In addition, track design was more open-ended; players could now "drive" off the asphalt, and cut across fields to take advantage of shortcuts. We had some trouble processing your request We encountered a temporary issue with your payment provider. We haven’t had a physical collector’s edition for a Need for Speed title in a long time, but that changes with Unbound.

The original Need for Speed was released for 3DO in 1994 with versions released for the PC ( DOS) (1995), PlayStation and Saturn (1996) following shortly afterwards. Visual tuning of the player's car becomes important in tournament/career mode after the release of Need for Speed: Underground 2, when the appearance is rated from zero to ten points. Most of the new elements in Underground became defining marks of later installments in the Need for Speed series. Before each race, the player chooses a vehicle and has the option of selecting either an automatic or manual transmission. In February 2020, Criterion regained oversight of the franchise, [11] with its first release since then being Need for Speed Unbound.Street racing is not uncharted territory for the series, though it doesn't mean that the upcoming game is short on new features. The game contained vehicle data with spoken commentary, several "magazine-style" images of each car, and short video clips highlighting the vehicles set to music. The "Creative Subversion" Kit release of Need for Speed: Unbound is a special collector's box of unique branded merchandise.

Underground features tuner cars and has a wide variety of tuning options such as widebody kits, bumpers, spoilers, as well as performance upgrades such as engines and nitrous. Unlike the previous title, which featured a full day-night cycle, the time of day can be switched when needed between a day and night period, with each period offering different races and payouts. Race against time, outsmart the cops, and take on weekly qualifiers to reach The Grand, Lakeshore's ultimate street racing challenge.The game continued the street-racing gameplay of Black Box's previous titles, with a story based on a race across the United States from San Francisco to New York.

Express yourself to the fullest with the freshest new art styles and signature tags that represent what you're all about. EA Signs Multi-Year Agreement With X-Games Medalist and Internet Phenom Ken Block for Need for Speed". The Limited Edition gives players exclusive access to the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione and Ford Shelby GT500.The first game featured traffic on "head to head" mode, while later games traffic can be toggled on and off, and starting with Underground, traffic is a fixed obstacle. For example, in some games the cars can suffer mechanical and visual damage, while in other games the cars cannot be damaged at all; in some games, the software simulates real-car behavior (physics), while in others there are more forgiving physics. A full reboot of the franchise developed by Ghost Games, the game was released in 2015 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with a release for Microsoft Windows via Origin in 2016.

World was originally scheduled for an Asian release in the summer of 2009, but the game was not released at that time and it was released worldwide in 2010.EB Games Australia offered a bundle including the regular release of Need for Speed: Unbound and the "Creative Subversion" Kit together as an unofficial "Need for Speed: Unbound - Collector's Edition". EA and Ghost Games released Need for Speed Payback in 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. This was the first version since the start of the series not to feature an "in the driving seat" (cockpit) camera view, transitioning EA from realistic racing to arcade street racing.