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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:

November, 2008

Genre:

Action

Website:

undercover.needforspeed.com

With former Bond girl, Maggie Q, on the cover, the Need for Speed series got a dose of Hollywood glitz and glamor in Undercover. With more than 100 miles of drivable road, the open world in Undercover is the largest ever seen in a Need for Speed game.

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:

November, 2005

Genre:

Action

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.

Release Date:

November, 2004

Genre:

Arcade

Underground 2 was the first Need for Speed game to feature an open world setting, allowing racers to explore the vast city of Bayview. Customization was improved with the addition of a dyno-tuning system and additional visual upgrades.