Highlights- Need for speed heat is a racing game set in an open world environment called palm city, a fictionalised version of the city of miami, florida and its surrounding area
- The in-game map features diverse geography, including mountainous areas and open fields
- During the day, players can take part in sanctioned race events, which reward players with cash to spend on new cars and upgrades
- They can also take part in illegal street races at night, which would earn players REP
- The more REP player earns, the more aggressive the police will be during the night
OverviewNeed for speed heat (stylised as nfs heat) is a 2019 racing video game developed by ghost games and published by electronic arts for microsoft windows, playstation 4 and xbox one. it is the twenty-fourth instalment in the need for speed series and commemorates the series' 25th anniversary. the game received mixed reviews from critics, who mostly found the game to be an improvement over the 2015 need for speed reboot and payback but not enough to be a full return to form for the franchise.heat was ghost games' final game both for the need for speed franchise and as a lead developer. in february 2020, ea shifted development of the franchise back to criterion games—the developers of the burnout series, need for speed: hot pursuit (2010) and need for speed: most wanted (2012)—and reduced ghost games to an engineering studio for the frostbite engine, reverting their name back to ea gothenburg. the game will be followed by need for speed unbound which is scheduled to be released in december 2022.