Need for Speed skulle originalt udkommer d. 5 november på PC, PS4 og Xbox One, men nu er det kun konsolversionen af spillet der vil udkomme den dag, da PC-versionen af spillet er blevet forsinket til foråret 2016. Udvikler Ghost Games annoncerede forsinkelsen via deres blog, hvor de forklarer grundlaget bag forsinkelsen, som er en fleksibel billedehastighed:
"Part of the conversation includes hearing from our PC community that an unlocked frame rate in Need for Speed is a massive priority for you, and we fully agree. To deliver this, we've made the decision to move the PC release date to Spring 2016. Our PlayStation 4 and Xbox One release dates will remain the same, starting November 3, 2015 in North America and November 5 worldwide.
This decision on PC gives us the necessary development time to increase the visuals that we can deliver on PC. We will also include content updates that will have been released on console up to that time, making them available to all PC players from day one."
