News, sports, features, obituaries, advertising, and special online features from the citys daily newspaper. The official site of Need for Speed 2015, a car racing video game. Get the news and details from EA Need for Speed. World Racing 2 ATS Game demo Download. Demo version of World Racing 2, an racing game, ATS, for PCs and laptops with Windows systems. Free and legal download. Includes downloads, cheats, reviews, and articles. Need for Speed World Wikipedia. Need for Speed World previously known as Need for Speed World Online was the fifteenth installment in the racing video game. Need for Speed franchise published by Electronic Arts. It was co developed by EA Black Box rebranded Quicklime Games before closing in 2. EA Singapore. It was the first freemiummassively multiplayer online racing game in the Need for Speed series and was available on Microsoft Windows. World was released worldwide on July 2. However, people who ordered a Starter Pack had an early head start in the game, which started on July 2. Need for Speed World, along with other EA free to play titles Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield Play. Free, and FIFA World, went offline on July 1. Gameplayedit. A screenshot of early gameplay, when the game was known as Need for Speed World Online. World combines elements of role playing with illegal street racing. World took on the gameplay style of 2. Most Wanted and 2. Carbon, focusing on illegal street racing, tuning and police chases, and added classic MMO elements to the mix such as special abilities. World was set in the fictional Tri City, which was a mixture of the cities of Rockport and Palmont, the cities of Most Wanted and Carbon, into its map design, with redesigned graphics and new locations on the map that made travel between the two cities easier. The game featured over 1. SUVs. Manufactures ranged from Alfa Romeo to Volkswagen and there were over thirty manufactures in the game. Before September 8, 2. To continue the game, the player had to purchase a Starter Pack. Without it, the player was allowed to play the game for as long as he or she wants, but they would cease to earn experience and cash. 3 On September 8, 2. World passed one million registrations. To celebrate that, the game was made completely free to play and the level cap was removed. 4In December 2. Players would win parts from lucky draw, including rare Pro and Ultra series parts. Free players had a lower chance of winning a part compared to those who purchased Speed. Boost. Special card packs could be bought with Speed. Boost that gave the greatly coveted parts. On March 1. 6, 2. All the in game cash bodykits from previous versions were removed. Most body kits required Speed. Boost to purchase on May 3. On March 3. 1, 2. Electronic Arts introduced a new game mode called Team Escape,5 a cooperative version of a police pursuit where up to four players had to race as a team driving from point A to point B while avoiding numerous cops. For this mode, two co op versions of the games power ups were released. 6Treasure Hunt ModeeditOn July 2. Treasure Hunt was released. In Treasure Hunt, played during free roam, players would attempt to collect fifteen gems located in various areas. If the player collected all fifteen gems daily, they would get boosts of reputation and in game cash. Playing the Treasure Hunt mode daily would build up what was known as a Treasure Hunt Streak. Players earned high end performance parts or additional power ups after completing every hunt based on the day count of the streak for example, if the player completed Treasure Hunt for twelve days in a row, they would receive a tier 1 pro performance part. 7 On November 1. World. Players were no longer able to start pursuits by ramming police vehicles police chases were only possible by joining Pursuit Outrun or Team Escape events. Skill CustomizationeditSkill customization was later released, replacing the old level up skill point system. All players that had the old skill points invested got skill mods corresponding with the skills they had invested points in. Players could only receive a maximum of 1. One star mods were purchasable for in game cash. On October 1. 6, 2. World. This mode allowed players to race other players to the finish line in various strips of straight roads. Players would need to use manual transmission and shift their way to the finish. Automatic transmission was also available to the players. Single player mode was also made available with in game traffic. DevelopmenteditThe game was first announced to be free to play. In October 2. 00. World was opened to public beta testing limited to residents of Taiwan. There have been seven closed beta sessions in total. Except the first one, all were available worldwide to residents who sign up, meet admission criteria, and get accepted. An open beta was started on July 2, 2. PDT. The Beta was scheduled to close on July 6, 2. July 9, 2. 01. 0. A stress test was opened from July 1. Players who purchased the starter pack were able to play the game one week before the official release. Players who did not purchase the starter pack were able to play on July 2. On April 1. 0, 2. This aggravated the pre existing and largely ignored problem of cheating in the game. The existence of the problem was finally acknowledged by a Community Manager on April 1. Quicklime Games, which was in charge of game development, maintenance and updates, was shut down on April 2. By the end of May 2. On September 1. 0, 2. Community Manager announced that Easy Studios developers for Battlefield Play. Free took over from Quicklime Games. 1. After the takeover by Easy Studios, the game had been left in a vulnerable state with the new studio not knowing how it functions even after many months of training and transition. 1. The problem of cheating remained an issue to a degree. 9 On September 4, 2. Community Manager announced that Easy would not longer work on Need for Speed World, and that a new Task Force a mix of people who have worked on the game before as well as new people from EA Canada would start working on the game. Map of WorldeditWorld featured a large map consisting of the cities of Palmont and Rockport, from Carbon and 2. Most Wanted respectively. Highways from the game were placed to interconnect with the other cities and several new roads had been created in both cities, as well as tunnels. Even though it only featured two maps, there was a rumor that the Tri City Bay and Bayview, the cities featured in Undercover and Underground 2, would be updated and placed in the game. This was due to a road called the Rockport Turnpike that connected to and ran south of Downtown Rockport over a bridge which led to a closed tollbooth. There were also a series of connector roads linking Downtown Palmont and Kempton to Downtown Rockport, but they were never made open. ReceptioneditNeed for Speed World was met with mixed reviews. It received a score of 6. Game. Rankings1. Metacritic. 1. 4The highest praise of the game came from Gaming. XP, which commented that The game feels like a combination of previous Need for Speed games except the single player has been cut off. Add some role play elements and you have a racing MMO. 2. PC Format gave a somewhat mediocre review in their October 2. Eurogamer commented that Its a real shame that the MMO aspect of World is effectively a needlessly elaborate lobby. 2. In November 2. 01. World surpassed twenty million registered users. 2. ClosureeditOn April 1. EA announced that on July 1. Need for Speed World and turning off services for the game, as the publisher felt that the game no longer lives up to the high standard set by the Need for Speed franchise. The ability to purchase Speed. Boost and create new accounts were disabled since the announcement. 2. Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield Play. Free, and FIFA World were due to be closed on the same day. The decision was not reversed and the game ended on the anticipated date. 2. Referencesedit abNeed for Speed World Launches July 2. Electronic Arts. July 9, 2. Retrieved 2. 01. 0 1. Impulse Driven Need for Speed World. Stardock Corporation. February 8, 2. 01. Retrieved February 1. Hahn, Drew 2. 01. What is the Need For Speed Starter Pack. Retrieved 2. 01. 0 1. Hahn, Drew 2. 01. Need for Speed World Goes Free to Play. Retrieved 2. 01. 0 1. NFS World Patch Notes Patch 5. Retrieved 2. 01. 1 0. Team Escape Takes Pursuit to Epic Levels. Retrieved 2. 01. 1 0. Treasure Hunt is Here. Retrieved 2. 01. 1 0. NFS World Maintenance Window April 1. COMPLETE. Retrieved 1. May 2. 01. 3. ab. Haan, Drew April 1. Official Cheating in NFS World Discussion Thread. Need for Speed World forums. Retrieved 1. 1 May 2. Lien, Tracey April 2. EA restructure results in hundreds of layoffs, two studios closed. Polygon. EA Forums. Need for Speed World for PC. Game. Rankings. Retrieved 2. Need for Speed World Critic Reviews for PC.
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