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** '''''Need For Speed: Carbon - Own The City:''''' A separate version of ''Carbon'' for portable consoles, the player recruits a different set of crew members, places even less emphasis on police chases and omits canyon racing entirely. It also features a vastly different storyline, revolving around a street racing accident occurring prior to the events of the game which led to the amnesiac player character piecing together the truth.
* '''''Need For Speed: ProStreet'' (2007):''' Themed around organized race days with no illegal street racing. Switched to a more realistic handling model, and was widely criticized for it - [[Creator Backlash|even EA admitted that this one is "not good".]]
* '''''Need For Speed: Undercover'' (2008):''' Returned to the ''Most Wanted'' model of focusing on illegal street racing, with an attempt at an action movie-esque narrative about the titular undercover cop infiltrating an organised crime ring as a street racer, complete with notable actors in supporting roles
* '''''Need For Speed: Shift'' (2009):''' Another crack at realistic racing, from [https://web.archive.org/web/20110901224938/http://www.slightlymadstudios.com/ Slightly Mad Studios] (then known as an independent development team composed of people who worked on ''GTR'', ''GTR2'', and ''GT Legends'', a trio of well-received PC sim racers. Slightly Mad was acquired by Codemasters in 2019, and was itself acquired by EA in 2021), with help from EA Black Box. Much better received than ''Undercover''.
* '''''Need For Speed: Nitro'' (2009):''' An arcade-like racer for the Wii and DS, taking on a more cartoony art style and a
* '''''Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit'' (2010):''' [http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21783538&postcount=24 Was accidentally revealed] by GameTrailers TV in a quick look at EA's E3 2010 booth, [http://kotaku.com/5563332/need-for-speed-is-in-hot-pursuit-of-a-new-game and was confirmed at EA's press conference a few days later.] This is the first game in the series [http://www.giantbomb.com/news/criterion-has-a-need-for-speed/1404/ developed by Criterion Games], the EA studio behind the ''[[Burnout]]'' franchise, is a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''Hot Pursuit 2'' ([[Captain Obvious|of course]]), and features some online-centric "race and chase" gameplay, either through multi-player or the "Autolog" system that continuously compares your best times to those of your friends and challenges you to beat your friends' times. A remaster of the game with all previously-released DLC was developed by Stellar Entertainment and released in 2020 for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, though it also omits the 722 Edition and Stirling Moss models of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, and the Carbon Motors E7 Concept due to licensing reasons (the latter car never entered real-world production; Carbon Motors went defunct in 2013, just three years after the game's release). Separate versions of the game were developed for mobile phones as well as the Wii, the latter being essentially a reskin of ''Nitro'' sans the cartoony art style.
* '''''Shift 2: Unleashed'' (2011):''' After the success of ''Need for Speed: Shift'', it's not too surprising to learn that EA gave Slightly Mad Studios another go-around and green-lit ''Shift 2'' this time without input from Black Box. The handling model is massively improved from ''Shift'', and the Autolog feature from ''Hot Pursuit'' returns, as well.
* '''''Need for Speed: The Run'' (2011):''' Featuring the [[Cannonball Run]]-style coast-to-coast [[Epic Race]] across the USA with a heavy emphasis on story and cinematic action. The plot's kind of [[Excuse Plot|Excuse-y]] but just know Sean Faris gets some advice from [[Christina Hendricks]] about a 3000 mile race that he can use to win $25 million, enough to pay back a crime syndicate he had a bad run-in with. Was meant to be EA Black Box's redemption after losing control over the series post ''Undercover'', but with less than stellar reviews, this looks to not be the case. Also the first in the series to utilise DICE's Frostbite engine, which had previously been used for ''[[Battlefield]]'' games such as ''Bad Company'' and ''Battlefield 3''.
* '''''Need for Speed: Most Wanted'' (2012):''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20131225234056/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/01/criterions-next-game-is-need-for-speed-most-wanted/ Criterion's next game in the series,] a
* '''''Need for Speed Rivals'' (2013):''' Basically ''Hot Pursuit'' with an attempt at a [[Darker and Edgier]] story, the second game to utilise Frostbite after ''The Run'' and the first game to be developed with eighth-generation consoles in mind, though versions for previous-gen consoles were also available. Players take the role of either a racer or a cop, with their respective storylines under an overarching plot revolving around a rivalry between the Redview County Police Department (RCPD) and the street racing community. The game was also the first in four years to receive Ferrari-related content (especially given the Prancing Horse being [[Fanwork Ban|notoriously zealous]] of their intellectual property).
* '''''Need for Speed'' (2015):''' Another full reboot of the franchise, this time about a ragtag group of street racers who seek to get noticed by a bunch of notable car culture celebrities appearing [[As Himself|as themselves]] but otherwise just want to have fun. It is also notable for its extensive use of [[Full Motion Video]] cutscenes seamlessly integrated to in-game visuals, its always-online nature (as in there is no pause button at all) and the first ''NFS'' to break from the series' infamous yearly release cycle since ''Hot Pursuit II'', EA having been busy co-producing the film adaptation in 2014.
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* '''''Motor City Online'' (2001):''' An attempt at a driving [[MMORPG|MMOG]], developed in house by EA, and first game not developed by EA Canada. This game focused entirely on American cars, particularly muscle cars, from [[The Thirties]] through [[The Seventies]] (until the very end, when the Toyota Supra and the Mitsubishi Eclipse were added, presumably to broaden appeal). Despite not having the ''NFS'' branding, it is considered to be a ''NFS'' game by EA and fans of the series, and was even originally planned as ''Need For Speed: Motor City''. It was largely unsuccessful, and was shut down in 2004.
* '''''Need for Speed World'' (2010-2015):''' A free-to-play MMOG developed by Black Box, it was notable for featuring both Rockport and Palmont from ''Most Wanted'' and ''Carbon''. EA later pulled the plug on the game in 2015 alongside some of their other F2P titles, though it soon gained a new lease of life through dedicated fan preservation efforts where they reverse-engineered the game and implemented unofficial servers in place of the now-shut down service.
* '''''Need for Speed: No Limits'' (2015):''' A mobile-only instalment of the franchise, developed by Firemonkeys Studios for iOS and Android. It is a free-to-play title, with the requisite litany of microtransactions and pay-to-win mechanics to the point that most
* '''''Need for Speed Edge'' (2017):''' A short-lived, Asia-exclusive MMOG released in China and South Korea. It reuses the map from ''Rivals'' but with power-ups in place of pursuit tech used in the game it was based on. Just like ''World'' before it, there also exists an unofficial server implementation made to render the game playable again.
* '''''Need for Speed Mobile:''''' Another mobile-only instalment, developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group using the Unreal Engine and will be released in 2023 for the Chinese market. It is based off the map from ''Heat'' with significant alterations.
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* [[Dolled-Up Installment]]: ''V-Rally'' and ''V-Rally 2''.
* [[Dramatic Landfall Shot]]: The opening of ''Undercover''.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: You in almost all ''Need for Speed'' games. Of note are the beautiful, treacherous tracks in ''Hot Pursuit 2K10''. When you get to, or have to, drive a Corvette
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Played straight in ''Underground 1 & 2'', where almost all race givers will treat your car as a wreck, and expect you to be [[Epic Fail|lapped five times by the end of the race.]] Averted in ''Pro Street'' where, if you perform good enough, the DJs will ''constantly'' praise you.
* [[Every Car Is Rear Wheel Drive]]: In earlier installments, the only options for vehicles were rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, which made this almost literally true. ''Hot Pursuit 2K10'' has only two types: Rear Wheel Drive and All Wheel Drive.
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: ''NFS II'' had an unlockable Hollywood track, with movie sets and dinosaurs (indeed, a cheat code allowed you to turn your car ''into'' a dinosaur, as well as other silly things like a log).
* [[Death Is a Slap on The Wrist|Getting Arrested Is A Slap On The Wrist]]: The ultimate goal of the Pursuit races in ''Need For Speed World'' is to keep going for as long as you possible can (or want) while causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to the state. It's up to you to keep the event going if you lose the police, by actively seeking them back out again. If you happen to get arrested though, all you suffer is a loss of a couple hundred dollars.
* [[Hammerspace Police Force]]: Especially in ''Most Wanted'' where the Rockport police force would throw in the bulk of their patrol and pursuit fleet at you.
* [[Hollywood California]]
* [[Hood Ornament Hottie]]: Brooke Burke and Kelly Brook in ''Underground II'', Josie Maran in ''Most Wanted'', Emmanuelle Vaugier in ''Carbon'', Krystal Forscutt in ''ProStreet'', and Maggie Q in ''Undercover''. None of them were hired for their acting ability, as the in-game cutscenes show quite clearly.
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** Averted in that if you wreck a cop, they sometimes request EMS.
* [[Joke Character]]: The police helicopter in High Stakes.
* [[The Killer in Me]]: The player character in Need for Speed: Carbon - Own The City gets amnesia from a street racing accident which also claimed the life of their brother Michael "Mick" Rogers, making their move throughout the city in order to find who is responsible. {{spoiler|It turns out that it was the player
** [[Lethal Joke Character]]: The Toyota Corolla from ''Underground I'' onward. Despite its rather dowdy appearance compared to other cars, it has fantastic handling and, in the right hands, beat much faster cars. [https://mover.uz/watch/Teb9nWh8 This video] pretty much sums it up.
* [[Land Down Under]]: Australian tracks that run from Sydney to the outback and back again.
** ''High Stakes'' also gives us Fords and Holdens, as well as a Victoria police unit.
* [[Limit Break]]: The nitrous in ''Underground 2'' is refilled with stunts. This mechanic returns in ''Hot Pursuit 2k10''. In fact, it's about the only way to win in Exotic or Hyper series when you're a Racer. The fact that the cops' cars are ''significantly better'' than yours doesn't help. The nitrous system in ''The Run'' is a combination of the self-regenerating nitrous from ''Most Wanted'', ''Carbon'', and ''Undercover'', with the option to accelerate the regeneration with stunts a la ''Hot Pursuit 2k10''.
* [[MacGuffin]]: The BMW M3 GTR in ''Most Wanted''.
* [[Marathon Level]]: Event 30 of Championship mode in ''Hot Pursuit 2''. 10 laps on Palm City Island. Takes about half an hour to complete.
* [[Market-Based Title]]: There's quite a few, so take a seat.
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* [[Product Placement]]: ''Underground 2'' was the winner of Gamespot's "Most Despicable Product Placement" award in 2004. After all, this was the game that had a Burger King and/or a Best Buy every couple of blocks and the Cingular logo ''on the HUD at all times''.
** ''The Run'' has the ''K&N'' challenge series and every petrol station is a ''Shell'' one with their premium brand fuels clearly shown.
* [[Rare Vehicles]]:
** ''Carbon'' was released in 2006 and features the concept versions of the ''2008'' Dodge Challenger, ''2010'' Chevrolet Camaro and Audi R8 ("Le Mans"); ''Hot Pursuit 2'' also features the McLaren F1 LM, of which only 5 were produced. ''NFSII'' also featured one-offs like the Ford GT90, Indigo and Mustang Mach III, Lamborghini Italdesign Cala, BMW Italdesign Nazca C2, and the super-rare [[wikipedia:Isdera|Isdera Commendatore 112i]].
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*** And there's one called [[James Bond|"Shaken, Not Stirred"]] that requires completing an event in an Aston Martin vehicle.
*** Speaking of James Bond and Astons, there's another Aston-only event called "Do look after it".
*** Finally, there's one called "[[Godzilla]]" that requires completing a certain police event in a Nissan GT-R Spec V with no weapons used, a reference to the film series and the [[Affectionate Nickname]] of the car in question (which was coined by Australian motoring publication ''Wheels'' in its July 1989 edition).
*** One of the Racer events in the Lamborghini Untamed [[Downloadable Content]] pack is called [[The Cannonball Run|Cannonball]] and has the player racing against the clock and police in a Lamborghini Countach.
* [[Silliness Switch]]: ''NFS II'' had cheat modes that would turn your car into a box, a dinosaur and a bus stop, among other things.
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