With Battlefield 6 a top priority, EA is shifting studios around to help handle the workload and has tapped Need for Speed’s latest developer, Criterion, to lend DICE a hand in its next war epic.

Things are going to be a bit different with the next Need for Speed game, as longtime developer Ghost Games has pulled out of that race and handed their wheels over to Criterion Games.

As of now, developer Ghost Games is scaling back and handing Need for Speed to EA’s other racing game studio: Criterion.

Need for Speed Heat may be a greatest hits collection of past success stories in an attempt to make up for the past, but it still pushes the pedal to the metal when it comes to being a guilty pleasure of pure racing junk food that’s hot off the engine block.

Need for Speed Heat will have its own selection of licensed tunes that cater towards the more chill side of driving while also flipping the coin at night to deliver some pulse-pounding beats.

In the last couple of months, video game publishers have been hammered with controversy over the use of those poop boxes (I am totes mature). Faced with a mounting backlash and a riot from fans after the Battlefront 2 straw that broke the camel’s back in 2017, EA has begun to roll back on using that extra dash for cash within a select few games, with Need for Speed Heat joining the list.

By the sound of things, Need for Speed Heat is mixing a celebration of car culture (FORZA HORIZON 4 SENSES TINGLING!) with its trademark racing against the thin blue line, as players will hit the streets during the day to take part in the official Speedhunters Showdown competition where they can earn some scratch to upgrade their rides and then use those vehicles to take on the law.

The 1980s are calling, the streets are illuminated in neon lights and urge to put the pedal to the metal is real. Here’s the first trailer for Need for Speed Heat.