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− | '''Need For Speed''' is a racing video game franchise created by [[Electronic Arts]]. Most commonly referred to as NFS, Need For Speed has sold over 150 million copies since its release, making it the best selling driving game in the world. <ref> http://overmental.com/content/the-10-best-selling-video-game-franchises-of-all-time-13907 </ref> Game play allows players to choose their own car from a wide variety of types and brands including [[Wikipedia:Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Wikipedia:Lamborghini|Lamborghini]], [[Wikipedia:Nissan|Nissan]], [[Wikipedia:Chevrolet|Chevrolet]], [[Wikipedia:Porsche|Porsche]], and [[Wikipedia:Ferrari|Ferrari]] among many others. After selecting a car, players can then customize paint colors, body parts, and engine components to their liking, giving it its own unique look and driving style. Players may then take their customized cars and compete in a number of different types of races against computers or other players to gain access to more cars and customization options as well as in game currency to purchase them. | + | '''Need For Speed''' is a racing video game franchise created by [[Electronic Arts]] across platforms like the [[wikipedia: Playstation|Playstation]], [[wikipedia:Xbox|Xbox]], and [[wikipedia: PC|PC]]. Most commonly referred to as "NFS", Need For Speed has sold over 150 million copies since its release in 1993, making it the best selling driving game in the world. <ref> Quinn Gammon. "The 10 Best Selling Video Game Franchises Of All Time - Overmental." Overmental. 15 Apr. 2015. Web. http://overmental.com/content/the-10-best-selling-video-game-franchises-of-all-time-13907 </ref> Game play allows players to choose their own car from a wide variety of types and brands including [[Wikipedia:Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Wikipedia:Lamborghini|Lamborghini]], [[Wikipedia:Nissan|Nissan]], [[Wikipedia:Chevrolet|Chevrolet]], [[Wikipedia:Porsche|Porsche]], and [[Wikipedia:Ferrari|Ferrari]] among many others. After selecting a car, players can then customize paint colors, body parts, and engine components to their liking, giving it its own unique look and driving style. Players may then take their customized cars and compete in a number of different types of races against computers or other players to gain access to more cars and customization options as well as in game currency to purchase them. |
== Facts == | == Facts == | ||
*The first title in this series, released in 1994 for the [[Wikipedia:3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO game console]] was called [[Wikipedia:The Need For Speed|The Need For Speed]]. | *The first title in this series, released in 1994 for the [[Wikipedia:3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO game console]] was called [[Wikipedia:The Need For Speed|The Need For Speed]]. | ||
− | *While police chases have always been a prominent aspect of Need For Speed, [[Wikipedia:Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit|Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit]] was the first game in the series to allow players to play as both police and racers. Being as this title was made for PC, the first console title to have a similar feature was [[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: High Stakes|Need For Speed: High Stakes]], released a year later. <ref> http://nfs.wikia.com/wiki/Police </ref> | + | *While police chases have always been a prominent aspect of Need For Speed, [[Wikipedia:Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit|Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit]] was the first game in the series to allow players to play as both police and racers. Being as this title was made for PC, the first console title to have a similar feature was [[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: High Stakes|Need For Speed: High Stakes]], released a year later. <ref> Various. "Police." Need for Speed Wiki. Web. http://nfs.wikia.com/wiki/Police </ref> |
− | *The original [[Wikipedia:Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 video game)|Need For Speed: Most Wanted]] released in 2005 is the series' best selling title with over 16 million copies sold. <ref> http://www.gamespot.com/articles/need-for-speed-series-sells-100m-shift-moves-309k/1100-6237491/ </ref> | + | *The original [[Wikipedia:Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 video game)|Need For Speed: Most Wanted]] released in 2005 is the series' best selling title with over 16 million copies sold. <ref> Thorson, Tor. "Need for Speed Series Sells 100M, Shift Moves 309K." GameSpot. 21 Oct. 2009. Web. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/need-for-speed-series-sells-100m-shift-moves-309k/1100-6237491/ </ref> |
− | *[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: Underground|Need For Speed: Underground]] was the title that shifted game play from more formal point to point racing on tracks to street style racing and tuner culture. <ref name = "facts"> http://www.rantgamer.com/2015/03/30/15-things-you-didnt-know-about-need-for-speed/ </ref> | + | *[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: Underground|Need For Speed: Underground]] was the title that shifted game play from more formal point to point racing on tracks to street style racing and tuner culture. <ref name = "facts"> Zakes, Robert. "15 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Need For Speed’." RantGamer. Web. http://www.rantgamer.com/2015/03/30/15-things-you-didnt-know-about-need-for-speed/ </ref> |
*[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: Underground 2|Need For Speed: Underground 2]] was the first title to feature free roam, allowing players to drive around the game map at their leisure without racing or story continuation. This feature has been prevalent in most titles that have followed. <ref name = "facts" /> | *[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: Underground 2|Need For Speed: Underground 2]] was the first title to feature free roam, allowing players to drive around the game map at their leisure without racing or story continuation. This feature has been prevalent in most titles that have followed. <ref name = "facts" /> | ||
− | == | + | == Gameplay == |
− | + | All games in the Need for Speed series follow a similar style of gameplay. Players control a car with the main objective of winning races against other players. In some iterations of Need for Speed, players are able to drive freely in an open world, as well as trigger police pursuits. | |
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− | + | Races in Need for Speed take various forms, including circuit, sprint, drag, and drift. Circuit races involve lapping around a set path multiple times, sprint races require players to race from one point to another, drag races involve a mostly straight track, and drift races have the player to accumulate the most points of all racers by drifting their car around a track. <ref> Need for Speed: Underground 2 http://nfs.wikia.com/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Underground_2 </ref> | |
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− | + | Need for Speed features licensed cars from various manufactures. In most Need for Speed titles, players are able to buy and customize cars. Cars in various titles, such as Need for Speed: Carbon have been classified in various groups, including tuner, muscle, and exotic. Tuner cars primarily offer higher levels of customization in addition to greater handling ability, muscle cars offer higher performance in factors such as acceleration, and exotic cars feature a balance of handling, acceleration, and top speed. | |
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− | + | |+Release Dates | |
− | + | |- | |
− | + | |1994 | |
− | + | |[[Wikipedia:The Need For Speed|The Need For Speed]] | |
− | + | |- | |
− | + | |1997 | |
− | + | |[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed II|Need For Speed II]] | |
− | + | |- | |
− | + | |1998 | |
− | + | |[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit|Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit]] | |
− | + | |- | |
− | + | |1999 | |
− | + | |[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit|Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit]] | |
− | + | |- | |
− | + | |2000 | |
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed|Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2002 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2|Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2003 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: Underground|Need For Speed: Underground]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2004 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: Underground 2|Need For Speed: Underground 2]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2005 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 video game)|Need For Speed: Most Wanted]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2006 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: Carbon|Need For Speed: Carbon]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2007 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: Pro Street|Need For Speed: Pro Street]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2008 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: Undercover|Need For Speed: Undercover]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2009 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need for Speed: Shift|Need For Speed: Shift]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2009 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need for Speed: Nitro|Need For Speed: Nitro]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2010 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need for Speed: World|Need For Speed: World]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2010 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010 video game)|Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2011 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Shift 2: Unleashed|Need For Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2011 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need for Speed: The Run|Need For Speed: The Run]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2012 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game)|Need For Speed: Most Wanted]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2013 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need for Speed Rivals|Need For Speed: Rivals]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2015 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need For Speed: No Limits|Need For Speed: No Limits]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2015 | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:Need for Speed (2015 video game)|Need For Speed]] | ||
+ | |} | ||
== Ethical Implications == | == Ethical Implications == | ||
− | + | '''Unsafe Driving''' | |
− | [[File:Nfs study.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Continental Tyre study results in percentages]] | + | [[File:Nfs study.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Continental Tyre study results in percentages]] Concerns that playing racing video games promotes unsafe or bad driving habits prompted a study done by [http://www.continental-tyres.co.uk/car Continental Tyres] which polled 1,000 people between the ages of 17 and 39 who play racing video games and 1,000 people in the same age group who do not play racing video games to see if racing games actually have effects on driving habits. The study found that people who play racing video games, such as Need For Speed, are more likely to get into car accidents, get pulled over, and take more risks on the road. However, the study also found that people who play racing games require less attempts to pass their driving test, taking, on average, two tries compared to three by non-players. <ref> N/A. "Do Racing Games Negatively Affect Driving Habits? | VirtualR - Sim Racing News." VirtualR Sim Racing News. 02 Feb. 2011. Web. http://www.virtualr.net/do-racing-games-negatively-affect-driving-habits </ref> |
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− | [[File:Nfsu2.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Title screen of NFS Underground 2, featuring actress Brooke Burke]] | + | One of the unsafe methods practiced in this game is drifting <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_(motorsport)</ref>. This involves cars moving at high velocities, and locking up the brakes of the car, causing the car to slide on the pavement. This is dangerous because essentially, the driver has no control. If the car is going at a high rate of speed and catches the pavement in an unfavorable fashion, it can cause the car to flip and result in injury or even death of the driver. In a recent case, 90 drivers were arrested in Saudi Arabia <ref>http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/909116</ref> because of drifting in public streets, which was putting citizens in danger of high speed cars. Games like Need for Speed create an unrealsitic expectation of drifting, because the video game does not do justice the actual manuevering techniques needed to dirft in real life. This is one of the many examples of ethical implications needing consideration from the Need for Speed game series. |
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− | Many songs in the Need For Speed series contain lyrics that are considered offensive or inappropriate for younger children. | + | '''Sexualization of Women''' |
+ | [[File:Nfsu2.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Title screen of NFS Underground 2, featuring actress Brooke Burke]] Many titles in the Need For Speed series feature female protagonists in the storyline, which is rare among video games, most often these women are sexualized in some manner. The women wear revealing clothing or talk in a sexualized manner to the player as an attempt by the game company to appeal to male teenagers, the majority of their player base. This skewed gender norm can also be seen during gameplay in some introduction screens, as well as at the start of racing events where a scantily clad woman will give a countdown and wave a flag to signal players to go. Some actresses that have been featured in lead roles in the Need For Speed series include [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4168062/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Christina Wolfe], [[Wikipedia:Josie Maran|Josie Maran]], and [[Wikipedia:Brooke Burke|Brooke Burke]] Video game companies have been criticized for this representation of women. 47% of middle school boys and 61% of high school boys agreed that these female characters are treated too much as sex objects in the games. | ||
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+ | '''Song Lyrics''' | ||
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+ | Many songs in the Need For Speed series contain lyrics that are considered offensive or inappropriate for younger children. Songs include swear words, suggestive phrases, or explicit descriptions of sexual actions. While lyrics are muted out of the song in the games, players still have the opportunity to look the songs up online. This could potentially expose younger players to song lyrics that are not appropriate for them. [[Wikipedia:Get Low (Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz song)|Get Low]] by [[Wikipedia:Lil Jon|Lil Jon]] and [[Wikipedia:Love Me or Hate Me|Love Me or Hate Me]] by [[Wikipedia:Lady Sovereign|Lady Sovereign]] are two examples of songs containing lyrics that had to be muted in game. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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+ | [[Category: Video Games]] |
Latest revision as of 02:55, 15 April 2018
Genre | Driving/Racing |
Gamming Style | Single player, Multiplayer |
Platform | PlayStation, Xbox, PC |
Release Date | November, 2015 (Need for Speed) [1] |
Developer | EA (1994-Present) Criterion Games (2010-Present) Ghost Games (2013-Present) |
Publisher | Electronic Arts |
Website | www.needforspeed.com |
Need For Speed is a racing video game franchise created by Electronic Arts across platforms like the Playstation, Xbox, and PC. Most commonly referred to as "NFS", Need For Speed has sold over 150 million copies since its release in 1993, making it the best selling driving game in the world. [2] Game play allows players to choose their own car from a wide variety of types and brands including Ford, Lamborghini, Nissan, Chevrolet, Porsche, and Ferrari among many others. After selecting a car, players can then customize paint colors, body parts, and engine components to their liking, giving it its own unique look and driving style. Players may then take their customized cars and compete in a number of different types of races against computers or other players to gain access to more cars and customization options as well as in game currency to purchase them.
Facts
- The first title in this series, released in 1994 for the 3DO game console was called The Need For Speed.
- While police chases have always been a prominent aspect of Need For Speed, Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit was the first game in the series to allow players to play as both police and racers. Being as this title was made for PC, the first console title to have a similar feature was Need For Speed: High Stakes, released a year later. [3]
- The original Need For Speed: Most Wanted released in 2005 is the series' best selling title with over 16 million copies sold. [4]
- Need For Speed: Underground was the title that shifted game play from more formal point to point racing on tracks to street style racing and tuner culture. [5]
- Need For Speed: Underground 2 was the first title to feature free roam, allowing players to drive around the game map at their leisure without racing or story continuation. This feature has been prevalent in most titles that have followed. [5]
Gameplay
All games in the Need for Speed series follow a similar style of gameplay. Players control a car with the main objective of winning races against other players. In some iterations of Need for Speed, players are able to drive freely in an open world, as well as trigger police pursuits.
Races in Need for Speed take various forms, including circuit, sprint, drag, and drift. Circuit races involve lapping around a set path multiple times, sprint races require players to race from one point to another, drag races involve a mostly straight track, and drift races have the player to accumulate the most points of all racers by drifting their car around a track. [6]
Need for Speed features licensed cars from various manufactures. In most Need for Speed titles, players are able to buy and customize cars. Cars in various titles, such as Need for Speed: Carbon have been classified in various groups, including tuner, muscle, and exotic. Tuner cars primarily offer higher levels of customization in addition to greater handling ability, muscle cars offer higher performance in factors such as acceleration, and exotic cars feature a balance of handling, acceleration, and top speed.
1994 | The Need For Speed |
1997 | Need For Speed II |
1998 | Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit |
1999 | Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit |
2000 | Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed |
2002 | Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 |
2003 | Need For Speed: Underground |
2004 | Need For Speed: Underground 2 |
2005 | Need For Speed: Most Wanted |
2006 | Need For Speed: Carbon |
2007 | Need For Speed: Pro Street |
2008 | Need For Speed: Undercover |
2009 | Need For Speed: Shift |
2009 | Need For Speed: Nitro |
2010 | Need For Speed: World |
2010 | Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit |
2011 | Need For Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed |
2011 | Need For Speed: The Run |
2012 | Need For Speed: Most Wanted |
2013 | Need For Speed: Rivals |
2015 | Need For Speed: No Limits |
2015 | Need For Speed |
Ethical Implications
Unsafe Driving
Concerns that playing racing video games promotes unsafe or bad driving habits prompted a study done by Continental Tyres which polled 1,000 people between the ages of 17 and 39 who play racing video games and 1,000 people in the same age group who do not play racing video games to see if racing games actually have effects on driving habits. The study found that people who play racing video games, such as Need For Speed, are more likely to get into car accidents, get pulled over, and take more risks on the road. However, the study also found that people who play racing games require less attempts to pass their driving test, taking, on average, two tries compared to three by non-players. [7]One of the unsafe methods practiced in this game is drifting [8]. This involves cars moving at high velocities, and locking up the brakes of the car, causing the car to slide on the pavement. This is dangerous because essentially, the driver has no control. If the car is going at a high rate of speed and catches the pavement in an unfavorable fashion, it can cause the car to flip and result in injury or even death of the driver. In a recent case, 90 drivers were arrested in Saudi Arabia [9] because of drifting in public streets, which was putting citizens in danger of high speed cars. Games like Need for Speed create an unrealsitic expectation of drifting, because the video game does not do justice the actual manuevering techniques needed to dirft in real life. This is one of the many examples of ethical implications needing consideration from the Need for Speed game series.
Sexualization of Women
Many titles in the Need For Speed series feature female protagonists in the storyline, which is rare among video games, most often these women are sexualized in some manner. The women wear revealing clothing or talk in a sexualized manner to the player as an attempt by the game company to appeal to male teenagers, the majority of their player base. This skewed gender norm can also be seen during gameplay in some introduction screens, as well as at the start of racing events where a scantily clad woman will give a countdown and wave a flag to signal players to go. Some actresses that have been featured in lead roles in the Need For Speed series include Christina Wolfe, Josie Maran, and Brooke Burke Video game companies have been criticized for this representation of women. 47% of middle school boys and 61% of high school boys agreed that these female characters are treated too much as sex objects in the games.
Song Lyrics
Many songs in the Need For Speed series contain lyrics that are considered offensive or inappropriate for younger children. Songs include swear words, suggestive phrases, or explicit descriptions of sexual actions. While lyrics are muted out of the song in the games, players still have the opportunity to look the songs up online. This could potentially expose younger players to song lyrics that are not appropriate for them. Get Low by Lil Jon and Love Me or Hate Me by Lady Sovereign are two examples of songs containing lyrics that had to be muted in game.
References
- ↑ Various. "Need for Speed (2015 Video Game)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Mar. 2016. Web. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed_%282015_video_game%29
- ↑ Quinn Gammon. "The 10 Best Selling Video Game Franchises Of All Time - Overmental." Overmental. 15 Apr. 2015. Web. http://overmental.com/content/the-10-best-selling-video-game-franchises-of-all-time-13907
- ↑ Various. "Police." Need for Speed Wiki. Web. http://nfs.wikia.com/wiki/Police
- ↑ Thorson, Tor. "Need for Speed Series Sells 100M, Shift Moves 309K." GameSpot. 21 Oct. 2009. Web. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/need-for-speed-series-sells-100m-shift-moves-309k/1100-6237491/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Zakes, Robert. "15 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Need For Speed’." RantGamer. Web. http://www.rantgamer.com/2015/03/30/15-things-you-didnt-know-about-need-for-speed/
- ↑ Need for Speed: Underground 2 http://nfs.wikia.com/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Underground_2
- ↑ N/A. "Do Racing Games Negatively Affect Driving Habits? | VirtualR - Sim Racing News." VirtualR Sim Racing News. 02 Feb. 2011. Web. http://www.virtualr.net/do-racing-games-negatively-affect-driving-habits
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_(motorsport)
- ↑ http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/909116