Need for Speed: The Run
Need for Speed The Run lures players into an underground world of illicit, high-stakes racing. The heat is on - and it isn't just the fuzz who are after you. Entering the race is just the beginning as you blow…
Need for Speed: The Run is a racing developed by EA Black Box, released 15 November 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Need for Speed: The Run is
Need for Speed: The Run is a racing game developed by EA Black Box and released in 2011. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Jack Rourke, an experienced street racer, is in serious trouble with the Mob due to a massive debt with them. After narrowly escaping being crushed within his car at a scrapyard in Oakland, due to his failure to repay what he owes, Rourke evades his captors by stealing one of their cars. Heading to San Francisco, he makes contact with his friend Sam Harper, a fixer who arranges his entries into street races, who offers to help him deal with the mob on one condition - Rourke must enter an illegal, large-scale street race from San Francisco to New York City, for which she will front the entry fee, and win the race's cash pot of $25 million for her. Rourke agrees to her condition, knowing he…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer for up to 8 players online. Local play supports 8 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Need for Speed series
Need for Speed: The Run is the 63rd of 84 entries we hold in the Need for Speed series. The next entry was Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Super Bundle in 2012. Its critic score of 67 is 7 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Limited Edition at 92.
How it was received
Need for Speed: The Run holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 39% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 68, across 271 votes.
What it launched against
Need for Speed: The Run launched on 15 November 2011, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition and Battlefield 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition, Battlefield 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Need for Speed: The Run yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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