Game Reviews for Need for Speed Most Wanted 5-1-0

After a dissapointing start to the psp with need for speed underground rivals, EA have wasted little time in trying to readdress the balance with MOST WANTED and, for the most part, it has succeeded. Predictably based on the console version, the story mode requires you to tear around the the tarmac, raising hell and winning races in an attempt to make it onto the city\'s Blacklist of illegal street-racers. This involves a mix of of traditional sprint and drag racing, as well the new outrun challenges.

The latter involves escaping from a slew of aggressive cops intent on taking you down. While initially this is enjoyable-using the numerous shortcuts on offer as well as your speedbreaker to envade traps-after extended periods of play it dose become a little tedious, as some pursuits drag on far longer than they should. Although in MOST WANTED car customization isn\'t the main objective,winning races does earn you performance upgrades to make your journey from scrub to stud that little bit smoother. With or without pimping, the handling of the car is pretty solid and there\'s some fast action during races, although lack of any sort of damage to the car is dissappointing. Compared to Rivals, this is certainly an improvement. But with so many arcade racers all ready out on psp, NFS might to find it to the top of your most wanted list.

After a dissapointing start to the psp with need for speed underground rivals, EA have wasted little time in trying to readdress the balance with MOST WANTED and, for the most part, it has succeeded. Predictably based on the console version, the story mode requires you to tear around the the tarmac, raising hell and winning races in an attempt to make it onto the city\'s Blacklist of illegal street-racers. This involves a mix of of traditional sprint and drag racing, as well the new outrun challenges. The latter involves escaping from a slew of aggressive cops intent on taking you down. While initially this is enjoyable-using the numerous shortcuts on offer as well as your speedbreaker to envade traps-after extended periods of play it dose become a little tedious, as some pursuits drag on far longer than they should. Although in MOST WANTED car customization isn\'t the main objective,winning races does earn you performance upgrades to make your journey from scrub to stud that little bit smoother. With or without pimping, the handling of the car is pretty solid and there\'s some fast action during races, although lack of any sort of damage to the car is dissappointing. Compared to Rivals, this is certainly an improvement. But with so many arcade racers all ready out on psp, NFS might to find it to the top of your most wanted list.