

Three distinct regions are offered in the city of Rockport, along with cycling weather. As players take control of faster cars and increasingly rely on nitrous oxide speed boosts, the oxide meter now refills automatically for the first time since its introduction in Underground, and driving sequences become fast-paced and intense similar to the Burnout series. Police chases have once again been integrated into certain racing sessions, in which the police employ vehicles and tactics to stop the player's car and arrest the player, like Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2. Most Wanted is like other Need for Speed games, where the player selects one car and races against a time limit or other racers to reach a destination. Need for Speed: Most Wanted received positive reviews and was a commercial success it sold 16 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling title in the series. On June 1, 2012, a reboot of the game, also called Need for Speed: Most Wanted, was announced by the British developing team Criterion Games and was released on October 30, 2012. In May 2012, the PlayStation 2 version was released on the online virtual market, PlayStation Store, for the PlayStation 3. Another version of Most Wanted, titled Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 has been released for the PlayStation Portable. Most Wanted has been released for Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and is the first Need for Speed game released for the seventh generation console, the Xbox 360, as one of the system's launch titles. The game is succeeded by Need for Speed: Carbon, which serves as a sequel to Most Wanted. The game features street racing-oriented game play, with certain customization options from the Need for Speed: Underground series.

It is the ninth installment in the Need for Speed series. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (commonly abbreviated to as NFS: MW or just Most Wanted) is a racing video game developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts in North America on 15 November 2005. PlayStation 3 (emulated PlayStation 2 version via PlayStation Store) Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube & Game Boy Advance
