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.

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Jun 18, 2020

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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.

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Developer and publisher

Developer:
Criterion Games
Publisher:
Electronic Arts

Quick facts

Release
Nov 15, 2012: Windows, PS3
Last updated
May 19, 2026
Storefronts
Epic Games Store, Xbox, and Steam
Genres
Action, Adventure, and Racing
Tags
Combat, Exploration, and Open World
Moods
Chaotic
Social styles
Solo and Multiplayer
Demo
Not announced
Price model
Purchase

Languages

Languages
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Chinese (Traditional)
Czech
Dutch
English
French

Age Rating & Interactive Elements

ESRB e10

Content descriptors

Alcohol Reference, Comic Mischief, Violence

Support

Controller & Support

Device support

Steam Trading Cards

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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

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