Need for Speed Rivals is a 2013 racing video game set in an open world environment. Developed by Ghost Games and Criterion Games, this is the twentieth installment in the long-running Need for Speed series. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on 19 November 2013. It has also been released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as launch titles in the same month.
Rivals featuPlayers take on the role of a Racer or a Cop, with each side of the law offering its own set of challenges, risks and rewards. Rivals features eleven upgradeable gadgets such as EMPs, shockwaves and the ability to call in roadblocks. The game takes place in a fictional location known as Redview County. It's an open world and features over 100 miles (160 km) of open road, larger than that of 2012's Most Wanted, but on the same size as Criterion's Hot Pursuit.The open world features a similar set-up to Most Wanted, with several jumps, speed traps and unlockable cars, as well as shortcuts that are not shown on the map.
Racer
The player plays as a racer named Zephyr, a veteran street racer. Upon his posting of a video of his car outrunning cops, a number of other racers also begin to post their own videos of themselves outrunning police cars. The police force begins to challenge the racers, and in the process, Officer McManis, one of their pursuit drivers, is injured after a racer wrecked his car. After this incident, the police begin to use excessive force on racers. However, accusations of such force comes to public attention, and the entire police force is sidelined while the FBI bring in their VRT, or Vehicle Response Team, consisting of ex-special forces and ex-street racers. The VRT, however, are no better than the police force at stopping racers, thanks largely to Zephyr and other racers. The VRT only manage to endanger the public, and on the midst of this, new street racers show up, including one by the name of F-8, or Fate, that drives a red Enzo Ferrari. F-8 intentionally wrecks other racers, and eventually Zephyr realizes that F-8 is a cop in disguise as a street racer, going out to intimidate racers. Zephyr steals a Koenigsegg Agera R police car, rebrands it with Zephyr-based graffiti, and proceeds to wreck cops with that car. Due to that incident, Zephyr is seen as a Robin Hood-esque character, with public sympathy shifting towards the racers. However, the police are cleared of their excessive force charges, and return to the streets. In a public address, Zephyr sets a number of locations as places where cops and racers can face off against each other. He also organizes a Grand Tour, a race spanning most of Redview County. Near the end of the Tour, however, as Zephyr is about to win, a police blockade forms, and he crashes into the blockade at high speed, flipping and damaging his car. Initial TV reports show his car smoking heavily, with paramedics rushing to the scene. However, the video suddenly cuts to Zephyr, who is revealed to have survived the crash. He repeats the dialogue he states in the intro of the game, "I am the reality show, the 15 minutes you'll never have". He then starts his damaged car's engine, leaving the player to guess as to what happens next.
Cop
The player goes to his training to be a member of Redview County Police Department. After he completes his training, he is now a member of the police force.One day, RCNN, the Redview County News Network, a video of street racing was trending online. Also, dozens of Racers began to upload copycat videos similar to the featured video, and was revealed that street racing became viral around the county and they seek notoriety. Because of that, the public accuses the police of intimidation, and they hold several rallies and marches against RCPD. Days later, the Mayor of the county went to the general hospital of Redview to visit RCPD officer John McManis, who recovered from multiple injuries while on patrol.
Because of sense of intimidation, the US Department of Justice has been summoned to investigate the cases. All officers have been placed on restricted duty and were accused of gross misconduct. With no agency available to serve the streets, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Vehicle Response Team, or VRT, has been called in to substitute RCPD while under investigation.
While under restricted force, the player thinks that if they want to win, they need new rules. Since the Racers operate outside the law, the player decides to go rogue and infiltrate the Racers, by means of impersonation. He uses an impounded Enzo Ferrari fitted with Pursuit Tech to wreck some racers as an officer but acting as a Racer. He also creates his own alias: F-8, also known as Fate. He uses his tactics to apprehend the racers as if he was their opponent in their racing without blowing cover.
He becomes popular online after several news reports of him wreaking havoc, as a result, violence breaks more and more. Because of that, the restricted officers have been called to be recruited to VRT. However, the VRT only accepts skilled and aggressive drivers, and they never accept many cops, because they bring chaos instead of bringing peace. F-8 decides to join VRT, and a test is given to him. After passing the test, he is accepted into the VRT. The United States taxpayer invests millions of dollars to the player, and expects that it will be well spent.
His mission at VRT begins: to disrupt the network of the Racers. They have ID'd three known associates of Zephyr, who is the protagonist of the Racer career, via radio signal decryption. The three use encrypted radios that ping during communication. Because of that, locations of Zephyr are vague because of the three, so he needs to seize the comms in order to clear the signals.
After that, the radio signals are now clear, and they are able to decrypt Zephyr's radio signal. At the signal, a message from Zephyr says that he wants all racers to bond together to protect themselves from their enemies. The VRT tell F-8 that he is the only one who can take him down. He then hunts Zephyr and takes him down.
However, F-8's car is totaled. He is in critical condition, feared to be killed in a high-speed collision with Zephyr. According to the sources of the news, he has been terminated from the force for his reckless actions. As it looks like the racing epidemic is over, F-8, who has taken Zephyr's position as the top racer in Redview County, uploads a video, issuing a challenge to all racers
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