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 Thursday, 9. September 2010

World Now Free To Play
by Bojan at 06:00 • Comment (1) • Link to news article

The level cap for all players has now been lifted to 50.



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Category: Need for Speed World

 Friday, 3. September 2010

Hot Pursuit Sun, Sand and Supercars Autolog Trailer
by Bojan at 13:24 • Comments (19) • Link to news article

Category: Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

 Thursday, 2. September 2010

Starter Pack on sale, 40% off this weekend
by Bojan at 19:57 • Comment (0) • Link to news article

The Need for Speed World Starter Pack is on sale at the EA Store for only $11.97 instead of the full price of $20. Offer is only valid till September 5th.
Get it here

Category: Need for Speed World

Win Starter Pack Codes
by Bojan at 17:35 • Comment (1) • Link to news article

If you haven't yet got a Starter Pack for Need for Speed World (which allows you to progress past level 10), there's plenty of chances to win one, just read below.

Racing competitions
* NFS Cars World Contest #1 - race on Welcome To Palmont
* ISRC competitions - multiple events
* NFS.com Moderator Challenge - beat NFS Torque in a 350Z

Cop Evasion
* TCM Hungary - evade the cops for the longest time

Showroom competitions
* World Garage Rate My Ride - design the best looking car


Also don't forget about NFSUnlimited.net, we should have a challenge up soon!

Category: Need for Speed World

 Tuesday, 31. August 2010

Official PC Hot Pursuit Minimum System Requirements
by Bojan at 18:02 • Comments (10) • Link to news article

OS: Windows XP SP 3 (32-64 bits) / Windows Vista (32-64 bits) / Windows 7 (32-64 bits)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ
RAM: 1.5 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista - Windows 7
DISC DRIVE: DVD-ROM, 8 speed
HARD DRIVE: 6.5 GB
VIDEO CARD: 256 MB DirectX 9.0 compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher
SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0 compliant sound card
COMPATIBLE VIDEO CARD CHIP SETS: ATI RADEON X1950, HD 2000/3000/4000/5000 series NVIDIA GeForce 7/8/9/100/200 series
ONLINE: 2 - 8 players, 512 Kbps or faster

From the official site.

Category: Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

 Monday, 30. August 2010

Rumoured Complete Hot Pursuit Car List
by Bojan at 19:12 • Comments (39) • Link to news article

A complete Need for Speed Hot Pursuit car list has appeared on the internet and I have to admit that the list does look like very possible with a few cars that stand out. Keep in mind that this is not the official car list though. We'll keep you posted on all Hot Pursuit car updates so stay close.

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Category: Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

 Sunday, 29. August 2010

Need for Speed World Leaderboards
by Bojan at 17:47 • Comments (10) • Link to news article

Our Need for Speed World Leaderboards are now online tracking the times of those who register your driver names with us. Unlike the SHIFT leaderboards, we can only track those who actually register with us. Currently we are covering all the online races available in the game. The top lists will be coming soon (when we get more users registered).
A bit of warning though - currently the leaderboards are still experimental, so please let me know if you encounter any oddities.

Category: Need for Speed World

 Thursday, 26. August 2010

Coming Soon To Need for Speed World: A Gamescom Report
by Bojan at 16:10 • Comments (11) • Link to news article

I was attending Gamescom last week and we had a long presentation on Need for Speed World where we got an insight of what we can expect in the game.

First off, me and and NFS Torque got a chance to do a video interview with Need for Speed World Senior Producer John Doyle.



New mode: Team Escape
A new game mode will be available soon in Need for Speed World called the Team Escape. It's the first co-op mode int the game with the main objective being that all the racers involved (2-4) successfully escape from the cops. Racers race on a set path, like a rather long sprint race, and try to avoid the cops all the way to the end. Cops will start at heat level one with the heat level increasing as you continue racing. Racers can get busted, but only for a limited amount of times - when the limit is reached, game over. New team powerups can help a lot getting away from the cops. Cop actions are scripted so you can expect strong opposition in forms of road blocks, spike strips, charging rhinos and more.

Gameplay video featuring the new game mode.


New locations: Canyons, Downtown Rockport, Night
Canyons are planned for World and should not be that far off getting into the game. We can expect 6 canyons connected seamlessly into the world giving you the ability to drive uphill on one and then downhill on the other. Downtown Rockport area is also planned to become active in the game soon. Expect also up to 15 new photoshooting locations throughout the world.
We have also seen the game at night in the new downtown Rockport area. It looks very impressive!

Performance and Visual Customization
A new more complex performance customization is also planned with the key feature being separate parts. Instead of getting a "Pro package", you will now have a choice of several parts broken down into different categories with difference performance improvements. The trick is that you'll only be able to apply a limited amount of parts on to your car. That should require players to do a lot of testing to find out the best combinations.
We heard an interesting bit of information regarding the vinyl layers: the game allows thousands of vinyl layers to be applied to cars, but that feature is currently disabled. It is possible for a limited amount of players to have that vinyl limit raised, so be sure to let us know in our forums - the more people request this feature, the more likely they will implement it.

New Cars
Several new cars are in the works, the current talk is in the range of 30. They should start rolling them out, including the community made Porsche 959, throughout the year. We can also expect tier 4 cars.

Leaderboards
Those of you who are interested in best lap times - the leaderboards are coming! Best thing is we'll have access to them directly, so expect SHIFT like leaderboards right here on NFSUnlimited.net soon. We will start collecting your driver profile names within a week so don't go far :)


With that being the main features in Need for Speed World planned for the coming months, we did hear that EA has a lot more in store for us in the future. The important thing to know is that a lot of decisions on content updates will be based on what the community desires. So be sure to talk about it in our forums.


And now we have a special bonus for those of you who managed to read through this long article: a free Starter Pack code with 1500 SpeedBoost is available to the first users who sends me a PM with the name of the car the second player drives in the Team Escape gameplay video. Update: congrats to _BLAHHEAD_ for being the first!

Also check out the previews from other community websites:
NFS Cars
NFS Planet
Racerplanet
World Garage

Category: Need for Speed World

The Ads Are Gone... Well Almost
by Bojan at 15:16 • Comment (1) • Link to news article

For the first time in 10 years since NFSUnlimited.net, you can view this website without any popups and banner ads and the only thing that remains are the minor text ads on the bottom of the pages. We're doing all this to give you a better experience visiting NFSUnlimited.net.

Although unfortunately we still have to take care of the server costs, which are currently 60EUR (around $75) a month. For that purpose, we are now accepting donations which will go entirely into managing this website. If by any chance we receive more than the hosting costs, all the extra money will go into prizes for competitions and other stuff. Any amount you can donate will be greatly appreciated.

Of course donators will get a VIP rank in the forums and on the website.

Donate via PayPal

Category: NFSUnlimited.net

 Tuesday, 17. August 2010

Car Of The Day: Bugatti Veyron 16.4
by Bojan at 18:36 • Comments (37) • Link to news article

The Car Of The Day is back on the official website, this time for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit and the first car taking the spot is the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. Check it out here.
They've also put up a page that lists the cars in the game and the side (Copy/Racers) they will be available to. Currently it's a small list, but new cars should be added once they're announced. See it here.

The current list of cars:
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
Audi TT RS Coupe
Bugatti Veyron 16.4
Chevrolet Camaro SS
Dodge Challenger SRT8
Dodge Viper SRT10
Ford Shelby GT500
Koenigsegg CCX
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera
Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SV
Lamborghini Reventon
McLaren MP4-12C
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Nissan GT-R SpecV (R35)
Pagani Zonda Cinque
Porsche Cayman S
Porsche Panamera Turbo

Category: Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

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