Core Drive Analysis of Need for Speed Series Using Octalysis Framework

In presenting an immersive gameplay experience, various game titles brought many game techniques to enhance the player’s experience. To determine combinations of game techniques used in successful racing game titles, an analysis is done on the Need for Speed series with selected titles: Need for Speed: Payback, Need for Speed: Heat, and Need for Speed: Unbound. Core Drives in each title describe the player’s motivation to complete the game. In this research, we will present how each Core Drive is represented in the Need for Speed series through the use of the Octalysis framework as the analysis method. The experiment shows that the selected titles brought many game techniques, such as Visual Storytelling, Leaderboard, Real-Time Control, Avatar, Torture Breaks, Easter Eggs, and Evanescent Opportunities.