EA’s Need for Speed Payback has quietly changed player progression

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A couple of days ago, and soon after the microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II were suspended entirely, F8RGE took to the Need for Speed subreddit and detailed some changes that were being made to player progression in the game. 

‘We’ve been using Community feedback, along with our own in-game data, and have come up with a number of changes,’ the post said. ‘Our aim with these changes is to make the progression, especially around the ownership of cars a much more enjoyable experience.’

You’ll now get more Bank and REP from taking part in events, as well as more from Bait crates and in competition with Roaming Racers. If you finish an event outside first place your reward is slightly increased too, and Air Suspension will appear more frequently in Shipments. 

F8RGE said that the changes were ‘just phase one’ and that more changes would be made, including the quality of parts stocked in tune-up stocks.

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Need For Speed Payback

  • Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Genre(s): Racing