When Need for Speed Unbound was announced, one thing in particular caused discussion: The racing game relies on a graphic style that combines realistic cars and environments with comic-like effects and characters.
A short time later, the developers pointed out that it was possible to do without the effects when driving races. In the finished game, however, many fans are looking for this option in vain. If you also want to get rid of the effects, we will show you how to remove most of them.
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Need for Speed Unbound: Gameplay Trailer Shows – You have control over the new look
So you reduce the effects while driving
As the developers clarified in a later tweet, you can’t get rid of all the effects, you always create clouds of smoke and tracers:
link to Twitter content
The various effects are set as equipment for your vehicle and cannot be switched off completely via a menu.
But: After all, it is possible to switch to a kind of basic version of the driving effects, where you at least don’t have to see any additional visual extravagances. For this you have to follow these steps:
- Go to the garage and select a car.
- Under ‘Style’ navigate to the driving effects and then to the tags.
- Select one of the ‘Cloaked’ tags there. The most inconspicuous is probably
normal
, but other colors are also available. In any case, only the standard effects are visible.
With the tag ‘camouflaged’ you are unsurprisingly the most inconspicuous on the go.
If you are still bothered by the remaining clouds of smoke and light strips, you still have the option of playing from the bumper or hood perspective. Then all comic effects remain hidden. Note, however, that you can still see the effects of other vehicles in races. Our gameplay video also shows you what a race looks like from the bonnet perspective:
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Need for Speed Unbound Gameplay: We drive an (almost) perfect race
If the effects don’t bother you too much, but you’re not yet sure whether Unbound is a really good Need for Speed, then it’s best to read our review. The fact that Need for Speed is the racing game we want it to be is also due to its open world. With a little trick, it becomes much more interesting.
Are you bothered by the comic effects of the new Need for Speed? Don’t you care or do you like them? Write your opinion in the comments!
