playiNg the game
Jump into the action with a Quick Race, take over the city in Career mode, or earn medals in the Challenge
Series. What are you waiting for? Get moving!
My AliAs
You are prompted to create an Alias before you can begin your career or save any changes. Your game
progress is automatically saved to your Alias, once you create it.
MAin Menu
Career See p. 5.
My Cars Add cars to your garage and customize them with visual and performance
upgrades you’ve unlocked. Visit Xbox Live marketplace to download new cars
and parts to use in Career mode and throughout the game. Upload a photo of
your creation to NeedforSpeed.com and share it with the EA Nation.
Challenge Series See p. 6.
Quick Race Get right to business with a race that doesn’t count toward your Career mode
progress. Choose Xbox Live to find an online opponent. You can also race the
current Xbox Live leader on virtually any track by selecting CURRENT LEADER’S
SHADOW from the Shadow option
Quick Match The fastest way to jump right into a race against live opponents via Xbox Live.
Custom Match Set up an Xbox Live race with your preferred settings and seek others with
similar preferences.
Reward Cards Accumulate Reward Cards by achieving the in-game and Xbox Live
accomplishments described on-screen. Each icon is composed of four
achievements that you must complete to obtain the reward.
Statistics Keep track of all your progress in the game and online including the best times in
each race course and your cumulative Pursuit stats.
Options Personalize your options including audio, video, gameplay, and Xbox Live
settings. You can also access the Options menu by pausing the game.
sAving And loAding
The game automatically saves and loads your progress to your Xbox 360 Hard Drive or Xbox 360 Memory
Unit. You can turn Autosave off in the Gameplay section of the Options menu. You can also manually save
your game at any point by selecting SAVE in the Career Main Menu.
Tachometer
SpeedGearHeat Meter
The higher your heat, the
more likely you are to be
pursued by the police.
Mini Map
Nitrous gauge
Driver position
Total time
Lap
Crew Charge
bar
Speedbreaker
Tachometer
SpeedGear
Nitrous gauge
Mini Map
Number of police
cars pursuing you
Cars you’ve
disabled
Evade Meter—
Illustrates how close
you are to either
being busted or
evading the cops.
Speedbreaker