(E-games) Need for Speed

Need for Speed(NFS) is a series of racing video game published by Electronic Arts(EA) and developed by several studios It is the most successful racing video game series of all time, and one of the most sucessful overall.The games consist mainly of racing various cars on various tracks, and to some extent, include police pursuits in races. The Need for Speed series are racing game, all of which employ the same fundamental rules and have similar mechanics. In each game, the player controls a race car in a variety of races, the goal being to win the race. In the tournament/career mode, the player must win a series of races in order to unlock vehicles, tracks, etc. Before playing each race, the player chooses a vehicle to race in and has the option of choosing the transmission of the vehicle, which includes automatic and manual transmission. All games in the series have some form of multiplayer mode allowing players to race one another via split screen, (LAN)local area network or in the internet. Like all racing games, the Need for Speed series features an extensive list of cars that are available for the player to use. The vehicles included in the game are modeled and named after actual cars in real life. Till now there have been sixteen games released in the Need for Speed series. Six games were developed by EA Canada, and two were developed European based video game developer Eden games.