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|developer=[[EA Black Box]], [[EA Singapore]]

|publisher=[[Electronic Arts]]

|genre=[[:Category:Racing|Racing]]

|systems=[[Windows]]

|released={{rd|2010|July 27}}

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'''Need for Speed: World''' (previously known as '''Need for Speed: World Online''') is the 15th installment in the long-running racing video game ''Need for Speed'' series published by Electronic Arts. This iteration has been co-developed by EA Black Box and EA Singapore. It is the first free-to-play MMORG (Massively Multiplayer Online Racing Game) in the ''Need for Speed'' series (though Motor City Online was originally conceived as a ''Need for Speed'' game) and is available exclusively for Windows-based computers. ''World'' was released worldwide on July 27, 2010. However, people who ordered the ''Need for Speed: World Starter Pack'' had an early head-start in the game, which started on July 20, 2010.

 

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The Starter Pack is a small bundle that costs $20. Players who purchased it before the release got a favoured login, a free orange and black Mazdaspeed 3, removed level 10 cap, and 8000 SpeedBoost points (SpeedBoost is a second in-game currency that you can only get with the exchange of real life currency). This pack is only purchasable until December 31, 2011.  

The game's enviroment is a mixture of of Rockport from Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Palmont City from Need for Speed: Carbon. Players advance through the game by participating in race events and engaging in police pursuits. Cars  handle in a similar manner as Need for Speed: Most Wanted, although vehicles will loose significantly more speed if they collide with an obstacle. The players progress is measured by their current level with a cap upon reaching level 50. Players can unlock more events by reaching higher levels. Players are offered reward cards after completing an event or finishing a police pursuit. This is similar to the reward card scheme in Need for Speed: Carbon. Players can only choose one of five cards. The rewards given to the player can be either power-ups, additional in-game currency, additional reputation, or high level performance parts.  

* Pursuit - Players earn more reputation depending on the total amount of disabled police vehicles, cost to state, pursuit length, and infractions when they evade.  

The roads in World are a mix of Rockport and Palmont City. Both cities and their districts are connected by highways. The weather system in World doesn't feature rain or nighttime racing but does cycle daytime from sunrise to sunset. A Treasure Hunt element was added on June 28, 2011. The golf course in Rosewood was temporarily covered in snow during Christmas 2010 and in December 2011, the golf course will be temporarily covered in snow again.

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The game features two types of power-ups: Event and Pursuit. Overall there is ten power-ups that can aid players and that can be upgraded the higher a player's Driver Skills are. Each power-up has a active delay (how long a power-up lasts), a cooldown period (how long before you can use the power-up before and after you use it), and upgrade skills (what skills will upgrade each power-up). Power-ups can only be acquired if the player gets a power-up reward card after an event or pursuit or if it is purchased for 100 SpeedBoost.

 

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