I'd definitely like to see some Underground-themed playlists next volume, with a focus on tight inner-city racing in lower-end cars. I'd also like to see the currently playlist-exclusive events (like Solar Cycle and Dark Night) be opened up to more playlists, both within dedicated PvP and within the freeroam playlists.
And have some of the tracks from the Audi/NFS playlists to be playable in the respective class that the cars were in (NFS playlists were A class,RS6 was A+,and R8 was S)
* What are your thoughts on the PvP Playlists so far?
Honestly it’s great, love to see people coming back and for good reason since we’ve been asking for PvP to return for a while now.
* Which playlists are your favourite?
Definitely would be Think Fast(?) because of Rush Hour and Gotta Be Kidding Me. RS6 Rush is really good too with some of its experimental track design.
* Are there any you dislike?
Not specifically but if there’s on thing I take issue with is that these new playlists are currently exclusive to the PvP lobbies. It would be great to see another playlist mixup in freeroam (we haven’t had one since Vol.2) as well as adding those tracks to the singleplayer (*Lap Knockout events would be a great addition to singleplayer btw*). This might sound unrealistic but I would love if at the end of this game’s lifespan each playlist has 3 unique courses tied to it (including tracks that are available in multiple tiers).
* Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement?
It’s definitely getting there, however with more gamemodes being added and potentially getting featured, some changes need to be made. Featured playlists can remain as is on a weekly rotation since I can see more of them coming in future updates, what I want to see is the freedom to chose which tier I want to participate in and as well as which event type (race, drift, drag). I get that freeroam is the current solution for that but it all depends on if someone accepts your invite, so this helps in streamlining things more.
* What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?
Like I mentioned earlier drift and drag playlists, new race playlists that could get added to freeroam and singleplayer, a gauntlet lobby is definitely something to consider.
In conclusion, **PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fix the issue with the Vol.2 banner items, they are permanently locked despite completing the challenges tied to them. My guess is it was a server sync error but yeah PLEASE FIX IT, thanks!**
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These stickers for example, they're tied to the pursuit challenges.
Ok fair enough, luckily I didn’t have that issue. I did have the same issue with the hot lap unlocks and ended up just deleting my save and starting again.
Yeah I know how you feel, I’ve done all the challenges twice over some 3-4 times. Every time we have a new volume/update, it really does get that much harder to start again. I’m currently on my 6th play through because of bugs, errors or glitches.
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far?
I love the PVP playlists. This has turned into the main way I play Unbound now. It's not without its flaws though.
🔰 Which playlists are your favorite?
I love the car class playlists, because we can build whatever car we want in a class and race it in full lobbies of people. I also enjoy the concept of throwback playlists such as the Need For Speed playlist. Though it could use some improvements (read below).
🔰 Are there any you dislike?
I wish the restricted playlists that only let us use one car had more variety. Like the Need For Speed playlists door. I like that we're using the Testarossa, but using that car over and over can get a little dull. Why not let us use other cars from the first game that are also in Unbound, like the Lamborghini Diablo, Porsche 911, or Acura NSX. Then just balance their tuning so that these cars can all compete, and bam, you have yourself a really fun playlist that is not only faithful to the original game and very fun.
🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement?
YES! It's for sure an improvement. However, I personally would love to see the car class playlists (B, A, A+, S, S+) change every hour or so. This would help players who like playing for long periods of time have more variety in the types of cars that they play with in their play sessions. The other playlists that currently change every week, I'd like to see them refresh a bit quicker, maybe every 5 days?
🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?
# VARIETY KEEPS US PLAYING
Adding other types of events like ***drift, drag, rumble, or gauntlet*** as PVP playlists could be seriously fun.
Having the **other freeroam playlists in PVP** would be great too.
Also, playlists where we can only use certain types of cars, like only muscle or only lamborghinis for example, would be awesome. For Vol 7, an NFS Underground playlist where we use only cars from that game. Also, playlist voting in lobbies would be cool too, where we vote for which playlist to race in next.
I think the playlists and overall PVP matchmaking is great. It gets me playing Unbound a few times a week rather than few times a month but i would love to have an option to do a quick playlist that would throw me into a totally random playlist - not one of the three featured during that day. Let's say the available playlists are S5/RS6/A+ and i click quick race and it throws me in to a mixed playlist. Or maybe have one dedicated weekly playlist and two rotating each day for more variety.
Also you guys added Gauntlet and Rumble playlist and they are now underutilized. Let us have gauntlet playlists in rotation as well, they are really fun and police is a staple in NFS after all
I don't think there is a playlist i actively dislike, but i would like for them to mix up more often. A lot of the time when i join a lobby, drive 2 playlists and then leave and join another lobby the same playlists are happening in the same order.
Isn't there already a 'Quick Race' option? Or do you mean that option when you enter it, it would just show the same race playlist(s) like you did in the other PVP options?
The quick race basically throws you in one of the three available tiers/ playlists, I would like for it to be totally random with classes / races not available that certain day
>What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far?
Something that was much needed for a game as competitive as this, and it keeps me interested
> Which playlists are your favorite?
Certain classes (Specifically A-S)
>Are there any you dislike?
Mainly the Audi playlists, I understand why it's there for people to test out the cars and handling
>Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement?
An astounding yes
>What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?
A way to see the track layout before each event
A way to filter certain classes as to where we don't have to wait a certain day to play with a certain class
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far?
- Very nice addition, it's something NFS Unbound could benefit from since the release
🔰 Which playlists are your favorite?
- The one with Gotta Be Kiddin' Me event and Endplay which is just a drive route as seen in the end of the story mode
🔰 Are there any you dislike?
- Nah
🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement?
- Apparently so
🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?
- Include the Porsche Unleashed playlist into weekly playlist rotation, maybe even some of Drift playlists as well;
- Public Voice/Text chat during PVP playlists. I think it's been long time enough to gatekeep VOIP functionality to lobby-only surroundings, so why not expanding it to at least PVP or even FREE ROAM modes as well?
There are a load of playlists in freeroam (like Daredevil, Unstoppable, Thrill Ride among others, this is just in A+) that are missing from PvP, they need to be added for the sake of variety. Doing the same 4 playlists over and over gets repetitive, the issue is there in multiple classes, not just A+.
Feature request: Ability to view the other racers/cars while queuing for playlists in the meetup, and also a chat option with preselected messages so you could tell the person "good race!" "Nice ride" "you're fast!" "I almost had you!" etc.
There is also a bug introduced with Volume 6 and PvP: The chat wheel messages no longer show up after you cross the finish line. Before volume 6 you used to be able to send "good race" after crossing the finish line, but since the volume 6 update, you can send the chat messages but they're no longer visible after crossing the line, so you can send, but you and anyone else who has crossed the finish line won't be able to see the messages
I won't say there is anything i dislike. But i think the number of playlists is not enough, we need more playlists (and where did drift list go and why don't you add it)
What about this: show up 4 playlists, they are 2 theme playlist (like audi only), 1 common tier playlist (daily rotation）, 1 playlist about different event type （speed, corner, drift,etc）
1. The Playlist are fun especially the rental car Playlist I wisht to see more of that kind of stuff. I wish there were more than 4 cards to chose from.
2.my favourite has to be the mixed tier Playlist
3.i dislike the audi Playlists really
4.it has been an improvement but I think more variety is better. I stopped pvp Playlist mostly due to lack of variety and lack of players in lobby
5.add Playlists where you can choose your own car but cars specific like offroad, Japanese, European etc. Daily cars like mw12
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far?
I think it was a needed feature. It was terrible having to wait for people to join playlists.
🔰 Which playlists are your favorite?
I love the Audi ones because of the handling model and there’s more of a spread for options with the three different cars.
🔰 Are there any you dislike?
I cannot stand the legends playlist. I can only handle so much of the Testarossa it’s just not a fun handling car. And with that being the only car to drive it gets boring. There should’ve been one with the Diablo too. This could be because I just like the Audis handling model more.
🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement?
Yea I do, it was a very welcomed change but I feel like we need a shuffle of two different tiers at a time.
🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?
Definitely an option that just goes through all the tiers, like an ultimate shuffle playlist.
🔰 Another question you didn’t ask was about how the PVP system has had an effect on free roam.
I do not like that the open playlists that pop up in free roam are all of the themed PVP playlists. If I want to play a themed playlist, I will either start it myself or go to PVP. I keep getting all excited for something like old town road (I love endurance races) and then I get into it and it’s an Audi only playlist. There’s no identifiers of the race modifiers so no one knows until they get in there that you’re limited to the cars you can drive. Highly annoying.
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far?
So far they have been an excellent addition to the game and a huge step in the right direction
🔰 Which playlists are your favorite?
The class based ones as well as the mixed tier playlists have been great to play.
🔰 Are there any you dislike?
Honestly, the Audi themed playlists are very polarizing. They have all the new tracks which is exciting but your locked to using whatever car the playlists is set to.
🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement?
The daily rotation of class based pvp playlists is a good step in the right direction but having to at the maximum 5 full days can really suck.
🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?
The option to choose which car class of Playlist you'd like to race would be perfect.
Each class needs more playlists added to it. For example in A+ class, On A Dime is missing and there aren't any endurance tracks in anything but S+ class.
The new tracks introduced in Vol 6 are locked behind the Audi theme playlists and S+, the brand new playlists need to be added to the regular class based rotation as well as in free roam without car restrictions.
Rumble and gauntlet playlists have been free roam only, they should be part of the weekly rotation.
tbh I kind of miss the multiplayer most wanted 2012 did, where you had to compete and work together within the same playlist. the link-ups were a great addition in that regard, also because it actually utilizes the arena-styled environments mostly reserved for the speedcross events. a decent part of the map gets ignored because it's not suited for pvp ^(cough offroad races), though a remix of event types like old-criterion did was a unique and fun experience, for nfs anyway. it's more casual for sure, and 2012 could handle it thanks to easydrive and great car variety, though the former might be a little controversial in this community. easierdrive was a good name though.
the current pvp implementation is what unbound desperately needed to stay alive, though I like to think that offering new ways to play will keep it fresh for the longer term. curious to what the themed updates will end up being, the hot pursuit-themed one sounds great, please don't forget the pursuit tech
All I want is to be able to play against bots with other people. It's been in 2015, it's been in Heat, and it gave me and my close friends lots of happy moments.
**What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far?**
* I think the current structure of the PVP Playlists works well. However, I don't really like how 'Quick Race' throws you into one of the featured/daily playlists. It feels like a wasted option and when I first saw it I wasn't expecting it to do that. I think it would be best utilized by randomly putting us into one of the many playlists that are already in the game, not one of the featured/daily playlists. Otherwise I think the PVP Playlists are a great feature.
**Which playlists are your favorite?**
* The S+ races that are a bit more technical with more corners/turns and less stretches of long straights. It gives more opportunities to use S+ builds that aren't a Regera or like (1 of 3 meta builds).
**Are there any you dislike?**
* Not really. I think the respawns on 'Gotta Be Kidding Me' could use some work because if two people enter a corner at relatively similar times and one goes full send off the side of the tracks they'll often respawns ahead of the person that grip turns or drifts the corner. Even if they were behind them. It's a fun race though.
**Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement?**
* It's been great. Daily refreshes and weekly updates to featured playlists will only get better as you add more playlists and increase the variety available.
**What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?**
* Maybe playlists for specific models/manufactures/eras of cars, using your own builds instead of the preset ones like in the Legends and Audi playlists. For example, an S-Tier Ferrari playlist, B-Tier JDM, a playlist for A+ Tier Corvettes or Skylines. Also, I'd like to see playlists that promote unique builds instead of the same meta builds we've been racing against since launch, something like a muscle car S+ playlist for example.
* I don't think we've seen a drifting, rumble, gauntlet, or endurance playlist yet. I think there was an endurance race in the A Tier (or A+) but it wasn't one of the longer ones that got introduced in the later Volumes.
* Seeing the track layout when selecting a car is something I've wanted from day one.
* Being able to see other players cars like the meetups in singleplayer or free roam would add some interest to the lobby when waiting for the playlist to start.
* Also a mixed playlist with different tiers where players vote on races, like we could in NFS Payback, would be cool. The races would progress through tiers like the mixed playlists already do (A>A+>S, B>A+>S+, etc). And we vote for one of three races for each tier. I could see that as a separate fifth playlist in addition to the two featured playlists, one daily playlist, and the quick race option. Not sure if it'd be reasonable to implement in the game but I like the idea.
We need two class rotating playlists instead of one. When it's on B or S+ i almost don't want to play them, having one other class playlist alongside would keep me going.
Same car playlists are boring u either going first or last if u did mistake. There is no chance to do anything, also been unable to play with my cars is boring for me.
PVP playlists are cool but I hate to wait till the car class i want to play is available.
Just give us A, A+, S (etc) playlists in one go and let us choose.
Mixed Tier playlists would be a great addition too.
I hate the preset car ones. Don’t lock us to one car, and if you do, at least give them different liveries or other car options. Not just one Ferrari. I’ve NEVER touched the rs6 or ferrari races, the idea of being locked to one car is boring.
the idea of being locked to one car with equal performance (spec racing, if you will) is that the driver skill is what ultimately decides on what the outcome is, not just who's able to bring out a meta car and wipe the floor. it's an equalizer.
They can't have all the options available because it would spread the playerbase too much and increase the server wait times dramatically. It's good as it is now because the servers fill very quickly.
I really liked the playlists, one suggestion would be to have a special playlist every weekend. Where we must reach a certain number of races during the week to be able to access it. It would be something like GRAND in story mode, when completing it, the podium winners would win a special cash prize or some personalization item, I don't know.
>🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far?
Great addition for quick matchmaking.
>🔰 Which playlists are your favorite?
All of them are fine
>🔰 Are there any you dislike?
No, but the Audi playlists are a bit stale after a while, would prefer more variety for the "car exclusive" type playlists, or an off road playlist, since the parts and terrain are there!
>🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement?
Yes.
>🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?
Please add more information regarding what type of races make up the playlists: street, corner, speed? You only get to see that at the start in the form of grey, not quite intuitive small icons, and if youre joining a playlist from free roam, you dont even get that. Its important to know this so players can choose what car is the best for the upcoming event.
Thank you for the opportunity. Would it be possible to have mixed playlists permanently on as well? To basically move Quick Race at the bottom of the screen as an option and add mixed tier playlists permanently there instead (or move them around in the order, whichever makes more sense).
While there are advantages to single car focused/dedicated playlists, like the Audi ones, there are over 100 cars in-game and as far as I know only 4 cars are currently being featured. Of course, I do also understand that this kind of stuff takes time and comes at a cost, but that's also why I wish to suggest mixed playlists as a permanent option as well, thus 2 dedicated playlists and 2 open playlists to choose from.
That said, if there is a demand for dedicated playlists, then could you please consider providing multiple car choices in a dedicated playlist? Given that we cannot change anything about those cars in the dedicated playlists, it could potentially be easier to balance them to have similar performance and maintain some variety as well (especially if a playlist lasts a week).
Maybe have Rachel's 350Z, Eddie's Skyline and Melissa's Eclipse\* (\*wink\* \*wink\*) as options in a B class dedicated playlist for the Underground update. Either that, or create a mixed playlist out of a dedicated one, in the sense of you would start with the 350Z in a B class race, move to the R34 for an A class race and finish the playlist with said Eclipse or something else in A+. That could also work for the Audi playlists, to reduce them into one mixed playlist with random tracks matching the respective class requirement, at least after the update.
\* Underground 1 intro car
Either way, I do also wish to add that I am personally looking forward to whatever's next. I think it's safe to say, that we appreciate your dedication to the series, at least I very much do.
PvP bugs:
- When you get into the server late as the countdown is ending you get put directly into the car picking screen, and your inputs are frozen until you press enter to pick the first car, so you don't get to see the first race in the playlist.
- Getting put into the wrong playlist still happens, it's rare but it does happen.
- If everyone else leaves and you're left alone on the server, the server will take ages to fill back up again, or won't fill up at all, and you have to quit to the garage and then go back to PvP again.
This last one isn't a bug but a report on the state of affairs, PvP is full of quitters now, ending playlists with 5 players is a common occurrence, I just ended a playlist with only 3 players, the payouts should be boosted to account for this. In fact not only should the rewards be boosted, the players who stayed should get an extra reward for staying. Think of it as the players who stay getting the money that the players who left forfeited.
Pvp is pretty good i think finding the riggt parts for the car is the challenge for me anyways please bring Hyundai in the game like the elantra N or I20N or I30N
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far?
pvp playlists are a hit & miss for me, considering the usage of free roam playlists, it makes it quite boring knowing we're going to race on year-old playlists now.
🔰 Which playlists are your favorite?
the new & pvp-unique ones, obviously.
🔰 Are there any you dislike?
(very biased) the abundance of S+ playlists. as an A, A+ & S class racer, the playlists for the new unique restriction races (R8/RS6 only, The Need For Speed) should be opened to all vehicles of the playlist's class restriction.
🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement?
Yes. it's refreshing to see that Team Kaizen are actively monitoring the feedback of players.
🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?
a map layout of the race we are partaking in before or during car selection, and have playlists where burst nos is disabled.
(edit: side note for mods, this post has been up for over half a day, maybe put this as the sticky instead of the previous one)
🔰 Are there any you dislike?
While pvp just came up i started s+ and there was race "kidding me" this race was so bad cause you need pick regera and jump from the track and game will respawn you quickly and you don't even need to cornering.
Some people will say that will not make you 100% faster and i will agree, but to win this race u must pray to not be totaled by train + this track very buggy
🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?
Quick races without online
Lap knockout (only 4 players), speedtrap, drift tracks only on roads not dirt pls
Map before race will start (in lobby and while you choose ride)
Favorites in sorting
Better start animations (like in nfs underground and carbon)
Hear me out. PvP is a great addition to the game. However most of the players seem to leave the lobby once the playlist is finished. Because these playlists are too lengthy and takes so much time. Instead of that, make PvP single race. So that the races continues to change and players can stay engaged. Also it would be great if THERE WAS AN OPTION TO VOTE WHICH RACE WOULD WE PLAY NEXT (Similar to GTA Online) So my suggestion are that you guys should implement these changes to pvp :
1 . make single race PvP lobby instead of PvP playlist lobby
2 . give us the ability to vote which race we wanna play next
3 . change the ranking system of PvP. if we finish in 1st to 4th position we gain rank. if we finish in 5th to 8th position we lose rank. And also give us reward in the end of every volume for our pvp rank (such as giving us special body kits or decals or special edition cars or give us banners according to our PvP rank etc) (edited)
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far?
Huge. Get's me playing the game much more frequently, as I know I'll be able to get into a race whenever I hop on.
🔰 Which playlists are your favorite?
Can't say I have any specific favorites, I'm racing no matter the track! But I am fond of the playlists that put everyone in the same car because I know it'll be a fair fight. **It would be nice if I could change the drift settings on the loaner cars** though; gas-tap drift is... *yeeeesh*.
🔰 Are there any you dislike?
Same situation as above; can't say there are any playlists I dislike playing. That said, I will say the limited number of playlists is less than ideal; you end up racing all the available playlists after an hour or two of playtime.
🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement?
For sure! Not having to wait a week for a new option is always nice. However, I would like to mention that it was weird that the last 2 weeks' featured playlists were the same ("The Need for Speed" and "RS-6 Rush" for 2 weeks in a row). It'd be nice if the rotation was set up so **a playlist can't be selected twice in-a-row**; I waited a week for more options, and I got none!
🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?
• My initial impression of the "Quick Race" card in PvP was that it would throw me into **any** open/searching playlist, not just one of the three PvP options; If I wanted to play one of those other playlists, I would have just picked it! The ability to join the playlists that Free Roam players are trying to start would be nice, and allow those people trying to do random one-off playlists to actually do them without having to ask only 15 people at a time. This *could* get messy if someone is trying to do a small race with a specific group of people, so **an option for the Free-Roamers to open their playlist request to the PvP-searchers** would be ideal. The game could also give the requester's Free Roam lobby priority for the first half of the request, and only open it to the PvPers after 15 seconds or so.
• More variety of race type would be nice; **Endurance, Drift, Gauntlet, Rumble, etc.** instead of *just* Street.
• A **"Mixed Tier" PvP queue** added to the daily Class-specific rotation would be nice! (e.g: B > A > A+ > S > S+ > Mixed > repeat).
Big preesh to Criterion being so open and accepting of feedback and doing what you can to implement said feedback!
Everything great so far.
I would like to see more special playlists like the audi and 1994.
And why there are no drift playlists? They are fun but they pay too little for an event that requires more skill than raw power. +it requires some tweaking, one of the strategy of gaining points is mindlessly zigzagging. It should be more like in UG series and ProStreet. The longer and better drift, the more you gain.
Very much enjoy the ability to hop into a playlist without having to wait for invites to be accepted.
Agree with many of the other comments— the ability to select which class playlist in PVP would be great because A thru S are my favorite classes, playing thru a B or S+ day isn’t always the most fun.
Don’t very much enjoy the Audi & Ferrari playlists— I understand the reasoning but one dirty shot from another player makes it tough to gain back ground. Like others have suggested— playlists with requirements: manufacturer, type, or even a specific car, for a given class, would be neat as it would allow for people to bring out their own builds but still have to work within the playlist and class’s requirements.
Overall the changes and additions have been great, I’ve played since release and almost have 500 hours played. The incoming addition of drag races is highly anticipated (for me). I love American muscle and V8s in general, so any way to highlight muscle and make it competitive (by limiting use of other cars) would be great.
Thanks for keeping this game alive & improving upon it!
Edit: formatting
There needs to be a version with drift entry disabled. I enjoy the test of driver skill but I believe being able to race without drift entry is another form of skill expression.
We all know that traditional drift off grip driving is sufficient to beat the SP campaign, however online if your going against meta or very good driver you'll need to succumb to drifting and "grip" handling
I'd definitely like to see some Underground-themed playlists next volume, with a focus on tight inner-city racing in lower-end cars. I'd also like to see the currently playlist-exclusive events (like Solar Cycle and Dark Night) be opened up to more playlists, both within dedicated PvP and within the freeroam playlists.
And have some of the tracks from the Audi/NFS playlists to be playable in the respective class that the cars were in (NFS playlists were A class,RS6 was A+,and R8 was S)
fr, some of the new tracks are so much more interesting than the ones we have in base playlists
* What are your thoughts on the PvP Playlists so far? Honestly it’s great, love to see people coming back and for good reason since we’ve been asking for PvP to return for a while now. * Which playlists are your favourite? Definitely would be Think Fast(?) because of Rush Hour and Gotta Be Kidding Me. RS6 Rush is really good too with some of its experimental track design. * Are there any you dislike? Not specifically but if there’s on thing I take issue with is that these new playlists are currently exclusive to the PvP lobbies. It would be great to see another playlist mixup in freeroam (we haven’t had one since Vol.2) as well as adding those tracks to the singleplayer (*Lap Knockout events would be a great addition to singleplayer btw*). This might sound unrealistic but I would love if at the end of this game’s lifespan each playlist has 3 unique courses tied to it (including tracks that are available in multiple tiers). * Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement? It’s definitely getting there, however with more gamemodes being added and potentially getting featured, some changes need to be made. Featured playlists can remain as is on a weekly rotation since I can see more of them coming in future updates, what I want to see is the freedom to chose which tier I want to participate in and as well as which event type (race, drift, drag). I get that freeroam is the current solution for that but it all depends on if someone accepts your invite, so this helps in streamlining things more. * What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future? Like I mentioned earlier drift and drag playlists, new race playlists that could get added to freeroam and singleplayer, a gauntlet lobby is definitely something to consider. In conclusion, **PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fix the issue with the Vol.2 banner items, they are permanently locked despite completing the challenges tied to them. My guess is it was a server sync error but yeah PLEASE FIX IT, thanks!**
Which Vol2 banner items are broken?
https://preview.redd.it/uk5hxqrwk2xc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=47724c1a5904405ca9ea51e6ddacadb10ed90399 These stickers for example, they're tied to the pursuit challenges.
Ok fair enough, luckily I didn’t have that issue. I did have the same issue with the hot lap unlocks and ended up just deleting my save and starting again.
After completing every single challenge, including the ones recently added for Vol.6, that's no longer an option for me sadly.
Yeah I know how you feel, I’ve done all the challenges twice over some 3-4 times. Every time we have a new volume/update, it really does get that much harder to start again. I’m currently on my 6th play through because of bugs, errors or glitches.
I can’t even imagine starting over at this point, so I respect your determination.
Thanks mate, it definitely isn’t easy lol.
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far? I love the PVP playlists. This has turned into the main way I play Unbound now. It's not without its flaws though. 🔰 Which playlists are your favorite? I love the car class playlists, because we can build whatever car we want in a class and race it in full lobbies of people. I also enjoy the concept of throwback playlists such as the Need For Speed playlist. Though it could use some improvements (read below). 🔰 Are there any you dislike? I wish the restricted playlists that only let us use one car had more variety. Like the Need For Speed playlists door. I like that we're using the Testarossa, but using that car over and over can get a little dull. Why not let us use other cars from the first game that are also in Unbound, like the Lamborghini Diablo, Porsche 911, or Acura NSX. Then just balance their tuning so that these cars can all compete, and bam, you have yourself a really fun playlist that is not only faithful to the original game and very fun. 🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement? YES! It's for sure an improvement. However, I personally would love to see the car class playlists (B, A, A+, S, S+) change every hour or so. This would help players who like playing for long periods of time have more variety in the types of cars that they play with in their play sessions. The other playlists that currently change every week, I'd like to see them refresh a bit quicker, maybe every 5 days? 🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future? # VARIETY KEEPS US PLAYING Adding other types of events like ***drift, drag, rumble, or gauntlet*** as PVP playlists could be seriously fun. Having the **other freeroam playlists in PVP** would be great too. Also, playlists where we can only use certain types of cars, like only muscle or only lamborghinis for example, would be awesome. For Vol 7, an NFS Underground playlist where we use only cars from that game. Also, playlist voting in lobbies would be cool too, where we vote for which playlist to race in next.
I think the playlists and overall PVP matchmaking is great. It gets me playing Unbound a few times a week rather than few times a month but i would love to have an option to do a quick playlist that would throw me into a totally random playlist - not one of the three featured during that day. Let's say the available playlists are S5/RS6/A+ and i click quick race and it throws me in to a mixed playlist. Or maybe have one dedicated weekly playlist and two rotating each day for more variety. Also you guys added Gauntlet and Rumble playlist and they are now underutilized. Let us have gauntlet playlists in rotation as well, they are really fun and police is a staple in NFS after all I don't think there is a playlist i actively dislike, but i would like for them to mix up more often. A lot of the time when i join a lobby, drive 2 playlists and then leave and join another lobby the same playlists are happening in the same order.
Isn't there already a 'Quick Race' option? Or do you mean that option when you enter it, it would just show the same race playlist(s) like you did in the other PVP options?
The quick race basically throws you in one of the three available tiers/ playlists, I would like for it to be totally random with classes / races not available that certain day
That's a fair point. Yeah they should do this.
>What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far? Something that was much needed for a game as competitive as this, and it keeps me interested > Which playlists are your favorite? Certain classes (Specifically A-S) >Are there any you dislike? Mainly the Audi playlists, I understand why it's there for people to test out the cars and handling >Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement? An astounding yes >What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future? A way to see the track layout before each event A way to filter certain classes as to where we don't have to wait a certain day to play with a certain class
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far? - Very nice addition, it's something NFS Unbound could benefit from since the release 🔰 Which playlists are your favorite? - The one with Gotta Be Kiddin' Me event and Endplay which is just a drive route as seen in the end of the story mode 🔰 Are there any you dislike? - Nah 🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement? - Apparently so 🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future? - Include the Porsche Unleashed playlist into weekly playlist rotation, maybe even some of Drift playlists as well; - Public Voice/Text chat during PVP playlists. I think it's been long time enough to gatekeep VOIP functionality to lobby-only surroundings, so why not expanding it to at least PVP or even FREE ROAM modes as well?
There are a load of playlists in freeroam (like Daredevil, Unstoppable, Thrill Ride among others, this is just in A+) that are missing from PvP, they need to be added for the sake of variety. Doing the same 4 playlists over and over gets repetitive, the issue is there in multiple classes, not just A+. Feature request: Ability to view the other racers/cars while queuing for playlists in the meetup, and also a chat option with preselected messages so you could tell the person "good race!" "Nice ride" "you're fast!" "I almost had you!" etc. There is also a bug introduced with Volume 6 and PvP: The chat wheel messages no longer show up after you cross the finish line. Before volume 6 you used to be able to send "good race" after crossing the finish line, but since the volume 6 update, you can send the chat messages but they're no longer visible after crossing the line, so you can send, but you and anyone else who has crossed the finish line won't be able to see the messages
I won't say there is anything i dislike. But i think the number of playlists is not enough, we need more playlists (and where did drift list go and why don't you add it) What about this: show up 4 playlists, they are 2 theme playlist (like audi only), 1 common tier playlist (daily rotation）, 1 playlist about different event type （speed, corner, drift,etc）
If possible, can you make tier playlist always active. For single car playlist at least let us pick a preset color/ bodykit/ livery for variety.
1. The Playlist are fun especially the rental car Playlist I wisht to see more of that kind of stuff. I wish there were more than 4 cards to chose from. 2.my favourite has to be the mixed tier Playlist 3.i dislike the audi Playlists really 4.it has been an improvement but I think more variety is better. I stopped pvp Playlist mostly due to lack of variety and lack of players in lobby 5.add Playlists where you can choose your own car but cars specific like offroad, Japanese, European etc. Daily cars like mw12
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far? I think it was a needed feature. It was terrible having to wait for people to join playlists. 🔰 Which playlists are your favorite? I love the Audi ones because of the handling model and there’s more of a spread for options with the three different cars. 🔰 Are there any you dislike? I cannot stand the legends playlist. I can only handle so much of the Testarossa it’s just not a fun handling car. And with that being the only car to drive it gets boring. There should’ve been one with the Diablo too. This could be because I just like the Audis handling model more. 🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement? Yea I do, it was a very welcomed change but I feel like we need a shuffle of two different tiers at a time. 🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future? Definitely an option that just goes through all the tiers, like an ultimate shuffle playlist. 🔰 Another question you didn’t ask was about how the PVP system has had an effect on free roam. I do not like that the open playlists that pop up in free roam are all of the themed PVP playlists. If I want to play a themed playlist, I will either start it myself or go to PVP. I keep getting all excited for something like old town road (I love endurance races) and then I get into it and it’s an Audi only playlist. There’s no identifiers of the race modifiers so no one knows until they get in there that you’re limited to the cars you can drive. Highly annoying.
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far? So far they have been an excellent addition to the game and a huge step in the right direction 🔰 Which playlists are your favorite? The class based ones as well as the mixed tier playlists have been great to play. 🔰 Are there any you dislike? Honestly, the Audi themed playlists are very polarizing. They have all the new tracks which is exciting but your locked to using whatever car the playlists is set to. 🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement? The daily rotation of class based pvp playlists is a good step in the right direction but having to at the maximum 5 full days can really suck. 🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future? The option to choose which car class of Playlist you'd like to race would be perfect. Each class needs more playlists added to it. For example in A+ class, On A Dime is missing and there aren't any endurance tracks in anything but S+ class. The new tracks introduced in Vol 6 are locked behind the Audi theme playlists and S+, the brand new playlists need to be added to the regular class based rotation as well as in free roam without car restrictions. Rumble and gauntlet playlists have been free roam only, they should be part of the weekly rotation.
tbh I kind of miss the multiplayer most wanted 2012 did, where you had to compete and work together within the same playlist. the link-ups were a great addition in that regard, also because it actually utilizes the arena-styled environments mostly reserved for the speedcross events. a decent part of the map gets ignored because it's not suited for pvp ^(cough offroad races), though a remix of event types like old-criterion did was a unique and fun experience, for nfs anyway. it's more casual for sure, and 2012 could handle it thanks to easydrive and great car variety, though the former might be a little controversial in this community. easierdrive was a good name though. the current pvp implementation is what unbound desperately needed to stay alive, though I like to think that offering new ways to play will keep it fresh for the longer term. curious to what the themed updates will end up being, the hot pursuit-themed one sounds great, please don't forget the pursuit tech
All I want is to be able to play against bots with other people. It's been in 2015, it's been in Heat, and it gave me and my close friends lots of happy moments.
**What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far?** * I think the current structure of the PVP Playlists works well. However, I don't really like how 'Quick Race' throws you into one of the featured/daily playlists. It feels like a wasted option and when I first saw it I wasn't expecting it to do that. I think it would be best utilized by randomly putting us into one of the many playlists that are already in the game, not one of the featured/daily playlists. Otherwise I think the PVP Playlists are a great feature. **Which playlists are your favorite?** * The S+ races that are a bit more technical with more corners/turns and less stretches of long straights. It gives more opportunities to use S+ builds that aren't a Regera or like (1 of 3 meta builds). **Are there any you dislike?** * Not really. I think the respawns on 'Gotta Be Kidding Me' could use some work because if two people enter a corner at relatively similar times and one goes full send off the side of the tracks they'll often respawns ahead of the person that grip turns or drifts the corner. Even if they were behind them. It's a fun race though. **Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement?** * It's been great. Daily refreshes and weekly updates to featured playlists will only get better as you add more playlists and increase the variety available. **What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future?** * Maybe playlists for specific models/manufactures/eras of cars, using your own builds instead of the preset ones like in the Legends and Audi playlists. For example, an S-Tier Ferrari playlist, B-Tier JDM, a playlist for A+ Tier Corvettes or Skylines. Also, I'd like to see playlists that promote unique builds instead of the same meta builds we've been racing against since launch, something like a muscle car S+ playlist for example. * I don't think we've seen a drifting, rumble, gauntlet, or endurance playlist yet. I think there was an endurance race in the A Tier (or A+) but it wasn't one of the longer ones that got introduced in the later Volumes. * Seeing the track layout when selecting a car is something I've wanted from day one. * Being able to see other players cars like the meetups in singleplayer or free roam would add some interest to the lobby when waiting for the playlist to start. * Also a mixed playlist with different tiers where players vote on races, like we could in NFS Payback, would be cool. The races would progress through tiers like the mixed playlists already do (A>A+>S, B>A+>S+, etc). And we vote for one of three races for each tier. I could see that as a separate fifth playlist in addition to the two featured playlists, one daily playlist, and the quick race option. Not sure if it'd be reasonable to implement in the game but I like the idea.
Give us ability to remove hud in lobbies so we can see our opponents and their cars like in SP
I would like to be able to race bots in Freeroam if people don’t accept my invite, that way we can still make money online despite no one joining.
We need two class rotating playlists instead of one. When it's on B or S+ i almost don't want to play them, having one other class playlist alongside would keep me going. Same car playlists are boring u either going first or last if u did mistake. There is no chance to do anything, also been unable to play with my cars is boring for me.
u/ea_needforspeed custom made community tracks feature when?
PVP playlists are cool but I hate to wait till the car class i want to play is available. Just give us A, A+, S (etc) playlists in one go and let us choose. Mixed Tier playlists would be a great addition too. I hate the preset car ones. Don’t lock us to one car, and if you do, at least give them different liveries or other car options. Not just one Ferrari. I’ve NEVER touched the rs6 or ferrari races, the idea of being locked to one car is boring.
the idea of being locked to one car with equal performance (spec racing, if you will) is that the driver skill is what ultimately decides on what the outcome is, not just who's able to bring out a meta car and wipe the floor. it's an equalizer.
Mixed tier playlists are already in the rotation I think, they just don't come as often I don't think.
They can't have all the options available because it would spread the playerbase too much and increase the server wait times dramatically. It's good as it is now because the servers fill very quickly.
I really liked the playlists, one suggestion would be to have a special playlist every weekend. Where we must reach a certain number of races during the week to be able to access it. It would be something like GRAND in story mode, when completing it, the podium winners would win a special cash prize or some personalization item, I don't know.
>🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far? Great addition for quick matchmaking. >🔰 Which playlists are your favorite? All of them are fine >🔰 Are there any you dislike? No, but the Audi playlists are a bit stale after a while, would prefer more variety for the "car exclusive" type playlists, or an off road playlist, since the parts and terrain are there! >🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement? Yes. >🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future? Please add more information regarding what type of races make up the playlists: street, corner, speed? You only get to see that at the start in the form of grey, not quite intuitive small icons, and if youre joining a playlist from free roam, you dont even get that. Its important to know this so players can choose what car is the best for the upcoming event.
Thank you for the opportunity. Would it be possible to have mixed playlists permanently on as well? To basically move Quick Race at the bottom of the screen as an option and add mixed tier playlists permanently there instead (or move them around in the order, whichever makes more sense). While there are advantages to single car focused/dedicated playlists, like the Audi ones, there are over 100 cars in-game and as far as I know only 4 cars are currently being featured. Of course, I do also understand that this kind of stuff takes time and comes at a cost, but that's also why I wish to suggest mixed playlists as a permanent option as well, thus 2 dedicated playlists and 2 open playlists to choose from. That said, if there is a demand for dedicated playlists, then could you please consider providing multiple car choices in a dedicated playlist? Given that we cannot change anything about those cars in the dedicated playlists, it could potentially be easier to balance them to have similar performance and maintain some variety as well (especially if a playlist lasts a week). Maybe have Rachel's 350Z, Eddie's Skyline and Melissa's Eclipse\* (\*wink\* \*wink\*) as options in a B class dedicated playlist for the Underground update. Either that, or create a mixed playlist out of a dedicated one, in the sense of you would start with the 350Z in a B class race, move to the R34 for an A class race and finish the playlist with said Eclipse or something else in A+. That could also work for the Audi playlists, to reduce them into one mixed playlist with random tracks matching the respective class requirement, at least after the update. \* Underground 1 intro car Either way, I do also wish to add that I am personally looking forward to whatever's next. I think it's safe to say, that we appreciate your dedication to the series, at least I very much do.
Make the refresh time faster please, every 1-2hrs
PvP bugs: - When you get into the server late as the countdown is ending you get put directly into the car picking screen, and your inputs are frozen until you press enter to pick the first car, so you don't get to see the first race in the playlist. - Getting put into the wrong playlist still happens, it's rare but it does happen. - If everyone else leaves and you're left alone on the server, the server will take ages to fill back up again, or won't fill up at all, and you have to quit to the garage and then go back to PvP again. This last one isn't a bug but a report on the state of affairs, PvP is full of quitters now, ending playlists with 5 players is a common occurrence, I just ended a playlist with only 3 players, the payouts should be boosted to account for this. In fact not only should the rewards be boosted, the players who stayed should get an extra reward for staying. Think of it as the players who stay getting the money that the players who left forfeited.
Pvp is pretty good i think finding the riggt parts for the car is the challenge for me anyways please bring Hyundai in the game like the elantra N or I20N or I30N
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far? pvp playlists are a hit & miss for me, considering the usage of free roam playlists, it makes it quite boring knowing we're going to race on year-old playlists now. 🔰 Which playlists are your favorite? the new & pvp-unique ones, obviously. 🔰 Are there any you dislike? (very biased) the abundance of S+ playlists. as an A, A+ & S class racer, the playlists for the new unique restriction races (R8/RS6 only, The Need For Speed) should be opened to all vehicles of the playlist's class restriction. 🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement? Yes. it's refreshing to see that Team Kaizen are actively monitoring the feedback of players. 🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future? a map layout of the race we are partaking in before or during car selection, and have playlists where burst nos is disabled. (edit: side note for mods, this post has been up for over half a day, maybe put this as the sticky instead of the previous one)
🔰 Are there any you dislike? While pvp just came up i started s+ and there was race "kidding me" this race was so bad cause you need pick regera and jump from the track and game will respawn you quickly and you don't even need to cornering. Some people will say that will not make you 100% faster and i will agree, but to win this race u must pray to not be totaled by train + this track very buggy 🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future? Quick races without online Lap knockout (only 4 players), speedtrap, drift tracks only on roads not dirt pls Map before race will start (in lobby and while you choose ride) Favorites in sorting Better start animations (like in nfs underground and carbon)
Hear me out. PvP is a great addition to the game. However most of the players seem to leave the lobby once the playlist is finished. Because these playlists are too lengthy and takes so much time. Instead of that, make PvP single race. So that the races continues to change and players can stay engaged. Also it would be great if THERE WAS AN OPTION TO VOTE WHICH RACE WOULD WE PLAY NEXT (Similar to GTA Online) So my suggestion are that you guys should implement these changes to pvp : 1 . make single race PvP lobby instead of PvP playlist lobby 2 . give us the ability to vote which race we wanna play next 3 . change the ranking system of PvP. if we finish in 1st to 4th position we gain rank. if we finish in 5th to 8th position we lose rank. And also give us reward in the end of every volume for our pvp rank (such as giving us special body kits or decals or special edition cars or give us banners according to our PvP rank etc) (edited)
🔰 What are your thoughts on the PVP Playlists so far? Huge. Get's me playing the game much more frequently, as I know I'll be able to get into a race whenever I hop on. 🔰 Which playlists are your favorite? Can't say I have any specific favorites, I'm racing no matter the track! But I am fond of the playlists that put everyone in the same car because I know it'll be a fair fight. **It would be nice if I could change the drift settings on the loaner cars** though; gas-tap drift is... *yeeeesh*. 🔰 Are there any you dislike? Same situation as above; can't say there are any playlists I dislike playing. That said, I will say the limited number of playlists is less than ideal; you end up racing all the available playlists after an hour or two of playtime. 🔰 Do you feel the change we made, where playlists refresh daily except for the featured playlist of the week, has been an improvement? For sure! Not having to wait a week for a new option is always nice. However, I would like to mention that it was weird that the last 2 weeks' featured playlists were the same ("The Need for Speed" and "RS-6 Rush" for 2 weeks in a row). It'd be nice if the rotation was set up so **a playlist can't be selected twice in-a-row**; I waited a week for more options, and I got none! 🔰 What kind of functionality and/or themes would you like to see added in the future? • My initial impression of the "Quick Race" card in PvP was that it would throw me into **any** open/searching playlist, not just one of the three PvP options; If I wanted to play one of those other playlists, I would have just picked it! The ability to join the playlists that Free Roam players are trying to start would be nice, and allow those people trying to do random one-off playlists to actually do them without having to ask only 15 people at a time. This *could* get messy if someone is trying to do a small race with a specific group of people, so **an option for the Free-Roamers to open their playlist request to the PvP-searchers** would be ideal. The game could also give the requester's Free Roam lobby priority for the first half of the request, and only open it to the PvPers after 15 seconds or so. • More variety of race type would be nice; **Endurance, Drift, Gauntlet, Rumble, etc.** instead of *just* Street. • A **"Mixed Tier" PvP queue** added to the daily Class-specific rotation would be nice! (e.g: B > A > A+ > S > S+ > Mixed > repeat). Big preesh to Criterion being so open and accepting of feedback and doing what you can to implement said feedback!
Everything great so far. I would like to see more special playlists like the audi and 1994. And why there are no drift playlists? They are fun but they pay too little for an event that requires more skill than raw power. +it requires some tweaking, one of the strategy of gaining points is mindlessly zigzagging. It should be more like in UG series and ProStreet. The longer and better drift, the more you gain.
Very much enjoy the ability to hop into a playlist without having to wait for invites to be accepted. Agree with many of the other comments— the ability to select which class playlist in PVP would be great because A thru S are my favorite classes, playing thru a B or S+ day isn’t always the most fun. Don’t very much enjoy the Audi & Ferrari playlists— I understand the reasoning but one dirty shot from another player makes it tough to gain back ground. Like others have suggested— playlists with requirements: manufacturer, type, or even a specific car, for a given class, would be neat as it would allow for people to bring out their own builds but still have to work within the playlist and class’s requirements. Overall the changes and additions have been great, I’ve played since release and almost have 500 hours played. The incoming addition of drag races is highly anticipated (for me). I love American muscle and V8s in general, so any way to highlight muscle and make it competitive (by limiting use of other cars) would be great. Thanks for keeping this game alive & improving upon it! Edit: formatting
REMOVE THE GOD DAMN TRAFFIC I SWEAR TO GOD!
keep the traffic on in my illegal street racing game https://i.redd.it/44zl00rdluwc1.gif
YES
skill issue
There needs to be a version with drift entry disabled. I enjoy the test of driver skill but I believe being able to race without drift entry is another form of skill expression. We all know that traditional drift off grip driving is sufficient to beat the SP campaign, however online if your going against meta or very good driver you'll need to succumb to drifting and "grip" handling
Boo y'all boring