The Art of Need for Speed

Need for Speed is one of the biggest and most important Racing Game franchises ever made, and to celebrate it's 30 Year anniversary, Let's look back at all the games that brought us to where we are today. The series that influenced Gran Turismo, Forza, The Crew, and dozens more, now gets a full series review.

Shoutout to @DustinEdenYT @KuruHS and @Raycevick for the great interviews I got to do with them!

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Contents:
0:00 Intro
7:43 The Classic Era
46:41 The Blackbox Era
2:03:54 The Flux Era
3:26:52 The Modern Era
4:12:11 Ports & Mods
4:16:25 Conclusion

[jegannaathk]

Man made the NFS official YouTube channel to watch his video

[jakerussell]

That Black Box era montage gave me goosebumps bro

[X_TheVoid_X]

This digital footprint is now a part of history. And I can say it for every racer on the planet:

We are all happy that it is.

[Aaron_Extras]

This is my life savings, you need it more than I do.

[mihirphadke]

1:13:00 actually the reason cops weren't in the first two underground games was because certain manufacturers (like honda) weren't too keen on their cars being featured in illegal activities since their cars were synonymous with the whole illegal street racing stuff at the time. this was why honda was completely missing from 2000s nfs games like most wanted 2005 and carbon but still appeared in prostreet and shift. Both underground games still have leftover files within them referencing cops but they were cut very early in development in the conceptual stages.

also, the black box games were built on the "speed" engine, with EAGL simply being the graphics library that the game engine utilised.

Also, fantastic video! I'm so glad someone finally made a proper deep dive into the entire NFS franchise

[AlexanderFranco-yi]

the musical selection for 2:44 shows that not only you can craft some of the most well put together documentaries but you also have beautiful taste when it comes to music

[AMG_]

Ain’t no way this video got a borderline ADHD person to sit down and watch something for 4+ hours without stopping. Amazing job man!

[pengsheino]

One of the best videos I've ever seen on yt. No ads, just pure art. Thank you! ❤

[ZNAPPEDD]

You got me hyped to play through some of the old gems again, great video! Bonus points for playing Triage at dawn at the end

[mrxbas]

No matter how much I love the Gran Turismo series above pretty much everything else in the racing game genre, I can't help but thank Need for Speed for not only be a catalyst to get me into racing games, but also the sheer number of games of it I played (and liked doing so) throughout its many releases (no matter how janky they may have been - I actually was someone who somehow liked NFS Undercover on the PS2). Regardless of what they'll be cooking in the future (or no matter which game I'll go back to), with this series there will always be a way to find (or satisfy) your Need... for Speed. ;)

[UltraViolet_Moses]

Been awesome seeing this project come together over the past almost year since I first heard about it. It’ll take me probably 2 weeks to get through this but I’ll get there. Massive congrats on finishing this dude, all the best

[matthew.brady]

You know it's gonna be a long video when "art of" is in the title

[JeremyGoliz]

I can’t stand this video not getting 1M+ views within 10 days. You deserve it, hands down

[DeividasGedgaudas]

Wow... Standing Ovation for you Fastminer07 and everyone who helped out.

[vastlylocal]

The transition @46:41 gave me chills down my spine

[mitchelldiedrich]

is this where the line starts to pre-emptively congratulate you on 100k subs? excellent work, here.

[avalanche]

Projects like these are what need to see more in the racing game YouTube scene. Congrats on getting this video out there Fast, and props to the other creators involved who shared their perspectives on need for speed! I had a fun time watching this in the premier with everyone.

[Ash_]

Video so amazing it should be tagged as a Need of Speed documentary for Netflix!

[autumnkeys]

took me a second to realize this wasn't a livestream vod and was actually an edited video

FULL PROPS to you even before watching the whole thing!

[GB_]

This is one of the coolest ways to celebrate the 30 years of NFS's development! You did a pretty amazing job on the vid!
I also appreciate the ProStreet bias because its one of my personal favourite NFS's in the franchise. The race day/track day esque festival vibes and the OST of that game are what made it special for me!