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= Need For Speed Payback = Need for Speed Payback is an online open world racing video game developed by Ghost Games and published by Electronic Arts, released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 10, 2017. The game was revealed with a trailer released on June 2, 2017. It is the twenty-third installment of the Need for Speed series, in a continuation of the franchise reboot that started in 2015 with the re-release Need for Speed. It marks the series' third eighth generation installment, and is the second Need for Speed title to only be on eighth generation hardware.

Gameplay
The first gameplay footage for Need for Speed Payback was revealed at E3, during Electronic Arts' Play press conference on June 10, 2017. At the event Executive Producer of Need for Speed Payback, Marcus Nilsson, was introduced by YouTube prankster Jesse Wellens. Nilsson focused on the new concept of "action driving" and revealed the gameplay trailer, which was based on the "Highway Heist" mission. The presentation introduced the three playable characters (each with a different set of skills) working together in Fortune Valley to pull off an action movie like heist to intercept a brand new Koenigsegg Regera.

With the action movie theme of Need for Speed Payback it will include police entities, like the Crown Victoria, Corvette Grand Sport, helicopters, and they have also decided the bring back Rhino vehicles. Along with the cops comes a new and improved AI to ensure the police will work together as a unit to bring the player down.

Need for Speed Payback continues to use Autolog, a competition-between-friends system, developed by Criterion for Hot Pursuit. This allows gamblers to take on the competition, take their place on the leaderboard and walk away with the reward that comes with it. In addition to this drivers have the ability to place side bets before each event. Winning events will not only earn the racer money, but now cards can be acquired in order to upgrade cars.

In contrast with the previous game, it also features a 24-hour day-night cycle. Unlike the 2015 Need for Speed reboot, Payback includes an offline single-player mode.

Cars Modifications

 * Derelicts which are cars that can be restored using part found across Fortune Valley.
 * Performance Parts are used to improve the performance level and ratings of cars.
 * Parts (Head, Block, Electrical Control Unit (ECU), Turbo, Exhaust, Transmission)
 * Brands (Stock, Americana, Carbon, Chidori, Nextech, Outlaw)
 * Perks (Speed, Acceleration, Nitrous, Jump, Brakes)
 * Performance Level which is the ranking of a vehicle, ranging from its stock rating to its maximum rating.
 * Categories (Speed, Acceleration, Nitrous, Air, Brakes)
 * Visual Customization allows player to equip aftermarket, fictional, and alternative parts to their cars as well as alter the body colour and component types.
 * Body
 * License Plater
 * Super Builds
 * Wheels
 * Paint
 * Stance

Plot
The game takes place in Fortune Valley and follows the three main characters: Tyler 'Ty' Morgan (The Racer), Sean 'Mac' McAlister (The Showman) and Jessica 'Jess' Miller (The Wheelman) as they attempt to take down The House, a cartel who controls Fortune Valley's underworld.

Career Chapters

 * Prologue
 * Ignition (Chapter 1)
 * Desert Winds (Chapter 2)
 * City Lights (Chapter 3)
 * Open Skies (Chapter 4)
 * High Stakes (Chapter 5)

Fortune Valley Regions
Within Fortune Valley the player can visit a variety of environments located within the open-world map. At each of these locations the player will be given to opportunity to race and continue the career mode or partake in events like driving through billboards, finding casino chips, running into the Fortune Valley Police Department (FVPD), breaking records on long distance jumps, participating in street leagues, and visiting tune-up shops. The map is broken into four areas.
 * Silver Canyon
 * Liberty Desert
 * Silver Rock
 * Mount Providence

Events
Since the game takes on three main characters there are different events to be completed by each racer. Some missions will include all three characters but individual events will count towards each racer's quest line. Completing events will reward the player with reputation, cash, and a speed card.
 * Race events with Tyler.
 * Transporting VIPs and packages with Jess.
 * Drifting and off-road events with Mac.

Major Players

 * Ravindra 'Rav' Chaudhry is the crew’s mechanical genius. Although he rarely steps out of his workshop, he lets the crew use his garage out in the desert and helps them tune up their rides.
 * Lina Navarro is the House’s representative on the street racing scene. Although she’s one of Fortune Valley’s top technical racers, she prefers to rely on her street smarts to get ahead.
 * Marcus 'The Gambler' Weir is the apex predator of the Silver Rock casino scene. He is a risk-taker with a taste for long shots and impossible odds, he has risen through the Fortune Valley scene through wits and guts alone.

Side Bets
A side bet is an optional wager that can be placed at the beginning of an event. Accepting a bet requires that a stake must be paid upon losing, but beating the requirements will earn the player race winnings along with additional cash based on the betting odds.

Street Leagues
The street leagues of Fortune Valley are events against racing crews across the city. Each crew possesses their own skills, style, racing discipline, and boss. They stand between the player and the Outlaw's Rush event. By winning the individual league's unique races and events, as well as beating the crew boss it brings the player closer to victory. The league consists of 10 crews and 3 tiers.
 * Graveyard Shift (Race Tier 1)
 * League 73 (Offroad Tier 1)
 * Riot Club (Drag Tier 1)
 * Shift Lock (Drift Tier 1)
 * The Silver Six (Race Tier 2)
 * The Free Ember Militia (Offroad Tier 2)
 * The Diamond Block (Drag Tier 2)
 * Noise Bomb (Drift Tier 2)
 * The One Percent Club (Race Tier 3)
 * Hazard Company (Offroad Tier 3)

Development
In January 2016, Ghost Games began development on the next Need for Speed game to be released in 2017. Electronic Arts later confirmed in their January 2017 earnings call that the next game in the franchise was in development and set to be launched during EA's fiscal year 2018 (Comprising from April 2017 to March 2018).

On November 7, 2016, a trademark for Need for Speed Arena was published for ownership by Electronic Arts. The trademark application was filed with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), covering the usage of the term for game software and an online entertainment service respectively.

On March 23, 2017, an official Electronic Arts post was released for consumers that wanted to attend EA Play 2017, where people could get their hands on the new Need for Speed.

On May 9, 2017 in an Under the Hood segment from the official Need for Speed website, the franchise teased Need for Speed (2017) as it was titled Need for Speed: Paying It Back. This post spoke about Ghost Games' passion for continuing the Need for Speed series and said the game would be released before the end of 2017.

On May 30, 2017 the official Need for Speed Twitter account tweeted a very misty image of what turned out the be the city skyline of the new map.

On May 31, 2017 the official Need for Speed Twitter account tweeted a modified version of the previous days image, now with a car peaking out of the mist.

On June 1, 2017 the official Need for Speed Twitter account tweeted the official reveal date of the game along with the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (found of the games cover image).

Reception
Need for Speed Payback received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Luke Reilly of IGN praised EA for repairing the problems the game's predecessor, Need for Speed, but criticized its "scripted" story, lack of police chases during free roam, scripted police chases, loot-box-like mechanisms during customization, poor car handling, unrealistic car damage and several other issues. PCWorld criticized the game for being full of microtransactions, severely limited customizability of cars, gameplay mechanics, lack of cockpit view and several more issues, even going so far as to compare it harshly to the Forza Horizon series.