Prerelease:Need for Speed Payback

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Need for Speed Payback.

To do: Customization trailer. Grab most of the prerelease materials in this folder and document them.

April 2016 Crossplay Footage

A very early build of Payback was shown in EA's Twitter post showcasing crossplay between PCs and consoles.

(Source: Twitter)

Unknown artwork

Undated concept art of "NFS Hashtag" found in Payback's files. It is speculated to be early concept for Payback from before William Ho took over as game director from Craig Sullivan.

Gameplay Trailer

To do: Anything else?

The gameplay trailer build has major differences from the final, such as:

• Different objective message and speedometer display.
• Nicer green color for HUD elements.
• Minor world changes including the removed U-shaped fence near gas station and billboard advertisements.
• Different minimap screen.
• Different takedown cutscene sounds.
• Different character switch display.

Concept art

From Ross Dearsley on ArtStation.

(Source: Oliver Fetscher,Darek Zabrocki,Ross Dearsley,Edvige Faini)

Very early Highway heist

An artwork featuring the Need for Speed's (2015 Reboot) HUD as placeholder.

(Source: Alitt Khaliq)