Fairhaven: a city built to race, chase and explore
In Need for Speed Most Wanted, freedom is everything. Drive anywhere, explore the world, hang out with your friends, compete in challenges or toy with the cops.
We’ve worked hard to design and build a large, open city environment around 3 fun ideas: Race, Chase and Explore.
Race
Our races are about blasting across town and shooting through checkpoints, not keeping to prescribed, walled-in routes.
Knowledge of the world will help you anticipate turns or shortcuts and give you the edge over your friends, whether you’re racing head-to-head or taking on their Autolog records.
For Most Wanted, we've evolved our handling to give you crisper control in the dense city grid and to deliver a deeper, more physical feel that shows off the different characteristics of the cars.

Chase
Fairhaven’s policed by fast, tough, aggressive cops.
These guys aren’t playing games. But you’re well equipped to handle them. It’s great fun to bait these guys, escalate the pursuit and then ditch them – your way.
Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, hide out or do what your car does best: whether that’s handling off-road, clearing jumps, hitting 200+ MPH down straight lines or whipping through back alleys. The choice is yours.
And our live online play is not just about racing. Burnout fans will testify to the awesomeness of the Freeburn Challenge gameplay that forms the foundation of our multiplayer. It's all about open world. To find out more, check out our multiplayer post.

Explore
If you want to hang out with your friends, chat and compare cars, Fairhaven’s just the place to do it.
There's plenty to keep you occupied as the entire city is open from the start. Drive anywhere from freeways to quarries to dense urban areas and see what each car can do.
We’re big on “collectible gameplay”. The world’s loaded with hundreds of billboards, garages, drive-thrus and Jack Spots. Each one offers different challenges. Can you find them all?
Autolog records everything you do and broadcasts your acheivements to your friends. If your friends have been busy, your Fairhaven will be filled with their best times, jump distances and speeds.
Thanks to Autolog, you're never alone in Fairhaven, even when you're friends are offline.

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What about a Ford Mustang hatchback '67 & Dodge Charger R/T '69? And will the cars be tunable?
Submitted by BonneV on Mon, 2012-07-16 07:57.
Yeah customization is key for a better nfs game :) so online players can distinct you from others you feel me....
Submitted by BIGALLKILLIN AA on Sat, 2012-07-14 13:21.
its about time you can free roam the whole map online and find all of your friends all over the place to race team up or smash up lets get racing going ppl.
Submitted by BIGALLKILLIN AA on Sat, 2012-07-14 13:19.
I'm gonna miss the country,mountain roads..paradise city was surrounded by mountain passes and stuff and most wanted rock port was surrounded by scenic environments and im just not a fan of urban,city roads. :(
Submitted by phantompain33 (PC) on Sat, 2012-07-14 01:13.
Oh one more thing. Why do they have to make a new city whenever they make a new game? You can just as well use old ones but with finished streets if there were streets being built in the first game. I would have LOVED to cruise through Paradise City with real-life cars. But Fairhaven should be just fine. Another important thing is the soundtrack. Again you can just use old ones but with one that's exclusive to the game. I would love to hear the Most Wanted Mash Up again while being chased by the police. That would be awesome. One last thing. Will Most Wanted have a story line or will it be like Hot Pursuit where you just picked an event and do it? Thanks.
Submitted by TIBLION on Tue, 2012-07-10 02:42.
Most Wanted really reminds me of Burnout Paradise which is BY FAR one of my favourite games (of all types), which is great. Yesterday i got REALLY thirsty for Burnout Paradise... so i played it and it still is awesome. I hope that Most Wanted just won't dissapoint like The Run. Black Box could have worked more on it. But Hot Pursuit was, and still is, a great game. Keep up the good work Criterion, I love your racing games :)
Submitted by TIBLION on Tue, 2012-07-10 02:34.
better
Submitted by ROHITABRAHAMYO on Wed, 2012-07-04 10:00.
Full Best
(That Means I Like All of Need For Speed Games !!!!!! Wooooooo)
Submitted by sultan43 on Tue, 2012-07-03 20:49.
I cant wait to get one its looks so awesome
Submitted by Mphosipho on Fri, 2012-06-29 13:25.
i want to see the world map!
Submitted by haa-an-er (PC) on Thu, 2012-06-28 04:18.