Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered: PC requirements and the PC you need

About Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered is an updated version of the much-loved 2010 racer, remastered by Stellar Entertainment. You can play as a street racer trying to escape the police or as a cop chasing them down, driving supercars along open roads and using tools such as spike strips and roadblocks. Friends' times and challenges show up to beat, and there is online multiplayer that works across platforms. It is rated PEGI 7. The makers recommend a GTX 660 or R9 270X and 8 GB of memory, so any of our gaming PCs runs it easily.

What Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered needs

In plain words: to play at all it needs almost any graphics, even the graphics built into the processor, and to play it well the makers suggest basic graphics: built-in graphics on a modern processor, or an old entry-level card, with 8GB of memory.

A low-spec PC or a high-spec PC?

This is a light game: almost any of our gaming PCs will run it comfortably at high settings.

On a PC that only just meets the minimum, the game will start and play, but on low settings: simpler shadows and textures, shorter view distances and fewer frames each second, so fast moments can feel less smooth. A 1080p screen is the sensible match.

On a PC that meets or beats the recommended spec, you can turn the settings up: sharper textures, proper shadows and lighting, more detail in the distance, and a smoother picture. A stronger PC also lets you use a sharper 1440p or high-refresh screen.

Questions about Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered on PC

How we match: we compare the graphics card and the memory in each PC with the makers' spec, because those decide most of how a game runs. For very new or demanding games, ask us and we will check the processor too. More help: graphics cards explained, how much RAM, which screen.