Need For Speed: The Run (Limited Edition)  (for Xbox 360)

Select any car from a Dodge Challenger SRT8 to a Lamborghini Aventador and ride it across the city like you own it with the new game in the Need For Speed series- Need For Speed: The Run. The 18th title in the long running franchise brings you high-adrenaline filled races that take you across USA.

This version of the game is a limited edition that includes a number of new features that are not available in the standard one. With 3 exclusive cars, additional challenges, profile customization options and rewards, The Run will be a great addition to your game collection. The game is for casual and hard-care gamers who love racing across wide locations within a city. The racing game is available for PC and comes with a Teen rating from ESRB.

Synopsis and Features

The game follows the footsteps of Jack Rourke. He is the best driver you have ever heard about, but his arrogance leads him to a debt he can’t repay. The mob is angry and now wants it money back. In Sam Harper he finds a woman with ambition, street smarts, and a penchant for fast cars. Jack needs her help and that is when she suggests Jack to look into The Run- a one-time event where the winner gets to take home $25 million.

Developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts, The Run promises a grand racing experience. The game requires a set of minimum hardware to run smoothly on your machine. These are Windows Vista SP2, a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent processor, 18 GB hard disk space, 3 GB RAM and a 512 MB RAM ATI Radeon 4870 graphics card. For Nvidia card-holders any GeForceFX series card or better is recommended.

The game’s single-player campaign has 3000 miles of road to explore, making it the biggest game in the NFS series. The game has career events like Buried Alive and Death From Above that help you complete the campaign along with other quick time events for easy gaming. The Run has more than 80 car models and takes you through several locations across USA like the Yosemite National Park, the Rocky Mountains, downtown Chicago, and many others.

Revolutionary features are included in the game as for the first time in the NFS franchise history you can exit your car and travel on foot. The game has a sturdy XP system that allows you to unlock cars and events. The Need For Speed game houses a rewind system that is helpful when you are in an intense racing event and totally wreck your car against a turn. Using the rewind you can come back to the last saved checkpoint and start again on the course. The game allows different rewind counts for different difficulty levels.

Online Features

The NFS game features an Autolog. This is a great help as you manage your friends and compare your best racing times from players across the world. The stats get updated by-the-second, helping you to improve your skills every time you play the game.

The game’s online multiplayer is interesting as up to 8 players can participate in a single online match. If you are pitted against someone in an online match and if the race has already begun, you need not wait as you can join the race while it’s in progress. The multiplayer matches have different game types, such as Supercar Challenge, NFS Edition Racing, The Underground, Mixed Competition, Exotic Sprint, and Muscle Car Battles. You can win random awards and rewards within the game by playing The Bonus Wheel.

The DLC’s for the game include Signature Edition Booster Pack that includes 9 new cars and modified levels; Italian Pack that has 7 new cars and 10 completely new challenge events; Heroes and Villains pack that features pre-order vehicles. You can download the game updates and patches directly through the company website.