Need for Speed is one of the most popular racing games in its category. Some of the main focuses in the series is street racing, evading police in intense chases, and customizing your car to the finest details. Since its debut in 1994 with "The Need for Speed", it has come out with 15 more installments. These are:
The Need for Speed (1994)
Need for Speed II (1997)
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (1998)
Need for Speed: High Stakes/Need for Speed: Road Challenge (1999)
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed (2000)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002)
Need for Speed: Underground (2003)
Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004)*
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)
Need for Speed: Carbon (2006)
Need for Speed: ProStreet (2007)
Need for Speed: Undercover (2008)*
Need for Speed: Shift (2009)
Need for Speed: Nitro (2009)
Need for Speed: World (2010)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010)
Astrix means I have that one :P Need for Speed was one of the first series to feature street racing (alongside track), in which the player competed on public roads, giving it an extreme touch. Later games had story lines featuring underground plots and illegal activity giving it a different theme from the standard race-track games.
Another feature they brought was police pursuits, in which if caught in sight by a police car or helicopter, would have to evade the police and not get caught. The player has to continue fleeing until the police couldn't find the player and a certain time had passed since the player evaded to make them give up the chase.
The way you get caught is if either you crash and can't move your car or multiple police cars box you into the side of the road so that you can no longer move. Punishments for arrest include paying huge fines (Cost to State: destroying property, speeding, disabling police cars, ramming civilian cars, etc.) or even having that car taken away.
Benchmarks- Over 100 million copies sold since its debut
- Sales have generated over 2.7 billion USD
- Launched 15 blockbuster titles across more than 14 platforms
- Released in 22 languages in over 60 countries
- Players have raced over 279 billion miles of roads & race tracks
- Generated over 17 trillion user-generated vehicle customizations
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(^This one's my fav)
Sources:
http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091021005343&newsLang=enhttp://www.needforspeed.com/All things google
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