


As the best-selling Need for Speed game from the whole franchise, it's been practically ignored by the franchise's latest efforts. The most recent Need for Speed Heat supposedly used Most Wanted as an inspiration, and while it never quite reached the highs of the original Most Wanted, the inspiration was clearly there. For those who've played it, 2005's Need for Speed: Most Wanted is widely considered the best game in the whole series.Īnd yet, it feels like EA has made every attempt to ignore Most Wanted at every turn.

After Hot Pursuit came the Most Wanted spiritual reboot, which ended up being nothing like the original game in nearly every way. Some even argue that 2010's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, despite being generally praised by those who played it, as the turning point for the franchise as a whole. It's long been a meme in the racing and speedrunning community that Need for Speed will never be the same.
