Need for Speed \u200b\u200bwhich parts. Need for Speed \u200b\u200bSeries Games. A small visor on video about this icing game
Hi, my dear readers! Still in the dashing 90th phrase "Need for Speed" became synonymous with the word "". And although the gamers can play any other games, but for the time being to surpass the popularity of this one (or at least repeat), no one succeeded. Is it so difficult? Maybe the answer to this question, we will get if we analyze all parts and find out what kind of need for speed is the best?
Rating of such a plan, polls and tops on the Internet you can find countless, and, mostly, the opinions of different people catastrophically coincides with mine. Analyzing information on the Internet, I saw that in one chart some guy put a part of 2013 to first place, Rival.
That is what it became a reason so that I shared with you my own opinion and wrote a post about my Gamers.
What Need for Speed \u200b\u200bis the best - ranking parts
For some reason, I doubt that someone from the readers of this article played in part 1994. But it was then that the first series of world races was released. And the very first game influenced future parts, because the company struck all with its realization, and a schedule, which for those years was just a breathtaking. Just think that the game began to be released in the past century, and she to this day will fly around the world billionalar circulations as soon as the company produces a new part.
Oddly enough, the last step of my rating occupies precisely rival, the game was released 3 years ago. This issue has become popular thanks to the ability to play over the network, in addition, the player could choose who he wants to become: a rider or police officer. Since the creators of the game are fully loaded by technical issues, they lacked fantasies to call somehow cities.
Games with friends on the grid and constantly rivalry, real picture and constant changeable weather. Only thanks to the network strategy, this part has paid off, but the automotive tuning could be better ...
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Moving on, at the rate of us - SHIFT
This game, by and large does not have a storyline, but it has become quite popular and found her player. Well, yes, after all, not everyone gets at the computer to see the exciting story, someone just wants to compete on sports cars with other gamers, hearing the sound of the engine, albeit virtual, namely, it provides NFS Shift.
The developers immediately noted that they would pay more time to the cars themselves rather than something else.
Do not judge me strictly, but I will not add the Run to my list, as it was created for the third generation Sony Playstation, and, according to many gamers, turned out to be failed. The creators made an emphasis on excellent graphics, but even despite this, a terrible tuning and a flawed history "interrupted" a high-quality picture.
Then in my ranking there is a part called Prostreet
The accents were displaced from races on the streets, to more professional racing routes. Now the car could be born in the rattles and this, to the joy of competitors, a few times reduced her running quality. Police disappeared, and together with them and free ride all over the world.
In the setting, such a fashionable word appeared as "Traction control" and "ABS" - far from all gamers guess that they can be turned off, as a result, all complained of disgusting control.
In addition, for different types of racing it is necessary to use different types of machines. All this creates a cutoff effect from the world - the fans of the racing simulator COLIN MCRAE Rally could play this part, but the fans of NFS were in bewilderment, which happened to their beloved game. It can be called the most unsuccessful part, but it is not successful - it is unusual, incomprehensible places, with its advantage and a minus.
The Run.
The company's developers are not against experiments, and in this part the players again saw a lot of updates. The NFS already has a storyline.
Of course, she was before, but was not so bright. The main character is drawn into the mafia disassembly and now to part with the enemies in good relationships, the guy needs to win the race, where 500 people take part and give the mafia won money. And for the first time in the game, this character realized that the car could be left and just walk down the street. Not simultaneously with the arrival, of course (this is still not GTA).
All races are part of one big show. Since the hero will travel through the whole country, the diverse exciting attractions are attached: mountains, rivers and megalopolises and villages, the night replaces the day, here the gamers will see the races - for every taste.
Therefore, the main advantage of this part, except for the development of the storyline, is the graphics - it is worthy. To minus - despite a variety of attractions and a beautiful picture, races with time become the same type and quickly bored. Maybe this was the cause of such ambiguous responses.
In the rating of the parts of the NFS, I could not not add "Undercaster"
Gaming critics were very strict: Game, exactly a year ago, wrote a lot of positive feedback of the Prostreet series, but this time put another part of only 5 balls, accusing the creators in every death sin. The same opinion was the other colleagues in the workshop, the authoritative edition of Playground, wrote that undercover worst of all previously represented parts.
But, of course, the opinion of all experienced critics is not compared with the point of view of gamers, who wrote only positive feedback Anderweid. What is the reason for such disagreements? And what kind of opinion is worth believing?
Let's start with the fact that I looked like the most: the fleet of the creators took from the contrary (new cars so little that you can list them on the fingers of one hand), and the physics, the soon enough, for 12 months has not changed. The police picked up from the Web bridge, the pursuit of the cops became easier. Like the whole game: races have become relatively lighter, especially when you go to the first half of the game.
In general, there is a certain inadequacy in the game - as if the creators wanted to make the second part of the Wound Bridge, but a great idea was ruined bad implementation and advertising. Despite this, the game found its admirers - it is recommended to beginners who only discovered the world of racing. But those who have already played in NFS, it will seem boring.
The best NFS for tuning is certainly underground!
This series gave the start for the new era.
While the films "Forsazh" became popular, and the output of this part of NFS got to the very point. Racing at night, expensive cars and unique tuning are successfully combined in this game. Of course, there is a place for oldfalls, which immediately commented that "EA already produces not those games."
But if you figure it out, this part has become successful fully deservedly. Trails The creators thought out to the smallest detail: many different areas were endowed with their own atmosphere and successfully combined on a general background of the game.
Something similar can be traced with the proposed game modes: the classical race was diluously diluted with drift and drag track, thanks to this, the underground could not bother. Well, well-known and popular tuning allowed everyone who considered themselves Street, sorry for the word, Reiser, boot, how much soul will wish stickers, lamps, spoilers and other unchanged attributes on the car.
Yes, there are no talk about reality - there are no cops in the game, and physics clearly nominated for the boundaries of reality. But instead of steep and expensive cars, players could drive on no such elite, but cool cars, which were often met on the streets of cities. This part gave a feeling of mad speed for a whole generation, and rightfully became the best racing arcade of those times.
Further, in my ranking, the second part of the acclaimed underground
What new can you come up with less than 12 months? For all the laws of the game business, after the success of the previous part, to create something original for the year is simply unrealistic. And on the same laws, the second part was to be a game for quick money: added new routes, new vinyls and spoilers, a few cars and sent to the shops. But this is completely wrong - I make a choice between stable income and an adventurous solution for an absolutely updated game, EA risked and added an unreal number of new ideas and solutions to the sequel.
The main revelation of this part is an open world in which you can easily move around in the break between races, in parallel to visiting new stores with useful goods to improve the car. In addition, the creators added new modes for racing, now you can contact sponsorship support. A set of loose cars increased several times - at the same time, many cars, like a jeep, did not greatly help win in races, but bought just to ride with the breeze.
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The history of the Need For Speed \u200b\u200bseries stretched for twenty years, for which the franchise passed the way from extreme to subordinate patchwork rules along the track. This is a classic.
There are not so many episodes in the world that rebooted as many as three times and at the same time preserved a huge number of faithful fans. Need for Speed \u200b\u200bdeveloped and changed so as to respond to modern trend. In the distance in 1994, she debuted in the form of a street race and, having an excellent set of distinctive features, immediately occupied the podium of honor in the genre.
In collaboration with various franchise developers, he presented the world of 20 official games of the main series, becoming one of the largest in history. Some of these games have become hits, from others it carries, as if from burned rubber, and the debate about what is considered the best, they still do not subscribe. We decided and we go through all the releases of Need for Speed \u200b\u200band make your own rating.
Of course, there will be fans that our choice will disappoint, since the list is large, and each of their favorites. However, what prevents you from telling about them in the comments?
1. Need for Speed: MOST WANTED (2005)
Our favorite Need for Speed \u200b\u200bis the Most Wanted 2005 bottling. Without a doubt, this classic is not only a magnificent racing game, but also a chic game at all. The original Most Wanted returned the chase in the franchise, showing exactly how they should look like not everyone can do it even now.
But what really elevates this part of the series over the rest is its complexity. In the course of the game, the pursuit is becoming insane, the police cars begin to pursue the player all aggressively, and the obstacles in the form, SUVs and blockads on the roads and are at all seeking the unfortunate driver. And all this serves as an ornament for a fascinating plot, in which the player is moving above on the "black list", overcoming the hordes of the cops and leaving the greatest verses in the history of the video game.
Most Wanted can boast an excellent collection of cars, interactive and well-worked, which in the aggregate presented us with the best game in the entire Franchise Need for Speed.
2. Need for Speed: UNDERGROUND 2 (2004)
One of the most hotly discussed issues of Need for Speed \u200b\u200band a very strong challenger to win. Underground 2 made a huge step forward, for the first time, inviting the players a map of the open world where to participate in the event you first needed to get to it. Almost unlimited possibilities for tuning cars, a continuous storyline, interesting side tasks and seriously improved graphics are the main advantages of underground 2. And this is not counting the gift in the form of a chance to charge an SUV!
The first place the game did not take only because, in the presence of an incredibly criminal setting, it is not possible to play for a policeman. Although there are plenty of other types of competitions.
The game is absent in digital services for PC
3. NEED FOR SPEED: Hot Pursuit (2010)
Need For Speed \u200b\u200bcloses the first triple: Hot Pursuit, who made the form of one of the games previously. It has careers as a rider and a policeman. This game was engaged in the studio Criterion, the creators of Burnout Paradise, from which Hot Pursuit only won. The game was highly appreciated for her inexhaustible reserve of fun and epic moments, which raised her to the Pantheon franchise and made it possible to achieve great success.
4. Need for Speed: UNDERGROUND (2003)
I am confident that not all the fans of the series will agree with me, but the fourth place in full right is the Need for Speed: Underground. The game that brought the franchise to the new level and laid the beginning of an incredibly popular tuning culture. It was in it for the first time in Need for Speed \u200b\u200ba plot and a garage appeared, which allowed the player to fully configure the appearance and inside of the Iron horse. The "" mode in which the players earned points for as long as possible controlled skid, also first appeared in underground. The first reboot of the series came out at EA very successful, and it was from this part that a series of games that determined the face of the franchise began.
The game is absent in digital services for PC
5. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)
6. Need for Speed: SHIFT 2 - Unleashed (2011)
The fifth place returns us to the ring races in, perhaps, the best track part of the entire franchise - Need for Speed: SHIFT 2 - Unleashed. It was not so many innovations in it, but the game worked hard on himself, proving that it was not necessary to be more than his predecessor, the main thing is to become better.
Management in SHIFT 2 has become more realistic, added view from the inside of the cab, including the sophisticated chamber. The latter, by the way, was chic and very popular features - the driver's head was swayed in accordance with the car, and the tunnel vision was increasing with increasing speed.
SHIFT 2 seriously differed from the rest of the series and became a serious rival to other more famous and beautifully looked.
7. Need for Speed: HOT PURSUIT 2 (2002)
The sixth place is taken by Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, the last game of the first era of the series, after which EA hit tuning. In 2002, she received an Award Interactive Achievement Awards "Racing Game of the Year for Consoles", and all thanks to the improved "Copp Cups" regime. Police in Hot Pursuit 2 significantly increased, even helicopters appeared! For the first time, the rock music under the EA Trax label appeared.
The only drawback of the game was that I perfectly worked only on, the versions on the rest of the consoles were noticeably inferior to her, because of which Hot Pursuit 2 remains only in the sixth place.
The game is absent in digital services for PC
8. Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed (2000)
Then, in 2000, the EA decided to deviate from his usual course, Javil to the world Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed. Since the game was aimed at Porsche lovers, there were cars only in this brand, however, represented by a wide model near the 50s of the twentieth century to the end of the century. Porsche Unleashed was distinguished by incredible detail, allowing to look into the legendary German sports cars right while driving. It was possible to even try on the role of a test driver and perform various tasks in the hope of concluding a contract with Porsche Company.
However, it is because of the decision to stop the choice on the only car manufacturer, the game earns so few points in our ranking.
The game is absent in digital services for PC
9. Need for Speed: Prostreet (2007)
For the first time in a long time, Prostreet returns players back to the track, refusing successful for EA format. At the same time, realistic damage appears in the game, which affects the style of driving, and the ability to ride according to really existing racing tracks. However, devoid of the voltage of police verses and the open world, Prostreet lost and all the fan who differed its predecessors. Along with this, the game suffered from unsuccessfully embodied "realism" and, compared with the commodities, was distinguished by much lower quality.
The game is absent in digital services for PC
10. Need for Speed: The Run (2011)
Go to the next part, the Run dark horse. That it was good in her, so it is her unlike the rest of the series. Singing a mixture of Shift and Hot Pursuit with a very rigid plot. In the role of Jackson "Jack", the Rusk, the player had to compete in street racing across America, from San Francisco to, lavaling between and kopami. Coloring setting and many different conditions for racing, what else do you need? The Run transferred the race from the category of entertainment to the need for the sake of.
However, this part of NFS suffered from the lack of refeplening and was very short. Many hoped for a larger amount of content, given the "Pan American" geography of the game.
11. NEED FOR SPEED HEAT (2019)
Another release of the series, with which EA tried to return it to the top. Transfer players to the resort town of Palm City, where they have to fight for the glory of the rider, participating in day and night races: the first will pass legally, the second - no, so without police officers will not cost. In addition, the game can boast a bright picture, worked by a multiplayer, comfortable control and a complete absence.
12. Need for Speed \u200b\u200b(2015)
Further on the list is another, the last, reboot of the franchise called Need for Speed. In his 2015, the game was able to please the owners of new consoles a stunning visual, realistic management and ton of new content. The load was tight binding to online, requiring a permanent connection to the Internet.
And again turns the weak plot, and online features do not receive proper development. Yes, in the campaign you can challenge the avatars of real famous riders, but the disappointing level of AI reduces the whole charm of this opportunity.
13. Need for Speed: SHIFT (2009)
After the MMO with an open world (WORLD) and arcade patchworks (Nitro), the second reboot of the series was detected by the third game, Need for Speed \u200b\u200btrack simulator: SHIFT. This time, the EA decided to choose his goal of driving lovers by adding more than sixty supercars to the track shift with the possibility of their complete tuning. Despite the fact that the game left street races, it could be used in some dirty techniques, such as eliminating their rivals right in the middle of the competition. And it was beautiful. Unfortunately for Shift and Franchise Need for Speed, she ran into two other simulators, Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo, which looked back.
14. NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON (2006)
Need for Speed: Carbon - The first game of the series, published on the PlayStation 3 and Wii in 2006 and continuing the plot of Most Wanted. Carbon was a pretty courageous project that decided to seriously change. Getting rid of Drag racing, the developers offered players to try the forces in the "Canyon", mode, like a cat-mouse, where the pursuer should have been kept as close as possible to the leader.
Carbon introduced in a franchise and command conversions, in which you could recruit the partners and increase their characteristics. Intelligence of partners at that time was quite good; It was possible to even give orders so that they help win the competition. Possessed Need for Speed: Carbon and some disadvantages, like a lack of "attention" of the police and, in fact, a small duration of the game itself.
The game is absent in digital services for PC
15. Need for Speed \u200b\u200bII (1997)
The first game, surpassed the "high standards" of the original, became Need for Speed \u200b\u200bII, its direct continuation. Released on a smaller number of platforms (actually, only PC and PlayStation), the second part of the franchise took all the best of his predecessor and did it even better. It was in Need for Speed \u200b\u200bII for the first time a mode of the race "For disposal" appeared, in which the last Circle pilot left the contest. Of the shortcomings of the second part, it is possible to note, perhaps lower complexity and care from the original realism. What, however, did not prevent her to earn a huge success.
The game is absent in digital services for PC
16. NEED FOR SPEED: HIGH STAKES (1999)
As the basis of High Stakes, High Stakes took her predecessor, Hot Pursuit adding races to her, in which rivals, tournaments and chase cars were standing on Konou. If you were lucky to play it on the first PlayStation, then you must remember the very mode of High Stakes for two players, in which the car was immediately erased from the memory of the loser, on which he participated in the race. Surely it was the reason for the set quarrel between friends. An excellent idea, only one one is not enough for the game to deserve any kind of decent place in the ranking.
The game is absent in digital services for PC
17. NEED FOR SPEED: WORLD (2010)
On the 16th place was the fifteenth of the series, Need for Speed: World. It was an exclusive for PC created in the Most Wanted and Carbon style with MMO elements.
As it becomes clear from the name, in the world there was a big highway map connecting Palmont and Rokport from all the same Carbon and Most Wanted, playing the role of the open world. More than a hundred licensed cars, "Cland Search" mode and a new tuning system built on reputation and skills glasses - this is what free world offered to your players.
The reason why she takes such a low place in our list, lies in that the EA ceased support for the game, stating that she "no longer responds to high standards established by the Need for Speed \u200b\u200bfranchise."
The game is absent in digital services for PC
18. THE NEED FOR SPEED (1994)
Original Need for Speed, with which everything started. A classic arcade game from which all subsequent releases of the franchise drew inspiration. And each of them contained something from the very first - ring races without time limit, racing from point to point and various chase with police participation. Need for Speed, perhaps, was the best racing game of his time, and is so low in our ranking only because its followers managed to seriously exceed the plank high in 1994.
Lovely news for 3Do owners - If you still have this console, you can play Need for Speed \u200b\u200bon it!
The game is absent in digital services for PC
19. NEED FOR SPEED PAYBACK (2017)
The reason for which PayBack is so low in the ranking is an extremely uncomfortable system of the upgrade Auto, which turned the gameplay to infinite grind. By participating and defeating the races, you earn loans and cards, symbolizing some car spare part. They increase the overall level of the car, and to pump it to the maximum, you will have to take a lot of tracks along the already traveled tracks.
Of course, there is in the game and good moments: a large open world, beautiful cars, a detailed tuning system, individual missions of the plot campaign ... But merciless grind (which can be avoided by microtransactions) does not negotiate everything.
20. Need for Speed: UNDERCOVER (2008)
For a nineteenth place, NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER SPEED. And she came out exactly at the time when she was needed most: after the financial failure she was covered, Prostreet. The latter circumstance led to the fact that the UNDERCOVER developers worked much longer than above the previous releases of the series.
Franchise returned to his "roots", that is, to all those elements of Need for Speed, about which you remember first of all: street racing, police chase, the opportunity to visit Kopa's skins, the plot, the open world and, of course, a bunch of barbell! And again the game led the plot, the fans of the series, and critics, and critics.
21. Need for Speed \u200b\u200bIII: Hot Pursuit (1998)
In the first coming franchise, Hot Pursuit player first got the opportunity to be both a criminal and a cop. Each new game series was distinguished by new ideas, so in the original Hot Pursuit there appeared a split screen, along with a significant improvement in the graphics, which in the first part was impressive for his time.
Unfortunately for the game, the pictures were not enough to compensate for the mediocre gameplay and lack of an open world, which was so loved by fans.
The game is absent in digital services for PC
22. Need for Speed: Nitro (2009)
The latter in our ranking was the game published only on one platform - Need for Speed: Nitro. Nintendo in hand, she tried to become exclusively a fan, spitting for realism for the sake of more fun "race" than the restricted set of trails and poor, compared to other parts of the series, set of cars.
21 years ... It is difficult to believe that the series of computer games can be so many years! But it is so much that the Need for Speed \u200b\u200bis produced, at which there are no less than three generations of young riders. Today briefly refreshing all Saga in memory.
A person responsible for such a massive propaganda of cars is called Benjamin Dickencon, and the company that helps him in this is called Electronic Arts (EA). It is these guys to blame for creating and developing a line of computer racing, known as the "thirst for speed" or "Need for Speed". Since 1994, the game is produced on all possible computerized platforms, from the old MS-DOS to the most modern iOS, Android and Xbox One. Now everything is in order.
THE NEED FOR SPEED
Platforms: 3Do, Dos, Play Station, Sega Saturn, Windows.
Cars: Lamborghini Diablo VT, Ferrari 512 TR, Dodge Viper RT / 10, Chevrolet Corvette Zr-1, Porsche 911 Carrera (993), Toyota Supra, Honda NSX and Mazda RX-7.
The main task of the developers was the creation of realistic physics and a car handling model. Together with the famous American car publishing Road & Track, the Canadian division of EA managed to achieve the necessary results. The behavior of the car in the game and on the track was compared with journalists and magazine staff, which noted that even the gear shift sound is very realistic.
The exact data on the characteristics of the car, accompanied by oral comments recorded in Road & Track, were added to the game. Also in the game there are photos of exterior and salon and short video about the car. The main technical data indicated in the description: overclocking time up to 100 km / h, maximum speed, handling and braking.
The game included several racing modes. Time Time (Time Trial), where the player was supposed to overcome the entire track on his own, and his only opponent was only a timer. One-on-one race, where the player could compete either with a computer, or with another player, in this mode also attended the chase element when the police chased in two riders. Single race (Single Race), and then the driver had to drive the track faster than eight computer opponents. Tournament mode (Tournament), where all the above regimes alternated on different tracks, for the passage of which the player received glasses.
As I have already noted, the developers tried to recreate complete authenticity, and it concerned not only the physical engine of the game. All data on the car, including its cost, was absolutely real.
Need for Speed \u200b\u200bII
Cars: McLaren F1, Ferrari F50, Jaguar XJ220, Ford GT90, Lotus Elise GT1, Lotus Esprit V8, Italdesign Cala, Isdera Commebdatore 112i, Ford Indigo.
In the continuation of the series of the game, they tried to support this tradition. The second part also included information about cars, and a number of new cars and a new race mode were the distinguishing features of the second part of the second part of the second part of the race (knockout). Several cars competed on the annular track, and at each round one car was dropped out, which traveled the larger than the rest. But from the gameplay was removed the race mode with the police.
The game acquired the original soundtrack, and each trail was accompanied by his musical theme. Oddly enough, but for most critics and fans of NFS II became disappointment. Even despite all the changes made, the graphic engine remained almost the same as in the first part. And if three years ago the visualization seemed excellent, then in 1997 the requirements of the public increased markedly.
NEED FOR SPEED: Hot Pursuit
Platforms: Windows, PlayStation.
Cars: Aston Martin DB7, Chevrolet Corvette, Ferrari 355 F1 Spider, Ferrari 550 Maranello, Italdesign Nazca, Italdesign SCIGHERA, Jaguar XK8, Lamborghini Countach, Lamborghini Diablo SV, Mercedes-Benz SL600.
The third part of the franchise returned to the players the opportunity to chase the police, and also gave the opportunity to manage a police car and catch a straw. This game has become the rehabilitation of the company. Excellent graphics, change of day and night, as well as weather conditions caused the desired excitement.
NEED FOR SPEED: HIGH STAKES
Platforms: Windows, PlayStation.
Cars: Aston Martin DB7, BMW Z3, \u200b\u200bBMW M5, Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet Corvette C5, Ferrari 550 Maranello, Ferrari F50, Ford Falcon XR8, HSV VT GTS, HSV SV99, Jaguar XKR, Lamborghini Diablo SV, McLaren F1 GTR, Mercedes- Benz CLK GTR, Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 Nissan Skyline R34 V.Spec, Pontiac Firebird, Porsche 911 Turbo.
The fourth part added another game mode when the winner received the car of the loser. The economic part was added to the game: it was possible and it was necessary to make money to buy various "improvements" to the car. However, NFS has not achieved special success. High Stakes released overly early, everyone played at Hot Pursuit, and when they played, the fifth one appeared.
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Platforms: Windows, PlayStation, Game Boy Advanced.
Cars: Porsche 1950-2000.
An interesting move was the fifth of the series, which was dedicated exclusively to cars of the Porsche brand. In the game world, riders seemed to be able to drive almost any car from the model range of the German brand. The oldest sample was the Porsche 356 1100 Cabriolet 1950 of the release, the newest models in the time of the model - Porsche 911 Turbo (996) and Porsche Boxter s sample 2000.
For the development of the sequel, the new separation of EA BLACK BOX took. Their first game has become essentially continuing the third part. It turned on completely gameplay of all previous games, and in the regimes of the race with the police, the helicopter was also connected to the pursuit.
Need for Speed: Underground
Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, GBA.
Cars: Acura Integra Type R, Acura RSX, Dodge Neon MK1, Ford Focus ZX3, Honda Civic Si Coupe, Honda S2000, Hyundai Tiburon GT RS Coupe, Mazda MIATA MX-5 NB, Mazda RX-7, Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX, Mitsubishi Lancer ES, Nissan 240SX, Nissan 350Z, Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec-V, Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34), Peugeot 206 S16, Subaru Impreza, Toyota Celica GT-S, Toyota Supra, Volkswagen Golf GTI (Mark IV) 1.8T.
The most iconic game of the series became, perhaps, the seventh sequel. A steep turn of the plot of the game led players delight. Now all the races left the semi-professional races to absolutely illegal street "street races". The whole game narrated about the fate of the street rider Ryan Cooper, who arrived in a new city and competing with a local gang of street racers, and the main task of the hero was victory over their leader and getting the title of the most steep rider in the city.
Picking up the wave recently released the Furious and Double Fast Purple, Underground in less than a year earned a circulation of 7 million copies. The main advantage of the game was the possibility of total tuning of the car, which was not only in the upgrade of the engine, transmission and chassis, but also in full "customization" of the appearance. The choice of player is given a huge number of intensity, alloy discs, and paints, as well as stickers with the names of real brands. By the way, all the discs, bumpers and antiques were accurate copies of real spare parts. NFS: Underground conducted a revolution in the series.
In many ways, thanks to this game, it became great popularity, originated in Japan in the 80s. Until the United States, this sport was reached only in 1996, but only after the release of NFS: Underground drift was really popular. What is noteworthy, the output of the game coincided with the year of leaving the professional sports of the hedgeon drift of Katie Tsuchia.
Continued Need for Speed: Underground
The next three series of the series was devoted to tuning serial cars and street racing (Need for Speed: underground 2 (2004), Most Wanted (2005), Carbon (2006)). By the way, Carbon became the first game to which the age rating was added 12+.
Need for Speed: Pro Street
Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PSP.
Cars: Acura, Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Bugatti, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Honda, Infiniti, Koenigsegg, Lamborghini, Lancia, Lexus, Lotus, Mazda, McLaren, Mercedes-Bnez, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Pagani, Plymouth , Pontiac, Porsche, SEAT, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen.
The eleventh autosimulator returns players to professional motor racing, and all races pass on closed racing routes. The game implements a new engine with a damage calculator. Each accident causes breakdowns, because of which the car begins to go slower, and when damage becomes critical, completely fails. In addition, all damage is quite efficiently visualized, and traces of all accidents are clearly visible on the body. Total in the game is recreated 78 cars.
Need for Speed: Undercover
Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PSP, iPhone, Windows Phone, WebOS, J2ME.
Cars: Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Bugatti, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Lamborghini, Lotus, Mazda, McLaren, Mercedes-Bnez, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Pagani, Pontiac, Plymouth, Porsche, Volkswagen.
The eleventh game did not meet the hopes of EA, and in the next players return to street racing and police pursuit. The game is clearly trying to collect the interest of the public at the expense of the popular Chronicle "Fast and Furious", because in the plot we have to play for a police officer who is being introduced under the cover in a gang of street liberties (like the character of Paul Walker - Brian O'Konar, a policeman under cover,. The game failed again , and the Black Box compartment, so successfully started with NFS: Hot Pursuit 2, was disbanded.
Need for Speed: Shift
Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSP, IOS, Symbian, Android.
Cars: Acura, Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Bugatti, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Dodge, Ford, Gumpert, Honda, Infiniti, Koenigsegg, Lamborghini, Lexus, Lotus, Maserati, Mazda, McLaren, Mercedes-Bnez, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Pagani, Porsche, Renault, SEAT, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen.
For the development of the thirteenth series, the subsidiary of EA - Slightly Mad Studios took. The direction of the subject has changed again, SHIFT returns a player on sports tracks, into the world of ring races. The number of cars in the game is growing, and now users already have 94 vehicles. Developers make a bet on the realism of the manageability and behavior of the car. The player can carry out a fine tuning of the car, controlling not only the engine power, but also choose different types of rubber, brakes, aerodynamic elements, and at the same time tune the gearbox for each individual race.
The game does not have a plot line, and all the attention is riveted only to the races. All races also take place on closed tracks. By the way, among the 19 trails provided, there are really existing ones, such as British Silverstone, the German North Loop of Nürburgring and other well-known people from the world's tracks, Europe and Japan.
Need for Speed: Nitro
Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii.
Cars: Audi R8, Audi TT RS, Ford GT, Lamborghini Gallardo, Lamborghini Reventon, Pagani Zonda R, Porsche Cayenne Turbo S, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Porsche Cayman S, Chevrolet Corvette, Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger, Ford Mustang, Nissan GT-R, Nissan 370z, Nissan Skyline GT-R R34, Nissan Cube, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, Subaru Impreza WRX Sti, Toyota Corolla, Tesla Roadster, Ford Adrenalin, GMC Hummer H2, Renault 4L 1980, Volkswagen Beetle, Volkswagen Type 2 .
Nitro was designed specifically for the Nintendo platforms, and they were engaged separately from the entire cycle. The development of the game was charged by the Canadian division of EA MONTREAL. The plot did not shine with some new ideas, and the essence was again reduced to street racing. The player is again invited to defeat in street races and hide from the police. There is practically no main storyline, and all the essence of the game comes down to the set of glasses. In general, the game is designed for a specific audience, and the developer does not hide it.
NEED FOR SPEED: WORLD
Platforms: Windows.
Cars: Audi, Bmw, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Koenigsegg, Lamborghini, Lexus, Lotus, Mazda, Mercedes-Bnez, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Plymouth, Pontiac, Porsche, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen.
After the release of the game under Nintendo EA decided to release a multiplayer game for Windows. The action takes place on the territory of the cities of Most Wanted and Carbon already well known in the previous games, and the routes from NFW Underground, Underground 2 and Undercover were added. The game is implemented free of charge, but for real money you can buy an in-game currency needed for tuning your car.
What's next?
In the future, several more autosimulants appeared to the world, which are the continuation of previously released games. In 2010, NFS: Hot Pursuit 2010, in 2011 - NFS: SHIFT 2 Unleashed, in 2012 - NFS: MOST WANTED 2. All these games are not a good success or any innovative ideas. The exception was only Need for Speed: The Run, released in 2011, in which the player could get out of the car and walk.
Jubilee, the 20th game series came out on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platform in 2013. It contains all elements of previous computer racing. And this year we will find the release of the 21st Sicvel - Need for Speed: No Limits. The new game will be an application for iOS and Android. In this mobile application, EA moved from the basic principle of complete authenticity of physics, but returned the plot to the most popular view of the races - illegal street races.
Looking at the 21-year-old history of the game, you can safely declare that this is the most popular autoimulator in the world. More than 1,000 cars passed through the hands of the developers and delighted us on fictional urban tracks, mountain serpentines and real racing tracks. This series has made a huge contribution to the development of automotive culture of the whole world, putting the love of machines to people from childhood.
Need for Speed \u200b\u200bRacing Series is a real legend in his genre. The first part of the races was published in 1994, when no one could suspect that the Electronic Arts would define the tendencies in the world of computer racing for a long time. On the account of the series 23 parts on different platforms, with completely different concepts and themes. Among them, there are both very successful and the best parts of Need for Speed \u200b\u200band frankly failed games. All races can be divided into several time intervals and allocate the most successful and significant for the players and industry among them. Consider each NFS era more detailed.
Issue 1994 to 2002
Many gamers still believe that all the best parts of Need for Speed \u200b\u200bwere released in the first generation of games. In 1994, the light saw the first part on 3Do, and in a year she got to personal computers. The player was provided with access to all transport and tracks at the very beginning of the game. A description of each car has a separate video and text with characteristics. NFS has become one of the first games in which the developers tried to copy the real physical model of cars. This part cannot be called the best, but it can be easily attributed to the most significant, since it is from NFS 1 that the era of "thirst for speed" began.
The second part of
In 1997, Need For Speed \u200b\u200bwas released 2. Each aspect was swirling in it, ranging from the graphic component and ending with a fleet. The creators added new modes, the design of the tracks, variation and much more. One of the main chips is that only in the second part there was the opportunity to ride on exclusive supercars of that time.
Hot Pursuit.
1998 and release, on the opinion of the majority, the best part - Need for Speed \u200b\u200b3 Hot Pursuit. Based on the name, the pursuit of the pursuit with policemen was added to this race, and therefore the dynamics and variety of project were rose at times. Due to strong progress in the chart and 3D technologies in the third number part of the series, developers managed to achieve excellent pictures, change weather, time of day and so on. The game simply hit the imagination, so still remains the best part of Need for Speed \u200b\u200bnot only during the period of release, but today. The love of millions of fans can say that Hot Pursuit is a real legend and can make it nostalging many gamers even in 2017.
High Stakes.
In 1999, High Stakes came out, which improved and modified all the ideas presented in the previous race. The main innovation was the High Stakes mode, where the riders fought for their own cars. This moment was added azart and interest in what is happening. Now for victories in the championships you get a cash reward and you can install up the upgrade. To the joy of gamers with personal computers, the creators added absolutely all the routes from the favorite Hot Pursuit. High Stakes game did not become legendary, but she received her audience and fans, so it can be considered a good and successful part.
Porsche Unleashed.
The next game of 2000 is somewhat knocking out of the total range of the series. Porsche Unleashed was completely devoted to Porsche products. The whole game was built on love for cars in this brand. It was traced in everything - a description of sports cars, testing, levels of levels and tasks. The game appreciated not only the porsche fans, but also the other gamers. Porsche Unleashed can be considered the best last part of Need for Speed \u200b\u200bof that generation.
The game fascinates with its landscapes and requires the racer to love and respected his car. Before you start career, you had to take tests, and the unlocking of the transport took place on the epochs, which added interest in the process.
Hot Pursuit 2.
After a successful experiment, the Electronic Arts returns to the origins and its previous ideas. Hot Pursuit 2 was the first game for the new EA Black Box Studio, which will later release the best parts of the game Need for Speed.
The game continues to develop the concept of the faith of the number part. Racing are now divided into two championships - ordinary competitions and chase with the police. If the first mode was rather boring, then the races with the cops could entertain and challenge any gamer. It is for this that fans have fallen in love with this game. Also Hot Pursuit 2 became the first game in the series, where the entire soundtrack is represented by licensed tracks of different performers, because of what the songs from NFS became the face of the game.
Epoch of street racing and tuning
In the early 2000s, the film "Fasting" comes out, where the main rates are night races, neon backlight, chase with couphers and girls. On the wave of success of the film, the company is taken for developing the thematic part of NFS and in 2003 releases underground.
This game has become truly cult and significant in the fate of the entire series. The cardinal seplace of the direction went to the project for the benefit. Instead of expensive supercars you are waiting for cheap "Japanese" and urban cars that need to be improved on their own and means. Police disappeared from the streets, but a full-fledged night city with neon lights, music and other attributes was added. In Underground, the open world has not yet been added, but this did not prevent players. Attached and the complexity of the races - at the end of the passage of the career, it was required for several attempts to come to the finish line first (the rest of the places, as you know, were not rewarded in any way).
EA caught the wave and understood that the gamers needed. Exactly one year later, the continuation of underground 2. The creators left the concept of untouched, and decided to add more opportunities and improve the schedule. Until now, many players argue, what part is better: Need for Speed \u200b\u200bUnderground or Underground 2. On the side of the second open world, improved graphics, more tuning capabilities, modes and a balanced plot. The first bribed the complexity, soundtrack and dynamics. UNDERGROUND 2 gave a truly complete freedom to the player. For example, to improve the appearance, you first need to find the appropriate store with the details. To get fame, you need to earn the stars of style and printed on the covers of automotive logs, and sponsored contracts provide a discount on the components. The real dream of the street rider began zero.
Most Wanted.
So we got to the game, which, rightfully, is considered the last to be the best part of the game Need for Speed. On the wave of success of night races along the open city, the developers begin to develop their idea. The night is replaced by the day, the game counseurs are added and rates rise. Most Wanted Changed a fleet - now the player is available not only inexpensive city cars, but also supercars. The tuning system was simplified, but it did not affect the gameplay. The main pride "Bridge Wondda" - chase. Competimate with the police is truly interesting and difficult. The plot is represented by the "black list" of 15 riders who need to win in stages: to gain reputation points, victories in races and perform tasks in the pursuit with the corps. The last part is the most interesting in the game. Need for Speed \u200b\u200bMost Wanted deservedly received high marks, warm community reviews and long life. To date, you can safely launch the "Bridge Wondd" and not be afraid of the outdated schedule, and according to the dynamics, this part "pays" a variety of modern races.
Controversial parts
After a very successful Most Wanted developers fall into a lane failure. In 2006, there is a continuation of the "Bridge Wondd" in the form of NFS CARBON. Almost all the loved elements remained in place - bosses, police, tuning and racing modes. However, the game lost her face and was too short, moreover, the graphics left much to be desired. The passage part that is not recommended to familiarize yourself at the present time.
In 2007, EA BLACK Box change the direction and release Pro Street with semi-professional races. The concept with tuning, a large fleet and bosses in each form turned out to be interesting, but the remaining solutions were controversial. First, many people did not like the physics of the behavior of cars. Secondly, the passage of the career regime is too tightened and bored to the middle. We recommend to familiarize yourself if you are tired of the topic of street racing.
Need for Speed \u200b\u200bUndercover 2008 is considered one of the worst games in the series. The creators returned to street racing and police by adding the plot with cinematic inserts. As an idea, Undercover was supposed to return Most Wanted lovers, but in fact it turned out otherwise. There affected bad performance, low level of artificial intelligence, boring tasks and many other little things. Of the advantages you can allocate a large fleet and tuning.
NFS SHIFT is difficult to put in one row with previous races. The development of EA BLACK BOX was engaged together with another studio. The part is aimed at serious professional races with a realistic model of behavior. However, normal physics did not work from the first time, so the players remained to admire the beautiful graphics and a large fleet.
NFS Return
In 2010, Criterion Games came to developers of the game, famous for Hot Pursuit 2010 is the remake of the original part with many improvements. This game boldly becomes in a row with the legendary Most Wanted and many are called the best part of Need for Speed. Reviews are extremely positive. In Hot Pursuit 2010 Good All: Luxury cars and beautiful graphics, picturesque landscapes on the tracks, a variety of competition regimes and chase. And it is also worth noting a great multiplayer, in which you can still find nostalging players. Hot Pursuit 2010 - The second part of the series after the Most Wanted, with which it is recommended to get acquainted.
The Run.
The Run is also an experiment, like SHIFT. The game completely refused the open world and tuning in favor of the plot and entertainment. It turned out not as good as I would like - the plot was not enough, and the races, in turn, were too boring. Nevertheless, with The Run it is necessary to get acquainted because of its uniqueness and the graphic component - to observe the constantly changing locations of North America is really interesting.
Most Wanted 2012.
The range of remakes of its own projects from Electronic Arts did not set himself immediately after reprinting Hot Pursuit. Criterion Games already completely takes a series and releases an unsuccessful game. In Most Wanted 2012 pleases only graphics - a beautiful city and worked out models of cars. Otherwise, the concept turned out to be a failure - the complete absence of a plot, tuning and at least the slightest meaning of what is happening.
Rivals.
Work on the errors turned out very successful. The plot still left much to be desired, but the game process compensated for everything. Rivals are invited to pass the campaign for riders and for the police separately. Dynamic chase, special skills and open world made this part with a good online entertainment.
Restart
In 2015, the series was preparing. The new part is called Need for Speed \u200b\u200b2015 and returns a player for night racing. Dear auto, tuning, the police - it seems everything should be, only each of the elements disappoints. Police is considered the weak among all parts of the series. The physical model of behavior causes pain in real fans of computer racing, and the plot history is naive and does not correspond to their time.
As a result, Payback came out in 2017. The newly open world, the plot with real actors, many cars and tuning. At the moment, it is too early to talk about whether this game will be the best. But intermediate reviews talk about the opposite.
RESULTS
From the entire list, judging by the community reviews, it is recommended to play NFS 3: Hot Pursuit, Most Wanted and Hot Pursuit 2010 (as in the best parts of the series), in Porsche Unleashed, Pro Street, SHIFT, The Run (as in interesting experiments ). Also, a lot of fun, the player will deliver both parts underground, relatively fresh rivals and extreme payback. Now you know which parts Need for Speed \u200b\u200bare the best, and what you should not spend your free time.
Few people did not hear about Need for Speed, the famous racing franchise. The games of the series are total sold with a volume of over a million copies, and a separate film was removed by the series. The series has many fans all over the globe, and the developers do not cease to surprise fans with experiments in the series.
Starting from the 90s, Electronic Arts manufactures a new project in the series. The list of games is wide enough, but not all of them turned out to be successful. Nevertheless, a lot of pearl projects came out. In this article we will list the best games of the Need for Speed.
10. MOST WANTED (2012)
The game should not be confused with the 2005 project of the same name in the same series. This project Criterion continues arcade traditions laid by Criterion (as opposed to the realism of the Forza Horizon series).
The game has a beautiful graphics, a large car park - from Aston Martin to BMW - which were perfectly managed. A large number of events and races will not let the players bother. The game will not disappoint long-lasting fans of the series.
9. Need for Speed \u200b\u200b(2015)
This reboot of the series was to be returned to the form. The series of the series until the moment did not receive high marks from critics and players. Developers made a permanent update feature in this game - events and sudden activities in the world of the game appeared with the new update of the game. The minus is that the game requires a permanent online connection.
The plot in the game is served in the form of full-length video sets that tell the story about the underground riders of the modern megalpolis.
8. Nitro (2009)
This is the first game of the Need for Speed \u200b\u200bseries, created specifically for Wii consoles. The project perfectly involves the features of the periphery of the console from Nintendo and will allow you to drive at a huge speed on the virtual streets. Graphics, according to Wii standards, was also height. In addition to Wii Remote, you could manage additional steering accessories. The game has become an excellent racing project on the Nintendo console.
7. Prostreet (2007)
The game published in 2007 became one of the best in the series, following the breakthrough Carbon. Unlike past projects, the game made focus on legal races, and the famous chase regime from the cops went into the past.
However, the project bribed others: beautiful sound effects and wealth of options for customization of the car. The car could be adjusted for your driving type. The game also included the choice of familiar game games familiar to players. After choosing Need for Speed: Prostreet, you definitely will not be disappointed.
6. CARBON (2006)
The game came out a year after the iconic Most Wanted, and she needed not to hit the dirt face. The developers did not pump: the project was good in all respects.
Especially successful in the game was reproduced by the nightlife of a huge metropolis, which made it similar to the UNDERGROUND Sensing projects. Customization of cars has also been expanded, and now you can simulate individual parts of the car at your own desire. The fleet hit the diversity - especially the oils of Kara, which were managed quite differently. If you like Most Wanted, you can not go past this game.
5. Rivals (2013)
The first game series for the consoles of the eighth generation. The project hit the holding holders of Xbox One and PS4 magnificent graphics and drawing environment. From the Most Wanted was borrowed a large open world. The world Review County not only looked great, but also offered unlimited racing opportunities and additional tasks. It was possible to participate in the pursuit on the side of the cops or robbers, to manage the steep sport-karam like Porsche 911.
It is on the game in the "Cat-mouse" focus on the game, and if you have long wanted to play in the virtual reality of the pursuit of your favorite movie, Need for Speed: Rivals for you.
4. Shift (2009)
Although the players associate Need for Speed \u200b\u200bwith arcade cruising, the traditions of the series have changed with the shift exit. This game offered gamers a more realistic driving style, simulation in the spirit of Gran Turismo.
There are no verses from the police, no plot in the form of video sets, no open world with a thousand tasks - a clean racing pleasure on Dakota racing tracks and Silverstone. Focus on driving has paidled himself: a little about the game of the series since then was able to repeat the feeling of high speed.
3. SHIFT 2: Unleashed (2011)
If you liked a more realistic model of driving the first game, then "will go" and a new project in the SHIFT series. A realistic driving model approached Forza Motorsport projects. New highways - for example, Shanghai - and a large number of cars significantly multiply the pleasure of the game compared to the first part.
2. MOST WANTED (2005)
Speaking about the best games of the NID Form AIDS series, it is impossible to go around the classics. Most Wanted at one time won the hearts of racing simulators around the world. Until now, for many, he remains a favorite game of the series - all thanks to the adrenaline races with the police and a magnificently worked virtual city of Rokport.
The goal of the game is simple - to conquer myself under the sun in illegal races throughout the city and regain the lost prestige. The game is a classic series and is required for familiarization for each game fan.
1. HOT PURSUIT (2010)
No doubt, the best game Series Need for Speed \u200b\u200bis Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. The game returned to the arcade roots of the series. Setting was also remembered - the virtual city of Sicrest hit beautiful landscapes, realistic change of weather and traffic.
You could play for a police or raiser. Each party had their own funds in the fight against the opponent, for example, spikes on the road at the cops. A large fleet is "Bentley", "Porsche Panamers" and many others - allowed to translate any racing dream in the game.
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