What Made Need For Speed: Most Wanted A BIG DEAL?

Need for Speed Most Wanted is one of the most beloved street racing games of all time. Here's why.

[ghostpepper]

"Doesn't get enough love". i don't know how it is over there, wherever you're at. But in my country, Most wanted is everyone's favorite car racing game.

[kademarlowe]

Dude that was my favorite Need for Speed, this just made my day lol

[Jazz-Singher]

The police chases. Everything from the engine roars, the police radio chatter, and the intensity of it made it a spectacle. I’m convinced they hired actual police officers to either write the dialogue or voice it, it’s so genuine sounding.

[sanless]

This is the first game I ever played and completed. It has a special place in my heart ❤

[LalitMishra]

I remember feeling like being physically hurt when Cross keys the car.

[BotUser]

Every OG Most Wanted fan should remember being on max heat level and going to the bus station to lose the cops. Lol

[antoniodbz]

Carbon is the "underloved" one, Most Wanted is everyones favorite

[megafunlab]

Cool vid, I worked on this game. We had just finished underground 1 & 2 before working on it. The layout of the world needed a lot of work when I came on to it. It was a mess but we got it sorted. The env was huge and probably double the size of underground2. We used the xbox360 as the dev platform, and we loved the ability to do a time of day change and wide open areas like the shipyard which I worked on. Many of us had worked on hot pursuit 2, so it was great to bring back cops. Looking back the first four games were great. Hot pursuit 2, ug 1 & 2 plus most wanted. Then it sort fell apart after that, EA were churning out the games every year, it was stressful to make a game in a year. We lost the motivation and desire, when you’re churning out racing games every year. Anyways it is great to see the love, after all those late nights working on the game back in the day.

[eaglefoxtrot]

The career, the customisation, the police chases, the songs were all just top tier in this game. Man do I miss this game

[AndyDarkKnight]

If EA can remaster this gem with todays graphics, it will sell like hotcakes!

[bread]

- How many people should love and appreciate this game?
Cross - "EVERYONE!"

[Zenedoboz]

"Everyone loved this game"
"Everyone?"
"EVERYONNNE!!!"

[gaunterodimm]

The game is a legend. I think I haven’t replayed any of the games like this one. 20+ replays. And to this day I still replay it at least once a year. Story mode was awesome. Soundtrack was amazing. LAN with my friends after school. Dayum, I am on a nostalgia trip and will probably go replay it now since I still have it on my old PC.

[akhilp]

Nfs mw was probably one of the greatest games of my life.... There's very few games that had me playing for like 4 years straight

[racermigs]

"I want every single unit after the guy."
"Everyone?"
"EVERYONE!!!"

[ionbusman]

Loved this game as a kid. Played the hell out of it!! Little did I know it was the greatest racing game ever…. And it was all downhill from there

[nobreaugusto]

When we talk about Need for Speed everyone remember Most Wanted.

[joeygiesbrecht]

The police chases in this game stressed me out so much, if they were about to catch me I just turned my PS2 off 😂

[williamf]

Finally the truth is spoken Most wanted was the best NFS

[ricardoaguilar]

This game is the reason I love cars. The M3 GTR and the Ford GT were my absolute favorite cars. I remember doing a three hour chase with the Ford GT (I found a glitch that I could just stay still and the cops would never get to me, so I left the PS2 on while my mom made me go to the grocery store with her) and my Ford GT ended up with a $50+million dollar bounty lmao