A new video from Criterion Games has been released, explaining the effects you can feel while driving.

Electronic Arts has published a new blog post about the new Need For Speed. According to them, “Need for Speed Unbound fulfils your need for speed, but in a unique way and tailored to you. Let’s be clear. You can still whip around hyper-realistic cars in breathtaking locales. In Need for Speed Unbound, your self-exploration goes beyond the garage and expands your canvas, exposing you to the vast elements that make your need for speed an adventure, a lifestyle and an art form. With this new addition to the Need For Speed universe, your avenues and boulevards to self-expression are unbound – from the cars and clothes to the streets and the tire marks your car leaves behind.

“We wanted to deliver an art style that matters for gameplay, celebrates player actions, enhances the player experience, and rewards them along the way. We wanted to take players to that next level in Need for Speed Unbound with our driving VFX, which we call ‘Tags,'” explains Darren White, Need for Speed Unbound’s art director at Criterion Games.

Just like the street artists who creatively subvert the cityscapes around them, you will be able to tag the world and leave everyone in your dust. Tags come to life when you deploy your boosting powers, earned through actions like drifting, jumps and near misses, and appear as dramatic, customizable effects that paint the surrounding world, including illustrative lines that etch around the curves of your car. Through Tags, you and your vehicle become the artists, and the city is your canvas.

“Need for Speed Unbound’s realistic-looking world and cars help ground the visuals. Taking inspiration from street art and other media, we creatively subvert the characters and visual effects, turning them into expressionistic illustrations of ‘you’ and ‘your actions.’ It’s literally ‘graffiti-coming-to-life.’ It is an incredibly creative form of self-expression, and like street racing, it represents unruly freedom to express yourself against rules and restrictions,” describes White of the game’s art style.

Street art has always been an essential aspect of street culture, with an irreverence that has long inspired Need For Speed. Need for Speed Unbound features a diverse collection of street art styles from multiple artists worldwide, including Sentrock and JC Riviera. These revered artists are painting Need for Speed Unbound with their signature style, artworks that add to the game’s backdrop and can be collected and applied to your car in the form of wraps. Alongside Tags, you can continue to express your style through your vehicles in greater detail and grandeur. You will now have access to new wrap content, complete kit selections, and exciting new ways of customization with part removal – where you can expose the mechanical guts of your car and intimidate competition before you even creep up to the starting line.

And it doesn’t end with Tags, wraps and parts; the player’s wardrobe will get an upgrade too! “Need for Speed Unbound’s characters are unapologetically expressive with new fashion collaborations. Character self-expression in Need for Speed Unbound goes beyond just the clothes you wear; with additional cosmetic changes and customizable poses, you can show off in key moments, like race wins, creating characters brimming with attitude,” White adds. The same goes for Need for Speed Unbound. It’s full of attitude, creativity, adventure, style and camaraderie.”

Need For Speed Unbound will be released on December 2 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, Origin).

Source: Gematsu