Need for Speed: The Run

Need for Speed: The Run is a racing video game, the eighteenth title in the long-running Need for Speed franchise, and developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. The Wii and 3DS versions were developed by Firebrand Games, the team behind Undercover and Nitro (both DS versions). It was released in North America on November 15, 2011 and November 18, 2011 in Europe.
The game was directed by action director Michael Bay and was described as an "illicit, high-stakes race across the country. The only way to get your life back is to be the first from San Francisco to New York. No speed limits. No rules. No allies. All you have are your driving skills and sheer determination".
Producers Jason DeLong and Steve Anthony stated during an interview that Black Box aimed to obtain critical acclaim after their last game received universally poor ratings.The Run was in production for three years, though previous Black Box titles had much shorter development periods. The Run was Black Box's last game before its restructuring in 2012.

Gameplay

PS3, Xbox 360, PC

Lamborghini Aventador

In The Run, players are participating in an "underground world of illicit, high stakes racing," in a race Hot Pursuit, making it the biggest Need For Speed game.

from San Francisco to New York, with stops through Las Vegas, Denver and many other locations, making it the first title in the series to use real locations.There are over 300 kilometres (190 mi) of track, three times more than
The Run is powered by DICE's Frostbite 2 engine, making the game the first non-shooter and one of the first console titles to use the engine. Additionally, Need for Speed Autolog, the Need for Speed franchise's social competition functionality, which was introduced in Hot Pursuit and was previously used in Shift 2: Unleashed, is also back as it continues to track career progression and compare game stats.

The game features quick time events, with the player for the first time in Need for Speed history, exiting their car and traveling on foot. These events won't always be about harsh success or failure states. In some sections there are branching outcomes, so if the player mangles a certain button press, they'll get another chance to pull through.

A new feature also appears in the Run, Gas stations. Gas stations enable the player to change their vehicle during a race to any other vehicle on the same tier as theirs. The player can choose a body kit and new paint colors for their vehicle if it is available. Some vehicles, like Signature Edition or NFS The Run vehicles, cannot have a different paint or body kit installed. For example, a driver may drive their Camaro ZL1, a Tier 4 car, into a gas station and trade it for a NFS The Run edition Shelby GT500, another Tier 4 car. However, driving one's vehicle into a gas station causes the player to slow down to 50 mph upon exiting the gas station, and causes the player to fall behind by about ten seconds. Also, if the player had an opponent behind him, his opponent would take his place.

Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

The driving model of the game is described as "sit somewhere between Shift and Hot Pursuit", not as arcade-styled as Hot Pursuit, but neither as simulator-styled as Shift. The Run employs a large range of real-world vehicles, seemingly taking in the usual mix of muscle cars, street racers and refined exotics, described as "each car presents a different driving challenge for the player."Exclusively digitized for the game is the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S and the Pagani Huayra. The damage system is similar to that seen in Hot Pursuit. The cars can be altered with performance upgrades and visual upgrades, such as paint colors and body kits. There are cosmetic body kits known as Style Pack kits and Aero Pack kits, which affect aerodynamics as well as performance.
An XP (Experience points) system is used for unlocking cars and events in multiplayer and Challenge Series races. The game also feature a Rewind option to allows the player to restart an event to their last checkpoint if they wreck their vehicle or rewind their vehicle from a collision or missed opportunity. Rewinds are only available in limited quantities as their amount dependent on the difficulty level that the player has selected; Easy have 10 Rewinds, Normal have 5 Rewinds, Hard have 3 Rewinds and Extreme have 1 Rewind as well as the most difficult AI opponents.

Multiplayer

Porsche 911 Carrera S

 Up to 8 players can participate in a single online match. Players are able to party with friends, pick a playlist of their favorite challenges and compete for supremacy across every stage of game. In addition to this, players never have to wait in a lobby again even if they are joining a race in progress. The multiplayer matches are split into differing game type playlists, such as Supercar Challenge, NFS Edition Racing, The Underground, Mixed Competition, Exotic Sprint, and Muscle Car Battles. Most of these modes pertain to different car varieties for each race, but the Supercar Challenge is meant entirely for the fastest cars on the fastest tracks. The player can select an event and vote towards the race course where the multiplayer game should be taking place on. Players also take part in a reward system known as "The Bonus Wheel", which randomly selects a reward and required goal criteria for it.

Wii, 3DS versions

The game is similar to Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. Players race down freeways until they meet a police car. The police then try to chase them down and wreck their car. They also encounter other objectives such as a straight-up race. There is another mode where players 'duel' a rival. They can also race to toll booths that double as checkpoints.
The 3DS version also features Autolog, which is integrated throughout the career mode and uses 40 in-game challenges scattered throughout the campaign. The game also takes advantage of StreetPass, letting players upload their best Autolog scores to other Nintendo 3DS devices. In multiplayer, the game features a straight race mode where eight people compete. There is also a four-on-four Cops vs. Racers mode. The game supports Wi-Fi and local wireless connections. However, the Wii version lacks online play, yet it has split-screen multiplayer.

Tier Cars

 Need for Speed The Run is a big improvement of the Need for Speed franchises. There is now a new system to manage the level of each car. It is called the tier system. There are 6 different tiers for the various cars in the game. The Story mode only allows you to drive cars in Tiers 4 and 5. All of the tiers are available in Challenge Series and Online.

Tier 1:
Tier 1 features the slowest and weakest cars in the game. There are cars which have a speed between 220 - 235 km/h. They can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 5.7 - 6.3 seconds. In this tier there are 15 cars: for example the Camaro SS, Mazda MX5 and Nissan 200SX. This tier is available in Challenge Series and Online only.

Tier 2:
Tier 2 is the next car level. These include cars which have a speed between 249-266 km/h. They can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 4.9 - 5.0 seconds. Tier 2 has sport cars such as the Ford Focus RS and Mazda RX 7 RZ. There are 12 cars. This tier is available in Challenge Series and Online mode only.

Tier 3:
In this tier there are 13 cars. So you can collect cars which have a speed between 272 - 298 km/h. These cars can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.9 - 5.0 seconds. There are sports and muscle cars such as the Audi RS4 and Toyota Supra. This tier is available in Challenge Series and Online only. This is also where the NFS Edition cars start appearing.

Tier 4:
In this tier there are 63 cars. So there are many cars which have a speed between 293 - 323 km/h. They can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.2 - 5.0 seconds. So there are many sport and muscle cars such as Nissan 370Z and Lexus LFA. This is tier available in story mode stage 1-8, challenge series and online mode.

Tier 5:
Tier 5 is a high level of this game which has 54 cars. So there are cars that have a speed between 338 – 359 km/h. Its can accelerate from 0 to 60 in 2.6-4.3 seconds. For example this tier have BMW M3 GTS and Ford GT. This tier is available in story mode stage 9-10, challenge series and online mode.

Tier 6:
Tier 6 is the final level of this game which has 32 cars. So there are cars that have a speed between 346 – 415 km/h. Its can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 2.3 - 4.2 seconds. For example there are Pagani Zonda and Ford GT500 Super Snake. This tier is available in online mode only.