![]() “Action movies in general are still really big, not just car movies,” Ho tells me when I put to him that Payback is surely an easier sell to players given The Fast and the Furious series’ success. The plot sees a talented street racer (played by you, natch) trying to simultaneously earn respect from their peers and take down a crime ring dubbed ‘The House’. Payback is an open-world arcade racer – set in the Las-Vegas-by-any-other-name city of Silver Rock, and surrounding Fortune Valley – in which a single-player story is woven into a landscape dotted liberally with collectibles, races, and mini-games – all available on an à la carte basis. ![]() ![]() All three disciplines are focused on making you feel immediately like the Vin Diesel equal that you, let’s face it, probably aren’t. Technical driving skill makes way for what what you might term ‘accessible cool’, with street racing, off-road, and drifting all achievable within minutes of getting behind the wheel. ![]() Payback is a game inspired and buoyed by the success of the The Fast and the Furious franchise, with terms like ‘thrill’ and ‘awe’ taking precedent over ‘realism’. Certainly, this is a vehicular experience that is a far cry from that associated with Hamilton and his Formula One peers. ![]()
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