Short description
It’s called The Run. An illicit, high-stakes race across the country. The only way to get your life back is to be the first from San Francisco to New York.
No speed limits. No rules. No allies. All you have are your driving skills and sheer determination as you battle hundreds of the world’s most notorious drivers on the country’s most dangerous roads.
In Need for Speed - The Run, you’ll weave through dense urban centres, rocket down icy mountain passes and navigate narrow canyons at breakneck speeds, all the while evading a relentless police force prepared - and willing - to use lethal force to take you down.
Long description
The Need for Speed series makes a significant departure from previous entries with "The Run," which has players on a high-speed race across the country. Your goal is to make it from San Francisco to New York City as quickly as possible while trying to outmaneuver those pursuing you - from law enforcement to the mob - and outwitting your competition. Each destination is broken down into a series of time-sensitive stages that has you completing specific objectives before you can advance.
You'll need to swerve to avoid spotlights and bullet fire from a pursuing helicopter, for example, or make it out of a city before time expires. For the first time in the series, you'll engage in on-foot sequences as well as driving missions. Your car will periodically crash during the course of your travels, at which point you'll have to continue on foot. Rather than directly control your character, you'll instead rely on scripted quick-time events to dodge bullets, leap across rooftops, engage in hand-to-hand combat, and more. Successfully tap the right button at the precise time to continue the action.
Special features
Follow your character in high-speed chase sequences in and out of the vehicle
Drive a Mazda MX-5, Porsche 911 GT2, Ford Shelby GT500, Nissan Fairlady 240ZG and more
Master quick-time events to find new vehicles and continue the storyline
Race across versions of Las Vegas, Chicago, the Rocky Mountains, San Francisco and other locales
additional information
The Need for Speed series makes a significant departure from previous entries with "The Run," which has players on a high-speed race across the country.