E3 2012: Need For Speed Most Wanted - hands-on preview

We attack the streets of the town of Fairhaven in a Porsche 991 courtesy of the latest Need For Speed ??Criterion reinvention

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first rotation of the motor of a Ford Mustang, the first cruise the streets, the sun shone, the rear end sliding gracefully, it is clear that this is a game Criterion. Burnout and cargo across the majestic need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, the Guildford-based developer has always parties who reject the authenticity of the automotive care for the pure joy, the joy of bands along a highway in a banana yellow Porsche 991, tires screaming in terror like zoo animals.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is the latest chapter in the search for high-speed dizzying emotions. Taking the skeleton of the original game - the competition of street racing and police continues - this plugin reboot of the franchise in a vast open world, where events can occur at any corner or any section of the road, and where each action taken cold in addition to its speed point haul - and its desired state. The key message is "Racing without rules" - players can take shortcuts, smash enemies and jump over ramps - anything goes, and between events, it's time to shake the police through high -flow, release continued.

brief career playing single player through the area of ??the four bridges in the town of Fairhaven, the Porsche gunning through two-lane roads through the depth and contours along the swooping lines. The management approach is classical, classical, a touch of oversteer, drift mechanic that encourages you to wonder intuitive with a little rest before the crisis in the turns like a fairground Waltzer. Meanwhile, the AI ??cars cut into your vehicle, side edges, to steal their wake - everything is super concentrated and competitive, however, it is possible to compress the line and head away from the pack by secondary roads and trails.

accidents, meanwhile, are the remains Burnout porn full. Change in slow collisions, such as luxury cars broken disintegrate in the air, but even the smallest chassis tooth realistic detail, who lived in the car feeling after each race. Gone are the sterile Gran Turismo reverence - the criterion, the slogan is much more "drive 'em like you stole' em" - he wants his engine overspeed, the smugglers who want to throw excuses, they want you to be surrounded by a bottom wall and a shock Cosworth Impreza both in the process. Nothing seems new for long.

As in the Burnout Paradise apparently similar, there are some benchmarks to see the entire map. Garages will repair your car whiz through, while ramps and billboards offer mini-tasks, and fences can be taken to reveal new areas. This time, the criterion was added lifting points, previously inaccessible areas hide secret ultra-exotic collect and by car. There are also special places to settle, allowing you to escape the police and put out the fire.

Autolog is back, of course, it's only now that Autolog 2: the next generation. While the first version really just saved their best race times and share with friends, in Most Wanted, the system records

all their fastest laps, with their long jumps, nothing to attain or to discover in the game will be sent to your friends and becomes a potential competition. The goal is to become the most beloved among his companions. The last rider illegal street

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• In multiplayer mode, Most Wanted presents a new option from the list, which serves as a barrage of challenges that competition continues. Meet online with a group of friends, and get everything to respond to a meeting somewhere in the shared adapter - no grid starts here, you will have to compete for the best positions, colliding with fellow road.
• From there you can get a direct course through the streets of the city, followed abruptly by a "speed test" to see who can jump farther on a concrete ramp, the following could be a team race where cars are divided into two parts, and compete together for the highest score. Here, players who completed the race will be able to go back and crashed into opponents, helping his teammates better place.
significant thing is, everything flows. Criterion said he was learning from the battlefield, looking for the way FPS players seamlessly moving from board to board, and how the team based on how to integrate Tactics Group. Team Most Wanted challenges still allow cars cash opponent looking through the rearview mirror and push a button, alert team members that the vehicle is approaching his rival. And instead of badges, players can customize the record labels that licensed takedowns success.

Up to 12 players can compete in these skidmishes online, and seems to be a special selection of Freedrive cooperative challenges, allowing a dozen players to work together. No information at this time, but we're intrigued to see what this implies.

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