Download of this product is subject to the PlayStation Network Terms of Service and our Software Usage Terms plus any specific additional conditions applying to this product. Known as Over Drivin' III: Hot Pursuit in Japan, and Need for Speed III: Poursuite Infernale in France. When V-Rally was released in 1997, it was developed by Infogrames Multimedia and had no connection with the Need for Speed games. PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S version of the game – No Collector’s Edition for PC, and no last-gen version at all.

Different from Need for Speed: Underground 2 as it had no free roam and the cars were very limited, it was released in 2005. It features the game in a steelbook case, a balaclava, a collector's box, three street artist paint pens, 24 hello stickers, and five vinyl stickers. Ward wouldn't confirm that all Need for Speed games in the future would be developed entirely by Criterion, but he did say the studio would have "strong involvement" in them and would have control over which NFS titles would be released in the future. Exotic cars feature high performance, expensive cars like the Lamborghini Murciélago, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, Chevrolet Corvette and the Ford GT; muscle cars refer to the Ford Mustang, Dodge Challenger and the Chevrolet Camaro; while tuner cars are cars like the Nissan Skyline and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Revealed by EA in October 2022, Need for Speed Unbound is developed by Criterion with assistance from Codemasters.Before each race, the player chooses a vehicle and has the option of selecting either an automatic or manual transmission.

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. The game is focused on "action driving" and has three playable characters (each with different sets of skills) working together to pull off action movie-like sequences, in addition having a 24-hour day-night cycle. All games in the series have some form of multiplayer mode allowing players to race one another via a split screen, a LAN or the Internet. The Run was powered by DICE's Frostbite 2 engine, making the game the first non-shooter and one of the first console titles to use the engine.Express yourself to the fullest with the freshest new art styles and signature tags that represent what you're all about. A new racing mode was also introduced, dubbed "Knockout", where the last racers to finish laps will be eliminated. A remastered version of the game, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, was released in November 2020 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Microsoft Windows.

The sequel to Need for Speed: Shift, Shift 2: Unleashed was developed by Slightly Mad Studios, and released in 2011. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. It also introduced a series of economy-based tournaments, awarding players with a cash prize that can be spent on repairing, purchasing, or upgrading cars for subsequent races. The special vehicles are civilian and police cars that are available for use in some games, such as the Ford Crown Victoria in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and garbage trucks, fire engines and taxis in Need for Speed: Carbon. Later versions of the game were solely published by Infogrames and were released under their original names.Need for Speed: Most Wanted was developed by EA Black Box, released in 2005, and was one of the first games released for the Xbox 360.