Ideally you want Perfect Shifts across the entire race. Shifts can either be poor, perfect, or late. Depending on how high the car is revving you will get a prompt to shift. Unlike other modes, the car gears must be shifted manually, and revs play a large part in this. Drag can be the most difficult discipline to succeed in if you are not comfortable with shifting gears manually. The only real difference between Circuit and Sprint events is that Sprint events can start and end anywhere, but they will never have a second lap to complete.ĭrag races, that originated in Need for Speed: Underground return again. It is simply a matter of reaching the finish line first. There are 44 different tracks available for Sprint mode, and they play similarly to Circuit mode. Sprint races act as the 'Point-to-Point' events of Most Wanted. It doesn't matter if you make it into first in the first corner or the final lap, as long as you're across the finish line on the final lap first. Circuit races are simply a matter of several different laps around the same course, and you must come first. There are 28 different Circuit tracks, and they will all eventually be encountered in Career mode. Below are all the race modes that exist in the game:Ĭircuit races have anywhere between 1 and 8 laps, and can range between difficult and easy opponents. After speeding through all of the traps your total speed will be calculated, and the racer with the highest total speed is the winner. Along the route there are speed traps planted, and you must blitz through them at the highest possible speed. One of the unique race events featured in Most Wanted is the 'Speed Trap' race. For the most part, Circuit races make up the main content of the racing, though there are other types of races that are encountered as well. Across the city there are different types of races available to you, such as Drag and Circuit events. However, Most Wanted takes place during daylight rather than night. Gameplay in Most Wanted features a free-roaming city, like that of Underground 2. Gaming press have claimed Most Wanted to be one of the best Need for Speed games of this generation, and it is normally the game most revered by players of the series. Most Wanted is frequently compared to more recent games in the series, such as Carbon, ProStreet and SHIFT. Most Wanted was well known for its police chases, though arguably it got more press for its FMV cutscenes, featuring live actors, than it did through anything else. Unlike previous titles, Most Wanted takes place during the day, and returns the police as a very real problem on the streets of the fictional city of Rockport. Need for Speed: Most Wanted was the 2005 release for the long running Need for Speed franchise from EA Games.