Wicked Wednesday - February 29

How's the air up there? Red Bull & racecar driver Neel Jani breaks world record by driving up Khardung Pass in India. At 5,600m above sea level, it's the world's highest driveable road. Thanks to Serg for the Wicked Wednesday!

Pure Racing Performance!

The Ford GT40 Mk.I is a high performance sportscar designed especially for the racing circuit. Not only did it win the 12 hours of Sebring in 1966, it also captured the top prize at the 24 hours of Le Mans two years in a row from 1968-1969. History was made as only one other car was able to achieve that goal.

The “GT” stands for Grand Touring while the “40” stands for its overall height. The lightweight chassis features an aluminum roof, carbon-fibre body panel and is pushed to the limit by its powerful 425hp engine. With its big growling V8 born through a pure racing pedigree, this racer needs to be driven, and driven hard!

Pure racing performance awaits you and this iconic legend is sure to flex its muscle among the best in Tier 2.

If you ever wanted to test drive a thoroughbred GT racer with the awesome performance of a modern day supercar, now is your chance. Go to the Car Dealer and drive a piece of history today!

Mega Mondays - February 27

That's some pretty flashy drifting on the streets of Moscow! Don't forget the outtakes at the end! Thanks G. Daniel Razo for today's Mega Monday video!

Wicked Wednesday - February 22

Speaking of track meets, here's an uber-cool video about Reisbrennen, the biggest meet-up for Japanese car fans in Germany. Thanks DriftSage for today's Wicked Wednesday!

Beware The Ban Hammer!

Beware the Ban Hammer!

NFSW currently has 11M registered users and continues to grow every week. To ensure that the overall game experience remains fun and more importantly, fair, we have been banning hackers on a regular basis. However, with the significant growth and popularity of the game, there has been an even greater increase in the number of hackers. We understand that players using such hacks negatively affect gameplay.

Rest assured, we are committed to creating the best experience possible and upholding the integrity of our Terms of Service. Steps are being taken by our Security Team to find and extract hackers or anyone violating the ToS on a daily basis.

All accounts that have been caught hacking or using third-party hacks will be permanently suspended. This includes both IGC and SpeedBoost players.

So, Don’t Cheat. Just Compete!

Retiring Cars: Get 'Em Before They're Gone

NFS World has been retiring cars and will continue to do so on a regular basis, so if you have had your eye on a certain beloved car, get it while you can!

With plenty of new cars being introduced weekly, we’ll look to “existing” cars and temporarily retire them. Owners of the retired cars will still be able to race them, whereas others will need to wait until the car is once again available. Retired cars will become available again in the future but at no guaranteed schedule. We will always give you 1-week notice and a list of the cars that are scheduled for retirement in the upcoming week. This gives you plenty of time to decide for yourself!

As of March 1, the following cars will be retired from our current inventory:

Mustang RTR-X
Lotus Exige
Lotus Exige (Art Director)
BMW M3 E92

To help our community get their hands on these cars before they’re gone, these cars will be on sale for 20% off ALL WEEK!!! Now is your chance so don’t miss out! Get these cars in your garage today!

It's A Track Meet!

Building on the success of our Event Extravaganza in November, we’re holding another event but this time with a twist! Instead of opening up every single race event, we’re concentrating on only a handful. This is to make sure that players get to compete with as many other players as possible.

For two days only, from Wednesday 5pm PST – Friday 4pm PST, a total of 6 events will be available to all Drivers who are Level 2 and above. The events are:

- Eagle Drive (Sprint)

- Garden Boulevard (Circuit)

- Rockport Resistance (Pursuit Outrun)

- All In (Team Escape – Tier 1)

- Compromised (Team Escape – Tier 2)

- Most Wanted (Team Escape – Tier 3)

All other events will be temporarily disabled and removed from the map. Tier restrictions (i.e you need a car which matches the event Tier in order to join) will still be applicable, but otherwise you are completely free to try out any event you desire.

Rewards for these two days will be based on your current Driver Level, so you don’t have to be concerned about losing Rep & Cash or power leveling your Driver. The “Race Now” feature will be disabled during this event, so you can make your event selections via the World Map or by driving up to the event icon in Free Roam.

Get ready to race!

Ask Marc - Episode 62

Welcome to Ask Marc Episode 62, where Marc answers the most pressing questions from our online community this week. Topics discussed include:

In-game crews

Team Escape cars

Banning cheaters

Additional languages

And the next big thing on our plate

Click play to watch!

Ask Marc features Need for Speed World producer Marc De Vellis and NFS community manager Drew Hahn answering questions from the community about NFS World. You can submit your questions about NFS World on Marc De Vellis's Facebook page.

Retiring Cars: Get 'Em Before They're Gone

NFS World has been retiring cars and will continue to do so on a regular basis, so if you have had your eye on a certain beloved car, get it while you can!

With plenty of new cars being introduced weekly, we’ll look to “existing” cars and temporarily retire them. Owners of the retired cars will still be able to race them, whereas others will need to wait until the car is once again available. Retired cars will become available again in the future, but at no guaranteed schedule. We will always give you a 1-week notice and list of the cars that are scheduled for retirement in the upcoming week. This gives you plenty of time to decide for yourself!

As of February 23rd, the following cars will be retired from our current inventory:

Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro Worthersee
Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro Speed
1965 Shelby Cobra "Daytona" Coupe® Blue
Volkswagen Scirocco Zack

To help our community get their hands on these cars before they’re gone, these cars will be on sale for 20% off ALL WEEK!!! Now is your chance so don’t miss out! Get these cars in your garage today!

Wicked Wednesday - February 15

Ready, set, smoke! Wicked video of Ken Block drifting his way through the ultimate obstacle course. Thanks to Andrei Radu and Carlos Martez for today's Wicked Wed!

Mega Mondays - February 13

So much cool in this video: Gorillaz's Murdoc, Cyborg Noodle, 2D, a Chevy Camaro SS and Chevy El Camino pursuit and Bruce Willis! Thanks to Ivan Davis for the Mega!

Valentine's Day Customization Contest

Thwack! That’s the sound of Cupid shooting his arrows of love!

To celebrate the upcoming holiday of flowers, chocolates and little red hearts, we’re holding a Valentine Day's Customization Contest. But with a little twist!

Players are invited to create a Need for Speed World Valentine’s Day postcard using either your vinyls or photoshopping skills! An official first for our contests, we’re doing it this way to open this up to as many players as possible.

10 Beast 2011 promo codes for the top 10 winners are up for grabs!

Contest begins Friday February 10, 5pm PST and ends Tuesday February 14, 12pm PST. Email your ONE photo submissions to ling@needforspeed.com. Be sure to put “Valentine’s Day Customization Contest” in the subject line of your email. All submissions are eligible to win, however only ONE PICTURE / ONE VIEWPOINT will be accepted, so choose your best angle. Multiple submissions will be automatically disqualified.

Need for Speed World will gather all submitted pictures and upload them to our FB gallery on Tuesday February 14.

Customizations will be voted on by the Facebook community. The top 10 winners will be determined by the number of likes from our Facebook community. Community voting will take place from Tuesday February 14 until Friday February 17, 12pm PST. The top 10 winners will be announced on Friday February 17, 5pm PST.

There are no restrictions in regards to postcard design. The more creative, the better! Let love flow!



2/17 Update - Congrats to our Valentine's Customization winners! You won a code for the Beast 2011.

Felipe Carmago - (165 likes)
Chaqo Moreno Saldierna - (173 likes)
Nico Bahian - (190 likes)
Emin Belegish - (197 likes)
Maubilang Cintakekamu - (199 likes)
Muhil M - (201 likes)
Patricio Orellana Munoz - (274 likes)
Ismail Benbdallah - (337 likes)
Young Money - (343 likes)
Alan Mauricio Jeldes Sandoval - (366 likes)

Thanks to everyone who participated and voted! Winners submissions can be viewed in our Valentine's Customization Contest Winners photo gallery.

Community Spotlight: Brian Jones

We get emails suggesting players to be featured in our Community Spotlight all the time, but this may be the first time where we got an avalanche of people all requesting one person to be featured. They all agree this forum member has contributed greatly to the NFSW community. If you want tuning advice, this is the guy to turn to. He’s even put together an easy to understand performance tuning guide on our NFSW forum. Well respected, knowledgable and always ready to lend a hand, his peers can’t say enough positive things about him. That guy is Brian Jones aka BONES.

Let’s get better acquainted with Brian from Alabama!

Tell us about yourself.

My name is Brian Jones. I live in Tuscaloosa Alabama and I’m 34 years old. I have an advanced degree in mathematics, with a minor in astrophysics. I have a tuning advice column in the NSFW forums, where I enjoy helping other players set-up their cars. I’ve also been playing guitar for about 25 years.

How long have you been playing NFSW?

I joined the game soon after beta, so a little over a year, I guess. But I’ve been playing the NFS games since the beginning. I own every single one that’s ever come out. I even have my copy of "Road and Track Presents Need for Speed" on my Panasonic 3DO!

What’s your favourite car(s) in NFSW?

I’m a Lambo guy. I love my Murcielagos. I have 5 of them. But I’m keeping my hopes up that someday we will get a Pontiac Fiero GT in the game, then THAT would be my favorite car!

Your most memorable experience in the game?

The day i finally beat my good buddy Darkeye565 in a race. And I got him twice in a row!! Sorry Darkeye, but I’m really proud of that!

What do you like most about NFSW?

I love the community and really have enjoyed all the friends I’ve made because of this game. The racing is great too, but I’m here for the people.

What other console or online game do you play?

I play alot of L4D2 and Forza4 on my Xbox (because it has a Fiero GT in it)

Favourite car or driving scene in a movie?

Steve McQueen's classic movie, Bullitt! Hands down, best car chase scene in the history of cinema!

What song or music do you rock out to while playing NFSW?

I listen to a large range of music whilst driving, usually stuff that inspires me to go fast. Lots of trance music and a ton of heavy metal.

When you’re not playing NFSW, what else are you up to?

I’m usually at work or outside with my eyes glued to my telescope, staring at the stars. Astronomy is a major passion of mine. I could also just be chillin with my cat Mikey.

Alien or Predator?

Alien, definitely! Two words... ACID SPIT!!!

Mega Mondays - February 6

Remember that awesome video of the car vs motorcycle drift battle we posted back in November? There's a part 2! This time versus a cop car!

Thx Distinct Ion, Nicu Novac, Fabio Sousa, Matthew Vigh, Amirul Faez and Han Yeann for the Mega!

Need for Speed Podcast 116 - We Wrestle Dangerous Animals

It's been quite a week for NFS The Run and we're here to bring you all the exciting updates! We chat about the PC Patch, the Italian Edition Pack, our weekly challenges, NFSWorld and much more! We get a little crazy this week with our Off Topic-Topic as we travel to the land down under and imagine what it would be like to wrestle dangerous animals in the Australian Outback!

To listen in iTunes, click here or press play.

Community Spotlight: Quinton Hollis

This gamer has a lot of passions including Need for Speed World, Lamborghinis, MMOs, music, singing and playing piano. Oh and just to round out his already diverse interests, how about a little archery too?

Let’s get better acquainted with Quinton Hollis from Oklahoma USA!

Tell us about yourself.

My name is Quinton, aka "stretch" aka Tarentino! I'm 19 years old and I attend college in Oklahoma, USA. I’ve been in love with cars and racing ever since I can remember. Sadly though, I have never had any really cool cars but a really fun car that I owned was a '82 Civic DX Eagle Edition (4 cyl, custom 5 speed manual). Man, that car was fun!

How long have you been playing NFSW?

Hmmm, I think I started about 9 months ago.

What’s your favourite car(s) in NFSW?

Oh man, this is like asking me to pick my favorite family member! I love all my cars, but my favorites would have to be my Lamborghinis. I have one of each. My Gallardo is colored in the LP550-2 Valentino Balboni colors, and my Murcielargo is candy blue. I also love to drive my halfway-pro parted and dark metallic green Pontiac GTO but my heart still belongs to my Gallardo, it's just too gorgeous.

Your most memorable experience in the game?

I love the car shows that the community throws occasionally! Those are always a blast to attend. My favorite one was when my Murcielargo went up against the most amazing M3 driver I've ever raced. He drove flawlessly and beat me by 0.8 seconds in a 5 minute, heart-pounding circuit race!

What do you like most about NFSW?

The cars, hands down. I just love to buy cars, part them out, drive them endlessly and enjoy the amazing sound. To me, the car's performance is secondary when compared to the way it looks and sounds. I just love to cruise and do private races. I have 12 cars but plan to get more as I progress through the game.

What other console or online games do you play?

Well, when it comes to MMO's, the questions would be, what have I NOT played! I play LOTRO, EVE online, Forsaken world, Heat Online, TF2… I can't even start to list them all here. When it comes to consoles, I don't play. I’ve never owned a console in my life. I have always been an avid PC gamer.

Favourite car/driving scene in a movie?

I have always loved the Aston Martins in the James Bond Films, particularly the car chase with the black Alfa Romeo and the Aston in The Quantum of Solace.

What song or music do you rock out to while playing NFSW?

Ahh, my second passion. I love all kinds of music but my favorite is ambient and electronica. I love Falling Up in particular. I also enjoy bands like And Then There Were None, Anberlin, Abandon, Red, Demonhunter, Imogen Heap and a few others.

When you’re not playing NFSW, what else are you up to?

I'm a full-time college student, so any time not spent playing NFSW is usually spent studying. I do love to sing and play the piano when the mood strikes me. Another thing I love to do is archery. I have a couple of bows and I love to spend an afternoon shooting.

X-Men or Watchmen?

X-men all the way!

Wicked Wednesday - February 1

Oh, kids today... A little misunderstanding equals utter hilarity. Well, maybe not for the grad student in the commercial. Thanks Marco 91 for the Wicked Wednesday laughs!