This is a cool little story I found earlier today and I thought I'd share it with the motorsport fans who make up the great Need for Speed community.   Alain Prost, one of the most decorated Formula One racers of all-time, has done some racing in recent years in the Trophée Andros series, an ice race in France.   Prost won the series in 2006 and 2007 driving a...

A month ago I just had to share some awesome user created vehicles for NFS: Most Wanted. NFSCars  has a great collection of fans who have continued to contribute to some of our past titles. Just the other day I was browsing through the latest cars and noticed some conversions that were done of NFS:Shift cars into NFS: Most Wanted. Clever stuff and it must be...

  Is it possible to improve on a vehicle as perfect as the - featured in SHIFT - McLaren F1 ? McLaren thinks so, with their newest effort, the MP4-12C, making landfall in 2011 as a production model.   In this cool video produced in-house by McLaren Automotive , we get an insider's look at the amount of effort that goes into building the world's next supercar. ...

  When the Dodge Challenger was re-introduced for 2008, fans of muscle cars rejoiced as one of the icons of the 1970s - complete with Chrysler's new HEMI engine and not sacrilegiously styled with four doors like the Charger - would return, updated for a new generation of car buyers.   Fast forward two model years and the Challenger - which is featured in concept form in...

  I would be severely remiss if I didn't post a little something about Lotus' most recent entry to the sports car party, Evora, getting a confirmed North American release. As frequent readers of this blog know, I am a major fan of Lotus, particularly the Elise and Exige , which are both prominently featured in Need for Speed SHIFT .   Evora is the first new platform to...

  On October 20, our car of the day was the Shelby Terlingua , a performance coupe made from the shell of a V6 Ford Mustang by master car designer Carroll Shelby. Mr. Shelby has been busy recently, and if you own a Ford Mustang GT built between 2005-2009, you'll want to pay attention.   Announced last week away from the buzz that was SEMA, a new turbocharged Mustang package...

  I'll admit I went into this weekend with more than a little bit of excitement -it's not often your boss sends you home Friday evening with a Nintendo Wii and instructions to play all weekend, but I thoroughly enjoyed my weekend with Need for Speed NITRO .   Not owning a Wii myself, I thought the controls for NITRO would take a long time to get used to, but...

  Need for Speed SHIFT drifting king Vaughn Gittin Jr. was at SEMA this week promoting his newest creation - and daily driver - the Ford Mustang RTR (Ready to Rock).     He was there promoting not only the standard RTR, which is available as an upgrade on Mustang GTs (with V6 coming in the future), but the RTR-C (pictured below), a limited-edition Mustang with a...

The lid has come off. The cover is blown. Last week the first few images were released of Need for Speed's next big project, World Online.   As some of you are aware, NFS is getting ready to hit the masses in an online only extravaganza that combines the previously visited cities of Rockport and Palmont from NFS: Most Wanted and NFS: Carbon. Together, that makes for...

  Last week I finally progressed far enough in my Need for Speed SHIFT career to unlock all the stock cars in the game.  At that point I was sitting on a load of in-game cash too so I decided to try out a bunch of cars to see which one was the best in terms of speed, acceleration, handling and all that.  I tried the Subaru, the GTR and a bunch of different cars but in the end,...