Personalized controls

Personalized handling style How your car looks is only one side of the coin. A simply beautiful car means nothing if it's uncomfortable to drive. Naturally, questions of handling are just as subjective as the many preferences and tastes people have. Describing the handling of any car is always a difficult task, since for the most part it's based on the feel of the controller or gamepad, and again personal preferences play their part. That's precisely why Need for Speed will offer a special set of parameters that lets you tune your car's handling exactly the way you like it.

Want the car to slide into a drift effortlessly? Just set it up for drift and off you go. Or do you prefer firmer grip on the road? Then grip is probably the right fit for you. The long history of Need for Speed spans more than twenty years and nearly as many games, so creating a handling system for one and all was one of the main tasks we took on. We achieved this by splitting the handling parameters into two sections. If you prefer the handling from earlier Need for Speed games, you'll most likely enjoy grip, and if you prefer the more recent ones, you'll feel right at home with drift. Or perhaps the golden middle will appeal to you. The choice is always yours.

For those who want to set their handling style quickly and simply, just move the main slider to the left (toward drift) or to the right (toward grip).

If you want to dig deeper into handling tuning, no problem. Several handling parameters are available — you can set it up the way you like.

Front and rear tire pressure
By changing the front and rear tire pressure, you can adjust the grip balance. If you add more grip at the front or reduce it at the rear, the car will be easier to put into a drift. And if you reduce grip at the front or add it at the rear, the rear of the car will be more stable in corners.

Steering response
Fast response provides more sensitive handling, which suits drifting. Slower response gives road stability and increased controllability.

Steering angle
With a wider steering angle, it's easier to put the car into a strong drift. With a narrower one, it's harder.

Brake drift system
With the brake drift system enabled, there's a higher chance of putting the car into a drift on the brakes. If you disable it, the chance will be lower.

Drift stabilization system
Thanks to the stabilization system, controlling a drift becomes easier. If you disable it, there will be no stability during drifts. Exercise caution!

Launch control
Launch control activates the stability system at the start, reducing yaw and wheel spin.

Differential
If you lock the differential, the left and right wheels will rotate at the same speed. This increases rotation, which leads to a drift.

Downforce
At high speeds, downforce increases grip on the road, which gives stability in corners.

Braking force
Strong brakes lock the wheels earlier, which provides sliding, leading to a drift.

Brake balance
By adjusting the brake balance, you can change the weight transfer under braking. If the settings are shifted toward the front, the car will be easier to destabilize and send into a drift.

Tire grip
If you adjust the tires for less/more grip on the road, the car will be easier/harder to put into a drift.

Handbrake force
With a strong handbrake, it's easier to spin the car 180 degrees. With a weaker handbrake, you can put the car into a drift with less loss of speed and use it in a series of drifts.

Spring stiffness
Spring stiffness can be adjusted so the car squats or, conversely, doesn't. This is the forward/backward movement of the suspension.

Anti-roll bars
With anti-roll bars, you can adjust body roll. This is the left/right movement of the suspension.

Nitro
If you set nitro to power, power increases but the effect's duration is reduced. If you set it to duration, power decreases but nitro lasts longer.

September 15, 2015 21:08 by Nitrodj | Game: Need for Speed (2015)

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