Is NFS Payback A Good Game For Photography?

A couple months ago Sony released NFS Payback for free on PS Plus, I picked it up, happy to see my library of racing games increase by one. I downloaded and launched the game surprised to see a story mode.

First the story was intriguing, then it fell flat and I became uninterested quickly. Ultimately finishing the game with speech audio at zero because the voice acting got annoying. I had accumulated around seven cars in my play-through. I had stayed conservative, saving then buying the best car from each class. I finished the game roughly a week after download and that was it, assuming I had got the best out of the game I deleted it and left it for a month. The most notable thing about the game wasn't the story, races or map. For me it was the cars and the customization.

I dowloaded the game again roughly a month after its deletion from my Playstation. I had discovered the most profitable race that made it easy to get money quickly. This was my outlet for buying new cars and upgrading them. I delve deep into car customization and tuning and when I was done I had a fleet of 30+ cars at my disposal. All of which were tuned to the maximum. I had so much money that when I had friends over I would let them buy cars and customize them. Once again thinking I had got the best out of this game. I was wrong.

Enter portrait mode, it had always been there but my gearhead brain wasn't interested in photos. I just wanted faster better looking cars. Well, better looking is what I got. I realized that you cannot share how driving a car feels, the next best thing is to capture that cars essence with a photo. I set off to work

Nissan 180SX Type X With Rocket Bunny Kit

Nissan 180SX Type X With Rocket Bunny Kit

Custom cars, custom images. Filters, exposure, depth of field, blur, the list goes on. captivated by my new discovery I continued to take more pictures.

Porche 911 Carrera RSR 2.8 With RWB Kit

Porche 911 Carrera RSR 2.8 With RWB Kit

Same car as above unless your blind

Same car as above unless your blind

Yea you're probably blind

Yea you're probably blind

Definitely blind...

Definitely blind...

Pictures Pictures Pictures! I couldn't get enough, two tones, monotones, all the tones. Ok probably not that last one, but you get my point. The game had a fresh life to it and even today I still use it to create wallpapers.

If you gave this game a look and want to buy it, you can find it around $20 US Dollars, or if you picked it up on PS+ and haven't tried it yet I highly recommend you do so. The game is great and I did have fun playing it, the racing mechanics are good and the drifting is fun. I give this game a 9.5 out of 10, as long as you ignore the dialog and tint your windows to an illegal extent so you cant see the ugly characters inside. Ultimately, this is a good game for photography.