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Game entry

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

2005 · Racing · PC, Xbox 360 · Electronic Arts

After 469 duels settled by the community, Need for Speed: Most Wanted stands no. 160 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,806 ELO points and 71% of wins. Against Grand Theft Auto V, the opponent it meets most often, the tally stands at 14 wins to 12 losses in 26 duels. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 3 out of 258 (Racing).

World rank

no. 160

ELO score

1,806

Wins

71%

Duels played

469

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About Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a single-player racing video game and the ninth installment in the Need for Speed series, following Underground 2. The game centers on street-racing gameplay, featuring a variety of events and racing circuits set within the fictional city of Rockport.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,806 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Need for Speed: Most Wanted sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 157 Mega Man X 1,807
  2. 158 The Walking Dead 1,806
  3. 159 Persona 5 1,806
  4. 160 Need for Speed: Most Wanted 1,806
  5. 161 Metroid Dread 1,806
  6. 162 Super Mario 3D World 1,806
  7. 163 Crusader Kings III 1,806

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The standing

Where Need for Speed: Most Wanted ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Need for Speed: Most Wanted stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 3 out of 258 (Racing).

Where Need for Speed: Most Wanted ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 160 5,035
Racing 3 258
2000s 48 1,308
2005 6 149

The community

The debate

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  1. SaveByte40

    191st, 70 percent win rate, and we still argue about it every season like it's news. It deserves better honestly.

    Eloisa_40

    70 percent win rate doesn't mean much when it's mostly beating up jeux that aren't even in its own genre.

    NovaSniper3

    I never got into the story much myself, but I remember losing entire evenings just to the pursuits alone, which says something.

    TurboSniper80

    Replying to NovaSniper3

    Perdre des heures dans les poursuites, c'est sympa, mais ça ne fait pas un jeu complet à mes yeux.

    Audrey_55

    Fair, though I still think GTA IV outclasses it in maybe 3 different ways.

    VinylOwl

    deserves better than GTA IV honestly

    GhostSamurai

    Oh no, 191st, what a tragedy, truly the game is suffering in the dungeon of respectable mid-table rankings while we all weep for it

    Ibáñez5

    Yo lo jugué prestado, un verano, nunca lo terminé del todo.

  2. frida_sawayn

    My kid found this on an old drive and now begs for pursuit mode every weekend, you'd think it was brand new the way he reacts.

    Gamboa25

    jaja pursuit mode, claro, muy bonito, pero eso no arregla que el ranking siga inflado por nostalgia pura y dura

  3. ArcadeAce4

    People act like this ranking is some injustice but 423 duels and 70 percent says the votes are pretty consistent over time. It's not top ten material and it doesn't need to be, it just needs to keep winning the duels it's actually built for.

    NeonKnight12

    J'ai eu la même impression en suivant les duels, les votes ont l'air stables depuis un moment.

  4. sporer_elva

    You guys realize GTA IV and this don't even compete for the same itch, right? One's a sandbox, this is pure pursuit adrenaline.

    BossNinja1986

    Fair point about the itch being different, but does that mean the ranking comparison itself is pointless?

  5. QuestRunner25

    Okay so I keep coming back to this one every couple years, not sure why, maybe it's the soundtrack, maybe it's just muscle memory at this point... anyway it deserves more respect than 191st.

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