Many race modes of previous installments are returning such as “Sprint” and “Circuit”. Many multiplayer modes are also featured in side quests littered around the city in single player but there are no “Drift” or “Drag” events as there have been in some previous Need for Speed games.

Map

Undercover features a new “open-world” map consisting of over a hundred miles of road^{[citation needed]} and a large highway system making it the largest Need for Speed “open-world” environment EA has ever created.^{[citation needed]} The city is called Tri-City, and consists of four boroughs called Palm Harbor, Port Cresent, Gold Coast Mountains, and Sunset Hills.

Game modes

Circuit

The player and one or more opponents race around a certain route through several laps.

Sprint

The player starts at a certain area and races opponents to the finishing point which can be anywhere in the city. A path to follow is highlighted on the GPS map.

Highway Battle

The player races against another on a long stretch of highway with varying traffic and police activity. To win, a player must stay ahead of the opponent for an amount of time and/or lead by 1000 feet.

Cost to State

This mode has players causing damage by racing through the city and knocking over lamp posts, signs, barricades, activating pursuit breakers and even disabling pedestrian vehicles and police units. The player must reach a certain cost to the state in damage and then elude any pursuing police to win before the timer runs out.

Escape

Lose the police by either outrunning them or disabling their vehicles.

Checkpoint

The player must race the clock, being awarded more time for each checkpoint passed.

Mission

There are many missions that appear during the game. They typically require the player to return a stolen car to a garage without filling the damage meter. There are also missions were you must race other drivers, or protect drivers from other cars attempting to disable them. In some missions you must ram specific drivers until they are disabled.

Cops ‘n’ Robbers (PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii only)

An online mode. For the Wii version, it is an offline mode as part of its “Party Play” mode. The player is either a cop, trying to stop the robbers from getting a package and dropping it off at a drop point, or a robber, trying to avoid the cops while getting and dropping off the package at the drop point.

The Heist (PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii only)

An online mode. For the Wii version, it is an offline mode as part of its “Party Play” mode.

Criminal Scramble (Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable only)

Players are the cops and chase criminals.

Chasedown

Players are the cops as they tear down Tri-City’s highways and chase down and bust criminals.

Police

A considerable amount of information has been released about Undercover’s police system, and it has been confirmed by EA that the police vehicles includes helicopters. The police vehicles are drivable by the player namely in certain campaign missions. EA also said that “there are some modes which give you access to the range of police cars. There will also be a return of the Speedbreaker, rechargeable nitrous, Pursuit Breakers, and heat levels.” It has also been mentioned that, “The police are much tougher this time around, they will now perform PIT maneuvers”.^[11]

Customization

The customization of cars is similar to Need for Speed: ProStreet and has been enhanced on the level of graphics and detail.^[12] The new colour palette and the “matte” paint has been hyped with a huge improvement. They also have aftermarket parts like Need for Speed: Carbon did. In addition, you can gain reputation points to access new missions simply by participating in side missions or performing flashy manouvers in a police chase, adding a small RPG-like element to the gameplay.

 

Requirments :
OS: Windows XP/VISTA with latest service pack
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) CPU running at 2.8GHz or higher*
Memory: 1GB RAM
Video Card: Geforce 6500, Radeon 9500 or better DirectX compliant video card**
Hard Drive: 5.5 GB required to install game
Optical drive: 8X or faster DVD Drive
Sound card: DirectX compatible sound card
Internet: To play online a network card is required for broadband connectivity
* 3.0GHz if running Windows Vista
** with Pixel shader 2.0 or above (AGP and PCIe only)
Enjoy this latest Need for Speed released by
EA games where you must infiltrate a ruthless
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down using your talent; Racing…!!!
You never thought it would turn out like this, an all-out chase
where you’re the hunted. And the hunter. Now you must get behind
the wheel and risk everything to infiltrate a ruthless
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The man you’re after is a maniac behind the wheel, and he’s
driving like his life depends on escape, which maybe it does.
He’s the one with all the answers you need, you will track him
down. Needless to say, that fleet of police cruisers in your
rearview mirror won’t make things any easier. It will take all of
your experience, and every ounce of skill, to outrun the law,
take down the enemy, and unlock the truth that puts an end to
this chase once and for all.