Need for Speed Payback
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Players engage in illegal street racing, theft, and other crimes.
Players spend in-game currency on car upgrades and booster packs that contain randomized cards for further customization.
Moderate use of profanity throughout the game.
The game includes gambling mechanics like slots and card draws for car upgrades.
Realistic car chases and collisions with police cars; no graphic violence.
Alcohol is mentioned in the context of a casino setting.
Theme revolves around revenge, betrayal, and criminal activities.
Pressure to spend on car upgrades and booster packs that offer random cards for customization.
Who can reach your kid
What it is
Need for Speed Payback is an open-world driving title built around unsanctioned street contests and lawbreaking within the fictional Fortune Valley. The player controls Tyler, a driver out to settle scores with people who betrayed him. Race varieties span drifting, off-road courses, and drag events, and the action is rounded out by pursuits from law enforcement and mission-based set pieces.
How it's framed
Underground racing and lawbreaking are presented as thrilling and stylish, with players facing little in the way of lasting fallout for what they do.
Details
- Developer
- Ghost Games
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Released
- Jun 18, 2020
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