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Need for Speed: The Run
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EA Black Box · Electronic Arts

Need for Speed: The Run

● ReleasedPCX360PS3
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Arcade racer built around a cross-country sprint from San Francisco to New York. You're Jack Rourke, a street racer fleeing mob debt by entering an illegal coast-to-coast race for a $25 million prize. The campaign unfolds in timed stages—San Francisco to Vegas, Vegas to Chicago, Chicago to NYC—where you must place high enough to advance while dodging police roadblocks and rival racers. Cop chases interrupt stages; you'll swap cars between legs after evading capture. Environments shift from urban traffic to mountain passes and narrow canyons. The story involves your fixer Sam, mob enforcer Marcus Blackwell, and an armed helicopter chase. Frostbite 2 engine handles physics and weather. It's a narrative-driven take on NFS, less open-world sandbox and more linear, story-gated progression. Fits players who want racing wrapped in a pulpy crime plot rather than freeform exploration.

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EA Black Box
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Electronic Arts
Release
Nov 15, 2011
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PCX360PS3
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Need for Speed
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