I think undercover was the last true NFS. Fast cars. High speed feeling. Tuning. Cops. Over the top grippy handling at times.
Then it turned into cow dung with occasional decent ones but they never got the sense of speed or the fun worlds right for me again.
And where do you think the cross variants come from? It's a depiction of the cross Jesus was crucified on. As I said: it's like asking what drawing of an electric chair someone likes most.
Same issue on summit for a couple of days