The company's series of racing simulators Electronic Arts. The games of this series have always been very popular, having gained many ardent fans around the world.
NFS belongs to the class of so-called arcade racing, when more attention is paid to special effects, graphics and storyline, rather than the realism of driving a racing car (the antipode of NFS sometimes referred to as a series Colin McRae Rally from Codemasters, где графика не столь красива, но реализм исключительно высок). Более интересным игровой процесс делают различные варианты гонок (на выбывание, на время, уличные гонки — стритрейсинг), а также присутствие полиции (не во всех играх серии), когда требуется либо самому преследовать нарушителей, либо уходить от преследования. Автомобиль можно улучшать и тюнинговать — даже ранние версии игр, начиная с NFS 2, allowed to change at least the color of the selected car. Starting from the fourth version (High Stakes), a new system was introduced, when for each race won the driver received a certain amount of money, for which all improvements were made or a car of a higher class was purchased. At the same time, the car park of absolutely all versions is extremely diverse.
The most popular version was and, perhaps, still remains Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit. Самой нестандартной, выбивающейся из общей концепции — Porsche Unleashedwhen the car park was represented exclusively by cars Porsche different years of release. To date, there are already more than two dozen different versions. NFS.
Historically, games in the series have been released for both PC and game consoles (starting from the fifth generation). To date, their release is handled by the division Electronic Arts Blackbox.
