Need for Speed NITRO

Release Date:
November, 2009
Genre:
Arcade
Website:
nitro.needforspeed.com

NITRO was developed by EA Montreal and released only on Nintendo’s Wii and DS consoles. With its fast-paced, aggressive gameplay and more than 30 cars, NITRO was a big winner with younger and casual players who wanted more of an action feel as opposed to the simulation-style offered by SHIFT.

Need for Speed: ProStreet

Release Date:
October, 2007
Genre:
Simulation
Website:
games.ea.com/prostreet/

ProStreet was a return to a style of gameplay that hadn’t been seen in the Need for Speed series since Porsche Unleashed -- simulation. In ProStreet, several new modes were added to the gameplay: grip races, speed challenges, and top speed runs, along with more robust versions of drift and drag racing.

Need for Speed: Carbon

Release Date:
November, 2006
Genre:
Arcade
Website:
games.ea.com/nfs/carbon/

Following in the footsteps of Most Wanted, Need for Speed Carbon was largely based on the street racing culture of the day, introducing exotic and muscle cars, as well as canyon races. One of the coolest new features in Carbon was AutoSculpt, which molded aftermarket body parts to the driver’s liking, with no two cars being exactly alike.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Release Date:
November, 2005
Genre:
Action
Website:
games.ea.com/nfs/mostwanted/us/

Most Wanted, which was a launch title on Xbox 360, was the first Need for Speed game to have that distinction since The Need for Speed on 3DO eleven years earlier. A winner of the 2005 Interactive Achievement Award for Racing Game of the Year, Most Wanted made it three wins in four years for Need for Speed.