• Go up against the best street racers on the scene to earn respect and rise to the top of the Blacklist.
• Build up your Rap Sheet with Record breaking times, epic races and wild headline making stunts.
• Show off your skills by outrunning and outhinking cops, even as they escalate their vehicles, tactics and technology.
• New Performance Tuning options Can't compete against a sports car? Head to the safehouse and tune up your ride.
• Master shortcuts and use the traffic and destructible environments to your advantage.

From the Manufacturer --------------------- Wake up to the smell of burnt asphalt as the thrill of illicit street racing permeates the air. From the makers of the hit Need for Speed Underground series, Need for Speed Most Wanted challenges players to become the most notorious and elusive street racer. Need for Speed Most Wanted combines illicit street racing and tuner customization with the intensity of strategic pursuit that surpasses any Hollywood-style chase scene. Out-race rivals, evade cops, and exploit hundreds of miles of open road as gamers make their way up the blacklist. To become the most-wanted racer, players must build up their street cred and rap sheet with gripping, white knuckle, head-to-head races with the top drivers on the streets, as well as pull daring, evasive moves to out-run and out-fox the cops that patrol the open road. Players can manage their heat or utilize a number of strategic tactics to keep the cops off their tails as they leave their rivals behind to suck their exhaust fumes. Need for Speed Most Wanted also features a variety of the hottest cars that range from tuners to super cars. You can customize your ride to race against any class of vehicles. The streets will be your playground. Features: * Open Road, Open World: Rule the streets as the most notorious street racer in various regions that include edgy industrial and urban environments. In the game, the environment can be a friend or a foe. Players will master short-cuts as well as use the traffic and destructible environments to their advantage. * All-New Gameplay: Need for Speed Most Wanted features new and exciting gameplay that incorporates strategic cop pursuit and skill-based evasion techniques with illicit street racing. * Visual Customization: whether gamers are trying to lose the cops or they just want to pimp their ride, Need for Speed Most Wanted offers extensive visual customizations. * Blacklist: as players enter the world of illicit street racing, they must go up against the best street racers on the scene to earn respect and rise to the top of the blacklist. * Rap Sheet: players will build up their rap sheet with record-breaking times, street challenges, and out-foxing an escalation of vehicles, tactics, and technology. * Performance tuning: Can't compete against a sports car? Head to the safehouse and tune up your ride to race against any class of vehicles. * Next-Gen Graphical Features: Need for Speed Most Wanted for the next generation console delivers the next level of graphical excellence in video games. Utilizing graphical techniques including normal ping and real-time lighting, the graphical experience is incomparable to any racing game on the market. * Race Online: Need For Speed Most Wanted features online play for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system.