Why I'm saying this? Well for me, racing sims as in simulating real racing series was more of a concession, rather than what I wanted from a game - there was just nothing out there that felt believable and realistic that wouldn't involve actually knowing race cars and series. Block sort of made me interested again but was such a disappointment, thought he so nice and positive despite his utter failure, that I at least followed the season. My perspective is a bit unusual - I lost interest in racing after Senna died (and I was only a kid back then), with a brief hype for rally which was ruined by Loeb and later Ogier (I seriously kept watching only to see them fail). Here is some extra food for thought and maybe an invitation to a discussion. Also, as far as NFS games go (and I've been with the series from its inception), this one probably best nails the initial idea (street racing cars and being the a part of the culture that you see in magazines). I know people here are about serious racing, but if you ever want something more chill to play from a couch with a pad this is it. Not to mention 5 years later it still looks impressive. And the amount of detail in terms of tuning and driving styles to put you into that car culture is insane when you know the topic. All that cringe story? It's not taking itself too serious and has a lighthearted feel to it, but it all leads to something - meeting some of the icons of tuner culture - Magnus Walker, Ken Block and most importantly Akira Nakai among others.

If ever there was a game that tried to capture car culture as it was around the time it released, NFS 2015 did an awesome job there. Bad AI, cringe story and an inconsistent handling model, but I recently realized something.

Need for speed 2015 cars