Hey guys, I have an open question to all of you. What do you expect / look for in an NFS game? I always say my favorite NFS games were NFS2 and NFS3 Hot Pursuit, but now that I think objectively, what was so great about NFS2 and NFS3 that I couldn't enjoy in the later games? NFS Underground was also good, same with NFS Carbon, but I still insist that they weren't as good as the "good old days".

I think I have unfairly labeled the modern NFS games "not as good" purely out of nostalgia. Looking at the current state of racing games, NFS is one of the few games that is still doing arcade-style racing with real cars. For that reason alone, I should probably take another look at NFS games, for fear of them going away.

So back to my question, what do you look for in an NFS game? Gameplay? Story? Graphics?