Need For Speed (NFS) is a series of racing video games developed by Canadian based company EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. The series was originally developed by the Canadian based company Distinctive Software, which became known as EA Canada. The series debuted with The Need for Speed in North America, Japan, and Europe in 1994. Initially, the series was exclusive to the fifth generation consoles and was featured in all of the seventh generation video game consoles by 2008. The games consist mainly of racing with various cars on various tracks, and to some extent, include police pursuits in races. In Japan, the series was released as Over Drivin. After the release of Need for Speed: High Stakes, it adopted the western name. Since Need for Speed: Underground, the series has integrated car body customization into gameplay. Currently, there are four games under n the series.[1]
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The Need for Speed and its sequels are racing games, all of which employ the same fundamental rules and have similar mechanics. In each game, the player controls a race car in a variety of races, the goal being to win the race. In the tournament/career mode, the player must win a series of races in order to unlock vehicles, tracks, etc. Before playing each race, the player chooses a vehicle to race in and has the option of choosing the transmission of the vehicle, which includes automatic and manual transmission. All games in the series have some form of multiplayer mode allowing players to race one another via split screen, LAN or the internet.
Although the games share the same name, the tone and focus of the games has varied significantly, in one form or another. For example, in some games the cars can suffer mechanical and visual damage, while in other games the cars cannot be damaged at all, some games have physics—that is, the way the software simulates a real car behavior—that are reminiscent of a real car, while others game have forgiving physics (i.e. going through some curves at top speed).
With the release of Need for Speed: Underground, the series shifted focus from the racing of exotic sports cars on scenic point-to-point tracks, evocative of open road racing to import/tuner subculture, and street racing in an urban setting. To-date, this theme has remained prevalent in all following games.
[edit] Need for Speed: Undercover (2008)
Main article: Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Undercover is the latest game in the Need for Speed franchise, released on November 18, 2008. The game had a significantly longer development cycle than previous games, taking 16 months to develop.[16]
EA Games president Frank Gibeau stated that due to the fact that the sales of ProStreet didn't live up to EA's hopes for the game, the franchise will go back to its "roots" with a number of features, including open-world racing and a new highway battle mode. The game was met with average responses, mostly in the 65% to 70% range, but the responses were higher than ProStreet (one response was higher than 70%, three of them were below a 65%). Most gamers think of it as a concotion between Need For Speed Most Wanted for the Alias system and Need For Speed Carbon for the crazy cop pursits , the autosculpt customization and the safe house. [17]
The Collector's Edition for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (maybe will come also to PC in official way/unofficial hack) adds another 5 new cars, plus twelve new circuit, sprint and checkpoint track configurations. Also included are specially tuned versions of ten existing cars which are available in quick race & online modes, plus 35 exclusive vinyls for adding a unique visual style to any of your cars. It is available via download.
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iwillwait 1 year ago 7
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GamesAThome 1 year ago
parabéns pelo video!
BMSIDANDCRAZYAUNT 1 year ago
@BMSIDANDCRAZYAUNT ta um LIXO , mas vlw!
GamesAThome 1 year ago
ei cara agora que percebi que vc é Brasileiro, ai cara vou comprar um jogo novo pro wii e tou pensando em comparar esse eu acho, aliás esse jogo é bom? Tem um bom gráfico também? Só por saber, sei que o gráfico não faz o jogo, a Jogabilidade sim
Billy1RBstudios 1 year ago
@Billy1RBstudios não ele não é bom não compra , aconselho vc comprar o Super Smash brawl,
GamesAThome 1 year ago