This game glorifies what no other nfs ever has: the cars. From the extra videos & voiceovers, to the ignition sounds (which you can do in game, it allows you to shutoff your engine!), to the incredible graphical and sound quality, it makes you fall in love with these machines. It's also no surprise how most if not all of the cars present in HP evolved to be timeless art pieces irl. I really miss this amount of detail in today's games, the only one who puts effort into car detail now is Gran Turismo, a shame truly. Great video and observations, most people gloss over these details 🙏
I feel like Hot Pursuit was the true of definition of need for speed for me, the feeling of driving fast supercars in an open world while running from the cops was a great combination. The simplicity in hot pursuit is something I miss in the sreies, which makes hot pursuit 2010 my favorite nfs in the franchise as a whole. Thanks alot for this vid!
And people still say that the "real" nfs is underground, most wanted and stuff, saying that is the og, when they haven't even heard about the PS1 games
@@viniciuslacerda6046 to be fair, underground and most wanted weren't bad games they were pretty fun and brought new Changes to the franchise. But I gotta agree alot of people don't really talk much about the NFS titles in the PS1 era it's mostly the early and late 2000s era of nfs that people want, hot pursuit 2010 felt like comeback to those times when nfs felt like a simple racing game rather then a hardcore street racing game with tunes and customized cars.
@heatgamer7008 I know they are good, but a lot of people refer to it as the "roots" of the franchise, calling it the OG NFS, without knowing the real ogs
You're spot on with describing the backdrops and scenery of Seacrest County. Even though some people complained about mountain cliffs, beach paradises, barren deserts & redwood forests within spitting distance of each other. I just didn't care because of how masterfully crafted it was. It's something that Forza Motorsport 3 & 4 also did a great job with when it came to their fictional tracks like Fujimi Kaido, Rally di Positano, Camino Viejo de Montserrat & Bernese Alps. Black Box also did a pretty good job with this with their open worlds like Underground 2's Bayview, Most Wanted's Rockport, Carbon's Palmont & even Prostreet's tracks.
I agree, the transitions through the tunnels are a great part about Seacrest, in Rivals they did this using highways like going from snowy areas to desert like roads and tropical cliff side roads
@MidnightApex-ml6jc Unfortunately, everyone and their grandma in the majority of the base is some wannabe Brian O'Connor or Toretto. Gimme me a break. Pfft.
I keep coming back to it. I've finished it, U use Spotify to integrate my own soundtrack into it, I even platnumned the game. Putting effort into the multiplayer (I have the remastered version). And yet, I. Still. Want. More. None of the other games scratch that itch that Hot Pursuit 2010 does.
I've picked up the remaster and played like 3 missions then stopped. Did I just quit too early or is there differences from the remaster and the origional. I just didn't think too much on the driving, but I know with a lot of racing games it doesn't get good until you get cars that can actually go fast.
Hot Pursuit was the first ever NFS game I played, I still have the intro Cinematic stuck in my head 14 years later. Hot Pursuit and Rivals are my favourite because of how brutal they are. To be honest I want another Hot Pursuit game to come out, but I know that's a dime in a dozen.
NfS Hot Pursuit 2010 managed to get some of the feeling of the older version. Criterion made a good job in this game. Running the best supercars while being pursued (or pursuing) at high speed was interesting.
Thank you for being one of the only YTers that actually acknowledges the existence of the games before the Underground series - it is laughable how many members of the community outright ignore them, and this is even worse because these are the people the devs listen to. These days, I'm really starting to think that allowing customization beyond paintjobs was a complete mistake for the series. HP2010 and Rivals really were the last of their kind to carry the original SPIRIT of NFS, even if both of them had a good amount of imperfections. I hope that Criterion DOESN'T listen to the UG and MW crowd for once, and instead makes another game like HP/Rivals, or even maybe a remaster of one of the first 6 games in the series. But I think the answer is already set in stone to be the opposite.
You know I really want to hate on this comment, but I understand. Theres people who really love this style of game, and who would I be to say they shouldn't have it. I remember when this and the next gen MW came out, and I had no interest in the NFS series as a whole. Hope you guys get another game someday.
Personally, HP2010 and MW2012 are two of my favorite NFS games. Don't get me wrong, the Black Box era is dope, but these two games just hit differently for me.
i mean, technically, there is an upgrade system, but it only applies to the pursuit tech, and the upgrades just improve it, theres no extra shit added on to them, Spike strips get longer and you can deploy 2 at once, EMP's do more damage, Turbos last longer and give more boost. Helicopter gives it more fuel, more spike strips, and the ability to follow the chase even when theres a tunnel, and so on. i'm not trying to change your point, just adding a little detail
The cops vs racers era was so much of my childhood! It sucks that it's been changed so much. I wish they'd go back to the hot pursuit days! Great video tho, keep up the great work! Love to see new content from you
100% agreed, it’s one of the key parts that made the most memorable NFS titles. Modern NFS should go back to the formula that Carbon/ Rivals had, you have AI police generally, but also a cops vs racers mode as an additional feature.
NFS HP2010 along with Rivals are my favourite NFS games. The feel and aura of HP2010 is something that hasn't been recreated to this day, drifting a Sesto Elemento and then instantly hitting turbo on the straight is just satisfying as it is always hearing Edge Of The Earth on the starting screen, Criterion literally achieved perfection with this game considering that this was the last great NFS game at all grounds. This is why I really love the fact that EA chose this to remaster it. It easily brings back alot of those memories.
Hot pursuit was always the og. I remember my first game being the mobile version from 2010(?), and hearing Conscience Killer and Nothing from you was always hyping me up everytime. By the time I got a PS4, I got rivals next because it itched the same spot the mobile HP did all those years ago. And then I bought the remastered to come full circle. Even after all these years, nothing felt different and that's a feeling I treasure the most.
THIS! THIS is what NFS SHOULD be about! The racing, the danger, the thrills! Everything else just doesn’t matter to me. Take me back to the good old days where racing was purely skill based and every element of the game revolved around the racing
Unfortunaley EA wants NFS to be the horizon clone for maximum player retention. Also the people who made these passionate games like HP, underground 1-2 and MW probably aren't even in the business anymore. And even if they would.. all the executives want empty, soulless open worlds where the the most exciting thing happening there is some duck flying around.
Well NFS isn’t trying to be a Forza Horizon Clone. That’s the Crew. NFS is trying to be an illegal street racing and car culture game like the Underground-Most wanted era and fell on its face when EA kept shutting down its studios or pulling the developers working on NFS to work on Battlefield because apparently their main developers aren’t competent enough to make a good working game anymore without help from racing game developers.
@@keegangossett2896 Excuse me bud, but unbound has the exact same open world content than horizon games, I tried playing payback too and oh boy is it trying to be a mixed clone of the crew and horizon it's not even funny anymore. As Moses said. They thank god for that.. failed miserably with the clone approach. Meanwhile you are also right. EA focuses soley on their battlefield games hence all the devs from the other studios suffering, but in the end the executives make the decision to keep forcing their devs to create horizon since it's the only franchise pulling numbers. God knows why since horizon 5 sucks. They are all trying to be the next horizon. Thats the core of all the failures. Even TDU solar crown (the very last hope of the whole genre ) tries it. It's just sad.
I keep saying that Most wanted 2005 *is not* the best game in the franchise. Why? Because Hot Pursuit 2010 exists. To sum it up: NFSHP is *150% pure adrenaline. With 25% chaos ans 25% skill* and its is super fun. I constantly play events like *hotting up, unreasonable force, blacklisted, hunted, calm before the storm, etc* for my direct injection of *adrenaline* ! And the cars. I have *fallen in love* with them. Most notably: the Gumpert Apollo S in the police side. 0-360 km/h in 10 seconds. Even the idea of *multi class hot pursuit events* like super series cars below $150,000 vs speed enforcement units above $300,000 or special respone units vs exotics from start to finish! *Oh the fun*
I was born in 1997. Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit was my first ever game. Played that on PC as a 3 year old kid. It brought me into gaming. And over 20 years later I’m still here, enjoying singleplayer games every day of the week.
17:38 fun fact about the “cinque” they used for promotional material, it was actually a Zonda F that they stripped and made into a cinque using custom made pieces. So “realistically,” unlike going around turns at 150mph sideways, the NFS edition cinque is just a Zonda F/Roadster F.
genuinley one of the best video essays i've ever seen, HP2010 is a kind of experience you have to play to understand why people love it 14 years later. Same thing with MW2012, it may not be what everyone thought at first but it's still a very good game
I can only agree! There has never ever been another series quite like Hot Pursuit/Rivals. And currently, there are zero games that scratch that itch. I also come back to this game years and years later. You hit the nail on the head, when you say the key is the developer's "passion". It's just obvious. The only thing is that I do think the soundtracks from the 90s NFS games were quite significantly better than 2010's (except for the originally comosed music). Having music originally composed for the game is far superior.
Hot Pursuit 2010 was the last truly great NFS game for me. It marked the end of that golden streak from the early days of NFS 2 and the OG Hot Pursuit, all the way to the late 2000’s to early 2010’s with Prostreet, Shift and the modern reimagining of Hot Pursuit (just ignore undercover though, we don’t talk about that one)
Whenever I boot up and play Hot Pursuit 2010, I'm hit with a very warm feeling as I marvel at every little thing this game does so well. Sometimes I just like to drive around in freeroam and take the time and appreciate the attention to detail Criterion has put in this game. For me, this is the definition of a high quality game, with no shortage of content, easter eggs, clever ideas and perfect execution. Even tho I suck at this game, it might just be my favorite of the series. I always wanted a deep and passionate dive into everything this game has going for it, and I'm glad someone as competent as you decided to do it! Cheers!
I wholeheartedly agree with your description of what makes HP2010 incredible and the broader point that racing games have stopped focusing about the actual racing. It’s something KuruHS and Raycevik have also pointed out, modern racing games have started focusing on industry trends and gimmicks to make their games stand out instead of actually crafting an enjoyable and foundational racing experience (especially games that focus on online). Grinding, car collecting, customisation, “super accurate simulation”, team building or whatever else, all of these features are consistently not integrated well enough into the experience to justify the implementation, there really isn’t a single modern game out that just has an enjoyable racing experience, for racing sake (except Wreckfest)
You hit the nail on the head with every point. This explains why HP 2010 is my favourite NFS game ever and 2nd favourite game behind Forza Horizon 2. Gameplay is incredible. And freeroaming in this game is better than any other game because of the way the map is designed. Hopefully we see another NFS game like this soon.
I was so captivated by Hot Pursuit 2 as a kid. The PS2 and HP2 was my first console and game and I was having so much fun that id sometimes stare at the tv for so long that i wouldnt move my head at all and when i would move my neck would pop so much that i thought i injured something
As someone who grew to enjoy raw racing, I miss this kind of game so badly. I just want to select a car, toggle its color and race, nothing else This was a much needed essay on a game that is, to me, the greatest nfs ever made. Thank you very much for uploading it
Hot Pursuit 2010/Remastered was my first NFS. So, of course, a bit biased in my choice of favorites. But objectively speaking, it is one of the pillars of modern racing, just for how unique its cop vs racer combat racing is. Be honest what was the last cop v racer combat racing game you remember? Chances are, it's this game (of course there was Rivals, but it had many flaws that kept it from living up to its spiritual predecessors).
It's these little things which make the game so much better. The eargasm from the Pagani Zonda. The satisfying feeling of taking down others. The chills when hitting someone with an EMP or activating the Turbo. Unbeatable
Just to be clear i love the underground games, most wanted ect. But for me Hot Pursuit IS Need For Speed. I grew up playing NFS Porsche 2000 (also known as NFS 5 or Porsche Unleashed) and i loved that game, it sparked my love for cars, racing, games, music and the franchise as a whole, it really shaped my interests for the future. Then for a long time growing up I didn’t really get to play the new nfs games since i had a Wii, think i did play a bit of Nitro and Prostreet though. But it all changed when i got my Xbox 360, i picked up Shift 2 and most importantly Hot Pursuit 2010, that game was basically my first real mainline NFS experience in years and i adored it, seriously i thought it looked amazing and it was so much fun to play, i loved the intro with Edge of the earth blasting in the background. That game properly reintroduced me to the franchise. Eventhough i love the blackbox games, honestly i didn’t know they even existed for the majority of my childhood, i knew NFS Porsche and Hot Persuit and deep down in my heart they are still the quintessential Need For Speed games for me. (Well basically everything before underground 1, love that game tho wow)
This, this right here was the best choice for a remaster. its simple yet not. I love the game for its car roster (the username might give that away huh) and scenery. god damn do i wish the place was real, cause even in its poly like form its breathtaking. its not unflawed, but its a better buy than the so called new era of racing games. i absolutely loved this video, and the different sections you covered. I pretty much agree with all the points mentioned in it. I hope to see more videos like this in the future. Ive subscribed and im gonna share this vid to my HP friends too. hope you get a million subscribers, ill be watching you all the way.
@ultraviolet_channel no problem! any time. I don't usually comment on videos like these as they don't really feel that much of a love letter but I think you perfectly encapsulated what die hard fans of this sub genre are thinking into words. personally I'd have a section on how gorgeous the cinque is but that's just me 😏.
Hot pursuit 2010’s world design and art style genuinely sometimes made me forget I was playing a game. Playing portably on my switch. It made me feel like a rich bastard living my dreams and that’s what I’ll always love about this game.
Easily one of my favourite need for speeds, i had high expectations before going into this one, since hot pursuit 2 was one of ny faves back then, and boy did it deliver. Even with the lack of customization and replayibilty (from my experience), i still find this game to be a challenging and rewarding experience that differentiates itself from the older classics. Would recommend this and Rivals to anyone who's exhausted through the classics and wants more pursuit action.
Fantastic video, I got Hot Pursuit Remastered on Switch about 2 months ago. 71% through completion wise, had a lot of fun. Looking forward to finishing the game, trying every car in freeroam, getting to know the map and find the best photo spots.
I remember preordering this game and Gran Turismo 5 14 years ago. (Both were released in November 2010). I was a freshman in college. Played so much I barely passed my finals lmao. But I always found myself playing hot pursuit more than GT5 because it was so fun!!! 14 years later this video was recommended, I watched it and because of this video I'm now playing the remastered version on my PS5. Thanks for reminding me of this gem!!!
Holy shit man, your passion and love for this game is making me blush hahaha But your feelings are shared, there is a pure and simplistic beauty to this game that has never been matched since.
Superb video. Older Need for Speed fan here, who also started with the original Hot Pursuit, and was grateful for Criterion's reimagining - playing the Hot Pursuit 2010 demo was phenomenal in itself. I knew what Need for Speed was to me (exotic cars, beautiful vistas, and contained hot pursuits) had returned. Thank you for this.
Once 5 more months pass by and this video completes a year, a love letter to Rivals is what I want. Not just one of my most played NFS games, but my preference of racing games during my early years of having fun with video games has made it one of my most played games. And out of love for it, I'll be playing it AGAIN.
Personally, the one race that sticks with me, and probably will for a looong time, is "Born in the USA" from the Racer campaign, which is a draft battle, but that feels like it is the most intense race in the game for me, as you generally never really "shake off" your opponents, you keep battling it out on an insanely long but intense highway. Also, it's a battle between 3 awesome cars: the Ford GT, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and the Dodge Viper SRT ACR (my personnal favorite, by far). Finally, the soundtrack of the game is indeed, very unique for me, of course, 30 seconds to mars being "THE" track most people remember, by my personnal favorites are the two made by Klaxons, which is a group that looked promising. All in all, a great video, on a great game !
I fully agree with you about Seacrest. Not only is the map diverse, but it also calls back to classic NFS tracks. Farmland, forests, coastal roads, winding mountain roads, desert, etc. Racing exotic cars in exotic locations is NFS at its best. Also, I love that they brought back the brochure reader for all the cars. NFS3 was the game that really got me into cars as a kid. Checking out the car showcase menu with the dude telling me how cool each car is really drove the point home.
This video illustrated why I keep firing this game up.I can only play Forza Horizon 5 for like 30 minutes to an hour before I just clock out. Meanwhile I can play Hot Pursuit 2010 forever. There's so much dead space when going from event to event in Horizon 5, and there are no set pieces for lack of a better word. The world in Hot Pursuit is memorable. You always know where you are.
This game lit up the eyes of 7-year-old me when I first saw it and it still puts a smile on my face whenever I boot it, it never gets old. Rivals and High Stakes are part of Hot Pursuit to me and I am quite fond of the former but there's no beating HP2010.
I’ve always thought need for speed lives in two different timelines, the tuner and obnoxious racing timeline, and the exotic semi serious racing timeline, games like rivals, MW 2012, hot pursuit 3, as bad or good as they are, they route back to those ps1 and dos games, I remember having this wakeup back when I was about 7 and my father installed Porsche unleashed in my computer, I was confused because I never knew that side of nfs until then but it has left a permanent mark in my life 😂
I’ve been playing NFS since Porsche Unleashed and I remember when Hot Pursuit came out. I remember it being the most fun I’ve had playing a racing game. I recently started playing the late Hot Pursuit again, I forgot how aggressive the police can be.
Absolutely great piece on such an awesome entry in a forgotten series. I grew up playing NFS:3 & HS on the PC, getting to mod vehicles and maps into it. When HP2010 came out, I was in love. It was truly something special, and you could feel it. I’m actually currently playing right this moment, with Mellow Sonic’s NFS Remastered & Remixed album playing in the background.
When you were talking about the simplicity of Hot Pursuit 2010 and how it's not overwhelming with many things it made me think of Most Wanted 2012. It was also simple and fun but it received so much more hate than Hot Pursuit. I mean, I get it, they probably received the hate just for the name from the old NFS gamers, but I will defend that game. Spent so many hours just driving around or racing or looking for cars and billboards or trying to launch myself as high as possible in the airport. Edit: I wanted to add that the soundtrack and engine noises are also amazing which made me want to keep playing the game
MW12 is a great game. Overhated to shit by people who thought it'd be related to MW05 despite none of the marketing material even hinting toward that. UV has a video talking about MW12 which is pretty good imo. The game has its flaws don't get me wrong, but as a simple and straightforward fun cops vs racers open world game, it excels in ways that pretty much every game after Rivals simply doesn't.
@i_love_musique333 please do elaborate on that final sentence, also I swear if this is an alt for the last guy who said the same thing you gotta give this up bro. Anyways, how is it not cops vs racers? You can’t play as the police in the original MW either but would you say that that game doesn’t involve cops vs racers?
NFS Hot Pursuit 2010 and Rivals brought back the classic OG Need For Speed from the 90s and early 2000s. It was a modern rendition of NFS 2 SE, Hot Pursuit 1998, NFS High Stakes, Porsche Unleashed and NFS Hot Pursuit 2, before the Fast and Furious style took over NFS. NFS Used to be about driving cool sports cars, supercars, hypercars on open roads, dynamic weather changes, police chases, and the option to be the police!
First and foremost, congratulations on your 30K milestone and here’s to many more! Secondly I have to say, this video was a FANTASTIC representation and explanation of how this game makes us feel. This was my first game on the PS3 at the time and the amount of memories that I have on this game are unmatched to any other NFS to date. One this I never did was 100% it so when I saw the remaster came out I picked it up and did just that. Thank you for this video and much love!❤️
Hot Pursuit is definitely THE game that marked my childhood. I remember when my dad had just bought a ps3, bringing me this car racing video game. I remember going slowly and being afraid of the police in my very first gameplay, but the next day, proudly telling my dad how i had managed to win a race for the first time. And then started an endless cycle of hours upon hours of playing, I think I should total about 2000 hours on this game including the remaster. No other game has felt as homely as the sheer brutal racing action this game offers, and it’s to this day what i look out for most in my games. Because of the lack of upgrades it’s definitely the best multiplayer in recent nfs. Winning will quite literally almost always depend on skill or experience. No op Regera or player flying away in the lead in a power build. Everyone gets the exact same chances and it’s up to the best player to find their way to victory. I’m thankful to Hot Pursuit for having accompagnied me in periods of my life which have been pretty lonely. I have had other games which i loved or hated with more passion, but none ever brought me back with as much passion years later.
My First NFS was High Stakes, when I played Hot Pursuit 2010 for the first time it was a nod back to the older days. especially with the information given about each car. a bit nerdy but in a good way. High stakes did it better though because the Manual and Automatic gearboxes actually have different amount of gears on certain cars. Little things to make a game feel more complete.
That Romulus 3 at the start hits me like a truck, it's the first ever game I've played in my life and I was only 3 then. Stuck with racing games ever since. Man I gotta go replay NFS3 again.
I just replayed this game recently, it is a timeless classic. I remember when I got the game at launch and playing on my Xbox. It reminded me so much about Hot Pursuit 2 and Hot Pursuit 2010 was how I envisioned it as a kid. Probably one of the best racing games ever made, and I'll die on that hill.
As far as I’m concerned need for speed Hot Pursuit 2010 and subsequently it’s 2020 remaster both tie as my number one favorite video game of all time that game in my opinion did something rare it was perfect in every single way possible the open world, the races, the simplicity of it all, the insanely wonderful handling of drifting every car around nearly every corner chefs kiss
29:15 bro literally explained my issue with modern racing games. The overwhelming customizations and performance management should also be added. That's the biggest thing that kills most modern racing games for me. The perfect customization system IMO is a mix of Rivals and Most Wanted.
This game reminds me of Burnout 3 Takedown more than a blackbox era NFS. The map layout, driving physics, non-customizable cars, no manual transmission, and of course the takedown combat mechanics.
i love hot pursuit 2010, i had a great time when it released back then, and i had a great time when i replayed it recently with the remaster. Shame it does not seem that this type of game is going to be made again...
I really wish they would make a Hot Pursuit 2, this is my favorite Need for Speed game. No bad story or cringe dialogue to sit through, just strait up racing and also getting to chase the racers as the police (probably my favoite part of the game) no other nfs game comes close except most wanted imo. But theres just something great about the simplicity in this game. The multiplayer is so fun too, I just wish it had splitscreen
There's a reason I finished this game 4 different times (2 different PCs, X360, and Switch). NFS HP 2010/RM will always be my favorite NFS. The songs they gave you were also just some of the best!
Hot Pursuit 2 was my first NFS. I played HP 2010 and it totally rocks. I know people hate the remaster but I love it. NFS 3’s music is able to move me to tears. I played that gem on my old PC.
Man loved hot pursuit! I still think 2 is by far my favourite, there's something about the tracks that where just so well designed and whenever I go back to it I feel like I can remember every route it has on offer. Not many racing games leave that strong an impression with there tracks.
Hot Pursuit 2010 was my favourite NFS game out of those I owned! I own the Limited Edition on PC. And I had an absolute blast playing it! Then when the Remaster came out, I got it to experience the DLCs the PC version never got, and it did reignite the memories of me playing the original!
Too bad nobody talks about the even more finer details. Like how you can turn off your engine and some cars actually have a unique start up sound. Or how the difference between the racer career and cop career. In the menus it's not just simply "racer career" or "cop career", in the driver details tab they're actually referred as "rap sheet" and "service record" or the leveling name racers have "levels" while cops "ranks". Or when you choose a location, racers have "select race location" while cops have "select police district". Very small details that many don't notice or just don't care, but I think they're neat.
Drafting is 100% necessary for maintaining car balance. If you’re behind a Zonda in a Carrera GT, you won’t have a chance of catching up without drafting.
89'er here. nfs 2se + nfs 3 hot pursuit are fond fond memories from my childhood. i will never forget starting nfs3 for the first time and how beautiful i thought it was on the win95 lol. after underground & mw the series has lost all it's magic..
This has to be the best entry in the series, that most people who played NFS during the 2000s will probably refuse to play, and/or give credit to. It's another good experience where you can pick up and play, that also gives you enough room to become better while constantly putting your abilities to the test, and to me, it leaves me with a sense of melancholy when I see folks, both from within and outside the motorsport sphere, that seem to ignore this game, at least, those within my own circle anyways. In the end, I'm starting to feel like this is probably the best modern nfs game that most individuals refuse to play, whatever the motive for it is.
Well explained vid man. Recently got back into racing games this by far is my favorite series along with Rivals. CannabusCrusade looking for speedwall friends.
After watching this video I installed the game for the 1st time. I'm so awestruck right now. Like many here I have a long "player career" in racing games, but NFS was always the series that I sort of abandoned off after NFS Underground 2, when it started becoming too much style and less substance. I had recently installed NFS The Run, and was pleasantly surprised, but this is on another level. First of all it's crazy how much this exudes Burnout 2 vibes from every pore. This sort of feels like the "high tech, real life cars" sequel that I always wished Burnout 2 had had instead of where that series went with the "easy gratuitous spectacle of takedowns" and then when it veered towards open world with Paradise. This feels so much like a labor of love from the people that made Burnout 2 (I'm just saying this without knowing if it's actually true or not). There's so much that surprised me here in terms of getting the basics right as well, like: - The game defaulting to my ancient preferred control scheme of right stick to accelerate and brake, as if by magic!? - The menus being fast, simple and easy to navigate - Having a car of each class that I can drive in free-roam straight from the get go - The HUD being exquisitely minimal (for an arcade racing game at least), with all the hud action neatly tucked away on the bottom sides and with the proper respect shown to leaving the view of the road gloriously unobstructed (how almost every racing game fails at this by filling the center top of the screen with text popups is still something I don't understand) With the HUD off mod, this might just have instantly become my new favorite "cruise through a gorgeous landscape at high speeds" game. This makes me question what other games in the Franchise I may have overlooked.
Got the chance to play through hot persuit remastered recently it sure was a blast as a fan of the original and I was not expecting a new video so soon good job ya'll
A fitting tribute, great video 👌
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Need For Speed Media team y’all just made my day!!! Also for the love of Froot please bring back Hot Pursuit, I’ll be your man
This comment is what I need to buss
Uhm does this hint on anything? Or just a nice comment?
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Simplicity is king
...and even if it all isn't actually that simple, especially under the hood, it just seems like it is.
Pure fun.
This game glorifies what no other nfs ever has: the cars. From the extra videos & voiceovers, to the ignition sounds (which you can do in game, it allows you to shutoff your engine!), to the incredible graphical and sound quality, it makes you fall in love with these machines. It's also no surprise how most if not all of the cars present in HP evolved to be timeless art pieces irl. I really miss this amount of detail in today's games, the only one who puts effort into car detail now is Gran Turismo, a shame truly.
Great video and observations, most people gloss over these details 🙏
The fact i instantly get hard after hitting TURBO and nut all over the place when the sound effect plays
The only games with detail as close to HP2010 that we can get are BeamNG and Gran Turismo.
I fell in love with Ford GT '05 because of this game
...even if it's the slowest car in its class
I feel like Hot Pursuit was the true of definition of need for speed for me, the feeling of driving fast supercars in an open world while running from the cops was a great combination.
The simplicity in hot pursuit is something I miss in the sreies, which makes hot pursuit 2010 my favorite nfs in the franchise as a whole.
Thanks alot for this vid!
that's precisely it, thanks man!
And people still say that the "real" nfs is underground, most wanted and stuff, saying that is the og, when they haven't even heard about the PS1 games
@@viniciuslacerda6046 to be fair, underground and most wanted weren't bad games they were pretty fun and brought new Changes to the franchise.
But I gotta agree alot of people don't really talk much about the NFS titles in the PS1 era it's mostly the early and late 2000s era of nfs that people want, hot pursuit 2010 felt like comeback to those times when nfs felt like a simple racing game rather then a hardcore street racing game with tunes and customized cars.
@heatgamer7008 I know they are good, but a lot of people refer to it as the "roots" of the franchise, calling it the OG NFS, without knowing the real ogs
@@viniciuslacerda6046 That's a good point
You're spot on with describing the backdrops and scenery of Seacrest County. Even though some people complained about mountain cliffs, beach paradises, barren deserts & redwood forests within spitting distance of each other. I just didn't care because of how masterfully crafted it was.
It's something that Forza Motorsport 3 & 4 also did a great job with when it came to their fictional tracks like Fujimi Kaido, Rally di Positano, Camino Viejo de Montserrat & Bernese Alps.
Black Box also did a pretty good job with this with their open worlds like Underground 2's Bayview, Most Wanted's Rockport, Carbon's Palmont & even Prostreet's tracks.
I agree, the transitions through the tunnels are a great part about Seacrest, in Rivals they did this using highways like going from snowy areas to desert like roads and tropical cliff side roads
These games do not get enough of the justifiable respect that they're entitled from the majority of the NFS fanbase. It's almost a perfect game.
Some even saying that racing exotics on countrysides is no fun even when it got a positive reception
@MidnightApex-ml6jc Unfortunately, everyone and their grandma in the majority of the base is some wannabe Brian O'Connor or Toretto. Gimme me a break. Pfft.
@@garthhancock3373 the comments were on LGR's review of the 90's NFS.
@@MidnightApex-ml6jc fools
Why do I keep seeing myself on the speedwall during this entire vid, moses I know you're slow but cmon man
dawwwwwggggggggg 😅
Crazy. 🗣️
Damn Serp,you don’t have to do him that hard💀
@@UltraViolet_MosesLock in, bro.
@@UltraViolet_Moses This video explains why u love nfs rivals, and i absolutely agree.
Hot Pursuit 2010 is truly one of one of the greatest NFS games I've ever played
I keep coming back to it. I've finished it, U use Spotify to integrate my own soundtrack into it, I even platnumned the game. Putting effort into the multiplayer (I have the remastered version). And yet, I. Still. Want. More. None of the other games scratch that itch that Hot Pursuit 2010 does.
It’s good could’ve been better
@@RemorsefullyhumbleHow so?
@@clutch44444 one sec at work lol
I've picked up the remaster and played like 3 missions then stopped. Did I just quit too early or is there differences from the remaster and the origional. I just didn't think too much on the driving, but I know with a lot of racing games it doesn't get good until you get cars that can actually go fast.
Hot Pursuit was the first ever NFS game I played, I still have the intro Cinematic stuck in my head 14 years later. Hot Pursuit and Rivals are my favourite because of how brutal they are. To be honest I want another Hot Pursuit game to come out, but I know that's a dime in a dozen.
I absolutely agree!
Rivals was especially brutal but the reward made up for it, you really felt that the cops were a threat at a lot of times.
NfS Hot Pursuit 2010 managed to get some of the feeling of the older version. Criterion made a good job in this game. Running the best supercars while being pursued (or pursuing) at high speed was interesting.
HP2010 was an extremely successful experiment. It proved that NFS and Burnout could coexist in the same game; in gameplay and essence.
Thank you for being one of the only YTers that actually acknowledges the existence of the games before the Underground series - it is laughable how many members of the community outright ignore them, and this is even worse because these are the people the devs listen to. These days, I'm really starting to think that allowing customization beyond paintjobs was a complete mistake for the series. HP2010 and Rivals really were the last of their kind to carry the original SPIRIT of NFS, even if both of them had a good amount of imperfections.
I hope that Criterion DOESN'T listen to the UG and MW crowd for once, and instead makes another game like HP/Rivals, or even maybe a remaster of one of the first 6 games in the series. But I think the answer is already set in stone to be the opposite.
You know I really want to hate on this comment, but I understand. Theres people who really love this style of game, and who would I be to say they shouldn't have it. I remember when this and the next gen MW came out, and I had no interest in the NFS series as a whole.
Hope you guys get another game someday.
You know the great thing about offline games?
You can keep on playing them, for eternity.@@SlickEvan
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2010 is still the best modern Need For Speed. Shame need for speed can't out do themselves even after 13 years.
Personally, HP2010 and MW2012 are two of my favorite NFS games. Don't get me wrong, the Black Box era is dope, but these two games just hit differently for me.
i mean, technically, there is an upgrade system, but it only applies to the pursuit tech, and the upgrades just improve it, theres no extra shit added on to them, Spike strips get longer and you can deploy 2 at once, EMP's do more damage, Turbos last longer and give more boost. Helicopter gives it more fuel, more spike strips, and the ability to follow the chase even when theres a tunnel, and so on.
i'm not trying to change your point, just adding a little detail
The cops vs racers era was so much of my childhood! It sucks that it's been changed so much. I wish they'd go back to the hot pursuit days! Great video tho, keep up the great work! Love to see new content from you
100% agreed, it’s one of the key parts that made the most memorable NFS titles. Modern NFS should go back to the formula that Carbon/ Rivals had, you have AI police generally, but also a cops vs racers mode as an additional feature.
NFS HP2010 along with Rivals are my favourite NFS games. The feel and aura of HP2010 is something that hasn't been recreated to this day, drifting a Sesto Elemento and then instantly hitting turbo on the straight is just satisfying as it is always hearing Edge Of The Earth on the starting screen, Criterion literally achieved perfection with this game considering that this was the last great NFS game at all grounds. This is why I really love the fact that EA chose this to remaster it. It easily brings back alot of those memories.
NFS HP2010 is a masterpiece IMO. This is the only NFS that gets a 10/10 from me.
11/10 because it's the only nfs I've ever played. It's a legend
Yeah ikr. Midnight Club is better
@@PaulGarrett555 yeah f*ck midnight club
@@zapermax9102 more like fuck Need For Speed
Hot pursuit was always the og. I remember my first game being the mobile version from 2010(?), and hearing Conscience Killer and Nothing from you was always hyping me up everytime. By the time I got a PS4, I got rivals next because it itched the same spot the mobile HP did all those years ago. And then I bought the remastered to come full circle. Even after all these years, nothing felt different and that's a feeling I treasure the most.
THIS! THIS is what NFS SHOULD be about! The racing, the danger, the thrills! Everything else just doesn’t matter to me.
Take me back to the good old days where racing was purely skill based and every element of the game revolved around the racing
Unfortunaley EA wants NFS to be the horizon clone for maximum player retention. Also the people who made these passionate games like HP, underground 1-2 and MW probably aren't even in the business anymore. And even if they would.. all the executives want empty, soulless open worlds where the the most exciting thing happening there is some duck flying around.
Well they’re failing at this formula considering Unbounds abysmal sales, so tryin something different might be the right choice
Well NFS isn’t trying to be a Forza Horizon Clone. That’s the Crew. NFS is trying to be an illegal street racing and car culture game like the Underground-Most wanted era and fell on its face when EA kept shutting down its studios or pulling the developers working on NFS to work on Battlefield because apparently their main developers aren’t competent enough to make a good working game anymore without help from racing game developers.
@@keegangossett2896 Excuse me bud, but unbound has the exact same open world content than horizon games, I tried playing payback too and oh boy is it trying to be a mixed clone of the crew and horizon it's not even funny anymore. As Moses said. They thank god for that.. failed miserably with the clone approach.
Meanwhile you are also right. EA focuses soley on their battlefield games hence all the devs from the other studios suffering, but in the end the executives make the decision to keep forcing their devs to create horizon since it's the only franchise pulling numbers. God knows why since horizon 5 sucks.
They are all trying to be the next horizon. Thats the core of all the failures. Even TDU solar crown (the very last hope of the whole genre ) tries it. It's just sad.
NEED FOR SPEED HOTPURSUIT IS LOVE AND NEED FOR SPEED RIVALS IS HEART WHY EA DON'T MAKE GAMES LIKE THESE NOWADAYS
Because they care only for money sadly 😢
@@mohammadtamim3843 YES BRTHR
No because mw fanboys are at the influence@@mohammadtamim3843
That changed the developer I think 🤔
I love Hot Pursuit 2010 as well, and it's great to see more appreciation for the Hot Pursuit subseries.
Man everything from the music, to the gameplay, to the aesthetics of NFS3 Hot Pursuit, is perfect nostalgia captured in a bottle.
I keep saying that Most wanted 2005 *is not* the best game in the franchise. Why? Because Hot Pursuit 2010 exists. To sum it up:
NFSHP is *150% pure adrenaline. With 25% chaos ans 25% skill* and its is super fun. I constantly play events like *hotting up, unreasonable force, blacklisted, hunted, calm before the storm, etc* for my direct injection of *adrenaline* ! And the cars. I have *fallen in love* with them. Most notably: the Gumpert Apollo S in the police side. 0-360 km/h in 10 seconds. Even the idea of *multi class hot pursuit events* like super series cars below $150,000 vs speed enforcement units above $300,000 or special respone units vs exotics from start to finish!
*Oh the fun*
I was born in 1997. Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit was my first ever game. Played that on PC as a 3 year old kid. It brought me into gaming. And over 20 years later I’m still here, enjoying singleplayer games every day of the week.
17:38 fun fact about the “cinque” they used for promotional material, it was actually a Zonda F that they stripped and made into a cinque using custom made pieces. So “realistically,” unlike going around turns at 150mph sideways, the NFS edition cinque is just a Zonda F/Roadster F.
genuinley one of the best video essays i've ever seen, HP2010 is a kind of experience you have to play to understand why people love it 14 years later. Same thing with MW2012, it may not be what everyone thought at first but it's still a very good game
Thank you!
I'm a tuning guy, but nothing beats syncing a turbo with the drop of Echoes or Edge of the Earth
Dude hearing the NFS3 theme sent chills up my spine. That was also my first NFS, probably my first racing game at that.
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I can only agree! There has never ever been another series quite like Hot Pursuit/Rivals. And currently, there are zero games that scratch that itch. I also come back to this game years and years later. You hit the nail on the head, when you say the key is the developer's "passion". It's just obvious. The only thing is that I do think the soundtracks from the 90s NFS games were quite significantly better than 2010's (except for the originally comosed music). Having music originally composed for the game is far superior.
Hot Pursuit 2010 was the last truly great NFS game for me. It marked the end of that golden streak from the early days of NFS 2 and the OG Hot Pursuit, all the way to the late 2000’s to early 2010’s with Prostreet, Shift and the modern reimagining of Hot Pursuit (just ignore undercover though, we don’t talk about that one)
You're missing out. Go play Rivals. Best game despite being underrated.
HP(2010) and it's remaster is still one of my favorite games. Definitely best racing ngame with HP2, MW(2005) and UG2 still being close at its heels.
Whenever I boot up and play Hot Pursuit 2010, I'm hit with a very warm feeling as I marvel at every little thing this game does so well. Sometimes I just like to drive around in freeroam and take the time and appreciate the attention to detail Criterion has put in this game. For me, this is the definition of a high quality game, with no shortage of content, easter eggs, clever ideas and perfect execution. Even tho I suck at this game, it might just be my favorite of the series. I always wanted a deep and passionate dive into everything this game has going for it, and I'm glad someone as competent as you decided to do it! Cheers!
I wholeheartedly agree with your description of what makes HP2010 incredible and the broader point that racing games have stopped focusing about the actual racing. It’s something KuruHS and Raycevik have also pointed out, modern racing games have started focusing on industry trends and gimmicks to make their games stand out instead of actually crafting an enjoyable and foundational racing experience (especially games that focus on online). Grinding, car collecting, customisation, “super accurate simulation”, team building or whatever else, all of these features are consistently not integrated well enough into the experience to justify the implementation, there really isn’t a single modern game out that just has an enjoyable racing experience, for racing sake (except Wreckfest)
You hit the nail on the head with every point. This explains why HP 2010 is my favourite NFS game ever and 2nd favourite game behind Forza Horizon 2. Gameplay is incredible. And freeroaming in this game is better than any other game because of the way the map is designed. Hopefully we see another NFS game like this soon.
I was so captivated by Hot Pursuit 2 as a kid. The PS2 and HP2 was my first console and game and I was having so much fun that id sometimes stare at the tv for so long that i wouldnt move my head at all and when i would move my neck would pop so much that i thought i injured something
Seacrest is so underrated
Seacrest and Redview
As someone who grew to enjoy raw racing, I miss this kind of game so badly. I just want to select a car, toggle its color and race, nothing else
This was a much needed essay on a game that is, to me, the greatest nfs ever made. Thank you very much for uploading it
Thank you for the kind words, glad it resonated with you
Hot Pursuit 2010/Remastered was my first NFS. So, of course, a bit biased in my choice of favorites. But objectively speaking, it is one of the pillars of modern racing, just for how unique its cop vs racer combat racing is. Be honest what was the last cop v racer combat racing game you remember? Chances are, it's this game (of course there was Rivals, but it had many flaws that kept it from living up to its spiritual predecessors).
It's these little things which make the game so much better. The eargasm from the Pagani Zonda. The satisfying feeling of taking down others. The chills when hitting someone with an EMP or activating the Turbo. Unbeatable
Just to be clear i love the underground games, most wanted ect. But for me Hot Pursuit IS Need For Speed. I grew up playing NFS Porsche 2000 (also known as NFS 5 or Porsche Unleashed) and i loved that game, it sparked my love for cars, racing, games, music and the franchise as a whole, it really shaped my interests for the future. Then for a long time growing up I didn’t really get to play the new nfs games since i had a Wii, think i did play a bit of Nitro and Prostreet though. But it all changed when i got my Xbox 360, i picked up Shift 2 and most importantly Hot Pursuit 2010, that game was basically my first real mainline NFS experience in years and i adored it, seriously i thought it looked amazing and it was so much fun to play, i loved the intro with Edge of the earth blasting in the background. That game properly reintroduced me to the franchise. Eventhough i love the blackbox games, honestly i didn’t know they even existed for the majority of my childhood, i knew NFS Porsche and Hot Persuit and deep down in my heart they are still the quintessential Need For Speed games for me. (Well basically everything before underground 1, love that game tho wow)
Honestly, playing this, HP 1 & 2 and High Stakes made me love NFS more and more. Even though High Stakes, imo is NFS 3, it just massively improved 💯
This is by far the best take on Need for speed Hot pursuit i have ever seen. I love it👍👍
This, this right here was the best choice for a remaster. its simple yet not. I love the game for its car roster (the username might give that away huh) and scenery. god damn do i wish the place was real, cause even in its poly like form its breathtaking. its not unflawed, but its a better buy than the so called new era of racing games. i absolutely loved this video, and the different sections you covered. I pretty much agree with all the points mentioned in it. I hope to see more videos like this in the future. Ive subscribed and im gonna share this vid to my HP friends too. hope you get a million subscribers, ill be watching you all the way.
Thank you so much man!
@ultraviolet_channel no problem! any time. I don't usually comment on videos like these as they don't really feel that much of a love letter but I think you perfectly encapsulated what die hard fans of this sub genre are thinking into words. personally I'd have a section on how gorgeous the cinque is but that's just me 😏.
Hot pursuit 2010’s world design and art style genuinely sometimes made me forget I was playing a game. Playing portably on my switch. It made me feel like a rich bastard living my dreams and that’s what I’ll always love about this game.
Easily one of my favourite need for speeds, i had high expectations before going into this one, since hot pursuit 2 was one of ny faves back then, and boy did it deliver. Even with the lack of customization and replayibilty (from my experience), i still find this game to be a challenging and rewarding experience that differentiates itself from the older classics. Would recommend this and Rivals to anyone who's exhausted through the classics and wants more pursuit action.
Fantastic video, I got Hot Pursuit Remastered on Switch about 2 months ago. 71% through completion wise, had a lot of fun. Looking forward to finishing the game, trying every car in freeroam, getting to know the map and find the best photo spots.
Thank you!
I remember preordering this game and Gran Turismo 5 14 years ago. (Both were released in November 2010). I was a freshman in college. Played so much I barely passed my finals lmao. But I always found myself playing hot pursuit more than GT5 because it was so fun!!! 14 years later this video was recommended, I watched it and because of this video I'm now playing the remastered version on my PS5. Thanks for reminding me of this gem!!!
Holy shit man, your passion and love for this game is making me blush hahaha
But your feelings are shared, there is a pure and simplistic beauty to this game that has never been matched since.
Superb video. Older Need for Speed fan here, who also started with the original Hot Pursuit, and was grateful for Criterion's reimagining - playing the Hot Pursuit 2010 demo was phenomenal in itself. I knew what Need for Speed was to me (exotic cars, beautiful vistas, and contained hot pursuits) had returned. Thank you for this.
Once 5 more months pass by and this video completes a year, a love letter to Rivals is what I want. Not just one of my most played NFS games, but my preference of racing games during my early years of having fun with video games has made it one of my most played games. And out of love for it, I'll be playing it AGAIN.
Personally, the one race that sticks with me, and probably will for a looong time, is "Born in the USA" from the Racer campaign, which is a draft battle, but that feels like it is the most intense race in the game for me, as you generally never really "shake off" your opponents, you keep battling it out on an insanely long but intense highway. Also, it's a battle between 3 awesome cars: the Ford GT, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and the Dodge Viper SRT ACR (my personnal favorite, by far).
Finally, the soundtrack of the game is indeed, very unique for me, of course, 30 seconds to mars being "THE" track most people remember, by my personnal favorites are the two made by Klaxons, which is a group that looked promising.
All in all, a great video, on a great game !
I fully agree with you about Seacrest. Not only is the map diverse, but it also calls back to classic NFS tracks. Farmland, forests, coastal roads, winding mountain roads, desert, etc. Racing exotic cars in exotic locations is NFS at its best.
Also, I love that they brought back the brochure reader for all the cars. NFS3 was the game that really got me into cars as a kid. Checking out the car showcase menu with the dude telling me how cool each car is really drove the point home.
This video illustrated why I keep firing this game up.I can only play Forza Horizon 5 for like 30 minutes to an hour before I just clock out. Meanwhile I can play Hot Pursuit 2010 forever.
There's so much dead space when going from event to event in Horizon 5, and there are no set pieces for lack of a better word. The world in Hot Pursuit is memorable. You always know where you are.
This game lit up the eyes of 7-year-old me when I first saw it and it still puts a smile on my face whenever I boot it, it never gets old. Rivals and High Stakes are part of Hot Pursuit to me and I am quite fond of the former but there's no beating HP2010.
I’ve always thought need for speed lives in two different timelines, the tuner and obnoxious racing timeline, and the exotic semi serious racing timeline, games like rivals, MW 2012, hot pursuit 3, as bad or good as they are, they route back to those ps1 and dos games, I remember having this wakeup back when I was about 7 and my father installed Porsche unleashed in my computer, I was confused because I never knew that side of nfs until then but it has left a permanent mark in my life 😂
I grew up playing Hot Pursuit 2010 at the young age of 5. The nostalgia. I picked up remastered, because... Well I just had to! 😊
I’ve been playing NFS since Porsche Unleashed and I remember when Hot Pursuit came out. I remember it being the most fun I’ve had playing a racing game. I recently started playing the late Hot Pursuit again, I forgot how aggressive the police can be.
Absolutely great piece on such an awesome entry in a forgotten series. I grew up playing NFS:3 & HS on the PC, getting to mod vehicles and maps into it. When HP2010 came out, I was in love. It was truly something special, and you could feel it. I’m actually currently playing right this moment, with Mellow Sonic’s NFS Remastered & Remixed album playing in the background.
ONE LETTER FOR RIVALS
Thought it was about rivals at first😭 imo its just hot pursuit free roam
@@REBELRAVEBOY me tooo broo 🥲
@@REBELRAVEBOY Nahh its more like hot pursuit battle royale
@@JakeButAwesome real
@@JakeButAwesome ITS LOVE BETTER AND RAW THEN CURRENT NFS
When you were talking about the simplicity of Hot Pursuit 2010 and how it's not overwhelming with many things it made me think of Most Wanted 2012. It was also simple and fun but it received so much more hate than Hot Pursuit. I mean, I get it, they probably received the hate just for the name from the old NFS gamers, but I will defend that game. Spent so many hours just driving around or racing or looking for cars and billboards or trying to launch myself as high as possible in the airport.
Edit: I wanted to add that the soundtrack and engine noises are also amazing which made me want to keep playing the game
MW12 is a great game. Overhated to shit by people who thought it'd be related to MW05 despite none of the marketing material even hinting toward that.
UV has a video talking about MW12 which is pretty good imo. The game has its flaws don't get me wrong, but as a simple and straightforward fun cops vs racers open world game, it excels in ways that pretty much every game after Rivals simply doesn't.
Even Rivals is a great game despite its technical issues, it's a fun game made in time constraints
@i_love_musique333 please do elaborate on that final sentence, also I swear if this is an alt for the last guy who said the same thing you gotta give this up bro.
Anyways, how is it not cops vs racers? You can’t play as the police in the original MW either but would you say that that game doesn’t involve cops vs racers?
@@i_love_musique333 is the whole concept of… racers evading… police… not… cops… vs… racers…?
@@i_love_musique333 well yeah.. they are, you are aware of what series this is right?
NFS Hot Pursuit 2010 and Rivals brought back the classic OG Need For Speed from the 90s and early 2000s. It was a modern rendition of NFS 2 SE, Hot Pursuit 1998, NFS High Stakes, Porsche Unleashed and NFS Hot Pursuit 2, before the Fast and Furious style took over NFS.
NFS Used to be about driving cool sports cars, supercars, hypercars on open roads, dynamic weather changes, police chases, and the option to be the police!
First and foremost, congratulations on your 30K milestone and here’s to many more! Secondly I have to say, this video was a FANTASTIC representation and explanation of how this game makes us feel. This was my first game on the PS3 at the time and the amount of memories that I have on this game are unmatched to any other NFS to date. One this I never did was 100% it so when I saw the remaster came out I picked it up and did just that. Thank you for this video and much love!❤️
Thank you so much!!
Hot Pursuit is definitely THE game that marked my childhood. I remember when my dad had just bought a ps3, bringing me this car racing video game. I remember going slowly and being afraid of the police in my very first gameplay, but the next day, proudly telling my dad how i had managed to win a race for the first time. And then started an endless cycle of hours upon hours of playing, I think I should total about 2000 hours on this game including the remaster.
No other game has felt as homely as the sheer brutal racing action this game offers, and it’s to this day what i look out for most in my games.
Because of the lack of upgrades it’s definitely the best multiplayer in recent nfs. Winning will quite literally almost always depend on skill or experience. No op Regera or player flying away in the lead in a power build. Everyone gets the exact same chances and it’s up to the best player to find their way to victory.
I’m thankful to Hot Pursuit for having accompagnied me in periods of my life which have been pretty lonely. I have had other games which i loved or hated with more passion, but none ever brought me back with as much passion years later.
these video titles are progressing towards..... something, that's for sure
im progressing towards rizzing my audience with a simple youtube title
@@UltraViolet_Moses you don't need to, with a voice like that :)
@@nishyanthkumar that’s a little zesty
My First NFS was High Stakes, when I played Hot Pursuit 2010 for the first time it was a nod back to the older days. especially with the information given about each car. a bit nerdy but in a good way. High stakes did it better though because the Manual and Automatic gearboxes actually have different amount of gears on certain cars. Little things to make a game feel more complete.
Best nfs sound tracks in my opinion- hp 2010, undercover 2008, most wanted 2005, nfsu2
That Romulus 3 at the start hits me like a truck, it's the first ever game I've played in my life and I was only 3 then. Stuck with racing games ever since. Man I gotta go replay NFS3 again.
Need for Speed III Hot Pursuit from 1998 on PC is still my favorite. There is a 4K/60 upgrade for it and also supports modern controls etc.
I miss the time, when Electronic Arts was excatly that - electronic art.
I just replayed this game recently, it is a timeless classic. I remember when I got the game at launch and playing on my Xbox. It reminded me so much about Hot Pursuit 2 and Hot Pursuit 2010 was how I envisioned it as a kid. Probably one of the best racing games ever made, and I'll die on that hill.
now i want a modern version of High Stakes
As far as I’m concerned need for speed Hot Pursuit 2010 and subsequently it’s 2020 remaster both tie as my number one favorite video game of all time that game in my opinion did something rare it was perfect in every single way possible the open world, the races, the simplicity of it all, the insanely wonderful handling of drifting every car around nearly every corner chefs kiss
29:15 bro literally explained my issue with modern racing games. The overwhelming customizations and performance management should also be added. That's the biggest thing that kills most modern racing games for me. The perfect customization system IMO is a mix of Rivals and Most Wanted.
Need for speed Rivals was my 1st platinum trophy and need for speed hot pursuit remastered will be my 50th :)
This game reminds me of Burnout 3 Takedown more than a blackbox era NFS. The map layout, driving physics, non-customizable cars, no manual transmission, and of course the takedown combat mechanics.
i love hot pursuit 2010, i had a great time when it released back then, and i had a great time when i replayed it recently with the remaster.
Shame it does not seem that this type of game is going to be made again...
I really wish they would make a Hot Pursuit 2, this is my favorite Need for Speed game. No bad story or cringe dialogue to sit through, just strait up racing and also getting to chase the racers as the police (probably my favoite part of the game) no other nfs game comes close except most wanted imo. But theres just something great about the simplicity in this game. The multiplayer is so fun too, I just wish it had splitscreen
Thank you for doing this Hot Pursuit 2010 is one of my top 5 games of all time
A new Hot Pursuit is what I’ve been wanting for a while it would be refreshing and a Hot Pursuit 2 remake would be amazing
There's a reason I finished this game 4 different times (2 different PCs, X360, and Switch). NFS HP 2010/RM will always be my favorite NFS. The songs they gave you were also just some of the best!
Hot Pursuit 2 was my first NFS. I played HP 2010 and it totally rocks. I know people hate the remaster but I love it. NFS 3’s music is able to move me to tears. I played that gem on my old PC.
why people hate the remaster?
it wasnt such a huge change from hp 2010 @Zeg-eh5ik
@@Metanauris well they expect a Hot Pursuit with visual customization
Man loved hot pursuit! I still think 2 is by far my favourite, there's something about the tracks that where just so well designed and whenever I go back to it I feel like I can remember every route it has on offer. Not many racing games leave that strong an impression with there tracks.
Hot Pursuit and Rivals were some of the last great NFS games. different to my beloved Underground 2, but still dynamic, impressive, fun.
every once in a while, we need a break from all complexities/grind. really liked this game, loved Rivals as well
Hot Pursuit 2010 was my favourite NFS game out of those I owned! I own the Limited Edition on PC. And I had an absolute blast playing it!
Then when the Remaster came out, I got it to experience the DLCs the PC version never got, and it did reignite the memories of me playing the original!
Too bad nobody talks about the even more finer details. Like how you can turn off your engine and some cars actually have a unique start up sound. Or how the difference between the racer career and cop career. In the menus it's not just simply "racer career" or "cop career", in the driver details tab they're actually referred as "rap sheet" and "service record" or the leveling name racers have "levels" while cops "ranks". Or when you choose a location, racers have "select race location" while cops have "select police district". Very small details that many don't notice or just don't care, but I think they're neat.
HP2010 IS FUCKING FIRE, im glad to see a bunch of people coming around to it finally
Drafting is 100% necessary for maintaining car balance. If you’re behind a Zonda in a Carrera GT, you won’t have a chance of catching up without drafting.
I freaking love the depth of these videos UV! The editing and sound is incredible. And man… HP Remaster is gorgeous. Amazing video!
Thanks a lot my man! Really appreciate it
it's impressive how a 14 year old game is still great to this day, ngl
This is my fav racing game too. Criterion certainly captured lightning in a bottle with this one
89'er here. nfs 2se + nfs 3 hot pursuit are fond fond memories from my childhood. i will never forget starting nfs3 for the first time and how beautiful i thought it was on the win95 lol. after underground & mw the series has lost all it's magic..
This game is what made me fall in love with cars👌🏼
This has to be the best entry in the series, that most people who played NFS during the 2000s will probably refuse to play, and/or give credit to.
It's another good experience where you can pick up and play, that also gives you enough room to become better while constantly putting your abilities to the test, and to me, it leaves me with a sense of melancholy when I see folks, both from within and outside the motorsport sphere, that seem to ignore this game, at least, those within my own circle anyways.
In the end, I'm starting to feel like this is probably the best modern nfs game that most individuals refuse to play, whatever the motive for it is.
Well explained vid man. Recently got back into racing games this by far is my favorite series along with Rivals. CannabusCrusade looking for speedwall friends.
Hot Pursuit is the only Need For Speed game on the Switch. It's also the only AAA arcade racer not named Burnout.
After watching this video I installed the game for the 1st time. I'm so awestruck right now.
Like many here I have a long "player career" in racing games, but NFS was always the series that I sort of abandoned off after NFS Underground 2, when it started becoming too much style and less substance. I had recently installed NFS The Run, and was pleasantly surprised, but this is on another level. First of all it's crazy how much this exudes Burnout 2 vibes from every pore. This sort of feels like the "high tech, real life cars" sequel that I always wished Burnout 2 had had instead of where that series went with the "easy gratuitous spectacle of takedowns" and then when it veered towards open world with Paradise. This feels so much like a labor of love from the people that made Burnout 2 (I'm just saying this without knowing if it's actually true or not).
There's so much that surprised me here in terms of getting the basics right as well, like:
- The game defaulting to my ancient preferred control scheme of right stick to accelerate and brake, as if by magic!?
- The menus being fast, simple and easy to navigate
- Having a car of each class that I can drive in free-roam straight from the get go
- The HUD being exquisitely minimal (for an arcade racing game at least), with all the hud action neatly tucked away on the bottom sides and with the proper respect shown to leaving the view of the road gloriously unobstructed (how almost every racing game fails at this by filling the center top of the screen with text popups is still something I don't understand)
With the HUD off mod, this might just have instantly become my new favorite "cruise through a gorgeous landscape at high speeds" game.
This makes me question what other games in the Franchise I may have overlooked.
Got the chance to play through hot persuit remastered recently it sure was a blast as a fan of the original and I was not expecting a new video so soon good job ya'll