ShurikNHow is this false news. It even says so on the PS Store page.
store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/need-for-speed-payback-deluxe-edition/cid=UP0006-CUSA05999_00-NFS18DELUXEEDTPK

PowerPCI'm not at all but enjoy your circle-jerk. Keeping this false news story up is beneath anyone who calls themselves a journalist. But I guess TPU is just a forum where you can post anything. No matter how much you hate EA, spreading fake news about them makes you 10x worse in my book.

DammeronI think he meant that questionable title "exclusive graphics effects", that suggests You're not gonna get those at all without buying the preorder. And all it is about is just a different "exclusive colour", not the effect itself.

ToothlessHowever it's a change in the graphical effect in the game, in this case the smoke.

ToothlessI mean I don't know anyone who wants tire smoke the same color as the magic smoke from toasted electronics. However it's a change in the graphical effect in the game, in this case the smoke.

While giving away bonus content, a tiny headstart in the game with more in-game currency or items, isn't new to pre-orders, this is one of the first times that a big production title is presenting exclusive graphics effects that otherwise won't be available even on machines with the most powerful hardware, or the most powerful consoles.

PowerPCAre you actually defending this? Didn't you even read the short article where it clearly talks about it as not being just a color for the smoke, but the smoke itself:


This is just a lie. Or is it the first time in history that a company has given out an exclusive skin or armor color as a pre-order bonus? What does the power of the hardware has to do with this?

This article makes people who actually raise valid points about bad company practices look like idiots.

DammeronNot exactly. It's more like an exclusive item for Your car. Still - completely useless...

Vayra86If this game's pre order is about having tire smoke or not, or even having it in a different color or not....

you really should have your head examined

ToothlessCept' it partially is. :laugh:

BurretploofHonestly, I think this is just poor wording. They're most likely just talking about the color of the tire smoke, not the smoke effect in general.

ShurikNCan someone tell EA never to go full retard

GungarHeu... Ubi$oft is clearly the winner, EA is no match against it.

TotallyUbi, pfft? EA has ruined just about every non- sports IP they have. Also every once in a while instead of leaving the IP dead they get the urge to dig up the corpse and skullf*** it because that is totally what they think we want. Ubi only crimes are making lame games and DRM to fiercely protect those games that no one wants.

TotallyAlso every once in a while instead of leaving the IP dead they get the urge to dig up the corpse and skullf*** it

ToothlessExclusive change to a graphical effect via pre-order. Like if a game had low-res smoke and explosion effects but the pre-order had high-res details. It's a decently-blurred topic for sure.

DammeronIt was pretty obvious that EA meant a tyre smoke colour, not the smoke itself.



More like it's dead since the first Underground. Even HP 2 from 2002 was bad, but at least it kept the feeling of previous games.

ToothlessFirst you sit there saying the article is "fake news" because of the graphical changes, then you come out with- Didn't you even read the short article where it clearly talks about it as not being just a color for the smoke, but the smoke itself:

Also as the article clearly states "one of the first times that a BIG PRODUCTION TITLE" Need that bigger? NFS is a pretty old game line, and the article didn't say "the first." It's a big game line however.

At this point I simple can't defend this for the sake of it for EA being EA with their dumb choices, but to spite you and your contradictions. We can go rounds in a PM chat if you want to take a minute to chill and eat your cereal but we sure don't need to pollute the thread. ;)


Exclusive change to a graphical effect via pre-order. Like if a game had low-res smoke and explosion effects but the pre-order had high-res details. It's a decently-blurred topic for sure.

PowerPCThis sounds like ramblings from an insane man. I have nothing to say to you anymore. I made my point and people still seem to think here that they are actually removing smoke instead of just having another colored skin for it. People don't read the comments or read classic apologists like you, and then think EA is actually doing something new here. Why do you think a big production title has never done something like this before? It has been done countless times.