To do this, you need to gain experience, represented by speed points, which can then be spent on upgrades and modifications to cars. He plays the role of a virtual car driver, whose main task is to take part in illegal street races, avoid the police and get to the top of the list of the most wanted drivers. Need for Speed: Most Wanted takes the player to the city of Fairhaven. The new Most Wanted is inspired by the 2005 hit, mainly in terms of the theme of chases with the police and going up the so-called „black list”. Despite the identical title, the two games do not have much in common. After the successful remake of one of the first installments of the series – Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, the publisher commissioned Criterion Games (Burnout series) to perform a similar procedure on another popular installment – Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
Need for Speed is one of the most recognizable and extremely popular brands in the portfolio of Electronic Arts.