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Saturday Oct 29, 2011 8:00 PM | by Texhnolith | Comments Off

NFS The Run: Aston Martin One-77

When Aston Martin came up with the idea to create a car to rival the most powerful Italian Supercars, the Aston Martin One-77 was born, sitting at a price tag of just under two million, the British marque succeeded in developing it, right down to the high performance and exclusivity. The handcrafted aluminum body accentuated by its sexy curves, it was to be admired from afar, but when you take it for a spin in Need For Speed The Run, be prepared to feel every single one of the 750 horses emanating from its 7.3-liter V12, which Aston Martin claims is the most powerful naturally aspirated engine on Earth

Thursday Oct 27, 2011 1:52 PM | by Texhnolith | Comments Off

NFS World Interview with Marc and Melvin

While attending the Need For Speed Community Day event at EA Blackbox in Vancouver we were able to get some time with Marc De Vellis and Melvin Teu from the Need For Speed World development team and get a couple questions answered on video.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/31214038[/vimeo]

Be sure to keep checking back for more video interviews. We have one lined up with Alex Grimbley about Need For Speed The Run which you can expect to see in a couple days.

Wednesday Oct 26, 2011 8:21 AM | by RedTwentyFour | Comments Off

The Run: The Black Keys – Video Premiere

EA just released a new Action packed trailer for NFS: The Run, featuring the The Black Keys song Lonely Boy, from the single of the same name, the video shows alot of ingame cinematic scenes featuring jack and cars – what else 😉

check it out here:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzyc6ycqPsA[/youtube]

Sunday Oct 23, 2011 7:59 PM | by Texhnolith | Comments Off

EA NFS Community Day Preview

The Run: EA Need for Speed Community Day

The Need for Speed Community Leaders

Now that the excitement is over, I finished collecting my thoughts. It takes time to sort out what happened, along with recovering from all the previous late nights enjoying the company of all the other Community Leaders. Finally establishing a pretty intensive timeline while through my notes documenting the whole experience of this year’s event. Continue reading →

Saturday Oct 22, 2011 12:11 PM | by Texhnolith | Comments Off

ND4SPDWorld: Demo Challenge

As you can see by the image above we started a NFS The Run Demo Challenge.The idea is to post your best time on Autolog and all you have to do is add either our Playstation Network or Xbox Live account to your friends list. This is “ND4SPDWorld” for both systems. We will be keeping an eye on the best times and the best 3 times will be rewarded with some NFS Goodies we got laying around.

This contest is accessible for anyone using a console system, and may participate from any part of the world.
Except EA Staff and other community related staff members.

Saturday Oct 22, 2011 11:08 AM | by Texhnolith | Comments Off

NFS The Run: System Requirements [UPDATED]

For the PC gamers under us this is the news they have been waiting for. The minimum and recommended system requirements for Need For Speed The Run. Be sure your system is fully capable of playing the game in all its fine details.

[UPDATE: Minimum PC CPU Spec up from 2.4 to 3.0 GHz]

MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS
OS: Windows Vista SP2 32-bit
DirectX: DirectX 10
Processor: 3.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Equivalent
Memory: 3 GB
Hard Drive: 18 GB
Graphics card (AMD): 512 MB RAM ATI Radeon 4870 or higher performance
Graphics card (NVIDIA): 512 MB RAM NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT or higher performance
Sound card: DirectX Compatible
Keyboard or Gamepad or Steering Wheel
DVD Rom Drive
Online: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection

RECOMMENDED
OS: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
DirectX: DirectX 11
Processor: 3.0 Mhz Intel Core 2 Quad or AMD Equivalent
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 18 GB
Graphics card (AMD): 1024 MB RAM ATI Radeon 6950
Graphics card (NVIDIA): 1024 MB RAM NVIDIA GeForce GTX560
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Keyboard or Gamepad or Steering Wheel
DVD Rom Drive
Online: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection

Thursday Oct 20, 2011 4:26 PM | by RedTwentyFour | Comments Off

The Run: Pontiac Firebird Formula

In The Run, you’ll love rumbling past all 200 racers in this underrated Pontiac.

Beginning in 1978, Pontiac engineers reversed years of declining power by raising the compression ratio in the Pontiac 400 through the installation of different cylinder heads with smaller combustion chambers (1977 pontiac 400 engines also had the 350 heads bolted to the 400 blocks, these heads were known as the 6x-4 heads)(taken from the Pontiac 350). This increased power by 10% for a total of 220 during the 1978–79 model years. The 400/403 options remained available until 1979, when the 400 CID engines were only available in the 4-speed transmission Trans Ams and Formulas (the engines had actually been stockpiled from 1978, when PMD had cut production of the engine). 1979 marked the 10th Anniversary of the Trans Am, and a special anniversary package was made available: silver paint with a silver leather interior.

Get more infos here.