History Awesome / NeedForSpeed

--> Central: “All units, we’re detecting a power surge from the suspect. Be on guard.”

--> ''EMP hit: 200 Bounty''

* On the subject of small details: hitting top speed in Exotic and Hyper class cars and listening to your gearbox ''shrieking'' as you reach its limit.
* The vehicle description that each car has. In addition as a call back to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2aJByh2J_M extended narration]] of the original ''Hot Pursuit'', one video comment [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YuCUbZU_vw&lc=UgzQVeK0Lqs-9Ou9r414AaABAg points out]] that this is sheer CarPorn for an arcade racer and something that would be more expected with realistic racing games like VideoGame/{{Forza}} or VideoGame/GranTurismo.

* Using a Turbo as a Racer. Just hearing it power up with a short Beat, followed by a loud ''boom!'' as your screen goes into ''Tunnel Vision'' while your engine screams with the power of an F18 taking off on Afterburner as you break 400 KPH. Made even better by the cops’ reaction to it:

* One day someone found a cheater in ''Hot Pursuit'' 2010 who was trying to NOS all the way to victory. Others just backed down (i.e. disconnectd).
** Uploader's account is down though, but you get the idea.
** Just look at the cheater ramming this player in vain near the finale. Priceless.
* Using a Turbo as a Racer. Just hearing the sharp creak with a short Beat, followed by a loud ''boom!'' as your screen goes into ''Tunnel Vision'' while your engine screams with the power of an F18 taking off on Afterburner as you break 400 KPH. Made even better by the cops’ reaction to it:

** ''The Need for Speed'': Coastal. The joy of the point-to-point tracks without the monotony of City, or the DifficultySpike of Alpine, as well as [[SceneryPorn seeing the ocean by the roaring cliffside, the horizon yellowing as the sun sets]], the hot-air balloons up in the sky, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments and]] [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 the half-buried]] [[ShoutOut Statue of Liberty]].

* The final race in the reboot involves you racing against all five of the Icons (Magnus Walker, Creator/KenBlock, Akira Nakai, Fish & Risky Devil, Shinichi Morohoshi), as well as all your buddies ([[TheLancer Spike]], [[TheBigGuy Manu]], [[TheSmartGirl Amy]], [[TheChick Robyn]], [[TheMentor Travis]]) [[MarathonLevel throughout the perimeter of Ventura Bay except for the northernmost part.]] Not only the race is fast and tight, but [[GoldenEnding the ending]] in particular involves [[GroupPictureEnding you, your friends and the Icons taking a group photo]] after a wild party. Doubles also as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, as it's the first ending in the series where [[EarnYourHappyEnding everybody is happy]].

[[AC:[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeed Payback]]]]
* Pictured above is "The Highway Heist" which was featured in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-5EdHZ0hBs [=E3=] 2017 gameplay trailer]], where Jess manages to retrieve Marcus's Koenigsegg Regera from the truck, complete with an explosion as the icing of the cake. "I got this" indeed.

* Again, the reboot enforces you to make your own CMOA with the Perfect Moment mechanic, which involves maxing out every single one of your multipliers for each of the five ways to play in a single moment. It is nowhere as easy as it sounds, but upon doing so you will be greeted by the words "PERFECT MOMENT" appearing on your Hud with a ''[[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound dan-dan-dan-dan-dan-WOOSH]]''.

** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted Most Wanted]]'' 2012: The crown goes to the Hughes International Airport in northeastern Fairhaven which appears as part of the ''Terminal Velocity'' DLC. Big jumps, futuristic architecture, a long drag strip derived from a plane runway, a construction site and winding roads. [[RuleOfCool And you can drive INSIDE the airport!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsS4c_WAcpI See this gameplay video to witness the utter awesomeness of this airport.]] And if you have this pack, get ready to feel like [[Film/TheTransporter Frank Martin.]]

[[AC:[[Film/NeedForSpeed2014 2014 film]]

* Jack takes a page out of ''Film/LiveFreeAndDieHard'' and ''[[RammingAlwaysWorks rams a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGJ0H0lOMvM&t=2m46s freaking helicopter!]]''

* One day someone found a cheater in ''Hot Pursuit'' 2010 who was trying to NOS all the way to victory. Others just backed down (disconnect).

* ''The Run'' has Jack ''[[RammingAlwaysWorks ramming a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGJ0H0lOMvM&t=2m46s freaking helicopter!]]''
** Using a Turbo as a Racer. Just hearing the sharp creak with a short Beat, followed by a loud ''boom!'' as your screen goes into ''Tunnel Vision'' while your engine screams with the power of an F18 taking off on Afterburner as you break 400 KPH. Made even better by the cops’ reaction to it:

** Just about ''any'' time you hit an EMP on any car. The camera zooming to center on the targeted vehicle, followed by a second of silence... boom! Sparks of electricity ''explodes'' around the target as the car uncontrollably drifts into a crash. Then you get a very satisfying message.

** Remember that you are in control of a machine that can not only break 400 KPH and instantly destroy cars from a distance, but also [[https://youtu.be/koOL5PASlVE destroy freaking helicopters from a distance!]]

* ''Calm before the Storm'' has you and 3 other opponents race with complete radio silence. Only when you pass the 11.8 mile mark do the police appear with a ''huge'' amount of police cars waiting for you. Only then does the pursuit music start playing.

* Again, the reboot enforces you to make your own CMOA with the Perfect Moment mechanic, which involves maxing out every single one of your multipliers for each of the five ways to play in a single moment. It is nowhere as easy as it sounds, but upon doing so you will be greeted by the words "PERFECT MOMENT" appearing on your Hud with a ''[[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound dan-dan-dan-dan-dan-WOOSH]]''.

[[AC:Others]]
* ''NFS II'', ''III'' and ''Hor Pursuit 2''[='=]s intros.
* All of the racing scenes in [[Film/NeedForSpeed the film]], made better by the fact that they were all done [[PracticalEffects practically with no CGI whatsoever]].
* Also from the film: "Just go to the window."
-->vrrrRRRRRRR*rattle*... vrrrRRRRR*rattle*...

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[[AC: Hot Pursuit (2010)]]

** Remember that you are in control of a machine that can not only break 400 KPH and instantly destroy cars from a distance, but also [[https://youtu.be/koOL5PASlVE destroy feaking helicopters from a distance!]]

* Jamming an EMP just before it hits. The fact that jamming an EMP causes no cutscene, and instead mutes all in game sounds for 3 seconds (minus the sound of the Jammer activating) while the police dispatcher warns of communications being jammed. The entire sequence is epic in itself.

[[AC: Most Wanted (2012)]]

[[AC: 2015 Reboot]]

-->'''Robyn:''' #UltimateBestNightEver!

[[AC: Others]]
* ''NFS II'', ''III'' and 6[='=]s intros.

* ''NFS II'', ''III'' and 6[='=]s intros.
* See how far you can go off those interlocking rings in ''Most Wanted'' 2012 with a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport or a Koenigsegg Agera R using powershot pro nitrous. Either way, it's ''fun'' to go off those rings.
** If you drive at it from the correct angle (facing the hotel with the rings in the foreground, it's almost directly from the right, a bit towards the hotel) in a fast, flat car like the LFA or Marussia, you can land INSIDE the parking garage. That's right: you can launch a supercar into a gap between 2 concrete barriers maybe twice as tall as your car!
** You think that's far? Combining the ''Ultimate Speed'' Pack and ''Terminal Velocity'' DLC and using [[GoodBadBugs the mod-switching bug]] mentioned on the YMMV page will let you go over a plane with a Hennessey Venom GT Spyder at 270+ MPH and land OVER SIX HUNDRED YARDS AWAY.
* With the ''Terminal Velocity'' DLC for ''Most Wanted'' 2012, you can have a drag race on an airport strip, with airplanes parked on the runway. Not to mention the feeling you get when you pass either one of the speed cameras at either side, reminding you that you are in control of a machine that can (with generous tuning) break 300 MPH/480 KPH.
* All of the racing scenes in [[Film/NeedForSpeed the film]], made better by the fact that they were all done [[PracticalEffects practically with no CGI whatsoever]].
* Also from the film: "Just go to the window."
-->vrrrRRRRRRR*rattle*... vrrrRRRRR*rattle*...
* The final race in the reboot involves you racing against all five of the Icons (Magnus Walker, Creator/KenBlock, Akira Nakai, Fish & Risky Devil, Shinichi Morohoshi), as well as all your buddies ([[TheLancer Spike]], [[TheBigGuy Manu]], [[TheSmartGirl Amy]], [[TheChick Robyn]], [[TheMentor Travis]]) [[MarathonLevel throughout the perimeter of Ventura Bay except for the northernmost part.]] Not only the race is fast and tight, but [[GoldenEnding the ending]] in particular involves [[GroupPictureEnding you, your friends and the Icons taking a group photo]] after a wild party. Doubles also as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, as it's the first ending in the series where [[EarnYourHappyEnding everybody is happy]].
* Hot Pursuit (2010) has many:

*** Remember that you are in control of a machine that can not only break 400 KPH and instantly destroy cars from a distance, but also [[https://youtu.be/koOL5PASlVE destroy feaking helicopters from a distance!]]
** Let’s not forget the sound a police helicopter makes when it [[https://youtu.be/kLIzik6T30g passes over your vehicle.]] Just... beautiful. Bonus points if you’re drifting at night while it happens.
** Busting the last Racer (or being busted) is epic in itself. The cinematic camera just makes it even better as it shows (in great detail) how ''wrecked'' the Racer’s (or your) ride is.
*** [[https://youtu.be/wJDDA6TOvxs This]] video shows how satisfying it is for your helicopter to make the last bust. Not surprised? How about when the Racer gets busted ''on the finish line?''
** Jamming an EMP just before it hits. The fact that jamming an EMP causes no cutscene, and instead mutes all in game sounds for 3 seconds (minus the sound of the Jammer activating) while the police dispatcher warns of communications being jammed. The entire sequence is epic in itself.
** ''Calm before the Storm'' has you and 3 other opponents race with complete radio silence. Only when you pass the 11.8 mile mark do the police appear with a ''huge'' amount of police cars waiting for you. Only then does the pursuit music start playing.
** Hell, just the fact that the game, despite just being nothing more than a racing game, has so much detail in it. There are occasionally civilian helicopters carrying wood logs and random Cessnas flying overhead, all with their own sound effects. The graphics themselves are a sight to behold, especially for a 2010 game. You’d be surprised at how good the game looks at maximum graphics.
*** If you play long enough as a Racer, you can notice that the cop AI isn't specifically programmed to target just you. Cop cars often overtake other Racers to immobilize them with Spike Strips, while other cars target Racers with [=EMPs=] (you can hear the sound of/see the cops' [=EMPs=] hitting or missing other Racers). Sometimes Racers themselves crash into other cars while you whizz past them as you get this message:

** On the subject of small details: hitting top speed in Exotic and Hyper class cars and listening to your gearbox ''shrieking'' as you reach its limit.
* Again, the reboot enforces you to make your own CMOA with the Perfect Moment mechanic, which involves maxing out every single one of your multipliers for each of the five ways to play in a single moment. It is nowhere as easy as it sounds, but upon doing so you will be greeted by the words "PERFECT MOMENT" appearing on your Hud with a ''[[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound dan-dan-dan-dan-dan-WOOSH]]''.