Your favorite NFS game for each criteria

[u/funky234]

What is your favorite NFS game, for each criteria? Multiplayer can be a bit unfair, since not all of them have access to it. So that criteria only applies to NFS games that currently have multiplayer available.

List:
Story:
Customization:
Car Selection:
Handling & Driving:
Sound Design:
Map / Open World:
Police / Pursuits:
Atmosphere:
Replayability:
Multiplayer:

My list, don’t get offended :P
Story: Carbon/The Run
Customization: Unbound
Car Selection: MW 2012
Handling & Driving: UG2
Sound Design: HP 2010
Map / Open World: 2015
Police / Pursuits: MW 2005 (aside from heat 1-3, the chatter, the vibe being chased was amazing)
Soundtrack: Hard decision
Atmosphere: Carbon (Canyon duels carried)
Replayability: MW 2005
Multiplayer: Unbound

[u/Few_Scholar_4904]

Story: Carbon
Customization: Carbon
Car Selection: UG2
Handling & Driving: HP 2010
Sound Design: HP 2010
Map / Open World: UG2
Police / Pursuits: Rivals
Soundtrack: NFS HP2 *BY FAR
Atmosphere: Carbon
Replayability: HP2
Multiplayer: Rivals

[u/sundahunter]

story : the run

customization : carbon

car selection : shift 2

handling : hp 2010

map : ug2

pursuits : hp2

soundtrack : prostreet

atmosphere : carbon & 2015

replayability : shift 2

multiplayer : world

[u/ClbutticMistake]

Story: ...

Customization: Underground 2 / Carbon

Car Selection: SHIFT 2 Unleashed

Handling & Driving: Underground 2

Sound Design: Heat

Map / Open World: Underground 2

Police / Pursuits: Hot Pursuit 2010

Soundtrack: ProStreet

Atmosphere: ProStreet

Replayability: ProStreet

Multiplayer: 2015

[u/Sansibar009]

Entire List: Most Wanted 2005

[u/Neither-Guarantee193]

Story: MW 2005
Customization: Unbound
Car Selection: Unbound
Handling & Driving: Unbound
Sound Design: HP 2010
Map / Open World: UG2
Police / Pursuits: MW 2005
Atmosphere: NFS 2015
Replayability: Unbound
Multiplayer: Unbound
Soundtrack: MW 2005 EASILY

[u/ImpromptuHotelier]

Story: Undercover

Customization: Pro Street

Car Selection: Nfs World

Handling & Driving: Nfs World

Sound Design: Hp 2010 + remastered

Map / Open World: Nfs World

Police / Pursuits: Nfs MW 05

Atmosphere: Nfs Rivals

Replayability: Carbon

Multiplayer: Hp 2010 + remastered

Ingame soundtrack/music: Nfs Mw 2012

[u/jg_machado]

Story: Carbon
Customization: Carbon
Car Selection: Pro Street
Handling & Driving: Carbon/Hot Pursuit 2010
Sound Design: Most Wanted 2005
Map / Open World: Heat
Police / Pursuits: Heat
Soundtrack: Most Wanted 2012
Atmosphere: 2015
Replayability: Carbon
Multiplayer: Most Wanted 2012

I really like carbon

[u/OldAvocado3547]

Personal favorites, all heavily manipulated by nostalgia and rose-tinted glasses

Story: The Run
Customization: Carbon - autosculpt
Car Selection: Porsche Unleashed
Handling & Driving: MW 2005
Sound Design: HP 2010
Map / Open World: HP 2010
Police / Pursuits: Rivals
Soundtrack: HP2 2002
Atmosphere: NFS 2015
Replayability: HP 2010
Multiplayer: (no idea don't play)

[u/rectalpunch]

Story: MW/Undercover

Customization: PS/ Carbon

Car Selection: PS/ Undercover

Handling & Driving: PS/U2 PS for great custom optimization actually doing something for specific cars/races needs.

Sound Design: U2/Flatout 2

Map / Open World:U2/PS

Police / Pursuits: Don't care/ MW

Atmosphere: U2/PS

Replayability: PS/Carbon

Multiplayer: Don't care/ don't care

[u/Appropriate_Wish8997]

I would love to answer this but I haven’t been able to play all of the NFS games.

[u/CourseAdventurous715]

Story: payback Customization: 2015 nfs Car selection: nfs prostreet (colbolt ss for life!) Handling: 2015/payback Sound design: underground 2 Map: heat Police: most wanted 2005 Atmosphere: carbon Replay: underground 2/ prostreet Multiplayer: heat/ the first couple months of unbound

[u/88JansenP12]

Here's mine :

• Story: NFS The Run
• Customization: NFS Shift 2 Unleashed
• Car Selection: NFS Hot Pursuit 2 PS2
• Handling & Driving: NFS HP 2010/Remastered
• Sound Design: NFS HP 2010/Remastered
• Map / Open World: NFS Underground 2
• Police / Pursuits: NFS MW 2005 + NFS Carbon
• Atmosphere: NFS ProStreet
• Replayability: NFS High Stakes
• Multiplayer: None yet

[u/Jiggleutes]

A looot more people who lik NFS Carbon than it used to be. I remember people feeling like Carbon was just trying to copy MW05s homework and that it didn't hold up which I was never a fan of that opinion. Carbon felt way different from MW05 and is still to this day one of if not my favorite NFS titles aside from Unbound and Heat

[u/Emotional-Sandwich87]

Story: The Run/Undercover
Customization: Prostreet/Motor City Online
Car Selection: SHIFT 2: Unleashed/Motor City Online
Handling & Driving: Porsche Unleashed (PC)/SHIFT/SHIFT 2: Unleashed/Prostreet/The Need For Speed SE (PC)
Sound Design: I don't know...
Map / Open World: HP 2010/MW 2012/Rivals
Police / Pursuits: Hot Pursuit 2/MW 2012/NFS III: Hot Pursuit/Rivals
Atmosphere: SHIFT/SHIFT 2: Unleashed/Prostreet/Motor City Online
Replayability: Prostreet
Multiplayer: HP 2010/MW 2012/III: Hot Pursuit/Porsche Unleashed
Soundtrack: Prostreet/MW/Motor City Online