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Title Screen

Need for Speed: The Run

Developer: EA Black Box
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Released in US: November 15, 2011
Released in EU: November 18, 2011
Released in AU: November 17, 2011


ModelsIcon.png This game has unused models.
DebugIcon.png This game has debugging material.


ProtoIcon.png This game has a prototype article
PrereleaseIcon.png This game has a prerelease article

See, this is why server preservation is important.
This game's online features are no longer supported.
While this game's online features were once accessible, they are (as of August 31, 2021) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content.
Hmmm...
To do:
  • Add more information about the debug menu.
  • Battlefield 3 string leftovers?
  • Unused cars, challenges, events, videos and previews. Also more stuff in general.
  • Document "The Making of Need for Speed The Run" and put it in the prerelease page.

Featuring a trailer directed by Michael Bay, Need for Speed: The Run was the last game made by EA Black Box before Electronic Arts shut it down in April 2013 (except for additions of new content to Need for Speed: World until July 10, 2013 as Quicklime Games). It was also the first Need for Speed game that required Origin to play online and it was the only racing game featuring Frostbite 2 engine.

When its online services closed on August 31, 2021, the Windows version cannot be played without the game being firewalled (the console versions also cannot be played with respective console being connected to the Internet), as the game does not appear to support handling for situations when the game's server is offline or not.

Sub-Page

Read about prototype versions of this game that have been released or dumped.
Prototype Info
Read about prerelease information and/or media for this game.
Prerelease Info

Debug Menu

Hmmm...
To do:
Explain what each option can do.

Changing the text string ID_MENU_DEBUG to ID_COMMON_EXIT (which replaces the Exit button in the game's main menu) and ID_MENU_RESUME (which replaces the Resume button in the pause menu) will allow the player to access a debug menu.

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Unused/Hidden Cars

Hmmm...
To do:
There's more.

Audi R8 Livery Test (aud_r8_v10_10_test_rainbow)

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TEST_PAINT_CAR

Car name:ID_CARNAME_SHORT_TESTPAINT

Has a LOD model similar to TEST_SPHERE_CAR but lacking any sounds and has a cop siren.

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TEST_SPHERE_CAR_1

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300_MPH_TEST_CAR

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Porsche 911 GT2 (993) (E3)

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Cars Without Preset

Each car had an alternative preview without any preset and used a black default color (with the exception being the BMW Z4 GT3 (E89) which does not have a car preview).

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Unused Videos

Stage 1 Intro

This was supposed to play after you escape San Francisco but it doesn't for some reason, maybe the developers just forgot to add it or it was cut because it's too short, since there is only one race and time trial in this stage.

Unused Music

A song found game file named MX_FE_TEMP which is used during development as placeholder and name is Infinite White from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen OST.

The other song is E3 Chase (Post Race) which was used in E3 presentation but it was a different version.

Unused/Hidden Body Kits

Hmmm...
To do:
Add stuff with Vehicle Customization Library.

Porsche 911 Carrera S (991)

Has 1 unfinished bodykit POR_991_S_12_KIT04V.

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Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 (997 MK.II))

Has 2 hidden and 1 duplicate bodykits.

POR_GT3_RS_10_KIT06V duplicate kit from RSR REPLICA PACK.

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POR_GT3_RS_10_KIT01V

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POR_GT3_RS_10_KIT03V

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Nissan 200SX (S14)

Has 1 duplicate kit from DRIFTING PACK.

Unused/Removed Car Previews

Toyota Supra Chris Rado Stock

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Has database but doesn't have a model nor car preview.

BMW M3 GTS (E92) (Stock)

Has database but doesn't have a model nor car preview.

Audi RS4 (Car Crusher)

Has database but doesn't have a model nor a car preview. Originally was this version present before being replaced with regular version in prologue?

Porsche 911 GT2 (993) RWB

Has database but doesn't have a model nor car preview.

Cars With Name Only

These cars can't be loaded due to missing database and they are meant to have an alternative car preview or an early name.

Dodge Charger SRT-8 Police Interceptor
Ford Taurus Police Interceptor "DA-FUZZ"
Lamborghini Miura SV "Rival"
McLaren F1 (alt)
McLaren MP4-12C "MACCA"
McLaren MP4-12C (alt)
Nissan R32 GT-R "Eddie"
Nissan GT-R V-Spec (alt)
Porsche 911 Carrera 4S
Porsche 911 GT2 "R W"
Toyota Supra "Placeholder"
Dodge Charger SRT-8 Taxi (alt)
Nissan 240ZG "Coeur de Valerie"
Porsche Cayenne Turbo

Hidden Demo on PC

To play a hidden demo on PC version, you have to set a command -NfsGame.IsDemo 1 in the game executable file and make sure to set the date as before November 2011. However, this demo is a bit buggy and unfinished unlike the console version demo.

Oddities

The Organizer's Identity

If you take the camera out of bounds during Chinatown restaurant cutscene in the elevator, you can see a man floating in the air. This man is Calvin Garret.

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Additional Police Porsche Cayenne Turbo Variant(?)

Within the Red Mountain Pass race on Stage 4, a police Porsche Cayenne can be seen pursuing the player from the start, but the model used is the civilian variant of the vehicle with the police livery and cop AI applied. It does not blare any siren sounds that are commonly heard from other police cars, a normal car horn sound will be produced instead. Whatever form of error to cause this discrepancy is unknown.

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Hidden "Suicidal !!!" Achievement

If you pass through falling rocks in the Avalanche Race, you will get a hidden "Suicidal !!!" achievement. However, it is impossible to do this by using Tier 4 cars.

Secret Shortcut in Stage 10

If you go past this barrier before entering the train station, you will skip the cutscene (at 2:57).

Platform Differences

Credits

PC Xbox 360/PS3
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