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Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.
Recent Reviews:
Mostly Positive (252) - 76% of the 252 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
All Reviews:
Mostly Positive (17,609) - 78% of the 17,609 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Oct 30, 2012
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Electronic Arts

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Features
Single-player
Online PvP
Steam Trading Cards
Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required
Requires 3rd-Party Account: EA Account (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
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Alcohol Reference
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About This Game

The open-world action in Need for Speed™ Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low, or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech, and tons of nitrous. It’s all about you, your friends, and a wild selection of cars. Let’s see what you can do.

Key features

  • Experience nonstop action — No menus, no lobbies, and no restrictions — just intense competition. Race, battle, crash, and explore at your own pace with a massive variety of things to do (and rewards to collect) throughout the open world.

  • Prove you’re the best — Pick a car & jump into a nonstop playlist of competitive events in online mode. Influence the playlist by voting with your car. Jostle for position on the starting line. Cross the finish line and turn around to take out oncoming rivals.

  • Beat your friends — Autolog records everything you do, broadcasting a feed of your most newsworthy scores, speeds, and times to your friends — and you’ll see there’s too. Whatever you do, there’s someone to beat.

  • Test your urban handling skills — Need for Speed Most Wanted delivers a deep, physical experience that showcases the personalities of awesome licensed cars. Experience insane speeds, spectacular crashes, aggressive driving, and huge drifts.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows Vista (Service Pack 2 and all available windows updates) 32-bit
    • Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ or Althon X2 2.7 GHz)
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 series, with ATI RADEON 3870 or higher performance)
    • Storage: 20 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX compatible
    Recommended:
    • OS *: Windows 7 (Service Pack 1 and all available windows updates) 64-bit
    • Processor: Quad-Core CPU
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 or ATI RADEON 6950)
    • Storage: 20 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX compatible
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
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