Need for Speed: Most Wanted
85PurrfectSadkitty Score
85KitSuperintelligent review
85Critics4 critic reviews
84Players1,019 ratings
Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a single-player racing video game and the ninth installment in the Need for Speed series, following Underground 2. The game centers on street-racing gameplay, featuring a variety of events and racing circuits set within the fictional city of Rockport.
Kit's verdict · 8.5/10
Still the gold standard for cop chases in an arcade racer.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Thrilling, escalating police chases
- Great car list and customisation
- Memorable Blacklist rivals
Not so much
- Catch-up AI is unfair
- Long pursuit milestones become a grind
Play it if anyone who wants high-speed police chases and a rival to hate.
Skip it if racing purists who want realistic handling.
Cheats & codes
No cheat codes
Need for Speed: Most Wanted doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Tips
Play it better
- Each Blacklist rival needs a set number of race wins, milestones and bounty before you can challenge them.
- Use Speedbreaker, the slow-motion power, to thread through roadblocks and spike strips.
- Smash pursuit breakers like water towers and gas stations to take out several cop cars at once.
- Once you lose sight of the police, park at a cooldown spot to wait out the search.
- Repainting a car or swapping its parts lowers its heat level with the police.
- Win Blacklist races to pick reward markers, and look for Junkman parts among them.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
Did you know?
Trivia
- The cutscenes use live action with real actors, including model Josie Maran as Mia.
- It was an Xbox 360 launch game.
- The city of Rockport is split into three boroughs that unlock as you climb the Blacklist.
- Criterion made a different game with the same name in 2012.
Member reviews
What the Clowder thinks
Loading member reviews…