When does Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 10h it's 1 in 9 (11%). Fully opens up by hour 10.

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Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered

Nov 6, 2020 Steam: Very Positive

The first 3 hours are a test

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 70% of owners

Steam reviews 81% positive of 15,283

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 10h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
Fully opens up by hour 10.
The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
70% of owners got the first achievement.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 15,426 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 15.6h for positive, 3.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (70.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (66)

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Suspect Reach wanted level (2) Suspect as a Racer 100%
Burnout Fill the Nitrous bar then use it all in one go without hitting anything 99%
Gotcha! Bust a Racer 89%
Vengeance is Mine Wreck a Cop 85%
Hit Confirmed Get a hit with a Spike Strip 73%
Eye of the Needle As a Racer, drive through an undamaged Road Block without hitting it 69%
Target Reach wanted level (4) Target as a Racer 61%
Wall of Steel Deploy a Road Block which then gets hit by a Racer 60%
Shock to the System Get a hit with an EMP 59%
Officer Reach rank (3) Officer as a Cop 51%
Denied First Jammer use that affects a Cop 47%
Felon Reach wanted level (6) Felon as a Racer 42%
Power Spike Spike strip a car that is targeting you with an EMP 38%
In the Zone Use a full Turbo without hitting anything 37%
Aerial Assistance Call in a Helicopter which then hits a Racer with a Spike Strip 35%
Offender Reach wanted level (8) Offender as a Racer 34%
Patrolman Reach rank (5) Patrolman as a Cop 32%
Outlaw Reach wanted level (11) Outlaw as a Racer 27%
Trooper Reach rank (8) Trooper as a Cop 23%
Wanted Reach wanted level (14) Wanted as a Racer 23%
Flame Grilled Use a full bar of nitrous in one go in the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento 23%
The Diablo You Know Hit top speed in a Lamborghini Diablo on a coastal road 22%
Sergeant Reach rank (11) Sergeant as a Cop 19%
Land Speed Record Hold the Bugatti 16.4 Veyron Super Sport at top speed for 5 seconds 19%
Fugitive Reach wanted level (17) Fugitive as a Racer 18%
Tour de Seacrest Complete Seacrest Tour 16%
Lieutenant Reach rank (14) Lieutenant as a Cop 15%
Settling the Score Select a Friend Autolog Recommendation and beat it 15%
Untouchable Get gold in all the Speed Pack 1 Racer events 15%
Sting in the Tail Get 5 spike strip hits with the Porsche 911 GT2 RS Interceptor 14%
Shaken, Not Stirred Win any Hot Pursuit in an Aston Martin 14%
Golddigger Earn a Gold Medal in every single-player Racer event 14%
The Porsche Principle Get Gold or Distinction in all Porsche Pack events 13%
Swift Justice Get distinction in all the Speed Pack 1 Cop events 13%
True Blue Earn a Distinction in every single-player Cop event 12%
Masterpieces Get Gold or Distinction in all Lamborghini Pack events 12%
Notorious Reach wanted level (19) Notorious as a Racer 12%
Imprezive Accumulate 2,000 yds of drift in a single event using the Subaru Impreza WRX STI 11%
Electrically Charged Bust the 918 Spyder using an EMP in 'Porsche Patrol' 11%
Most Wanted Reach wanted level (20) Most Wanted as a Racer 10%
Street of Dreams Drive the Porsche 911 Speedster for 20 miles 8.8%
Festival of Speed Play 10 Online Races 8.1%
Offroad Innovation Drive for a mile on shortcuts in a race and win it in the Porsche 959 8.1%
Flight of the Bumblebee Win the 'Muscle Reflex' race in a Bee Yellow Chevrolet Camaro SS 7.8%
Wet in the Vette Drive any Corvette in the wet 7.4%
Undercover Reach rank (17) Undercover as a Cop 7.1%
Priority Target Play 5 games of Most Wanted as a Racer 6.8%
Chase the Ace Play 5 games of Most Wanted as a Cop 6.7%
Captain Reach rank (18) Captain as a Cop 6.4%
Chase Play 10 Online Hot Pursuits as a Cop 6.3%
Race Play 10 Online Hot Pursuits as a Racer 6.1%
Pursuit Agent Reach rank (19) Pursuit Agent as a Cop 5.8%
Ultimate Enforcer Reach rank (20) Ultimate Enforcer as a Cop 5.6%
Rubbing Is Racing Take down another racer in Arms Race 5.6%
Snakebite in Black "Spike a cop while driving a Black Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR or Ford Shelby GT500 Supersnake" 5.3%
Fender Bender Wreck 5 cops in the Gumpert Apollo 5.0%
Slip and Slide Do a 1000 yard drift in the Porsche 911 GT2 RS 5.0%
Top of the Range Win an online event in the Porsche 911 Turbo 4.4%
Godzilla "Get any medal in 'Run to the Hills' driving the Nissan GT-R SpecV without using any weapons" 3.7%
Iron Man Get Distinction in a Hot Pursuit, Interceptor and Rapid Response using the Audi R8 3.6%
Blast Off Enter 5 online races in the Gumpert Apollo 3.4%
Moon Shot Bust a racer in the Gumpert Apollo Interceptor at night 3.4%
Biteback Beat a friends recommendation in the Bugatti 16.4 Veyron Super Sport 3.3%
Bounty Hunter Play 10 Online Interceptors as a Cop 3.1%
Escapologist Play 10 Online Interceptors as a Racer 3.1%
Hotshot Win an Online and an Offline Interceptor event in the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport Interceptor 2.3%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.