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Need for Speed™
Ready to own the streets? Get behind the wheel of iconic cars and floor it through Ventura Bay, a sprawling urban playground. Explore overlapping stories as you build your reputation – and your dream car – and become the ultimate racing icon.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
28 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“love the graphics this game have, but the gameplay and controls is a mix bag. I wish the controller settings and etc are fix.”
“cons: - EA - EA link to steam - EA link to origin - EA link to the universe! - It is ONLY online game! if you disconnect even for a millisecond you will be kicked out from the game! ( back to the start screen) -…”
“Big fan of the series, I had skipped this one when it came out because the "always online" feature looked like it could be an issue. And it was ! Intended as a reboot, Need for Speed 2015 also tried a lot of new things,…”
20 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Big fan of the series, I had skipped this one when it came out because the "always online" feature looked like it could be an issue. And it was ! Intended as a reboot, Need for Speed 2015 also tried a lot of new things,…”
“I love this game, it scratches a specific itch. The cheesy characters, the silly cutscenes, the constant phone calls pestering you to come and hang out - it's a good representation of having a group of close friends.…”
“This game is so much fun, it's all about car custumization, just like the old but gold NFS Underground 2.”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I have no idea why y'all hate it this much, I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love this game, I had no problems at all playing this with my controller. The cars feel alive, the music is peak, the handling feels unrealistic and floaty but…”
“While you can't compare it to the older nfs titles or even to the newer ones, it excels in it's own category. The drifting is weird at first but in my opinion much better than NFS Heat. FPS is great, settings on ultra…”
“Best NFS game, the forced online play is the only issue especially when it boots you out of lobbies for whatever reason during/after races, but besides that, it's great. I love the rainy night atmosphere and car…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“While you can't compare it to the older nfs titles or even to the newer ones, it excels in it's own category. The drifting is weird at first but in my opinion much better than NFS Heat. FPS is great, settings on ultra…”
“I love this game, it scratches a specific itch. The cheesy characters, the silly cutscenes, the constant phone calls pestering you to come and hang out - it's a good representation of having a group of close friends.…”
“a good need for speed game, stilll miss the dashboard view that was present in nfs 1-5, but has a decent if somewhat adorably cliche story, with likeable characters and nice tracks and roads & a realistic looking…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I have no idea why y'all hate it this much, I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love this game, I had no problems at all playing this with my controller. The cars feel alive, the music is peak, the handling feels unrealistic and floaty but…”
“I was pleasantly surprised by Need for Speed TRADEMARK 2015/2016 - it's pretty, sounds nice and handling is mostly salvageable if you dig into customization deep enough. The game lacks the focus of 2000s titles - the…”
“Very solid game, great enviroment and classic arcade racing. Gritty night graphics with a good soundtrack. Car list is solid, and cars sound very good. A classic game, RIP 2015”
24 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“love the graphics this game have, but the gameplay and controls is a mix bag. I wish the controller settings and etc are fix.”
“cons: - EA - EA link to steam - EA link to origin - EA link to the universe! - It is ONLY online game! if you disconnect even for a millisecond you will be kicked out from the game! ( back to the start screen) -…”
“Horrible control. Bad story. Servers closing all the time.”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“cons: - EA - EA link to steam - EA link to origin - EA link to the universe! - It is ONLY online game! if you disconnect even for a millisecond you will be kicked out from the game! ( back to the start screen) -…”
“Big fan of the series, I had skipped this one when it came out because the "always online" feature looked like it could be an issue. And it was ! Intended as a reboot, Need for Speed 2015 also tried a lot of new things,…”
“One of the best NFS when it comes to graphics and aesthetic but gameplay wise it's very bad the handling it's just horrible, on top of that we need an offline mode ASAP!”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“cons: - EA - EA link to steam - EA link to origin - EA link to the universe! - It is ONLY online game! if you disconnect even for a millisecond you will be kicked out from the game! ( back to the start screen) -…”
“Horrible control. Bad story. Servers closing all the time.”
“I've never played a video game before this one that did everything in its power to make its player base die. The constant disconnections from servers, the "scheduled maintenance" kicks every 30 mins, and the ai just…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“love the graphics this game have, but the gameplay and controls is a mix bag. I wish the controller settings and etc are fix.”
“this game is so ass the only good thing about it is the graphics and atmosphere. You would have to pay me to play this game again once i finish it. *Game itself The cutscenes are so cringe (respect to the actors tho)…”
“I've never played a video game before this one that did everything in its power to make its player base die. The constant disconnections from servers, the "scheduled maintenance" kicks every 30 mins, and the ai just…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Horrible control. Bad story. Servers closing all the time.”
“this game is so ass the only good thing about it is the graphics and atmosphere. You would have to pay me to play this game again once i finish it. *Game itself The cutscenes are so cringe (respect to the actors tho)…”
“The thing about Need for Speed 2015 is that it's definitely a mixed bag, but at the end of the day I can either click the 'Recommend' or 'Not Recommend' button, which is different from saying whether this is a good…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 69.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Best racing game ever exists no question. yes there are undriveable cars yes there is stupidly over powered RSR yes lamborghinies are trash in this game (only huracan is good for drifting) but the gameplay..... aahhh ..... its PERFECT. i will try to make a list for the driveable…”
— a player, Steam review · 1,611 hrs played“nice game but a bit hard in controlling the car”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“DO NOT BUY! I loved need for speed on my old ps4, but this game is terrible on pc. The controller compatibility isn't non-existent, it's worse, it's unplayable. The car controls don't work and the only way to fix it is to download some random file off a random website and…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:28 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Racing, Simulation |
| Player tags | Racing · Multiplayer · Driving · Open World · Action · Adventure · Automobile Sim · Singleplayer · Destruction · Arcade · Simulation · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Polish, Russian * , Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 45 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.ea.com/games/need-for-speed |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 or equivalent with 4 hardware threads Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB, AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB, or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 2GB of memory DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 30 GB available space