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Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)

EA Black Box, EA Redwood Shores

PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox 360

4.08 from 2719 ratings

4829 members have it in their collection · 79 playing now · 292 backlogged · 225 wish listed

How long? Main story 27h · with extras 30h · 100% 77h (from 7 logged playthroughs)

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a single-player racing video game and the ninth installment in the Need for Speed series, following Underground 2. The game centers on street-racing gameplay, featuring a variety of events and racing circuits set within the fictional city of Rockport.
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Developers
EA Black Box, EA Redwood Shores
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Genres
Racing
Themes
Open world
Franchises
Need for Speed
Series
Need for Speed
Event
Xbox E3 2005 Press Conference

Release dates

  • Nov 15, 2005 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 22, 2005 (North_America) Xbox 360
  • Nov 25, 2005 (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Dec 02, 2005 (Europe) Xbox 360

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Rating distribution

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3 stars
542
2 stars
105
1 star
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MantaOrlando

Review MantaOrlando 3/5 · Mar 27, 2025

Solid fun.

I loved the campaign for three reasons. Mitsubishi Evo VIII, BMW M3 GTR, and the Golf. Other cars weren't as satisfying to use, which hampered my fun with the challenge series. Some of the cars were truly slippery and even less were stable and solid to drive with. Aside from that, it's worth a try if you can pick it …

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I loved the campaign for three reasons. Mitsubishi Evo VIII, BMW M3 GTR, and the Golf. Other cars weren't as satisfying to use, which hampered my fun with the challenge series. Some of the cars were truly slippery and even less were stable and solid to drive with. Aside from that, it's worth a try if you can pick it up somewhere.

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Vallejo

Review Vallejo 3/5 · Nov 7, 2023

Ok, now I am going to start reviewing more modern gameSYKE! I am still not over the PS2 era I WILL NEVER GET OVER IT IT WAS THE LAST TIME MY BRAIN PRODUCED SEROTONIN EFFORTLESSLY!

Ok no, but seriously, with this game things get fuzzy because I remember liking it very much. The game was a lot of fun, and …

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Ok, now I am going to start reviewing more modern gameSYKE! I am still not over the PS2 era I WILL NEVER GET OVER IT IT WAS THE LAST TIME MY BRAIN PRODUCED SEROTONIN EFFORTLESSLY!

Ok no, but seriously, with this game things get fuzzy because I remember liking it very much. The game was a lot of fun, and that BMW M3 GTR will remain forever in my "Impossible Things to Buy" list. But... I don't remember almost anything about that game AT ALL.

I remember almost everything about the other classic NFS of that time. Hell, I still remember the toughest races in NFS Underground (84 and 103, f**king hell), but I barely remember anything about the story in this one... Something about territories? Daylight races? A generic-ass villain with a black car? I tried to recollect parts of the gameplay without looking them up on YouTube for this review and I came out blank, can't do it.

I would still replay it (IF THERE WAS A LEGAL AND NOT EXPENSIVE ASS WAY TO DO SO) but hell, this game got sandwiched between some of the best NFS in history.

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Enkiled

Review Enkiled 3/5 · Oct 21, 2022

3.5

Well, the Blacklist concept was surely an immense step forward. Arguably best racer game of the 2000s and an OST to match it. P.S. no, underground was not better, just different. I hate purists so much

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112percent

Status 112percent Aug 12, 2022

Completion Status:

Beat every main game event, got every pink slip, unlocked everything, completed all of the extra races and challenges.

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histidia

Status histidia Nov 21, 2019

Hands down the best Need For Speed game so far. This game did so many things well. It may have a cliche story/concept but in the whole franchise this was the one who did it the best. I love how well the gamepay and the story are blended together but balanced at the same time, you can feel the progressoion …

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Hands down the best Need For Speed game so far. This game did so many things well. It may have a cliche story/concept but in the whole franchise this was the one who did it the best. I love how well the gamepay and the story are blended together but balanced at the same time, you can feel the progressoion in the story and cars while not being distracted from the gameplay too much.

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smokingfliege

Review smokingfliege 5/5 · Dec 11, 2016

Awesome Arcade Racing

Damn, this was a great game! This blacklist scenario was simple but really exciting and getting hunted by cops was so much fun! I don´t know how many hours I spent with earning head-money. The handling was good, much better than this weird handling today which is neither really simulation nor arcade. This game wasn´t too easy. The tuning wasn´t …

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Damn, this was a great game! This blacklist scenario was simple but really exciting and getting hunted by cops was so much fun! I don´t know how many hours I spent with earning head-money. The handling was good, much better than this weird handling today which is neither really simulation nor arcade. This game wasn´t too easy. The tuning wasn´t as good as in Underground 2 or Carbon but it was still good enough. If I remember it right I missed a Skyline R34 or a Nissan 350z but that´s the only thing I can complain about. A great racing game!

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