‘Want For Velocity Unbound’ Lets You Construct Some Wild Customized Vehicles

Are you excited for Want For Velocity Unbound? Coloration me “cautiously optimistic,” as a result of I may use a superb old school open-world avenue racer again in my life, with cop chases, unsavory characters thrust into cliched plots and off-the-wall beauty customization potential. As we speak, developer Criterion Video games selected to give attention to the latter, posting a couple of brief movies of to spotlight how far you’ll be capable of take your builds within the extremely anticipated racer.

The reply is “very far.” In one of many clips, an odd BMW M1 is remodeled into what I can solely describe as a Procar crossed with a machine constructed for Pikes Peak, and a number of other orders of magnitude extra radical than both. The construct sports activities no entrance bumper with a deep splitter and wheels offset thus far previous past the fenders, it nearly places Daytona USA’s Hornet to disgrace. Condolences to the keep-it-stock brigade, however I’m a fan.

And even that M1 is nothing in comparison with what’s carried out to a basic Defender pickup within the following clip, slammed to the bottom with a chopped roof, a roll cage the place the rear of the cab can be and twin turbos bursting by means of the hood. It’s unclear if these are piecemeal mods or a part of full kits which are utilized as a package deal. I’d assume all of them come collectively — it tends to work that manner with aggressive, widebody mods in most video games — however in any case, that Land Rover is definitely extra excessive than something I’ve ever seen in NFS earlier than.

Criterion can be teasing new rims — although the one ones proven are dinner plate-style turbofans that act as canvasses for additional designs — and new decals that may be utilized within the sport’s livery editor. You possibly can go full Bōsōzoku with exhausts, too, because the 240ZG above illustrates. However the greatest addition to the customization suite, arguably, is the power to delete bumpers.

That is one thing that almost all video games nonetheless don’t allow you to do. I’d enterprise a guess and say many producers solely reluctantly agreed, and a choose few (corresponding to one with a horse for an emblem) most likely received’t play ball. For the automobiles that may profit, it’ll have a profound impact. The mini-trailer reveals how the previous-gen Subaru BRZ and R34 Skyline GT-R look totally modded sans rear bumpers, and the outcomes are good.

I had loads of enjoyable messing with builds in NFS Warmth. Customization has been largely underserved in fashionable racers, particularly in comparison with these halcyon days of avenue racing within the post-Quick & Livid 2000s. Sit up for shedding hours within the storage when NFS Unbound releases on Dec. 2.