Need for Speed Games › Simulation

Release Date:

March, 2011

Genre:

Simulation

Release Date:

September, 2009

Genre:

Simulation

Website:

shift.needforspeed.com

Returning to the simulation roots laid down in ProStreet, SHIFT marked the first Need for Speed game not made by Black Box since Porsche Unleashed, with UK-based Slightly Mad Studios taking the wheel. It featured nearly 100 cars and was critically-acclaimed, receiving the Editors’ Choice Award from IGN.

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.

Release Date:

March, 2000

Genre:

Simulation

The first -- and to date, only -- Need for Speed title to focus entirely on one manufacturer. Featuring the most impressive lineup of Porsche vehicles ever seen in a racing simulation, Porsche Unleashed offered customization from a vast catalogue of parts available as upgrades in the game.

Release Date:

August, 1994

Genre:

Simulation

This was the game that started a 16-year obsession. The first truly 3D racing game, with a car list featuring the coolest cars available at the time, this was one drive you had to take.