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Need for Speed: Most Wanted

2005 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox 360 · Racing

85IGDB player score
1,023 ratings

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1,023 ratings at an 85 clip. Solid numbers for a solid game. A racing game — open world, speed, and the eternal chase for a cleaner line. A full single-player game with a multiplayer side that refuses to die.

About this game

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a single-player racing video game and the ninth installment in the Need for Speed series, following Underground 2. The game centers on street-racing gameplay, featuring a variety of events and racing circuits set within the fictional city of Rockport.

The player arrives in Rockport City, driving a racing version of the BMW M3 GTR (E46). Following Mia Townsend (played by Josie Maran), the player proves his driving prowess as he is pursued by a veteran police officer named Sergeant Cross (played by Dean McKenzie), who vows to take down the player and end street racing in Rockport. Races seem to be in the player's favor until a particular group of racers, led by the game's antagonist, Clarence "Razor" Callahan (played by Derek Hamilton), sabotages and win the player's car in a race.