Need For Speed Payback looks like a fun excuse to collect cop-dodging cars. Not all cars will be fit for hot pursuits however, with some particular purchases needing some time back in the gym so that they can earn their muscle car status.

Having wisely chosen to give the Need For Speed franchise a biannual berth instead of forcing a new title down player throats every year, EA’s series races back into contention with a new look and attitude on November 10. Need For Speed Payback is the name of the game, and it has a selection of cars which hum with the kind of V8 growling that you’d expect when you’re digitally throwing fingers at cops. Take a gander here.

Need for Speed Payback is learning from the other players around it, and introducing some high octane racing that certainly going to get your blood pumping.

Need for Speed is back this year with Payback, which is looking to take the series slightly backa little to its roots.

This year will see Need For Speed return. While it’ll most likely arrive with a squad of police cats in hawt persooot, it’ll be ditching some dead weight along the way: A always-online connection requirement. “When release day rolls around for the next Need for Speed, you will be able to play through a single player experience completely offline,” developer Ghost Games said in a statement.

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That quarter-mile of free Need For Speed updates is quickly drawing to a close, as Ghost Games prepares to move onto their next project.