In the Need for Speed series of car simulations, the theme of confrontation between street racers and police officers was very often traced. Several episodes were even dedicated exclusively to him, and you could take on the role of both a rider and a cop. As for one of the last episodes called Need for Speed: Rivals, this theme is also very noticeable here. You can stand on either side and complete the necessary tasks. But the biggest plus is the ability to conduct a variety of competitions online, with real opponents, and not against artificial intelligence. However, the only thing that can stop you and prevent you from enjoying the game Need for Speed: Rivals is the system requirements. They are quite high, so owners of an average computer will have to think about updating.
operating system
This game in the issue of the operating system is made in the spirit of modernity. The fact is that, like in most current projects, in Need for Speed: Rivals system requirements are indicated quite clearly. If you have installed the operating system Windows XP, then you will not be able to play this game. You need a version from Windows Vista and higher, and it is desirable that it be really higher, since this project works best on Windoiws 7. Naturally, this upsets the old-school XP owners, but they will have to come to terms with reality - unfortunately, there are already those games that do not support Vista, but run only on versions 7 or 8. Fortunately, Need for Speed: Rivals does not apply to them - the system requirements of this game will allow you to run it if you have Vista installed.
CPU
As for the processor, in this case, everything is not so bad. In Need for Speed: Rivals, the system requirements are not too severe, and you need a processor with two cores and 2.8 gigahertz frequencies to run the game at minimum settings. If you have a desire to enjoy the gameplay to the fullest, with all the effects, then you will need twice as many cores. Moreover, the system requirements indicate that the AMD series processors should not even have four, but six cores. However, most likely, the game will work even if your processor is quad-core, because in this project there are no graphic wonders that are characteristic of later products. Need for Speed: Rivals - a game that will please you and not much stress in terms of system requirements.
RAM
As you already noticed, Need for Speed: Rivals is a game that has fairly low minimum requirements (of course, relatively, because you can hardly call four gigabytes of RAM low requirements). The fact is that from a project that focuses on entertainment, it would be unreasonable to expect support for two gigabytes of RAM. However, it’s worth mentioning right away that in contrast to the minimum requirements, the recommended ones look simply beyond the limits. You already read about the fact that the AMD series processor requires six cores - unheard of requests even today. But if you want to run this game at maximum settings, then you will need to have as many as eight gigabytes of RAM - the amount that so many gamers do not currently have. Therefore, you will have to upgrade your car in order to be able to play Need for Speed: Rivals calmly. The PC version, of course, will delight you with magnificent landscapes, maximum detail of cars and many other vivid effects, but at the same time eight gigabytes of RAM will still scare away a potential buyer.
Video card
Early observations continue, and again in the minimum system requirements, you can see that you only need 512 megabytes of video memory so that your computer does not have any problems starting Need for Speed: Rivals. The requirements are actually very small, but this is not striking at all, but the fact that again when you look at the recommended requirements you can be speechless. Despite the fact that the minimum to the video card is only 512 megabytes, the recommended ones surprise you with the number three. It’s exactly three gigabytes of video memory that you will need so that you don’t have any glitches, brakes, lags or other problems when playing Need for Speed: Rivals. Origin can add load to your processor, and then you will generally have a sad situation, so 512 megabytes is just a way to lure a user. In fact, you will have to upgrade your computer to the maximum level, since otherwise you are unlikely to enjoy the gameplay.
Hard disk space
As for the free space on the hard disk, which is required to install and further launch this game, it, in principle, fits into the standards accepted to date. It is worth noting that modern games already occupy quite a lot of space - on average, more than 20 gigabytes. This is much more than before, but this is the price of progress, and nothing can be done about it. But some projects already weigh almost 60 gigabytes, so 30 gigabytes for Need for Speed: Rivals is not too much.
Release dates
Some computer games may be released on the same day on all platforms and in all countries. But this definitely does not apply to the Need for Speed: Rivals project, since there are almost ten separate dates that will now be analyzed. So, on November 15, 2013, the first release took place - the honor of the Play Station 4 console in America. On November 19, the game was released on other platforms in the same geographical region. On November 21, there was a separate release on all platforms for Australia, and November 22 in Europe. It is also worth noting that on this day, all platforms joined Xbox One. Well, on November 29, the game was released on Play Station 4 in Europe - in other countries of the world, it appeared until September 2014.