2022’s Need for Speed Unbound is an arcade racing game that prioritizes style and fun over realism. With its flashy aesthetics and open-world racing, it aims to make the player feel like the coolest racer on the block. The game allows players to design a customizable protagonist, emphasizing the importance of looking cool while racing.
Driving games can loosely be divided into two sub-genres: simulation and arcade. The former category includes the likes of Gran Turismo or Forza (not the Horizon series) and focus on more realistic racing. But the latter is all about fun over realism.
2022’s Need for Speed Unbound, the latest release in the long-running racing series, is squarely in the arcade sub-genre thanks to its flashing aesthetics and open-world racing that prioritize making the player feel like the coolest racer on the block. It’s a hell of a good time and with its addition to PlayStation Plus there’s never been a better time to hop in the driver’s seat. The name of the game in Unbound is style. Your car, how you race, and your customizable protagonist are all about looking as cool as possible. When beginning Unbound, the first thing you do in story mode is design a protagonist. That’s pretty unexpected, given that most of your time in a racing game is spent looking at the back of a car and not a character. But this game wants you to put thought into who your racer is and how they loo
Need For Speed Unbound Arcade Racing Game Style Fun Realism Open-World Racing Customizable Protagonist