History Characters / NeedForSpeedUnbound

* CoolCar: His Mercedes-Benz 190E in itself would be one, but it also comes with a massive spoiler, taped headlights, a gilded grille, front turbofan wheels, and a unique livery feature that's half-black and half-white.

* BadassDriver: They ain't just a badass street racer, but acts as one when giving fellow racers around Lakeshore City a lift or when they deliver customer cars back to Rydell's Rydes.

* NiceGuy / NiceGirl: The player is very pleasant and positive. Their personality feels like you wanna make friends with them!

** [[spoiler: Whenever Tess or Rydell asks you to deliver a customer car to the garage, you get to try out a handful of powerful and customized vars that you have yet to unlock. So this means you get to try out a Lamborghini Aventador or a [=McLaren=] P1!]]

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* TrueCompanions: With the player as she gets along with them during cutscenes and in phone calls. She also get along with Rydell, when both have good conversations with each other.

After they spent the summer restoring their junker into a custom car, they take it to the streets of Lakeshore in an attempt to make a name and gain reputation for their garage they work for: Rydell's Rides. They get along in numerous meetups and impress clientele. However, an incident at Rydell's Rydes happened when numerous cars were stolen.

Two years later, while Rydell's Rydes starts anew and barely makes any money, they're later greeted by Tess whom she reveals to them about The Grand, and Lakeshore's ultimate street racing challenge, which surprisingly was hosted by Yaz, they're old friend and the mastermind behind the heist of Rydell's Rydes. Aided by Rydell and Tess, it's up to them to get a spot in The Grand and win back the stolen cars from the garage.

** The very beginning of the game asks you to pick a junker to restore. You can pick a classy Dodge Charger R/T, a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or a Nissan Silvia K's, which will be souped up with upgrades. [[spoiler:Following the Rydell's Rydes heist, Yaz takes the car for herself. Flash forward to 2 years, you're forced to buy yourself a new set of wheels.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Stephan Goldback

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The subtitles and credits stated his name is Rudiger, where as in the leaderboards during a race, has an ''umlaut on the U''. Alas, R'''ü'''diger.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Aaron Porter

A lover for Japanese anime shows, he shows his love for it by donning anime stickers on his Eclipse.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Sena Bryer

A celebrity racer who shares her live feed on Insta, whom which the player follows and likes.

* SpicyLatina: She's a street racing lady of Hispanic origin who causes mayhem and [[LadySwearsALot cusses]] a lot.

[[folder:Shimizu]]

!!!'''Car:''' '''SPOILER CAR'''[[labelnote:*]]Dodge Charger R/T (1969), a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or a Nissan Silvia K's ([=S14=]) (originally from the Player)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ashleigh Lathrop

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: And it definitely plays straight! She has blue hair all the way!

* ATasteOfPower: The very beginning of the game asks you to pick a junker to restore. You can pick a classy Dodge Charger R/T, a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or a Nissan Silvia K's, which will be souped up with upgrades. [[spoiler:Following the Rydell's Rydes heist, Yaz takes the car for herself. Flash forward to 2 years, you're forced to buy yourself a new set of wheels.]]

* GenkiGirl:

[[folder:Rudiger]]

* CoolHouse: HActs as a safehouse.

[[folder:A$AP Rocky]]
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!!!'''Car:''' Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' [[AsHimself Himself]]

->''"I'll put it to you like this: You dust me in this, I'll let you have that."''

Music/AsapRocky is a RealLife American rapper and fashion icon from Harlem.

* CoolCar: His Mercedes-Benz 190E in itself would be one, but it also comes with a massive spoiler, taped headlights, a gilded grille, front turbofan wheels, and a unique livery feature that's half-black and half-white.

[[folder:Yaz]]
!!Jasmine / Yaz
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!!!'''Car:''' '''SPOILER CAR'''[[labelnote:*]]Dodge Charger R/T (1969), a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or a Nissan Silvia K's ([=S14=]) (originally from the Player)[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ashleigh Lathrop
->''"Seven days until the first qualifier. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Earn. Your. Place!]]"''

Jasmine, or simply Yaz is a close friend of the player during the prologue.

Following the summer spent with the player restoring their junker, Yaz hopes to capture Lakeshore's hearts by pulling over to meetups at Cyrill Heights, much to Rydell's dismay. However, during the garage heist later reveals that Yaz betrays the player and Rydell himself, revealing that she's the mastermind of the plot. She later reveals that her ambition is to host Lakeshore's ultimate street racing challenge: The Grand.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Hinted by Rydell's displeasure of keeping secrets from him and cutting corners by having the player drive to meetups at Cyrill Heights is the key factor that lead to the Rydell's Rydes heist with Yaz herself being the Ringleader. Another is when Yas stated when she runs the meetups, it's hinted where it leads to her hosting The Grand.]]
%%* SassyBlackWoman:
* InSeriesNickname: Her full given name is Jasmine, as stated by Rydell at some times. But most of the time she's much preferred to be called Yaz.
* {{MacGuffin}}: She steals the players starter car and takes it as her own, following the garage heist.
* TheMole: She was only doing meetups just to take over and steal the cars from Rydell's Rydes, not to promote it.
* RousingSpeech: The opener to The Grand has this sermon:
-->'''Yaz:''' I'm glad to see y'all showed up. How many years has it been, for real? The mayor cracks down a little bit and we all bitch out? I thought this was Lakeshore. I thought this was a racing scene. Flexing with your super-tuners and your muscle cars and... ''[points to a racer beside Tess]'' That guy... What's it gonna take, huh? To remind you why we got into this? ''[points to a Plymouth Barracuda with a [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney trunk full of money]]]'' Stacks. ''[{{Beat}}]'' Three qualifiers! High-risk! You have a run in with the cops? You take them on! You make it, and I will see you in the finals. [[EpicRace The Lakeshore Grand]]! You want to win? Then you had better be the best. ''[{{Beat}}]'' Seven days until the first qualifier. '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Earn. Your. Place!]]'''
* TagalongKid: She rides shotgun alongside with the player at times during the prologue.
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[[folder:Rydell]]
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Dwayne Barnes
->''"I'm serious. Don't just say shit, win shit!"''

The owner of his namesake garage: Rydell's Rydes and one of the player's faithful companions.
He is a mechanic for many others racers around Lakeshore City, especially for the Player.
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After they spent the summer restoring their junker into a custom car, they take it to the streets of Lakeshore in an attempt to make a name and gain reputation for their garage they work for: Rydell's Rides. They get along in numerous meetups and impress clientele. However, an incident at Rydell's Rides happened when numerous cars were stolen.

* TheMole: She was only doing meetups just to take over and steal the cars from Rydell's Rydes, not to promote it.

The owner of his namesake garage: Rydell's Rydes. He is a mechanic for many others racers around Lakeshore City, especially for the Player.

* CoolGarage: '''Rydell's Rydes'''! It's cool enough for a name of a cool garage. Inside is packed full of patrons with cars ready to be [[PimpedOutCar pimped]] and one seen playing an arcade cabinet. It also serves as a garage where you store all your cars and gain access to upgrades and crazy customization.

->''"Yo Speeedie! You still want that 5 star rating? Then show me what you got!"''
A contact of the player.

She

->''"Let's get ready. I'm telling you bruh. Tonight's the night. All she needs is a name."''

A close friend of the player during the prologue.

%%* {{Foreshadowing}}:

* InSeriesNickname:
* TagalongKid: She rides alongside with the player at times during the prologue.

!!!'''Car:''' Any of the 3 starter cars [[labelnote:Click to view]]Dodge Charger R/T (1969), a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or Nissan Silvia K's ([=S14=])[[/labelnote]], Nissan Z Performance ([=RZ34=]), Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec ([=BNR32=]), Player's choice

* BroughtDownToNormal: The player loses their restored junker when Yaz take it as her own during the heist. It forces them to buy a new starter car with funds provided by Tess.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: The player ain't a NewMeat here. After all, they already fully skilled on the wheel and perhaps made a name for Rydell's Rydes at the very beginning.
* FunPersonified: Your PlayerCharacter is a lot more upbeat than the PlayerCharacter in ''Heat''.
* PlayerCharacter: Well, duh!
* ATasteOfPower: The very beginning of the game asks you to pick a junker to restore. You can pick a classy Dodge Charger R/T, a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or a Nissan Silvia K's of which is souped up with upgrades. [[spoiler:During the Rydell's Rydes heist, Yaz takes the car for herself and you get betrayed. Flash forward to 2 years, you're forced hop to a client's car and also to buy yourself a new set of wheels.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Do we have to mention all the time that the player is an illegal street racer?

[[folder:Jasmine]]

Nicknamed Yaz, she's a close friend of the player.

* {{Foreshadowing}}:
* SassyBlackWoman:

* BatterUp: He is seen equipped with a baseball bat, ready to attack any intruders who break into his garage. [[spoiler:Turns out it was the player and Tess who explains the situation.]]
* CoolGarage: '''Rydell's Rydes'''! It's cool enough for a name of a cool garage. Inside is well packed full of patrons with cars ready to be [[PimpedOutCar pimped]] and one seen playing an arcade cabinet. It also serves as a garage where you store all your cars and gain access to upgrades and crazy customization.
* DeadpanSnarker: He come well-equipped with a mouth full of sarcasm.

* TheEngineer: Mechanic to be exact, as he is the man who loves to fix and build whips for his patrons all over Lakeshore city.

* ICallItVera: One phone call has him asking Yaz where his pipe wrench is, which he nicknamed it "Wrenchie" as stated by the latter.

Music/AsapRocky is a RealLife American rapper from Harlem and a fashion icon.

!!!'''Car:''' Any of the 3 starter cars [[labelnote:Click to view]]Dodge Charger R/T (1969), a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or Nissan Silvia K's ([=S14=])[[/labelnote]], Nissan Z Performance ([=RZ34=]), Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BNR32), Player's choice

* AffectionateNickname: Tess often calls you "Speedie".

* ExperiencedProtagonist: The player ain't a NewMeat here. After all, they're a

* ATasteOfPower: The very beginning of the game asks you to pick a junker to restore. You can pick a classy Dodge Charger R/T, a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or a Nissan Silvia K's. [[spoiler:This was later stolen]]

* CoolGarage: '''Rydell's Rydes'''! It's cool enough for a name of a cool garage. Inside is well packed full of customers' cars ready to be [[PimpedOutCar pimped]]. It also serves as a garage where you store all your cars and gain access to upgrades and crazy customization.

* TheEngineer: Mechanic to be exact, as he is the man
* ExpositionFairy: Acts like a guide to the player.

!!!'''Car:''' Any of the 3 starter cars [[labelnote:Click to view]]Dodge Charger R/T (1969), a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or Nissan Silvia K's ([=S14=])[[/labelnote]], Nissan Z Performance ([=RZ34=]), Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BNR32), Player's choice

!!!'''Car:''' '''SPOILER CAR'''[[labelnote:*]]Dodge Charger R/T (1969), a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or a Nissan Silvia K's ([=S14=]) (originally from the Player)[[/labelnote]]

Hailing from Cyril Heights, he is the owner of his namesake garage: Rydell's Rydes.

!!!'''Car:''' Player's choice

The main player character.\\\
Fresh into Lakeshore and accompanied by Yaz and Rydell, the player makes a name for themselves and be earned a spot in The Grand: Lakeshore's ultimate street racing challenge.

* WhatAPieceOfJunk: The very beginning of the game asks you to pick a beaten-up and crappy junker to restore, which acts as your starter car. You can pick a classy Dodge Charger R/T, a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or a Nissan Silvia K's.

[[folder:Yaz]]

!!!'''Car:''' Dodge Charger R/T, a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary or a Nissan Silvia K's (originally from the Player)
The player's faithful companion.

* SassyBlackWoman:
* TagalongKid: She rides with the player

Hailing from Cyril Heights, he is the owner of his namesake garage: Rydell's Rides.

* SassyBlackWoman

* WhatAPieceOfJunk: The very beginning of the game asks you to pick a beaten-up and crappy junker to restore, which acts as your starter car. You can pick a classy Dodge Charger R/T, a Lambo Countcah [=25th=] or a Nissan Silvia K's.

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->''"Let's get ready. I'm telling you bruh. Tonight's the night. All she needs is a name."

->''"I'm serious. Don't just say shit, win shit!"

* DeadpanSnarker: He

The main player character.

!!!'''Car:''' Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II

* CoolCar: His Mercedes-Benz 190E in itself would be one, but it also comes with a massive spoiler, taped headlights, a gilded grille, front wheels with spokes that resemble the BMW logo, and a unique livery feature that's half-black and half-white.

Music/AsapRocky is a RealLife American rapper from Harlem.

* CoolCar: His Mercedes-Benz 190E in itself would be one, but it also comes with a massive spoiler and a unique livery feature that's half-black and half-white.

!!!'''Car:''' Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II

* CoolCar: His Mercedes-Benz 190E in itself would be one, but it also comes with a huge spoiler and a unique livery feature one half black and one half white.