This quickly goes from street racing to vehicular warfare.

NFS Hot Pursuit 2010: A reboot of the old hot pursuit series NFS Rivals: A COD version of hot pursuit

These cutscenes would make a good NFS movie

I love the story its not the usual race to get some rep to race the biggest asshole in town.the story is darker than any other nfs game and the atmosphere is just beautiful.thats why i love this game

F-8:You are our target. Zephyr:You are my rival. That part just gives me goosebumps...

Explanation: Zephyr crashes his P1, survives, gets taken out by F-8, who then also crashes, gets terminated from the VRT, then becomes a racer.

Wanna know something? You're Zephyr when you're a racer. Because after the collision, you survived. Then, you found yourself out sitting hopeless, breathing lifeless. 'Til then you heard sirens. You turned on your engine, but unfortunately you got crashed by F-8. You're F-8 when you're a cop. You broke Zephyr's car when you turned your sirens on to intercept and detain. Then after you crashed, wrecked Zephyr's car, you got terminated for reckless actions. You became a racer, rose up on the leaderboard, makes an open challenge to all racers, and enjoyed you whole life.

this dude voice give me goosebumps yo...

Games story just sticks with me 7 years later, loved the Zephyr/F8, some chilling moments too

Zephyr and F-8 Rivalries are the best story so far after The Player from NFS Most Wanted & Carbon.

The monologues between the cut scenes are SO FRIKING GOOD, quotes like “I am not you. I am the life you are too scared to live. You are asleep. I am awake. I am the reality show, the catalyst, the 15 minutes you'll never have. You wanna know why I do this? I wanna know why you don't.” Literal goosebumps

This goes far beyond the Need for Speed: In the beginning, F-8, our big-boy, badass, protagonist and Zephyr, the man with a P1, EMP, and a dream are both seemingly veteran drivers looking to carve their names in history. But it's not just the, well, Need for Speed, that'll put 'em at odds. But their beliefs. F-8 believes that fear commands respect, and force commands order. If both are tested by someone that questions their authority, then they're fucked. Even going as far as to call the people they protect "ungrateful". Zephyr believes that everyone has a limit. And the only way to find it, is to go past it. To defy fear and obedience. To him, racing is about challenging your fear, nerves and skill. If you aren't speeding, then you're not living. And that's exactly what he does, in video form. Where he "pushes" his limit in the fastest vehicles he could find. Inciting millions of other people with mean machines like his to post videos online, taking street racing to the national viral spotlight. This pisses off the District Attorney, and where F-8 asserts his beliefs. Even implying that the civilians straight-up _accuse_ them of intimidation, not just outward, but within their ranks as well. Zephyr, however, sees this as the people coming out of their shells. Breaking free and resisting authority, daring to go far not just for clout, but for freedom. This is where things go too damn far, Officer John McManis (the driver of the Carrera GT) severely injures himself trying to stop some racers (maybe he felt himself inferior to F-8). F-8 gets really pissed and wants to make the racers pay for nearly killing him (though it was more or less McManis' fault for taking a Carrera GT to war). Zephyr tells his side of the story. Using Officer McManis' injuries as an example of why the RCPD can't "keep up". Zephyr believes that the RCPD want revenge for a crime that was never committed, instead of the truth. Which makes them enemies. Following the "accident", the U.S. Department of Justice is called in to investigate a possible culture of intimidation within the RCPD. Everyone on the RCPD is sidelined until the investigation concludes, which pisses F-8 off even more. Meanwhile, the racers and Zephyr's celebration is short-lived, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation has called upon the Vehicle Response Team. The top interdiction unit of the United States of America, composed of ex-Special Forces (think Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Delta Force, 24 STS, ISA, 75th Rangers, etc.) and ex-street racers who have been bailed as soon as the FBI recruited them. Zephyr sees them as new enemies to face down. Meanwhile Internal Affairs expands their investigation into excessive force, and the RCPD chief suspends all patrols. F-8, now "properly" broken from all the bullshit he's seen, decides that if the police want to win, then they need to play by the racers' rules. So, him, along with an army of equally disgruntled cops take a few impounded rides and wage their own secret war against the racers. The VRT, to Zephyr, have done nothing more than create chaos than establish order, which isn't too good for everyone. Even civilians are getting caught up in the crossfire, imagine being a civilian/beat officer and your lover/best friend/family member dies getting caught up in a chase. Scary stuff. Zephyr then finds a new breed of racers have "joined" the fray, tearing shit up (literally). Led by F-8, the racers kick major ass. With F-8 taking nearly all of Zephyr's ratings for his aggressive driving. The FBI/VRT clearly sees these army of pissed-off rogue cops and decide to take them under their wing. Using the escalation of violence as an excuse to recruit these cops in their ranks. Which only serves to piss off the public (and Zephyr) even more. Speaking of pissing off Zephyr, he was able to deduce that these army of crazed racers are nothing more than road-raged cops looking for vengeance for McManis. And in turn, steals a decommissioned Koenigsegg Agera R unit and goes ham on the cops. F-8 passes the test and is recruited in the VRT. Locked and loaded with new tech, all thanks to taxpayer money, it's time to kick some ass for real. Civilians have been pissed, and commit civil unrest, but increased law enforcement has prevented any more riots. Meanwhile, Zephyr's message is getting through to the people. As he's become the "Robin Hood" of Redview County. The VRT ID's three of Zephyr's associates, who use encrypted radio to communicate with each other. However, they "ping" giving their location. The VRT chief tells F-8 to go take them down before the radios become useless. Zephyr, feeling "lost" decides to make an open manifesto. And created a map with a route where racers and cops can finally have the "ultimate" showdown. But he crashes into a roadblock. Thankfully, he was alive enough to start his car back up. However, Fate can be pretty damn fast. And that's what happened when F-8 was given the order to get Zephyr and end this war. It seemed as though Zephyr may be "dead" after that wreck. And the FBI kicks him off the VRT in order to clean up the mess F-8 left behind. In the end, Zephyr got what he wanted. And a few months later, F-8 rises as Redview County's newest top racer.

Just rewatched again and I need to mention. Notice when Zephyr is dying, he states “the reality show and 15 mins you’ll ever have” part. HOWEVER, Fate took over THE REST of Zephyr’s words from the intro. It’s still Fate speaking, but he started with Zephyr’s “You are asleep, I am awake.” But it is important to notice that Fate’s tone is almost a lament. He is saying “Yes, I am finally truly awake and I am glad.” This contrasts with his opening line with “We are unbound, free, unshackled.” However, he was “asleep” then, even his tone was calmer, and he is in fact *not free* and *not living* by Zephyr’s standards. Then the ending keeps getting better, as Fate continues with “I am unshackled.” Not we. Is just him that is truly free. This is cool because Fate didn’t magically completely become Zephyr. Fate is still F-8 but more alive and unrestrained. He even admitted “I AM THE LIFE THAT I WAS TOO SCARED TO LIVE.” Meaning the opening dialogue was ACTUALLY a real conversation that Zephyr and F-8 had at some point in their rivalry. Or there would be no way Fate would state those exact words to pay tribute to Zephyr. Finally, of course, there is the bit where Fate takes over Zephyr’s legacy and issued a statement very similar to the original. But again, you can still clearly tell it’s Fate speaking. Like his voice is still more rigid like an ex-cop would sound. Compared to Zephyr’s natural gloriousness.

17:28 "its hard picturing anyone survivng a wreck like that" nfs mw '05 racers: allow us to introduce ourselves

What most people miss is that Zephyr did survive the crash then goes into hiding or whatever. The ending of the cops didn't mention anything about F-8 catching Zephyr and F-8 just crashes and is probably already terminated from the force since he got acquired by VRT. Since VRT is like a government secret team, they probably let him get away with all the havoc he does. After that, F-8 decided to become the next street racer and challenges other, taking Zephyr place. (It's also why it specifically mention that F-8 has taken the top spot instead of Zephyr meaning that Zephyr probably isn't racing anymore.)

Now I see... The police's world and the racer's world turn upside down. At the start, Police are good and use their strength in numbers and racers are treated bad and are all rivals and compete to be the best. As the story goes on, Things go too far. Officer John McMannis gets critically injured for pushing his limit. F-8 then gets angry and starts using impounded vehicles. He introduces himself as a racer and wreaks havoc from within. Zephyr sees this, and steals a cop car and paints it just to show that they aren't rivals anymore. The racers then become cop like. Uniting to destroy their former rivals, now their enemies. F-8 continues to wreak havoc, and discovers that it satisfies him. The police get permitted to use excessive force. The VRT then order F-8 to hunt down Zephyr and his associates. The final battle goes on, and then Zephyr draws his final breath, his final moment of freedom. F-8 crashes and then escapes. He then gets terminated from the force. From then on, He becomes a true racer, and everything goes back the way it was.

I always got goosebumps when zephyr says: "you're my rival"

Finally, someone put the history of Rivals in order! Great job!

This games story is so good, it gives enough information about the story but not too much, so u can make your own ending, your own good guy, your own bad guy.

This is the most realistic NFS game. In the end, nobody really won besides the cops/racers. The public suffers either way.

Man I loved this game as kid but never finished it, bought it again a few weeks ago and was shocked by how deep the story was, just finished the cop career after the racer one and damm, just wow

0:15 "we push the limit in the most powerful cars, cars we don't pay for" Me: So where the hell is my SP???

This story is basically social activism driven by speed. Kind of reflects how activists rage on society but not on racing these days, imo.

I love that further into the story, F-8’s voice is getting darker and more malicious...

Zephyr is just like Officer McMannis, He pushed his limits too far and that caused him to be critically injured. Like Officer.

I want Ghost to release NFS rivals 2

This has always been my favorite need for speed game. It's not just the game but the 2014 need for speed movie is also this game to some degree. If you watch the movie and play the game almost all the cars are the same and there are a lot of similarities.

What if Zephyr is actually in a coma after the accident, kinda like what happened to Tanner in Driver San Francisco, and the part where he started up his car was just all in his head.

the game is actually quite underrated, for its time, I mean the graphics still hold up to today and the story is one of the best we have in a racing game, it really makes you see both sides of the story

It is 2018 and still love playing this game

Need for Speed Rivals has the best story in any Need for Speed game *CHANGE MY MIND*

My new motto: they say speed kills but if you aren't speeding then you aren't living. 🔥🔥🔥

came back to this game then finally analyzing the story. I conclude Zephyr was indeed killed or at least from what I heard between 17:48 and 17:56 , he is out; maybe fatally injured and at the hospital or jailed. At the end of zephyr's clip is a glass shattering sound cut off. It was a sensical transition to f-8's clip, when it began with also a glass shattering noise, with heavy breathing; possibly caused by the adrenaline of wanting to capture Zephyr. Although I prefer Zephyr to be still alive and moving. The sound cut off at 17:48 may refer to Zephyr losing his consciousness, since he's been speaking and hearing all the sirens and his engine starting up, but possibly went coma after another collision, hence, the glass shattering sound then suddenly cut off. (the idea is not mine, I've read it from the comments here; which for me, makes the best explanation for what is happening)

I like how Fate's pre-last speech (18:30) is an amalgomation of his and Zephyr's mentalities from the very beginning of the game (00:11 and 00:46), which makes me think that even if he _was_ kicked out of VRT, he just continued to do what he did. Just as a vigilante this time. In that impounded Enzo. Which is what _I_ am doing nowdays, since there's not much to do after reaching rank 61. Plus _patroling_ in an Enzo is just so unusual and _still_ throws off some newbie cops into thinking that i'm a racer. It even kinda makes sense gameplay-wise if you think of it like this: while higher ups would hate Fate for what he did, fellow patrolmen would prolly respect him and still assist him in his vigilante ways. Heck, maybe they'd provide him with the actual cop cars he used before or could use now (the Venom GT and variations of it and every other cop car that you unlock in post-game) through some illegal ways. I mean, Zephyr got his hads on the decomissioned Agera _somehow._ I might be looking into this too much, but then again, there are people out there that care _a whole awful lot_ about continuity IN A RACING FRANCHISE AS A WHOLE. The NFS Black Box era, specifically.

I wish they actually make the movie about nfs rivals its would be so good its not a usual racing story its movie about 2 fractions, one trying to feel adrenaline and push they own limits and second one trying to stop them to keep peace on street

0:37 badass!!

All the cute scenes in this game always give me chills

6:10 "If there's one lesson the police should learn from this, it's that *they CAN'T keep up with us."* -In video games, anything can happen after all.

This is a better storyline then NFS HEAT

In the end, a cop went racer and saw the reality.

All of this, because of McManis' accident in his Carrera GT...

Need for speed rivals would be a good movie.

0:09: "we are unbound". I have never paid any attention to that text

Rivals is such an underrated game

0:00 *GHOST has been replaced with CROWNED*

Such a dynamic story in such few clips!

I cant believe im enjoying a game that was maked in 2013 its feels good to play

The best NFS intro in the NFS history

We need more nfs GAMES LIKE DIS

I think VRT should appear in NFS once again.

Like that you posted all the cut scenes. Look forward to more content like this and thanks

NFS Rivals: Pros: Decent story, and some customization Cons: Everything else

the last shot reveals that Zephyr miraculously survived the crash. Dumbfounded, he wakes up and shouts: “I'm a real reality show. The quarter of an hour you will never have ”. And then he adds: "It seems that speed kills, but speed makes you feel alive ...". After finishing his sentence, the shot is interrupted and Zephyr is heard starting the engine of his damaged car, before making his escape. However, Police Officer Fate knows he has escaped and will arrest him a few minutes later. With Zephyr out of the race, Fate takes his place behind the wheel of his Ferrari Enzo Ferrari, telling the other drivers that he is their rival.

my god, the last cutscene showing F8 transform from a cop to a pure blooded racer, from the aventador to the enzo, that whole flashback scene gave me chills. goddamnit, this game had a dark storyline if you understood it.

School in a single phrase for pupils coming on 1st grade 1:07

It ends here. It ends today. It ends now.

11:53 listen closely and you will hear she had an voice crack

NFS Rivals lore:

BROOOO YOU MADE EVEN MORE EPICCCCCCCCCCC DAM YOU DESERVE A FOLLOW THIS IS WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR

A game with such style. I remembered every moment of it. Years later…it looks just as good…if not better!!!

I'd like a remake where the gameplay more closely follows the story. would be incredible

WHO WROTE THE SCRIPT FOR THIS GAME!!

duuude that was amazing please tell me your gonna do something like this again

Fun fact: Zephyr voices in the Brazilian Portuguese Version is more deeper, because it's the same voice actor of Brazilian Aiden Pearce from WD1

So like years later, man this stuff is deep, so f8 basically breaks after he got wronged by the department because he was fighting to stop the racers. So he played by the racers rules and is pretty much on a mission to break the racer community for taking away pretty much everything away from him.

So can someone please point out anything in my understanding? So zephyr crashed and people thought he died but the revving if the engine says the didnt and he got away, and with the cop he got terminated from the force and became a racer?

this is the closest we ever got a Metal gear Solid on Cars

If nfs made a movie, it would be similar to this

Zephyr is dead guys btw. The racer ending is connected to Cop ending. So F-8 finished him off after he recited his values with difficulty before he dies. I mean when Fate appears he said “You are asleep. I am awake.” Refer to Zephyr being dead and Fate is now living for real. The Fate name is cool too. It’s the fate of the rivalry to change sides. Very cool story and I always loved it.

Channel logo in the beginning is menacing. Hope bring it back.

16:58 very dope cutscene

You have some variety, great video

Every cops and racers are gangsta Until the BMW M3 and the Cross Corvette comes in

RIP McManus 2008-2013

17:57 If you listening to headphones you could hear the girl screaming.

7:43 is so a chill line ...

i plays nfs rivals now for 33 hours and i cant get enough of it

best graphics for a nfs.... and best storyline..... add nfs heat customization and modifications.... then nothing can beat this game....

How sad people tend to put spotlight over the old games after like several of new titles get released only to compare and feel great about themselves. I remember Rivals getting so hate at the time of its release when the game was an awesome release. After the getting all the hate when devs finally did something jaw dropping as NFS15 these “gamers” had to be bashful towards it as well. How fucking pathetic this industry is.

Is this Call of Speed or Need for Duty: Vehicular Warfare? Bonus mission: No Traffic

In both final cutscenes it never shows zephyr arrested and it never mentions him being arrested. I amagine they would have at least mentioned that in the cop one and in the racer one you can hear the car start again. So why do people keep saying he was arrested?

I still can't believe I never played this game yet!

One of the best nfs games I’ve ever played

Hands down best nfs everrr made

0:08 arguement for people who says they can not do something.

Man this is just dark , nfs rivals is supposed to be fun but..... This is just too dark , I mean it feels like both of them are already trying to kill each other 18:12 - best part

this is a whole-ass movie. This game isn't even a need for speed anymore. The stroy, the action, this is everything and beyond

I believe this game representes the escence of why we love Need for Speed and its difference and value offer in contrast with Forza

11:19 - Just a little fact - developers randomly thrown π in VRT success rate.

Imagine this becoming a series

The voices sounds better in english but in spanish are more badass

12:14 every NFS Rivals Player:

5:49 Avenged Sevenfold reference

This history need a continuation (can be nfs heat dlc, a new game or nfs no limits special event)

amazing dude😎

and thus, my username was born!

5:13 Carrera GT claims another

zephyr definetly would challange jesus to a race

F8 is gangsta until m3 gtr Comes

Fate - 8 becomes a new leader racers while Zephyr is still alive ? I'm pretty sure that Zephyr was actually alive in that accident ... I mean come on , we didn't know what happened to him... And F - 8 steals his car , become a new leader and replace him...