Customer Reviews
Need for Speed Most Wanted on XBox - By: D. Martin, 19 Jul 2006 
First time I played this game, it brought back memories of Driver, although this game is a lot more about the racing than it is about chases.
You can either play a career game where you get to fight your way up to the top challenging 15 rivals, there's a challenge mode where you have to complete challenges (60 of them or so) I didn't play many of these as I had done similar thingsin the career mode anyway, & then there's multiplayer, which I haven't player either on or off-line so I don't know what this mode is like. In career mode there is a list of requirements that you need to complete before you can challenge the next rival.
The graphics look pretty good, the music is suitable, plays well too, the cars available feel different when you drive them & you notice the improvement when you upgrade them, there's a good selection of cars... although this is no Gran Turismo. I feel that the customisation options are a little limited. The cities where you get to race seem pretty big at first but after a few days of racing you'll feel that you have raced similar courses all the time, so it is not as big on circuits as it could be the first impression but overall I think it's reasonable.
Also this game has some serious flaws, for example whenin pursuit mode trying to complete the challenges & achieve bounty points I got busted through no fault of my own, I'll explain, while I was being chased I run through a pursuit breaker (which are certain placesin the city where you for example run through the pumps at the petrol station making it explode & stopping all the cars chasing you that were close behind) well sometimes after this there was a spike trap set just near one of these pursuit breaker points & my car run automatically through the spikes meaning that I got busted & I couldn't do anything about it because after you run through a pursuit breaker point you don't have any control over the car for an instant, so MY ADVICE: steer well clear of pursuit breakers if you see a barricade nearby, or you will get very angry like me if you get busted after playing for like 10-15 minutes & achieving lots of points & completed challenges.
Things I would liked to havein this game, an editing replay mode, & why didn't they include a circuit maker of some kind?... allin all a good street racing game.
NFS Most Wanted - By: D. Hargreaves, 13 Jun 2006 i was a big fan of the whole need for speed series & got the game on the day of release. i played it for a couple of hours to see what i could unlock & was very dissapointed with it overall because you cannot customise as much as you can on NFS underground 2 e.g. lights, doors, the way the hood opens, seperate front, rear, side bodykits.
i think the only good thing was the police chases & the 2 new races - tollbooth & speedtrap.
hopefully the new game will have the gameplay of most wanted & the customizability of underground 2
danny
Flawed... - By: Will, 09 Jun 2006 
I have been playing this game for a while now & it is a fun game but why is there no pursuit modein quick race? The only way to enter a pursuit is to go into career mode. Also there is no way to do pursuit split screen or with one person the cops & the the bad guy or vice versa. The other bad thing is the graphics. The xbox version (and I haven't seen the 360 version) looks downright horrible at times. Most timesin fact. Jaggies are everywhere & the game has this horrible shimmering effect. Split screen mode looks like something from the playstation era. And I'm not kidding.
BUT, & this is a big but, the game is very, very fun to play. It's just a shame that the graphics & lack of pursuit options let it down.
This really is a great game - By: Mr. Michael S. Rhind, 05 Jun 2006 
First up, the reason I only give this game 4 out of five overall is really just a personal gripe: sometimes the cops seem to catch me even though I am still (theoretically) able to drive away...this may have to do with the fact that I always play car games with the 'in-car' view..my son plays watching the car from outside & doesn't seem to have this problem...heigh-ho..
Other than that this game is frankly awesome, the cars look great, sound great, & the graphics are superb, with as far as I can tell at 200mph, no glitches at all.
One point to those who have already read the other reviews complaining a bit about the drag races, let me give you a hint: the drag races are NOT always won by simply nailing the gas & banging up through the gears! I have won at least three (I forget) by closely tailing the opposition waiting for THEM to crash, & at least two have needed DOWN-shifts as well! In other words they all require a little bit of thought as well as quick reactions!
I completed the career mode quite quickly, but that was more to do with the 'just-one-more-go-ness' of the game, rather than because it's a bit short. Even so, I STILL can't put it down.
You NEED this gamein your collection.
AMAZING!!! - By: Samuel. Wild, 11 Mar 2006 
This is a fantastic game. So much bigger than NFSU 2 (see my review written by Sam Wild).This is amazingin different ways. First, the cop chases, which makes this game so much better than NFSU 2. The new modes (speedtrap & tollbooth make it stand outin the crowd. The already present race modes like sprint etc have been improved so much, with bigger jumps & more scenery to crash into. The only bad race mode now is the drag. I have played both NFSU 1 & 2 with the shift button as X. They have changed how you rev at the start of a race, so when you go off the starting blocks your engine blows. But overall, pursuit is the best mode. In heat 1, cops will try to just ram you,in heat 2 you will have unmarked cars that will mainly put road blocks up. In heat 3, you will have Vauxhall Monaro's after you & specially made ramming vehicles called rhino's. In heat 4 police will deploy unmarked monaro's,spike strips, helicopters, & spiked roadblocks. In heat 5 police will deploy Chevrolet Corvette's, helicopters, spiked roadblocks & and unmarked rhino's. Heat level six has most copsin Rockport. Sargeant Cross (your main rival apart from Razor)and his street racin' units will come after you. The units are unmarked Corvette's. Also specially made suv's will chase after you. At this level police will try to catch you with everything they can get. In Heat 7 (only available on Black edition) all of the things mentioned will come after you.
Overall what an AMAZING!!!! game.
