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We are heading to Gamescom next week. We plan to bring you the latest news and information on The Run and NFS:World. If you have any questions about either game, or general Need for Speed questions, ask them now.

See below for the current schedule that Drew, Coulter, and the rest of the NFS Team have during Gamescom.

Taken from Needforspeed.com

We’re only few short days away from GamesCom so we thought it was about time to let everyone know what we’re going to be up to over there! Not only is The Run heading to Germany but NFS World and Burnout CRASH! will be there as well. First and most importantly, there are a number of big events we’ve got planned that you won’t want to miss out on:

– New Need for Speed The Run trailer on Tuesday, August 16th. If you want a hint of what it’s going to feature just look at the picture above…
– New Need for speed World trailer on Thursday, August 18th but I can’t say what it’s about
– Three EA.com Live Chats on Thursday, August 18th. This is your chance to ask the developers your questions about the games. The three live chats we have lined up are:
– NFS World with John Doyle @ 4:30am PST / 1:30pm CET
– NFS The Run with Jason De Long @ 6:30am PST / 3:30pm CET
– Burnout CRASH! with Richard Franke @ 7:00am PST / 4:00pm (CET)

In addition to the great events above, we’ve got a lot additional coverage planned. You can expect:

– On the ground coverage of the show on the Need for Speed Twitter feed
– Daily photos albums posted on the NFS Facebook page showing all the cool stuff happening at the show.
– NFSCoulter and I will be posting daily wrap up blogs telling you about our days out in Germany
– A couple of the wrap up blogs will feature interviews with dev teams and producers
– We’re going to recording a special GamesCom Edition Podcast that will post on Friday, August 19h
– NFS World contest starting on Thursday, August 18th

Be sure to look for ND4SPDWorld if you’re able to attend the Gamescom.

The purpose of this maintenance window is to conduct server maintenance and add a new product to Need for Speed World. No client changes are forthcoming. See Release Notes below.

Date:
August 9, 2011

Duration(s):
— Completed —

Affected Users:
During the maintenance window, the servers will be offline and users will not able to log in and play Need for Speed World. Players who are already logged in and playing NFS World will be disconnected from the server and therefore, disconnected from the game.

New Items:
– The Porsche 911 GT3 RS has been added to the game, and is available for purchase from the Car Dealer

The Silvia S14 is now the latest car to be unveiled in the lineup for Need for Speed The Run.

As you can see this car is especially pleasing to see in the car lineup for Rob as he owns the an S14a and uses as his daily driver, with an abundance of performance mods of course.

It was known as the 200SX in Europe and the Silvia in Japan. Featuring a bigger turbo than its predecessors, the Nissan Silvia has won the hearts of many around the world. A hit in the Tuner crowd, and a force in the drift world (including being a Team Need for Speed car), you can expect this rear-wheel drive compact to be a fan favorite in Need for Speed The Run.

With its low stance and aggressive lines, the Scirocco R is more than just a hatchback. Putting its power to the front wheels, the turbocharged 265hp takes cues from the Golf, but offers much more bang for the buck. In Need for Speed The Run, you’ll need every bit of the engine as you put the pedal down through the mountains, or long stretches of desert. This European favorite hasn’t been released in the US, making The Run the only place you can drive it across the country!

Be sure to pre-order your copy of Need for Speed:The Run before November 15, 2011 to get the exclusive content.

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Get the ultimate head start and access to exclusive challenges with the Need for Speed The Run Limited Edition! Get the ultimate head start and access to exclusive challenges with the Need for Speed The Run Limited Edition! You’re in a battle for your life and going to need every advantage you can get. By purchasing the Limited Edition you’ll get the following three elite cars:

Lamborghini Aventador – Open up this 700hp untamed beast on the highway and you’ll see the fear in your rival’s eyes.

Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 – When your life is on the line the Camaro will be bullied by no one.

Porsche 911 Carrera S – Finally, who wouldn’t want to drive the most highly anticipated car of 2011? With its raw power and pin point handling, the Carrera S is exclusive to Need for Speed The Run.

Now that you have your elite cars, the five exclusive Limited Edition racing events will put them to the test. The Limited Edition serves up all new opportunities to battle your friends on Autolog and the chance to master your driving skills while earning bonus rewards and achievements.

Furthermore, it gets even better because we’ve got bonus offers for those who pre-order The Run. Depending on which retailer you pre-order from, you get access to one of our exclusive Challenge Series:

NEED FOR SPEED THE RUN MOST WANTED CHALLENGE SERIES
If you preorder from Gamestop, you’ll get access to two bonus cars and three events inspired by Need for Speed Most Wanted. Upon getting behind the wheel of the BMW M3 GTS, and Razor’s famed Mustang Boss 302, you’ll scream down open highways with cops hot on your tail and battle your way through a variety of racing challenges. Experience the thrill of Need for Speed Most Wanted all over again!

NEED FOR SPEED THE RUN UNDERGROUND CHALLENGE SERIES
If you pre-order from Amazon you’ll get access to two bonus cars and three events inspired by Need for Speed Underground. Behind the wheel of the Nissan 370Z, and the famed Nissan Skyline GT-R R34, you’ll race through nighttime city streets against the hottest tuner cars while you battle for your street cred. Experience the thrill of Need for Speed Underground all over again.

For more information about the Limited Edition and the pre-order bonus offers, click here.

The onlinemagazine IGN published a new article about Need for Speed: The Run, talking about the race, the variety of the sceneries and a little bit about the different game modes.

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Additionally, you can watch a video showing a a short, intense section of The Run through a Death Valley desert canyon, a twisting, undulating road with rocky outcrops jutting up into the sky in the distance. The aim is to pass the opponents before the finishing line, which is harder than it sounds – this is still very much an arcade racer, with tight, satisfying handling and high speeds, but pick a bad place to attempt an overtake and you’ll go slamming into a rock wall.

Excerpt:
The cross-country concept also allows for a variety of gameplay, whether it’s racing technically around winding mountain tracks, hurtling into oncoming traffic on an interstate or evading cops in a city. There are one-on-one rival battles against arch-enemies, sprint races, elimination sections and cop pursuits, all of which feed into the overarching narrative. Having real locations has been a new experience for Black Box – the Frostbite 2 engine has made it much easier for them to create these open, detailed environments.

“When we’ve made Need for Speed games in the past, our first point of reference has always been amazing, beautiful drives in the real world – but we’ve never recreated them,” says Delong. “Instead we’ve done a fictional city of a fictional county… We’ve always been limited technically in what we can do. But when we moved to Frostbite, we discovered that we were able to iterate on content so quickly that we could create the epic scale of a coast to coast race. We could have picked five major cites and recreated those in limited detail, but for us the true Run, the true race, is the variety that you get inbetween those cities.”

Of course, Autolog is integrated at every step throughout the single-player campaign, showing you how much more talented your friends are at each individual section and then comparing your entire, coast-to-coast race time at the end. “You know second to second if you have a chance of beating your friend across the country. It makes the race more personal,” says Delong. He hints at multiplayer modes, too, but he won’t be drawn on specifics – we’ll have to wait for Gamescom for that.

Source: IGN Article

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Episode three of the Need for Speed The Run Insider Series features Physics Designer Todd Morin chatting with us about, obviously, the physics in NFS The Run. This week’s episode was a particularly long one because Todd was so excited to sit down and chat with us about all the new physics features in The Run. Even before we sat down to film he had a list of stuff that he really wanted to talk to the community about. I had no idea how much work has gone into the game’s physics so I hope that you all find this as interesting as it was for me to film it!

Quick note about the upcoming NFS The Run Insider Series videos; we’re going to be taking a few weeks off from filming the videos. Don’t worry though, the team is still super excited to get on camera and talk about all the great new features in the Run. We’ll have some new videos for you in a few weeks time…