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Need for Speed Rivals for Xbox One
Need for Speed Rivals for Xbox One is an open-world racing game in which racers and police share the roads of Redview County. You choose a side and follow a separate career with different cars, objectives and equipment. As a racer, you earn Speed Points through races and escapes. The longer you stay out, the greater the potential reward, but police attention also increases. That makes continuing after a victory a genuine decision.
A hideout banks the points you have earned. If you are busted beforehand, you lose the unbanked earnings from that outing. As a police officer, you instead try to stop racers and work towards police objectives. Pursuit Tech gives both sides offensive and defensive tools, such as an EMP or extra acceleration. You choose what fills your car’s available equipment slots and keep an eye on your vehicle’s condition during battles.
Speedlists for racers and Assignments for officers combine several objectives into progression towards the next rank. Between events, you explore roads, corners and shortcuts that may help in a later escape. The Single Player setting lets you play alone against computer-controlled participants; local split-screen is absent. This description is based on that offline game. The former Network app and OverWatch are not promised as functioning extras, and the Essentials packaging does not automatically turn this Xbox One game into the Complete Edition with downloadable packs.
Region and language
Our Xbox One games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Need for Speed Rivals for Xbox One was originally released without a printed manual. This edition therefore does not come with a separate instruction booklet. Its absence does not mean that an item from the original packaging is missing.
Instructions for the controls and rules are provided in the game. Any additional leaflets or advertising inserts are not manuals and are only included if stated in the product details. We use the label “No Manual” for copies missing a manual that was originally supplied. You should therefore not expect a printed booklet with this game unless a special edition explicitly states otherwise.
The history of Need for Speed Rivals
Ghost Games developed Need for Speed Rivals together with Criterion Games; Electronic Arts released the Xbox One version in 2013. The game arrived during the transition to Xbox One, but also came to the existing Xbox One. Development used Frostbite 3 and returned to a direct rivalry between police and street racers. The two sides received separate careers, so stopping an opponent and escaping each carry a different meaning for your progression.
AllDrive was an important part of the design at launch: races and pursuits could intersect in a shared online world. That is the historical setup, not a guarantee concerning current network services. The system of unsecured racer points also gave ordinary outings a sense of tension. You build up earnings, look for a safe route home and decide when you have risked enough. Separate police progression makes the same roads relevant again from the pursuer’s perspective.
The later Essentials release repackages the base game; it is not automatically the separate Complete Edition. The Rivals mobile app and Network website disappeared in 2018. For this Xbox One release, the offline option takes centre stage: driving alone against computer-controlled opposition and following the two original careers, without a promised companion app or downloadable extras.
Similar games for Xbox One
Need for Speed is another Xbox One game in a related genre. It emphasises night-time streets and extensive car customisation, while Need for Speed Rivals mainly centres on switching between racers, police and points at risk. Both use recognisable controls and progression, but their different objectives create a different pace, other challenges and a distinct reason to return.
Need for Speed Payback is another Xbox One game in a related genre. It emphasises a fixed storyline and prepared racing missions, while Need for Speed Rivals mainly centres on switching between racers, police and points at risk. Both use recognisable controls and progression, but their different objectives create a different pace, other challenges and a distinct reason to return.
Forza Horizon 2 is another Xbox One game in a related genre. It emphasises a car festival and free driving without police roles, while Need for Speed Rivals mainly centres on switching between racers, police and points at risk. Both use recognisable controls and progression, but their different objectives create a different pace, other challenges and a distinct reason to return.
The Crew is another Xbox One game in a related genre. It emphasises a large route across America and team progression, while Need for Speed Rivals mainly centres on switching between racers, police and points at risk. Both use recognisable controls and progression, but their different objectives create a different pace, other challenges and a distinct reason to return.
Burnout Paradise Remastered is another Xbox One game in a related genre. It emphasises crashes, shortcuts and free racing through a city, while Need for Speed Rivals mainly centres on switching between racers, police and points at risk. Both use recognisable controls and progression, but their different objectives create a different pace, other challenges and a distinct reason to return.
