

While the visible damage to the cars can be pretty intense, only spike strips seem to have any real affect on the cars. Upgrades can be earned for engines, tires, body kits, suspension kits and chassis kits. Each car has its own set of upgrades, so you’ll have to complete races with each car. Upgrades are earned by completing and winning a variety of types of events that includes heads up racing, battling the speedometer in a Speed Run and outrunning the police in an Ambush. Once you have a car in your stable, you can then start using it and earn upgrades to make it faster, tougher, and better. Just drive around the city and keep a keen eye out. No need to grind out races to earn cash and XP in order to get faster and more exotic cars. Drive it.’ is a new feature unlike anything found in other driving games. Find the Jackspot for the Aventador and it’s yours. Jackspots are spread out all across the area and any car found at one of these spots is instantly in your stable of available cars.

The Ford Focus RSR is a nifty little machine that handles well, but turn a corner and spot a Porsche Carrera or a Bentley Supersport ISR, and that Focus pales in comparison instantly. Upon your first visit into this great city, you will be bombarded with so many new car opportunities you’ll feel like James Woods: Ooh, a piece of candy. Fairhaven isn’t as diverse as Paradise, however, even though it is beautifully rendered.

One thing you won’t want to do is leave town anytime soon. You can go downtown, uptown, across town and even out of town (a little ways). There’s an industrial district with plenty of warehouses waiting to be explored.

The environments includes places like a little league baseball field and a beautiful (and fun to drive through and destroy) park. That’s a good thing because vehicular homicides would be waaaaay up if they were out walking around. All pedestrians have left the city apparently, or are smart enough to stay indoors. The city is well detailed and looks amazing even at 200+ MPH. Sidewalks can be just as useful as roads, and light posts, phone booths and bus stop benches hold little resistance. It’s a city you’ll want to get to know well. Your open world takes place in and around the great city of Fairhaven, where the streets are paved with asphalt, bricks, cobblestones, wood, and sometimes aren’t paved at all. Need for Speed: Most Wanted took an incredibly polished idea that was Burnout Paradise and added more bells and whistles than you could shake a gear stick at. Most Wanted definitely falls under the arcade umbrella but don’t think of it as a Need for Speed sequel to anything.
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There’s the Shift series for hardcore sim enthusiasts and then there’s the more arcade releases like The Run and Hot Pursuit. Need for Speed Games fall into one of two general categories. Their open world style of game play in Burnout Paradise hasn’t been replicated successfully since its release, but that’s about to change. Welcome to a world of racing brought to you by EA and Criterion Games.
