If the brand new Want for Velocity game’s visible results are too ‘anime’ for you, EA says you may flip them off

Digital Arts revealed Want for Velocity Unbound final week as a mixture of extraordinarily lifelike automobiles and “the freshest road artwork,” which amongst different issues consists of some extraordinarily unrealistic visible results and customization choices: Coloured smoke, hand-drawn sparks flying off tires, pace strains, lightning bolts, and all that form of factor. 

It is the a part of the game that guarantees to make Unbound stand out from the group of lifelike racing video games, like Forza, Gran Turismo, and a lot of the earlier Want for Velocity video games—but when that is not your factor, you may change all of it off in the event you like.

“Sure, you may flip the results off,” EA mentioned on Twitter. “The truth is, you may select to by no means put them on within the first place. Identical to another a part of a automotive.”

EA revealed extra about how the 2 visible kinds will come collectively in an update during which it described Unbound as “like a traditional, generation-defining muscle automotive that will get resurrected and redesigned with the type and bravado of tomorrow.”

“We wished to ship an artwork type that issues for gameplay, one which clearly celebrates participant actions, enhances the participant expertise, and rewards them alongside the way in which,” artwork director Darren White mentioned. “We wished to take gamers to that subsequent stage in Want for Velocity Unbound with our driving VFX, which we name ‘tags.'”

Tags will “come to life” whenever you activate your boosting energy, and will likely be seen within the game world “as dramatic, customizable results that paint the encompassing world, together with illustrative strains that etch across the curves of your automotive.” The lifelike automobiles and game world “actually assist floor the visuals,” White mentioned, nevertheless it’s the flashy, fast-firing results that basically catch the attention and underpin EA’s Unbound idea.

“Taking inspiration from road artwork and different media, we creatively subvert the characters and visible results, turning them into expressionistic illustrations of ‘you’ and ‘your actions,'” White mentioned. “It’s actually ‘graffiti-coming-to-life.'”

It is an attention-grabbing concept and positively totally different from different video games within the style, nevertheless it’s honest to say that for some individuals, “totally different” equates to “dangerous,” and even gamers who aren’t delay by the look would possibly discover all of the on-screen jazz distracting within the midst of a high-speed road race. So although tags are Unbound’s large stunt, it is simple to know why EA goes to let gamers change all of it off.

Want for Velocity Unbound comes out on December 2 and will likely be accessible for PC on Steam, Epic, and Origin.