Horizon, where the vehicles are divided into different classes (S, A, B etc.).
- car meeting: In these lobbies you can meet other players, have one-on-one races and bet on other players’ races.
- Speedcross mode returns
- There should be no drag races
- Drift events are also missing
User AlexKVideos1 shared Imgur a short clip supposed to show real gameplay from an early version from 2021:
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The comic effects are particularly striking here: If you jump, your car will apparently grow wings, if you have an accident, a small skull will appear.
Industry insider Shaun Weber tweeted in late June that anime effects in the new Need for Speed, such as cartoon-style smoke or wind, are just placeholders and not part of the final game. So far it is unclear whether Weber is also referring to the icons in the clip above:
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First details of the story
Ultimately, TopRamanNoodl3s published some small details about the story and setting. Similar to Need For Speed Heat, great importance should be attached to the inclusion of different backgrounds, genders and cultures.
His contact at EA also wants to have shown him the intro video of the campaign: Here you should get to see a doorless BMW that turns donuts to Latin American music.
What do you expect from the new Need For Speed? Do the leaks make you feel confident or do you lose interest in the strange comic effects? Write it to us in the comments!
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