It consumes me, and makes it hard to put the game down. If I didn't have the highest-ranked speed on a street, I'd forsake whatever I was doing to guarantee a better position. I had to right this kind of wrong in every situation, doing everything in my power to ensure I would fly through each sign and land an obscene distance away. The game keeps tabs on your friends at all times, informing you, for example, that Papatch15 is ranked third with 23 cars found, and you're only two cars away! It's this competition that brings me back to MWU-I can't stand seeing a billboard covered with someone else's face. This kind of competition is a prime factor in Most Wanted U.
The Miis of your friends adorn billboards you can soar through, your count of destroyed security gates is tallied and matched against theirs, and speed cameras rank your velocity through each Fairhaven district. As you search for your dream car, the world around encourages you to compete against others. The breadth and variety of what you can do in Fairhaven further strengthens the game's mantra of opportunity. Practice makes perfect, but Most Wanted U ensures nothing feels like a chore. If your first impression is poor, give it time Most Wanted U's vehicles all have a sway about them, and while this quality can feel awkward at first, the game's balance of raw speed and tight drifting means it takes some time on the road before maneuvering becomes second nature.
If the test drive isn't to your liking, Easy Drive makes it simple to swap over to something else. When you find one, tapping X puts you behind the wheel instantly. Most Wanted U strews its vehicles all over Fairhaven. If a car still doesn't suit your taste, it's time to hit the road and find a new one. You gain access to tires, chassis, and nitrous options, with a simple graph displaying their effect on your vehicle. Placing in these events unlocks specialized gear that affects your car in different ways. Each car has a set of events particular to it, such as harrowing checkpoint races and having to maintain a top average speed. Above all else, Easy Drive is accessible and simple to navigate. You can change your car, modify it, and then jump into a race, all without leaving the game. With a tap of the D-pad, players can bring up a menu displaying all needed options.
With an entire city to explore in Most Wanted U, just where does one begin? Well, the choice is yours.Įasy Drive is Most Wanted U's navigation tool. A formula that started as a racing game with spectacular crashes transformed into an open-world romp here that’s about more than just jetting around from A to B (although spectacular crashes are as important as ever). Over the years, developer Criterion has built on the foundations it laid with the Burnout games.