This game is improved immeasurably once you hit mute on the TV. To begin with, the car engine noises are absurdly loud and drown out everything else in the mix, so it didn't take long for me to venture to the audio menu and crank the SFX way down. This only exacerbated things however, as it revealed how piss-poor the soundtrack is. A who's-who of what was considered hot and trending back in 2010 I assume, but man, most of the licensed tracks that litter Hot Pursuit's virtual jukebox are forgettable at best and mind-numbingly rote at worst. Remember Klaxons? I do, but I sure didn't want to be reminded of their existence! So unless you have a particular affinity for music circa 2010, I suggest you spam the mute button on your TV remote every time you boot this baby up. My soundtrack to getting all the gold medals in Hot Pursuit Remastered was a concoction of The MinnMax Podcast episodes, Norm Macdonald compilation vids on Youtube and a whole lot of awesome shoegaze. I'm pretty sure my performance increased once these were playing in the background.












Won't lie though, Bigger Than Us by White Lies is still an absolute banger.