Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered details included DLC, new additions, and improvements
Posted on November 1, 2020 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered has received new details from EA and Stellar Entertainment. We have information about all of the DLC that’s been packed in, a few of the new additions, and what’s been improved since the original release from 2010.
Here’s the full rundown:
Five DLC packs – the SCPD Rebel Racer Pack, Super Sports Pack, Armed & Dangerous Pack, Lamborghini Untamed Pack, and the Porsche Unleashed Pack – are included from the get-go in NFS Hot Pursuit Remastered. Six hours of extra gameplay and more than 30 challenges have been integrated throughout the single-player career, giving more content to discover right out of the box.
Race in manufacturer specific events with an array of mouth-watering supercars. These and unlockable both offline and by beating your friends in online Autolog events.
Here are the DLC racer cars:
- Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
- Aston Martin DBS
- Audi R8 Coupe 5.2 FSI quattro
- Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible
- Bugatti Veyron 16.4
- Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport
- Chevrolet Corvette Z06
- Dodge Viper SRT10
- Dodge Viper SRT10 Final Edition
- Ford GT500 Shelby
- Gumpert Apollo S
- Lamborghini Countach 5000 QV
- Lamborghini Diablo SV
- Lamborghini Reventón
- Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
- Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S
- Nissan 370Z
- Porsche 911 Turbo
- Porsche Cayman S
- Porsche 911 Speedster
- Porsche 959
- Porsche Panamera Turbo
- Porsche 911 GT2 RS
And the DLC cop cars:
- Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport
- Gumpert Apollo S
- Lamborghini Countach 5000 QV
- Lamborghini Diablo SV
- Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
- Porsche 959
- Porsche 911 Speedster
- Porsche 911 GT2 RS
Two exciting ways to race and chase in multiplayer have been added from the DLC packs as well: Arms Race and Most Wanted.
Arms Race is a chaos-on-four-wheels race mode where everyone is armed to the teeth. Use gadgets, equipment, and dirty tricks against your opponents, and stop at nothing to be the first one crossing the finish line.
Most Wanted presents a thrilling open world experience where a team of cops is tasked with hunting down one player marked as Most Wanted. The hunted’s allies, on the other hand, must do everything they can to slow the cops down and help the Most Wanted to escape.
In addition, the original game’s achievements and trophies have been updated and combined with the DLC equivalents. A brand new car color picker allows players to choose from a broad range of different colors and paint types. Every single shortcut and alternate route in the game world have been reviewed, too, with added props and improved visibility for any hard stop, entrance, and exit.
And that’s not all:
- The looks and readability of the HUD have been improved
- There is an all new Racer Garage
- All the menu screens and loading screens have been updated with more useful information available for the player across all events on the career map screen
- The original CG intro video has been AI upressed
- Every video in the game has been remade and updated
- The online multiplayer menus have been updated and improved
- The ability to skip video and reward sequences has been added, for players who just want to cut straight to the action.
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered launches for Switch on November 13.
