Need for Speed: Rivals - cross-platform computer game in the genre autosimulator, Developed by Ghost Games and published by Electronic Arts in 2013 for video game consoles and personal computers. This 20th anniversary edition in a series Need for Speed. The game was announced May 23, 2013. The first show was held at the exhibition E3 2013. Rivals is a spiritual successor to the High Stakes, though essentially a more advanced Hot Pursuit (2010).

Need for Speed: Rivals is an arcade racing game that combines elements of the previous parts of the series - high-speed races on motorways, car chases, and the opportunity to play both the driver and a police officer. One of the key features of the project is a network technology races AllDrive, uniting single, joint and group rides.

Gameplay:
Need for Speed: Rivals like the Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010), there are the same exotic cars and police persecution at high speeds. A player can be a racer or a cop. Available 11 updated gadgets, including shock waves, electromagnetic devices and the ability to order the roadblocks. The action takes place in the fictional county Redvyu. Open World is somewhat like Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) thanks to a few jumps, speed traps and reveals machines.

The game is played Need for Speed Network (analogue Autolog) - system competition between friends, first developed for the Hot Pursuit. At any time, players can compare the stats, compete, show off achievements. A new social system «AllDrive», allowing smooth transition from single player to multiplayer. This system of "blurs the boundary between the single and multiplayer formats." Dynamic weather system, according to the developers, makes the world more alive than any other game Need for Speed.

Development takes place in Rivals means "speed list» (speedlist) for drivers and assignments (assignment) for the cops. The player must perform a set of tasks, including dangerous driving maneuvers and race.

Kastomatizatsiya machines will be limited to changes in texture. Except for the Aston Martin Vanquish (see. Section "Marketing"), the car will only be available in racing or police versions. For the first time after Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002) fully and formally incorporated car brand Ferrari, including the model 458 Italia, the 458 Spider, 599 GTO, Enzo Ferrari, F12 Berlinetta, F40, F50, FF.