5. Need for Speed: Rivals

The sexiest police cars in existence!

Need for Speed Rivals continues the series’ adrenaline-pumping action involving breakneck police pursuits, hundreds of different cars and events, a vast open world, and stunning visuals and sound.

The game boasts two storylines – one of which lets you play as a Cop. In this mode, you’re a police officer tasked with infiltrating underground street racing circuits by posing as a street racer named F-8. Alternatively, you could assume the role of the racer Zephyr, whose street shenanigans have put him on the police’s chopping block. Both campaigns eventually lock F-8 and Zephyr in a high-speed battle for the mastery of the wheel and the road.

Depending on whom you choose to play as, you can use several weapons against your opponents. As a Cop, you can summon a helicopter to heckle criminals, or order your pals to install a roadblock. And then there’s the spike strip, which can bust tires. Pursuit tech include a shockwave, which is a sonic blast that pushes away vehicles; an electrostatic field, which offers your car protection against EMP and stun mines; and the EMP, which temporarily kills the electrical systems of your opponents’ cars. Beware though, as non-police racers also have tricks of their own!

You’ll likely be playing this one for months, making it one of the best police games.

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