Line #2 Awesome/NeedForSpeed


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6	* As in Awesome Awesome/VideoGameLevels: Most of the games in the series have at least one of them. You be the judge!
7	** ''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, and the half-buried Art/StatueOfLiberty. This is also a ShoutOut to ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968''.
8	** ''Need for Speed II'': Proving Grounds may just be an easy superspeedway, but it certainly lives up to the series' name. Also, it has [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic an awesome song]] to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RTO4qPEm64 "Hallin' Ass"]] to.
9	** ''III: Hot Pursuit'': Empire City was certainly a track worthy of being a prize for beating Knockout mode. Its {{cyberpunk}} influences, great techno theme, the tight and tricky layout, and even those alleyways near the start/finish line that could be used as shortcuts early on made it a fun track to race on.
10	** ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted2012 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.]]
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12	[[AC:''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedHotPursuit Hot Pursuit]]'' [[Creator/CriterionGames (2010)]]]]
13	* Using a Turbo as a Racer. Just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xORV0yaWmWw 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:
14	--> '''Dispatch''': “All units, we’re detecting a power surge from the suspect. Be on guard.”
15	** If you use it in a low gear, you also get to enjoy the car's bouncing redline until it shifts up.
16	* 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.
17	--> ''EMP Hit: 200 Bounty'' / ''EMP Bust/Wreck: 500 bounty''
18	* 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!]]
19	* 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.
20	* 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.
21	** [[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?''
22	* 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.
23	* "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.
24	* 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.
25	** 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:
26	--> ''Crash Escape''
27	* On the subject of small details: hitting top speed in Exotic and Hyper class cars and listening to the engine ''shrieking'' as you reach its limit.
28	* The voiceover description that each car has. In addition as a callback 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 level of CarPorn is what you would expect from realistic racing games like VideoGame/{{Forza}} or VideoGame/GranTurismo rather than an arcade racer.
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30	[[AC:''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedTheRun The Run]]'']]
31	* Jack takes a page out of ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'' and ''[[RammingAlwaysWorks rams a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGJ0H0lOMvM&t=2m46s freaking helicopter!]]''
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33	[[AC:''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted Most Wanted]]'' [[Creator/CriterionGames (2012)]]]]
34	* 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.
35	** 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!
36	** 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.
37	* 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.
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39	[[AC:[[Film/NeedForSpeed2014 2014 film]]]]
40	* All of the racing scenes in the film, made better by the fact that they were all done [[PracticalEffects practically with no CGI whatsoever]].
41	* Also from the film: "Just go to the window."
42	-->vrrrRRRRRRRrattle... vrrrRRRRRrattle...
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44	[[AC:[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeed2015 2015 reboot]]]]
45	* 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]], 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]].
46	-->'''Robyn:''' #[=UltimateBestNightEver=]!
47	* 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]]''.
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49	[[AC:[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedPayback Payback]]]]
50	* 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.
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52	[[AC:[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedHeat Heat]]]]
53	* The iconic [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted BMW M3 GTR]] that appeared in many ''Need for Speed'' games, surprisingly becomes part of the main plot since ''Carbon'', [[spoiler:serving as the de facto FinalBoss of the game, being driven by Frank Mercer himself!]] Did we mention you can also drive the unlockable Hero cars that you obtain from the other Driver Stories, such as Eddie's Skyline or Rachel's [=350Z=]? Yet those two are both all in their respective body kits used in ''Underground'' itself!

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