Need for Speed Most Wanted Cars

The Need for Speed franchise has often been about heroes and villains.

We’re usually rooting for the good guys in the series, but a few of the game’s antagonists have certainly captured our imaginations - not least because they’ve often been behind the wheel of some seriously awesome machinery. So here we’re looking back at just a handful of our favorite cars driven by some of the more notorious NFS villains.

Underground 2: Caleb Reece with the Pontiac GTOLet's be honest; beating Caleb in the final race of NFS: Underground 2 was pretty easy, wasn't it? The Bayview baddie wasn't really up to standard in his Pontiac GTO, which would be heavy around corners and would understeer like crazy. Not that we felt too sorry for him, though.

Most Wanted: Razor with the Ford Mustang GTThis guy made our blood boil when we were up against him in NFS: Most Wanted. A cunning cheat and all-around nasty piece of work, Razor - whose car of choice was a Ford Mustang GT with a (fairly cringeworthy, it must be said) flame vinyl on the side - would challenge the player to a race with their BMW M3 GTR.

Now, the Mustang is a cool car, but it is nowhere near the quickest car in the game and, in a fair fight, the player's M3 would be winning any race between two rather easily. But after Razor sabotages the M3 by unscrewing its oil sump, the engine seizes up during the contest and the player loses the race (as well as the car) to him. He gets his comeuppance, of course!

Undercover: Chase Linh with the BMW M6Chase Linh is a constant source of motivation throughout NFS: Undercover, until a major twist in the story reveals she's a corrupt cop who double-crosses us! Her whip in the game is the BMW M6, which is pretty mediocre compared to other cars in the game - although its responsiveness and stable steering mean it's at least able to hold its own in the game's cop chases.

ProStreet: Ryo Watanabe with the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution XThe Showdown King himself, Ryo Watanabe, and his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X were the pairing to beat in the stylish NFS: ProStreet.While perhaps not the outright fastest car we've mentioned here, Ryo's car gets some extra credit thanks to its very unique dragon vinyl design.

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