Most racing enthusiasts are familiar with the Need For Speed series. The first installment was released in 1994, and since then Electronic Arts has been actively developing the franchise. Since 1997, one game was released per year, and fans liked that. The developers carried out a series of experiments, trying to find the formula for the perfect racing game. And in some installments progress was visible — it is worth noting the legendary Most Wanted (2005) and Underground 1, 2 (2003–2004). A creative crisis, or the desire to diversify the series — inevitably — is why recent entries in the series were not entirely successful. And now, on the PS3 there was the debut showing of the demo for the new Need for Speed: Payback, and the game really surprises.