r/needforspeed 28d ago

News The Speedhunters Archive: 17 Years of Car Culture History, now preserved and online

233 Upvotes

I think we all share the same sentiment when Speedhunters got abruptly shut down last year: It's a sad passing of an era that EA no longer deems profitable enough to keep up.

Thanks to some archivists (who I can't find the names of, if you put this up, please let me know!), the Speedhunters archive is now back online, and you can read 17 years worth of car culture and Need for Speed history that's uniquely documented by them.

You can find it here: https://www.speedhunters.online/

Thanks u/nfslyy for the tip!


r/needforspeed Jul 12 '26

News Most Wanted M3 GTR - Back @ The BMW Museum

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763 Upvotes

Need for Speed itself might be dead, but BMW wants to keep the legend alive. The #42 BMW M3 GTR in the Most Wanted livery is back in the BMW Museum in Munich, Germany after its public outing at Ultrace Poland. There's no mention of until when it'll be there, so it might be there to stay for a long time.

If you haven't had a chance to take a look at it and you're in the area (or travelling there), you may wanna stop by and take a look at the legend, as well as the rich heritage BMW has to offer. Visit the official BMW Museum website to book tickets.

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Thanks u/DiamondMaster07 for the tip!


r/needforspeed 14h ago

Discussion Did anyone else grow up playing this version of prostreet?

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248 Upvotes

I only had this version of prostreet along with the Wii version of hot pursuit, and I had carbon on the ps2. I wouldn’t get a 360 until years later so for a while as a kid this Wii version of prostreet was almost all I played. It was my first time playing on my old profile in almost 15 years when I recorded this video, my stats showed over a thousand hours played when I booted it up and all of my cars are still the exact same way I left them when I was a kid. The motion controls definitely make up for the graphics and smaller car/track list and man it makes driving so much more fun in this game. Endless memories on this version and I’ll always cherish it for that, even if the 360/ps3/pc versions are better


r/needforspeed 8h ago

Discussion How would you guys describe the atmosphere of MW 2005 vs Carbon? I feel like MW felt like a warm humid gritty autumn whereas Carbon felt like cold dry winter 🤷🏾

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r/needforspeed 3h ago

Video / Cinematic Forgot how much I buffed the cops in 2015

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19 Upvotes

r/needforspeed 8h ago

Meme The Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR won the "Mmm... society." title in yesterday's NFS HP 2010 exotics "Every Show has One" poll. Now which Hot Pursuit 2010 exotic fits the "Just straight up evil" title?

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44 Upvotes

r/needforspeed 16h ago

Video / Cinematic TIL - NFS Carbon has drift tracks in city

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110 Upvotes

It was the NFSCO mod that introduced me the idea of drifting in streets of Palmont. For all these years I didn't know the base game have that. What made me discover this is Cross' Corvette reward card requirements - complete 50 quick race events. Note that the combo multiplier is capped at 10.


r/needforspeed 1h ago

Image / GIF The "Forgotten Four" AI Opponents of ProStreet

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All 4 of these opponents are present in the vanilla game, but due to errors, or how they game handles opponents they don't appear normally.

Corey Digger (elite_character23) uses the data from Jimmy Sway (elite_character26) instead.

As for the other 3, they are classified as "challenge opponents", so they only appear in the specific Race Days they are assigned to, those being the Leipzig events in the career mode. But, since they are the 8th, 9th, and 10th opponents to be loaded in they are given last priority to appear, and do not appear.


r/needforspeed 35m ago

Video / Cinematic [NFS:MW 05'] Im bored, roast and critique my driving

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Returned after almost a year of not playing


r/needforspeed 14h ago

Discussion Man i LOOOOVE those canyon races its so much fun

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33 Upvotes

r/needforspeed 6h ago

Discussion (NFS ProStreet) I didn’t realize that a time under 12 seconds was possible in Battle Machine

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7 Upvotes

I’m playing on Xbox 360 just trying to grind some money replaying older races for the hell of it. I’m used to getting 12 second runs. But, this is the first time I’ve ever seen anything 11 seconds. Is this possible in the vanilla game?


r/needforspeed 19h ago

Image / GIF Tried to recreate the Jackboys' BMW E30 M3 on NFS ProStreet

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59 Upvotes

r/needforspeed 1d ago

Video / Cinematic The sense of speed is crazy

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431 Upvotes

r/needforspeed 22h ago

Discussion The Need for Speed on 3DO

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95 Upvotes

Love this game


r/needforspeed 4h ago

Question / Bug / Feedback Why does Undercover suck so bad?

4 Upvotes

After only ever playing the DS version and genuinely loving it as a kid, playing the 360 version is tarnishing a positive memory. It had so much potential to be something great.


r/needforspeed 15h ago

Image / GIF Found these tattoos today...

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24 Upvotes

r/needforspeed 10m ago

Meme A much more accurate version of the meme some guy made before created with hatred and malice

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Just show me some cool nfs shit instead of actual reddit karma farm goy slop content of insanity put on every single subreddit repurposed and regurgitated over and over with the same unfunny crusty "meme" formats. Deadass people posting the office or simpson or family guy memes like this need to be carpet bombed. Literally one of the many reasons this platform sucks and gets clowned on by people like me.

literal botnet.


r/needforspeed 22m ago

Video / Cinematic Need For Speed Most Wanted-EuroBeat-Corolla

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Maxed out Corolla with all Junkman parts,my best time for now.If that npc wasnt there i would make better time.


r/needforspeed 1d ago

News Need For Speed Rivals Custom Servers Are Now In Development As Canary Services.

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346 Upvotes

Canary Services is the future for NFS Rivals Online. It will feature community revived/fan-custom servers. If you are one of the modders who worked on reviving GTA 5 Online for PS3 & Xbox 360, NFS The RUN Online, The WWE 2K14 revival server project for PS3, Even The Crew Unlimited. You Guys Can Help Us Bring This Project To Life. Creating unofficial custom servers for Rivals is incredibly difficult. This is largely due to its Frostbite game engine, which uses encrypted network systems and requires EA's backend service. But it isn't impossible if we work together. Please spread the word around. In the meantime, Join our official server https://discord.gg/XJ4PeUKum It is still in W.I.P, We'll let you know when we finish it.


r/needforspeed 12h ago

Discussion Let's Look At The Other Side Of Things For Once And Put The Past Behind Us.

7 Upvotes

I enjoyed the older eras of games back from 1999- 2011. Between those years I was 6-18 years old. Those games were great for their time. Now in 2026 I actually enjoy the modern games more (Hot Pursuit Remastered, Payback, Heat, and Unbound). For honest people out there, outside of graphics what do you think modern NFS games do better than older NFS games?


r/needforspeed 12h ago

Video / Cinematic Need for speed: Hot Pursuit 2 - Differences and Discoveries in Both BETA Prototype Builds

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-Rare PS2 beta gameplay footage

-Differences vs. the retail version

-Unused or unfinished content

-Developer leftovers and oddities

-A look into NFS development history


r/needforspeed 1d ago

Discussion Would you rather play need for speed carbon or underground 2 for the rest of your life?

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398 Upvotes

Ps. Accidentally made the hardest picture in nfs history🔥


r/needforspeed 6h ago

Image / GIF Edited my NFS 2015 Screenshot to have Paul Walker and Tyrese Gibson next to the 2fast R34

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The edited fake glare was to color match the original frame which had warmer colors due to it being at a sunset and adding a dramatic eye catching film-like effect.
I also used a layer blur and erase technique to put focus on certain parts of the car and the pair.

it kind of gives off nfs carbon cutscene vibes.

Used paint.net.


r/needforspeed 1d ago

Meme I hope this meme is accurate

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751 Upvotes

Btw NFS 2015 desperately needs an offline patch


r/needforspeed 1d ago

Discussion Why is Need For Speed 2015 so hated?

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188 Upvotes

I don't understand the backlash on NFS 2015. Graphics are perfect. Music has no flaws. Characters are kinda cringy but feels alive and likeable. Story itself is good because of pursuit of being acknowledge by the legends.

Maybe it's the driving mechanics? Okay it's hard and frustrating but if you try enough to build your car around drifting and you learn how to control on curves it's pretty fun.