Need for Speed: Most Wanted

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Description

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is in fact a cross between the Underground and the Hot Pursuit spin-offs. The player must gain notoriety by racing in the streets and attracting the attention of the cops in order to ascend in the Black List of illegal racers. In the end he must face no.1, Razor who tricked him out of his own car and used it to get to the top.

Many racing modes are carried on from NFSU2 with the addition of "Milestones", special events where the driver must evade capture and/or disable police cars by bringing down Pursuit Breakers, specially marked buildings such as gas stations and water towers. For each one of the 15 Blacklisted opponents, the player must win a specific number of events from each of the two main types and gain enough notoriety in the process. The player can invest bet money to buy new cars or improve his existing one's looks and performance so that he remains competitive.

In Most Wanted, Josie Maran replaces Brooke Burke as the racer girl. The plot is furthered through use of FMV video with live actors and digital sets, which has been heavily enhanced so that it looks quite real.

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Alternate Titles

• "极品飞车：最高通缉" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "NFS:MW" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Automobile: Aston Martin DB9
• Automobile: Audi A3
• Automobile: Audi A4
• Automobile: Audi TT
• Automobile: BMW 3 Series
• Automobile: Chevrolet Corvette
• Automobile: Dodge Viper
• Automobile: Ford GT
• Automobile: Ford Mustang
• Automobile: Lamborghini Gallardo
• Automobile: Lamborghini Murciélago
• Automobile: Lotus Elise
• Automobile: Mazda RX-7
• Automobile: Mazda RX-8
• Automobile: Mercedes-Benz SL-Class
• Automobile: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
• Automobile: Mitsubishi Eclipse
• Automobile: Mitsubishi Lancer
• Automobile: Pontiac GTO
• Automobile: Porsche 911
• Automobile: Porsche Boxster / Cayman
• Automobile: Porsche Carrera GT
• Automobile: Renault Clio
• Automobile: Subaru Impreza
• Automobile: Toyota Supra
• Automobile: Volkswagen Golf
• EA Classics releases
• Genre: Open world driving
• Launch title: Xbox 360 (North America)
• Live action cut-scenes
• Need for Speed series
• PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits releases
• PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
• Technology: amBX
• Xbox 360 Classics releases
• Xbox 360 Platinum Hits releases
• Xbox Platinum Hits releases

User Reviews

It still needs....something.	Windows	Sam Hardy (82)
A Fun Racing Game	Xbox	Jason Wilkinson (7)

Critic Reviews

Game Chronicles	GameCube	Dec 08, 2005	9.2 out of 10	92
Armchair Empire, The	Xbox	Dec 28, 2005	9.1 out of 10	91
GamePro (US)	PlayStation 2	Jan 25, 2006	4.5 out of 5	90
Imperium Gier	Windows	Dec 09, 2005	8.9 out of 10	89
Gamesmania.de	Xbox 360	Dec 12, 2005	88 out of 100	88
GameZone	Xbox	Dec 02, 2005	8.7 out of 10	87
Gamesmania.de	PlayStation 2	Dec 12, 2005	85 out of 100	85
Gamer 2.0	Xbox	Dec 04, 2005	8.1 out of 10	81
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Windows	Dec 12, 2005	80 out of 100	80
JeuxActu	PlayStation 2	Dec 12, 2005	14 out of 20	70

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Similar game wanted	4	havoc of smeg (22259) Jul 29, 2012

Trivia

1001 Video Games

Need for Speed: Most Wanted appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

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The EA Belgium office planned a little stunt on 24th November 2005, the launch day. They intended to give away free copies in the morning's traffic bottlenecks, but that didn't go through eventually.

Instead, on 25th November, they announced, together with the Dutch office, to have reserved an amount of PS2 copies for everyone who had had a speeding ticket the day before, on 24th November. You just had to fax proof to them to receive the game. In Belgium, you were only eligible if you did not exceed 6% of the allowed speed.

Mods

There is an unofficial patch on various fansites that enables all cars and races which are normally available only in the Black Edition.

Multiplayer server shutdown

On 1st November 2007, EA closed their servers for multiplayer games, for the Xbox version.

References to the game

Need for Speed: Most Wanted was parodied in an episode of "Die Redaktion" (The Editorial Team), a monthly comedy video produced by the German gaming magazine GameStar. It was published on the DVD of issue 03/2006.

Support

When an issue with stuttering sound in the Windows version was reported on the EA forums, the official statement was that EA had no time and resources to work on a patch for it. This was less than 5 months after the release.

Awards

• GamePro (Germany)
  • February 23, 2006 - Best Console Sports Game in 2005 (Readers' Vote)
• GameSpy
  • 2005 – PC Racing Game of the Year
  • 2005 – PC Racing Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
• GameStar (Germany)
  • February 23, 2006 - Best PC Sports Game in 2005 (Readers' Vote)
• PC Powerplay (Germany)
  • Issue 04/2006 - #1 Sports/Racing Game in 2005 (Readers' Vote)
  • Issue 02/2006 - Best Pursuits in 2005

Information also contributed by Mr. Sefe

Related Web Sites

• IGCD Internet Game Cars Database (Game page on IGCD, a database that tries to archive vehicles found in video games.)
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Official game website)
• Wikipedia: Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Information about Need for Speed: Most Wanted at Wikipedia)
• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Need for Speed: Most Wanted.)