I understand that most parents are probably going to be like whenever you are a racer you are running away from the law and that’s bad. It’s not like your car going to be stuck like that forever. I mean you can repair your car to look brand new by just pulling up to the gas station. Whenever you crash the cutscene appears, that your car is damaged doesn’t matter if you are a racer or cop. I would say that the only violence would be when you crash. I'm not saying their better, but this game is 7 years old and is showing its age. Overall: I wouldn't recommend Rivals simply because of its aged gameplay, and the fact that 3 more NFS games (Need for Speed '15, NFS Payback, NFS Heat) have come out since then. The arresting is far less violent than the Need for Speed Carbon arresting animation, where the police officer bangs the racer's head against the hood of a car and then placing handcuffs on him.
Drivers are not shown injured, but are shown being arrested. When a car is totalled, it rolls over quite a few times and is burning with fire. Mild Violence - Cars crash and the police can use items called "Pursuit Tech" (racers can get it too, but it costs a lot of speedpoints, in-game currency.) Pursuit Tech lets cops fire EMP shots, crash into racers using electrostatic fields, and deploying spike strips, attack helicopters, and roadblocks. Granted, for developer Ghost's first title behind EA's backing, it was ok, but I think EA rushed it out faster than it was ready for. Rivals had a lot of potential but felt like a half-finished game. It was very fun back in 2014, but now it just kinda stinks as having no content and online play locked behind the wall of EA Origin services.
But EA has continued their anti-consumer ways by making this game somewhat lame and with not much content. Need for Speed is a fun series, I'll admit. This game is rated E10+ for Mild Violence.