Need for Speed Update - A message from the team

Ghost Games writes:
At Ghost, we’re united by one common passion... to deliver the best Need for Speed™ experience possible. And at every step of the development process we're guided by our community. Whether that’s reading your comments on Facebook or Twitter, watching your videos on YouTube, or joining in with the discussion on Reddit, the conversation we've been having as fans of Need for Speed is enormously important and we’re working to reflect it in the game we're building.

Part of the conversation includes hearing from our PC community that an unlocked frame rate in Need for Speed is a massive priority for you, and we fully agree. To deliver this, we’ve made the decision to move the PC release date to Spring 2016. Our PlayStation 4 and Xbox One release dates will remain the same, starting November 3, 2015 in North America and November 5 worldwide.

[Geobros]

So....PC version goes for 2016 for improving visuals. They will rename that version to NFP 2016. :o

[Eonjay]

It makes a lot of sense. Its always going to be easier to optimize a game for a console than for the innumerable PC combos. But that doesn't mean its not worth it.

[Blaze929]

"And at every step of the development process we're guided by our community."

Yet the game is still always online...the #1 complaint. Go jump off a bridge Ghost Games

[Iceball2000]

Don't think its GG, it's EA.

[superchiller]

Couldn't agree more. The crappy always online "feature" is a huge issue, and it's why I will simply skip this game (as will many others). Couldn't care less for forced online-only games, I just want to play games, and not be forced into online features.

[nix]

"we don't want always online"

*ignores*

And they want us to believe them.

[uth11]

Translation: PC version is runnning like shit, but we saw what happened to Batman and we're going to be proactive now and delay it until it works and hopefully avoid a PR nightmare.

[Grap]

Steam refund is magic.

[ShellB]

Origin only I believe. Plus Origin already had refunds but for their titles only.

[EDKICK]

So people complain when developers/publishers release a game buggy or don't properly optimize it for PC and people complain when they delay the game to release it properly on PC. Ok @uth11

[Kleptic]

yes exactly you optimist; its everyone complaining about a fantastic franchise that had nothing but success after success, spawned an incredibly great movie a year or two ago...and is just the go to racing series of all time...

or...

its a series that went straight into the dumpster over a decade ago when EA tried to chase 'the fast and the furious'...has been 100% junk ever since...and is now conveniently having development problems...

its a lost cause...this game could be cancelled and only 11 people would care...EA obviously knows that, and is now making the developers say 'we will make the PC version extra special good a few months later'...w/e, its EA, the game will be just like all the other NFS games in the past 13 or so years...worth renting at the absolute best...

[EDKICK]

@Klepic you miss my point entirely. I'm not really an optimist, I'm not saying the game will be good and the series hasn't had a good or great entry in a very long time and I'm not buying the game since they announced it was always online. People don't always have to look thru everything every developer or publisher say there is a lot of stuff publishers do that is deserving of a lot of hate this really isn't one.

[GearSkiN]

Update the game so you don't have to be always online. Population will change on this game just like any other game.

[Adexus]

It takes that long to unlock the framerate?

[GearSkiN]

Also improving visual they said

[Adexus]

Improving the visuals by unlocking the framerate probably! Haha

[Lamboomington]

Well, you can expect better graphics too.

[NitrousX]

Well for me it has made my decision easier, I'll buy The Crew Wild Run when it launches this year. Seeing as The Crew has a expansion coming out. I can hold out a lil longer for the PC version. Plus we could try out the console beta's to get a feel of what it will be like once it launches. I hope GG optimises the game similar to what R* did with GTAV.

[user9950279]

the lack of standard transmission and cockpit view has turned me off. Will see how the reviews go.

[TimelessDbz]

Just give me a lobby system and set tracks and I am a happy camper. For those who complain about always online . Answer honestly when do you ever turn a cell phone, a PC, Gaming console, etc and not been online . Aside Internet being down or on duty .

[crazychris4124]

All the time when I want to be left alone. You should watch some gameplay from Gamescom of people racing when all of a sudden they are slammed into by other human drivers who are just free roaming. Do you really want to worry about terrible drivers and trolls when you're just trying to build up a fleet of awesome cars and beat the story?? Idk about you but I sure as hell dont.

[metalgod88]

Here's a question for you TimelessDbz, why would they make an internet connection mandatory. Just think about that for a minute and then get back to me.

Once you understand why they do it, maybe you'll rethink the notion of actually giving them your money. I think the game will be great, but EA doesn't deserve our money because of stuff like this. Even Blizzard should be ashamed.

[TimelessDbz]

I really don't know please enlightened me. I play mmos , fighting games online . Rarely you will see me play a single player game offline and if I do I am streaming because I'd rather play Co op or play competitive multiplayer.

Not trying to be rude or anything but please do inform me why does EA want a mandatory Internet connection to play the game .