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Need For Speed: Rivals announced

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:52 -0500

Following two teaser images in the last couple of days, EA Games has now officially announced Need For Speed: Rivals. The game is in development by Ghost Games, a new studio located in Sweden. You can watch the first trailer right here:

NFS: Rivals will use Frostbite 3 as the game engine, and combines the "intensity of the street's ultimate rivalry between cops and racers," in an open road environment where players can choose between being a police officer or a racer. For the first time in 7 years, Ferraris will be back.

As a racer, the goal is to "become infamous for taking risks" and capturing your shenanigans on video. The more cops players evade, the more Speedpoints they will collect, enabling them to unlock new cars and items. Earn more Speedpoints and become a "more valuable target to the cops".

Police officer players work together as part of a team to nab the racers, and will earn prominence by doing so, causing them to rise within the ranks of the Police Force.

The game is out on current generation platforms on November 19 and will also be released on Xbox One and PS4 later this year, making it also the first next-gen NFS.

Another teaser for next Need for Speed

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:29:30 -0500

Posted on the official Need for Speed facebook page. Ferraris are back!
A new announcement is promised for today.

Need For Speed 2013 teased

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:13:57 -0500

EA has recently posted on Need For Speed's Facebook page an image of what appears to be a Koenigsegg Agera in a police livery. Together with the image, there's the sentence: "Have no rules, show no mercy."

No further info was given, but this image can very well be a teasing of the next NFS game, which is currently in production by Ghost Games. Check the image below:

With E3 2013 fast approaching, more info should be released soon, together with the official announcement of the game.

NFS: World - free Toyota Supra

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:05:40 -0500

The official Facebook page for Need For Speed: World has just achieved 750.000 likes and, as promised, the dev. team has released an universal code that grants every player with a free Toyota Supra. Redeem it quickly on World's website, the code is valid until Friday, 17th May at 06:00 GMT.

Here's the code: HJVF-9N69-HUSU-LMH3

If the community can reach 1.000.000 likes, there will be another reward!

Car of the Week #12 - "MR2 - Green Performance"

Sun, 12 May 2013 01:59:45 -0500

MR2 - Green Performance by tubevox1982

And this week we have a new entry to our list this time the 12th place is for tubevox1982 and his Toyota MR2 from NFSW called "MR2 - Green Performance". We are all fully agree that this car is the best one for the week. Overall the car is clean with clear sport lines in green, black and white colors. The trunk is made to appear that is made from carbon fiber. Tenzo R wheels with this inches fit very well with the rest of the car. Finally, but not on final place the decals are placed very well to and gives to the car one complete vision.

You're free to rate and comment the entry here:
http://www.nfsunlimited.net/showroom/entry/65392

Car of the Week #11 - "InYellTechra"

Sun, 05 May 2013 05:25:36 -0500

InYellTechra by RevvSG

We are proud to introduce you one of our newest tuners - RevvSG. His career as Tuner only goes up and it can be easily seen by his newest entry "InYellTechra". Clean body, great color combo and vynils which follow the car lines what more? When yellow, gray and black come together in one color combination definitely attract more eyes like in case with this Acura RSX. Decals are very well placed and the idea for carbon fiber details (made with vynils) stay great on this part of the car. Wheels are not so employed, but also fit quite well with these orange edges. The presentation is abstract and describes quite well the car itself. We hope to see more new entries from Revv in the future.

You can rate, comment and FAV the entry here:
http://www.nfsunlimited.net/showroom/entry/65357

NFS World maintenance patch (2nd May)

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:06:35 -0500

To all Need For Speed: World players, please be aware that the game servers will be shut down today (2nd May) for scheduled maintenance. This maintenance will take 2 hours. The list of new features and bug fixes is below:

Start time: 21:00 GMT
End time: 23:00 GMT

New features:

- No new features are being added with this patch.

Bug fixes / changes:

- Fixed an issue that prevented players from receiving rewards in Team Escape;
- Fixed an issue that caused players to receive both 0 Rep and 0 Cash after completing an Event;
- Fixed an issue that allowed a selected Achievement badge to change when using the mouse scroll wheel;
- Fixed an issue that caused player's microphones to mute in the Pre-race lobby after clicking Race Again;
- Optimized the way damage displays for a number of cars with body kits installed;
- Achievement rarity will now progressively update during a session;
- Client optimizations were made to help reduce server load;
- Some minor localization fixes were made;
- Fixed an issue that prevented vinyls from being placed on some locations of the Chevrolet El Camino SS "Vengeance".

Special Note:

The world.needforspeed.com website may go down shortly during the maintenance period.

Car of The Week #10 - Hundra Enraged

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:29:50 -0500

Hundra Enraged by StaneSKT
This beautiful monster we have here is made by our co-writer StaneSKT. The car itself looks simple, but has a fantastic attention to details. The carbon-fiber with those yellow lines makes the car looking very unique. The yellow colour itself works very well with carbon-fiber. Rims are fabulous too, especially when they have those thin yellow lips. Little blue elements like headlights really add to it too. And in the end we can see a nice presentation made by Moe-Z. Maybe it's a little too much yellow, but it still looks hot.

You can leave a comment here:
http://www.nfsunlimited.net/showroom/entry/65306

NFS: World - free car pack

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:09:19 -0500

One week ago the dev. team of Need For Speed: World challenged all players to complete 5 million in-game events with a Japanese car. If the community, as a whole, could do this in one week, the prize would be an universal car pack code.

The results were announced and not only did the community managed to complete 5 million in-game events, they even got a new record: over 5.2 million events with a Japanese car! So, here's the reward code:

CGF5-TDSM-HMX2-NMG7

Be sure to redeem it as soon as possible at http://world.needforspeed.com/. This code will give you a free Card Pack, which will be available for 0 SpeedBoost in the Card Pack Shop. After you get the card, just use it and see which car you got. It is possible to get all types of cars using this card, including Elite and retired cars.

Car of the Week #9 - "Frozen Soul"

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:05:29 -0500

Frozen Soul by Shad0w

From the beginning of this week this car has created a serious request to come into "Car of the Week". Rare we can see so simple, but very stylish Eclipse. "Frozen Soul" is maybe one of the best from all NFS series categories and deservedly enter in our chart. There's nothing more to say about the car, it can just be seen. Now,I will digress a bit from the article, to make a special wish. Today Shad0w has a birthday and now with the permission of NFSUnlimied Staff Crew I want to wish you my friend to achieve everything you want in your life, no matter how hard is it. You're a fighter and never give up! Happy Birthday, bro!

NFS World maintenance patch (10th April)

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:46:20 -0500

To all Need For Speed: World players, please be aware that the game servers will be shut down today (10th April) for scheduled maintenance. This maintenance will take 9 hours. The list of new features and bug fixes is below:

Start time: 17:00 GMT
End time: 03:00 GMT (11th April)

New features:

- New Achievements system: players can now obtain Achievements after completing specific milestones within the game;
- Achievements badge set now appears in the pre-race, post-race and compare drivers screens, allowing players to show off specific Achievements they have completed;
- A new Achievements Log helps players track achievement progress, customize their Achievement badge set, and claim rewards;
- New Driver Score measures the number of Achievements each driver has obtained;
- The all new Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 has been added to the game and is available exclusively as an Achievement reward
- 5 new "Achievement Edition" cars have been added the game and are available exclusively through Achievement rewards: BMW M3 (E92), Ford Focus RS, Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni, Koenigsegg CCX, and Nissan Fairlady 240ZG (S30).

Bug fixes / changes:

- Improvements were made to the client's stability;
- Driver Profile screen was removed from the Safehouse;
- Rankings have been removed from the News Feed;
- Fixed an issue that caused the Powerup cross to display an incorrect event label.

Special Note:

Please note that the Need for Speed World Leaderboards will be reset during the patch. This means that all leaderboard data will be removed.

List of Achievements for NFS: World

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:39:47 -0500

The dev. team has posted a list of future achievements coming to the game, and it has also shed some light about rewards concerning achievements. Starting with the rewards, users will be able to win: Aftermarket Parts, Skill Mods, In-Game Cash, Performance Parts, Card Packs and, more importantly, cars. There are 6 cars that can be won by unlocking achievements, namely:

- BMW M3 (E92)
- Ford Focus RS
- Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni
- Koenigsegg CCX
- Nissan Fairlady 240 ZG (S30)

There is also one extra car that the dev. team refused to announce, saying only "we guarantee that every single person who plays NFS World has been waiting for this car and absolutely can't wait to get their hands on it". According to them, this car can only be won if the player unlocks all achievements. It is thought that this car is the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, as recent images surfaced of the car in-game, like this one.

As for the list of achievements, you can check this blog post to see all future achievements coming to the game. Most of them will be retroactive, meaning that they will be unlocked as soon as the player logs in, but only if the player has completed the goal, of course. Some of the achievements won't be retroactive, though. Here's a breakdown of which achievements are retroactive and which are not:

Will retroactively count towards completing Achievements:

- Manufacturer Car Collections
- Total Car Collection
- Driver Progression
- Treasure Hunt Streak
- Treasure Hunts Completed
- Beta Status

Will not retroactively count towards completing Achievements:

- Car Customization
- Event stats (streaks, win/losses)
- Drivers' In-Game Cash

A release date for the new achievements system has not yet been given, but it should be near. The dev. team says the maintenance window will be extended for several hours when deploying the achievements, so expect some downtime of World's servers. A maintenance patch is expected today, Tuesday 9th, but we have to wait until further info by the dev. team.

NFS World Achievements: more info

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:32:29 -0500

After the official announcement of the achievements system a few days ago, the dev. team has been releasing daily a lot of information about this new system. Here's a sum of all the important info.

- Achievements Log: this will be a new in-game menu that will allow the player to view every achievement, see the progress towards completing an achievement, and redeem the rewards. Here's a high-resolution picture showing this new menu.

- Once an achievement is unlocked, a pop-up menu will appear to let the player know which achievement was unlocked.

- Achievement Badges: this is the primary method of showing off the type of driver you are and what achievements you have unlocked. In each player's driver profile there are four slots that players can assign their Achievement badges to. The colour of the badge's border also represents how rare of an achievement it is. If the border around the achievement is black that means that the achievement isn't very rare and a lot of players have completed that achievement. However, if the border is gold that means that less than 5% of all active Need For Speed World players have completed that achievement rank and you are among the elite!

Keep checking back because the last articles will mention rewards and probably a release date for the achievements system. Need For Speed: World usually receives a patch every Tuesday, so it is expected that the achievements will become available after this week's patch.

As for rewards, the picture showing the new in-game menu shows rewards such as a custom car, performance mods, and skill mods.

Car of the Week #8 - ". Spring Light . "

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 05:59:10 -0500

. Spring Light . by kostovmilica9

For second time in "Car of the Week" we've got entry by well known to us kostovmilica9. This time he presents something new for him and for us. The vynil work perfectly fit with the car lines. This bodykit is not so used in combination with Camaro ZL1, but here does a great job. The color combo he used is lovely and shows the aggressive look of this car in a different light. The presentation is also one of the best, which kostovmilica9 ever made.

You can rate, comment and FAV this one here:
http://www.nfsunlimited.net/showroom/entry/65264

Achievements coming to NFS: World

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:57:35 -0500

For some time now the dev. team of Need For Speed: World has been hinting at a major new feature coming to the game. Various sources, which were able to examine the new game files added after patch, came up with the information that this new feature would be an achievements system, similar do Microsoft's LIVE Achievements, PS3's Trophies, or STEAM's Achievements.

The dev. team has finally confirmed this and achievements were officially announced! In the next few days there will be more info about this, so keep checking back. Here's a sum of all the information so far:

There will be 4 types of achievements, namely:

- Competition Achievements (winning races, outruns, team escapes, etc.);
- Collection Achievements (collecting a certain number of cars);
- Customization Achievements (related to performance and visual tuning);
- Driver Achievements (levelling up, earning cash, beating a certain in-game milestone).

Every achievement has up to 5 ranks to earn, each more difficult to achieve than the last.

Driver Score and Driver Points will also be added. More achievements mean a higher Driver Score. With each achievement there will also be rewards, although it was not revealed which kind of rewards.