Apparently owning a stupid-money car means driving at stupid speeds away from the police while performing stupid stunts.
But that’s gaming, stupid. Few developers make games about popping to the shops at 30 miles an hour for Kendal Mint Cake and prunes. If there’s not excessive speed, preposterous corning and occasional homicide involved, we really don’t care.
However, Rivals, like its older brother Hot Pursuit, also plops one in the driver’s set of law enforcement, so you can do all the above perfectly legally, although perhaps shrouded in a moral fog.
It’s set up similarly to the aged-but-much-loved Burnout Paradise. There’s a big map stuffed with races, time trials and the like, and a handful of randomly selected online chums against whom you can compete if you so wish.
Rivals hasn't had its face pushed into the Cake of Originality but it has been slathered with the icing of Neato Tried and Tested Gameplay Mechanics that Really Aren't Rubbish.
And it’s rather pretty too.
Out on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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