Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a single-player racing video game and the ninth installment in the Need for Speed series, following Underground 2. The game centers on street-racing gameplay, featuring a variety…
Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a racing developed by EA Black Box, released 15 November 2005 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 18 cheat codes for it.
What Need for Speed: Most Wanted is
Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a racing game developed by EA Black Box and released in 2005. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on EAGL. It carries an ESRB E age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player arrives in Rockport City, driving a racing version of the BMW M3 GTR (E46). Following Mia Townsend (played by Josie Maran), the player proves his driving prowess as he is pursued by a veteran police officer named Sergeant Cross (played by Dean McKenzie), who vows to take down the player and end street racing in Rockport. Races seem to be in the player's favor until a particular group of racers, led by the game's antagonist, Clarence "Razor" Callahan (played by Derek Hamilton), sabotages and win the player's car in a race.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are open world. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Need for Speed series
Need for Speed: Most Wanted is the 24th of 84 entries we hold in the Need for Speed series. The next entry was Need for Speed: Most Wanted in 2005. Its critic score of 85 is 11 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Limited Edition at 92.
How it was received
Need for Speed: Most Wanted holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 87% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 1,026 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 24 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 32 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ or Althon X2 2.7 GHz), 2 GB RAM and DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 series, with ATI RADEON 3870 or higher performance). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Need for Speed: Most Wanted launched on 15 November 2005, within three weeks of Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Mario Kart DS and Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005). It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Mario Kart DS, Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005).
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 18 cheat entries for Need for Speed: Most Wanted — 18 cheat codes. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Every code labelled
Need for Speed: Most Wanted cheat codes
Unlock Castrol Syntec Ford GT (PC)
Unlocks the special Castrol Syntec edition Ford GT for use outside Career progression
Type at the Click to Continue/title screen before pressing Enter
Unlock Pontiac GTO (PC)
Unlocks the Pontiac GTO
Type at the Click to Continue/title screen before pressing Enter
Unlock All Cars (PC)
Unlocks all cars in the game
Type at the title/main-menu screen before pressing Enter
Unlock Burger King Challenge (PC)
Unlocks the hidden Burger King Challenge event (Challenge Series event #69); finishing it gives access to Junkman performance parts for your cars
Type at the Click to Continue/title screen before pressing Enter
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