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Need for Speed™ Payback

by Ghost Games

  • Released Nov 10, 2017
  • $29.99
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One

85%positive reviews

27,879 positive4,764 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Fun, Fast & Furious-style story

  • Good drifting and car customisation

Cons

  • Upgrade system feels like a casino

  • Repetitive missions and microtransactions

Mixed

  • Some call it an underrated racer, others say it is a cringefest

Media

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System requirements

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 or later

Processor: Intel i3 6300 @ 3.8GHz or AMD FX 8150 @ 3.6GHz with 4 hardware threads

Memory: 6 GB RAM

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 2GB of memory

DirectX: Version 11

Network: Broadband Internet connection

Storage: 30 GB available space

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"This explosive adventure is filled with intense heist missions, high stakes car battles, epic cop pursuits and jaw dropping set pieces. It’s blockbuster gameplay never before seen from the series, fueled by a gripping story of betrayal and revenge. With Need for Speed: Payback, it’s no longer just…

Ratings

  • 60IGDB players234 ratings
  • 54Critics16 reviews
  • 57Overall250 scores

Time to beat

  • 18.5 hCompletionist100%

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LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English
English (UK)
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish (Spain)
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Portuguese (Brazil)

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