Check this video that we put together that basically summarizes the good times we had at Formula D - Judgment Day in Irwindale, CA.        Big thanks to Jon West for putting this video together and thanks to the Sweet 16 winners for taking the time to talk to the camera. - NFSDrew

This past weekend the Need for Speed Sweet 16 contest winners and I went down to Irwindale, CA to attend the final Formula D competition appropriately named "Judgment Day".  I can't speak for all the winners but I certainly had a great time  The winners of the Need for Speed Sweet 16 contest each won VIP package to the Formula Drift Championship in Irwindale, California and a...

The Happy Sweet 16 Need for Speed Sweepstakes is now closed but just before the contest ended Wednesday evening, we got a very impressive submission from Robin Nuber of Coquitlam, British Columbia.   Robin is a talented photographer and videographer whose work has been featured in local newspapers and he turned his talents on to Need for Speed, creating some cool artwork featuring him as a...

With less than 18 hours remaining in the Happy Sweet 16 Need for Speed Sweepstakes, we've received some cool car photo entries.    The first comes from Kyle Rosenlieb, who sends in the Shelby GT500 track car that he designed himself in Need for Speed: Undercover. I really dig the colour scheme here. Nice work, Kyle.     The second photo comes to us from Erich Blattner,...

We always appreciate any kind of user-generated video for the Happy Sweet 16 Need for Speed Sweepstakes and this morning we got a note from NFS fan Audiopus that came with a video.   The video is titled, simply: "The greatest day of my life." It's a short recap of the day Audiopus spent at the Irwindale Speedway taking part in the Marlboro Hot Laps drift ride in March of...

I encourage all fans of NFS and cool cars in general to check out this video put together by NFS fan Chris Hoare, who created it for the Happy Sweet 16 Need for Speed sweepstakes.       Chris has been playing NFS since the original game, and says that SHIFT is the 'best game in the series so far', a ringing endorsement from one of our biggest fans. ...

Need for Speed is celebrating 16 years of gaming by giving away 8 VIP packages to the Formula Drift Championship in Irwindale, California. There are only a few days left to enter (contest closes 9/30/09) and the VIP package includes: airfare to and from Los Angeles, luxury transportation to and from the airport, 4 days and 3 nights accommodation at the AAA 4-Diamond Westin Pasadena, track-side...

We got a cool submission from  Johannes Bührmann today, a story of his greatest triumph so far in SHIFT.   Johannes says he's been playing the Need for Speed series since Porsche Unleashed, and that he's 'hooked on it.'   After crossing the finish line following a winning car battle against a Mazda RX-7, he snapped this screenshot of his opponent flipping...

This afternoon we got an entry from Garrett Raddatz as the Happy Sweet 16 Need for Speed Sweepstakes winds down.   Garrett says he loves the NFS series because his life 'revolves around cars'.   The first shot is a cool snap of a Ford GT escaping the rapidly-twisting metal of a flipping Dodge Viper.     Garrett's second shot is of a Mazda RX-7 expertly...

With only two more days left in the Happy Sweet 16 Need for Speed contest, we got a cool photo submission from Dan McKechnie.   In this photo, he was trying to get the timing belt off his car, but ended up cutting himself in the process, getting four stitches to close the wound.     Thanks for the submission, Dan, and best of luck.   The Happy Sweet 16 Need for Speed...