Need for Speed

Need for Speed (NFS) is a racing game franchise published by Electronic Arts and currently developed by Criterion Games. Most entries in the series are generally arcade racing games centered around illegal street racing, and task players with completing races of various types while evading police pursuit. Some entries also do not follow the basic setup of most titles and are instead simulation racers, focus on legal circuit races, feature kart racing game elements, or feature illegal street racing but do not also feature police pursuits. Need for Speed is one of EA's oldest franchises not published under their EA Sports brand.