Well... throughout the few days I've been gone, I wanted to use them for gathering World Of Tanks materials like record some replays and get some screenshots... but then, I've discovered this ol' thing.
Need For Speed: World. IS. BACK.
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| Ahh... good ol' Need For Speed: World. Why didya have to shut 'em down, EA? |
Maan, what a long time it has been since I've last played it. Started playing December 13th, 2013 and been playing it non-stop until I've heard the news that the game's gonna shut down. Didn't have the heart to play it on the day it's gone for good... it's just too sad.
But nevertheless, here it is again! Albeit in offline form. Yep, an offline version that managed to get created by players of the game... but as you'd expect from an 'Offline Version', it's only you in the game. The only opponents you can face are bot racers and cops. Here's the link to the Need For Speed: World Offline below anyways for people who are interested.
Need For Speed: World Offline Website
But there's talk that people are starting an online version back. So it'll be worth the wait.
Finally, I get to play the ol' racing MMO again... and the best part is: EVERYTHING'S UNLOCKED!
Yep, this means that you can use every vehicle that the original creators placed in the game so far. And of course, I'm going for that rare Ford Police Interceptor sedan.
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| Real-Life version. In-game version differs quite a bit. |
Never got a chance to use one of these in-game when servers were still up as it is [as I mentioned before] rare. To get one of these, you'd have to win them from a "Car Prize Pack".
But the catch is that it's chance to get the card to drop one of these cars is so small, you'd either have to be really lucky to get it in your few tries you've done so far or have loads of money to spare to mass-purchase those Car Prize Packs till you get 'em.
And when I said 'money', I meant 'real-world money'... not in-game cash you've earned. So that can turn into a gamble real quick.
I've tried my hand at a few of those said Car Prize Packs, but my luck was not high enough to get it. I did, however came close as I've earned a Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR, the only other police vehicle in the game with working lights, SIRENS AND AN ACTUAL POLICE LIGHT BAR.
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| It didn't originally look like this, but I've customized it quite a bit. |
Throughout the whole lifespan of Need For Speed: World, there only exists two vehicles with workable lights, sirens and lightbars... and these are the only two ones here. Before the only police vehicles you can get were somewhat edited current vehicles with a bull-bar at the front, a police-themed body skin and workable police lights.
So effectively, they were just re-edited cars with lights.
I did earned some from the Car Prize Packs I've bought before, like these two below.
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| Japanese Police Themed Car. |
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| EU [sorry, don't know what country] Police Themed Car. |
Didn't want them going to waste, so I've edited them to "undercover/unmarked police" cars.
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| Customized Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R. |
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| Customized Renault Sport Megane R.S. |
They fit and look better this way, as they didn't have police lightbars and I thought that just takes away everything. Plus, they also didn't have sirens.
Hell, I even customized a car to resemble as much as it can to the in-game's police car! It's the Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee Police Undercover Edition that appears at Heat Level 3 in Pursuits.
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| Customized Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee. |
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| Taken this out in the streets... |
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| Original 'Police Cruiser' Edition. Appears at Heat Level 1. |
Now this one isn't a 'Cop Edition' vehicle but instead a 'Team Escape Edition' one. They are optimized to do better in Pursuits or Team Escapes and even have a special irremovable skill called the 'Heavy Mass' which increases the vehicle's weight more to easily deal with cops or traffic. They obviously don't have workable police lights.
My favorite and most used vehicle in the game was the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. It is a police vehicle in the game with workable police lights and bull bars for both front and back or the car. It is unique as it special variant is a 'Drag Race Edition' vehicle. These vehicles have a special irremovable skill called the 'Aero Drag' which improves the vehicle's performance in drag races.
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| The iconic legend. |
I would have preferred if they have one with the 'Heavy Mass' skill, but the ol' Ford Crown Vic in the game is already a quite heavy and big vehicle.
It also has "Cosmic Nitrous", which means the vehicle has very strong nitro power originally without skill upgrades, making it really handy when improved further and thus giving the vehicle a huge boost like a rocket instead of just the regular small speed pickups. Not a lot of vehicles in the game have this secret ability and it is really useful if used and upgraded right.
And wheew... I went off-topic about the glory days when Need For Speed: World was still alive and kicking. It's a good thing I have all these old screenshots from back in day, too. I did make several videos when the game was still alive, but they were uploaded in Facebook to share with friends.
Those were the days...
Anyways. Back on topic: The game's sorta back... and I'm enjoying my time with it. Even got around to recording several races and pursuits, but it's all singleplayer as it's offline. Here's a video of the first ever race in the game... after two years being gone. Enjoy.
Forgive my bad and atrocious driving, as I said: FIRST EVER RACE, especially after two years where you forgotten all the maps and whatnot. Don't remember bots driving this dumb, though.
Expect more from this game, but not too much as it's once again: OFFLINE. The only things to do on the road are Singleplayer Sprint [point A to B race], Circuit [race with laps] and Pursuit [cop chase]. Not sure about the other modes but these were the only ones I've tried in this version. So there won't be a lot to do and there's a limited amount of things I can discover before everything's done.
Other than that, you can just buy up every car and customize to you heart's content. Not a problem for me, though...
And so, that will be all for today. It's a really fascinating discovery, and I'm glad I've got the chance to relive these moments again. And it's also 4:45 AM here, so I'm gonna call a day and be off for now.
Stay tuned for the next post!
-Panzer Fist-
