I don't see why that would be the case. I only encountered a handful of people in the game while I was playing and it didn't really add to the experience in any meaningful way. It pulls the best times from your friends list, so I wouldn't think those would be going away.

To answer your question, yes, this game is definitely worth $12. IMO, it's the best racer on PS4.

Absolutely. I don't even know what "online community" means in this case. I spend all of my time instigating and running from AI cops and trying to beat times from my friends list.

Absolutely agree, except that I'm not sure it's a racer, and I don't think I'd limit it to PS4. Game is phenomenal, particularly if you had any affection for Burnout Paradise.

Yep, it's a lot of fun. It's integrated online but honestly I never really paid much attention to that aspect either, so don't worry about a decline in the online community, imho at least. It's the second best racer, overall, this generation (behind FH2), though I found this game to be more fun outright, it just didn't have nearly as much content as FH2.

I thought you were always connecting to a host, even if only a person or two was playing. Whenever I would attempt it recently it would lose connection as the host would quit and you'd move to another, but because the player population was less it would take forever to get you back into a game. This was playing purely story mode, not seeking out any kind of online play. I'm talking about pushing start and racing around.

I haven't had said problem on the PC or PS4, though I know what you're talking about. It works fine if you aren't a PSN Plus/Xbox Live Gold member, aren't connected to the internet, etc; so I hope they do add a "Do Not Connect" option to avoid any hiccups in the future.

Helluva a deal if you dont have it. And its still the 'current' NFS since there was not one made last year.

Makes sense. Sorry for spreading misinformation. What I described had been my only experience with the game.

Pretty sure there's something like that in the in-game connection settings.

Can't confirm at the moment, but I vaguely remember adjusting the connection settings after a couple of instances of other players inadvertently (or maybe on purpose) messing up something I was trying to do.

Edit: But it's not the default, or at least it wasn't at the time.

Yeah, there is a setting where you can choose to not be "online"

Need for Speed Rivals: Complete Edition is on PSN right now for $15 on PS4. Totally worth it.

Same price on Xbox One as well.

Those with EA Access can upgrade NFS Rivals to Complete Edition for $5 this week.

I'm considering it....

I need to go back and play some of this to get the bad taste of this years version out of my mouth.

That's actually not a bad idea....