Need for Speed Payback is a
racing video game developed by
Ghost Games and published by
Electronic Arts for
PlayStation 4,
Windows, and
Xbox One. It is the twenty-third installment in the
Need for Speed series. The game was released worldwide on November 10, 2017,
[1] with mixed reviews from critics. The game was succeeded by
Need for Speed Heat
in 2019.Tyler "Ty" Morgan (Jack Derges), Sean "Mac" McAlister (David
Ajala), Jessica "Jess" Miller (Jessica Madsen) and mechanic Ravindra
"Rav" Chaudhry (Ramon Tikaram) are part of a crew in Silver Rock,
Fortune Valley. Fixer Lina Navarro (Dominique Tipper) tasks them with
stealing a precious Koenigsegg Regera belonging to Marcus "The Gambler"
Weir. However, as Tyler arrives at the drop point, he finds Rav knocked
out. Lina appears, revealing that she set up Tyler and his crew to take
the fall for the stolen car and she drives away, leaving them at the
mercy of the oncoming police force. Upon learning that Lina betrayed
both of them, Weir initially considers leaving Tyler to be arrested, but
instead protects Tyler, planning their revenge.
Six months
later, working as a valet for Weir, Tyler spots Lina threatening Weir to
hand over the casino to The House, a cartel who controls Fortune
Valley's underworld. Frustrated at the lack of progress, he decides to
take matters into his own hands. Contacting The House as a racer, he
enters a race and wins it, despite Lina having rigged the race for
profit. Weir proposes Tyler a way to take down The House and Lina along
with it. Tyler is to enter and win "The Outlaw's Rush", a massive street
racing event that has the nation's top racers participating, which The
House plans to rig for their own ends. Tyler reassembles his old crew
and they successfully defeat all rivaling racing leagues and are thus
allowed to enter "The Outlaw's Rush". Simultaneously, Jess infiltrates
the House and learns of their plans to take over the entire city.