Rivals — Pc - Need For Speed

Lightning crawled from my roof to his. The Koenigsegg’s engine sputtered. He lost drive for one second. One second was all it took. His nose clipped my rear tire. The silver car spun, caught air off a dirt mound, and flew into the concrete pillar like a meteor.

I turned off the engine. The only sounds were the rain and the distant wail of another siren starting a fresh pursuit down on the coast highway.

A blue ring of electricity burst from the back of the Koenigsegg. My steering wheel seized. The Ferrari fish-tailed, slammed into a granite outcrop, and barrel-rolled three times. The screen went black for a heartbeat.

I slammed the nitrous. The world stretched. Trees became green smears; guardrails, silver blurs. 150. 180. 210 mph. The rain turned to needles against my windshield. PC - Need for Speed Rivals

Then: RESPAWN IN 3... 2... 1...

"Deploying roadblock at Grid 7," the AI chirped, emotionless.

And I switched sides.

He was brave, but he was greedy. He tried to bank a drift off the left wall to gain a half-second. That was his mistake. I didn’t go for the pit maneuver. I went for the kill .

I wasn’t either, really. I was just the thumb on the trigger.

I caught up to him at the construction tunnel. Two lanes narrowed to one. The walls were exposed rebar and concrete teeth. This was where games ended. Lightning crawled from my roof to his

I found him on the switchbacks near Fairhaven Hills. A silver Koenigsegg, low and wide like a hammerhead shark. He wasn’t driving fast. He was driving perfect . Every apex kissed, every gear shift a metronome click.

"Zephyr, box him in," I muttered into my headset.

"Suspect eliminated. Heat level reduced to zero," Zephyr announced. "Return to garage." One second was all it took

The rain on the Pacific Coast Highway didn’t wash away mistakes. It just made them shine.

I hit the gas. The Ferrari screamed—a high, Italian wail that flattened into a turbocharged roar. My HUD flickered: PURSUIT MODE ENGAGED. The road was a black mirror. Speed was the only language the road understood.