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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Moby ID: 49216
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Released
November 16, 2010 on Windows
Credits
700 people
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Moby Score
8.1
#1,480 of 25.6K
Critics
86% (51)
Players
(54)
Review Ranking
Collected By
197 players
Genre
Racing / Driving
Perspective
1st-person
Behind view
Interface
Direct control
Vehicular
Automobile
Street racing
Windows Specs
ESRB Rating
Everyone 10+
Business Model
Commercial
Media Type
Download, DVD-ROM
Input Devices Supported/Optional
Keyboard, Mouse, Racing/Steering Wheel
Multiplayer Options
Internet
Number of Online Players
2-8 Players
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After years of street racing and closed circuits, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit returns to the series' roots - scenic tracks, cops versus racers face-off, and, of course, exotic and super cars.

The game is set in the Seacrest County, the land of sunny beaches, snowy mountains, hot deserts and high forests. Its roads are extremely popular within racers community and, hereupon, are filled with cars from all over the world. Because of that, the local police department has to be at one level with law violators in order to keep citizens safe.

You begin the career as a racer and a cop simultaneously. Each one has 20 ranks to achieve, gaining in reward new cars. The racing events are divided into four groups, based on participating car types: sports, performance, super, exotic and hyper, unlocked only when the previous one is finished. Unlike the similar Burnout Paradise, they are accessible only from the map. As a racer, you will experience sprints, time trials and races, with or without police presence. The Law Enforcer's job is a reverse side of the coin - fight the racers and bust them by different means.

Like in old Need for Speed games, the accent is made on the most powerful cars of the world, with Subaru WRX STi, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X at the very bottom and Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport with Koenigsegg CCXR Edition at the top, total of 64.

The game also has an online multiplayer mode (with some extra online game modes made available by the Armed and Dangerous Pack DLC). The new Autolog system is introduced with this mode, with the system tracking the player's friends' records and encourages the player to compete with their times.

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Average score: 86% (based on 51 ratings)

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Average score: 3.7 out of 5 (based on 54 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Awards

  • GameSpy
    • 2010 – Racing Game of the Year
  • GameStar (Germany)
    • 2011 - Best PC Racing Game in 2010 (Readers' Voting)
  • Spike Video Game Awards
    • 2010 - Best Driving Game

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Game added by Klaster_1.

Additional contributors: Big John WV, Patrick Bregger, Starbuck the Third.

Game added November 23, 2010. Last modified November 10, 2024.