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The game feels like a combination of previous Need for Speed games except the single player has been cut off. Add some role-play elements and you have a racing MMO.

An entertaining arcade racing game with well developed online and social component. It lacks depth and contents, but being free-to-play we can't complain to much. We suggest to give it a try, but surely EA needs to introduce a lot of new stuff, or the servers will be empty in no time.

You know the phrase "the best things in life are free"? Well, NFS: World is a good example, that this just isn't always true. It fails to satisfy gearheads and MMO-Fans alike, thanks to a lack in diversification and real MMO-Features. It's "free to play", so nothing speaks against giving it a try if you like to, but we won't recommend investing any money in it.

Need for Speed World is able to retrieve the old look and feel of the series, moving it into an online world. Maybe it's too easy/arcade, but is very effective and adrenalinic.

A solid foundation for a street racing MMO, but one undermined by lack of local servers. [Oct 2010, p.66]

Hurtling along wiht a Lamborghini is more than amazing, but the excessive arcade style and the insufficient artificial intelligence of police men make Need for Speed World a little bit boring and insipid.

Dec 24, 2010

This is neither a great racing game nor a particularly terrible one, but it does feel like a missed opportunity. [Issue#244, p.108]

An entertaining arcade racer with outstanding car chases, undone by its micro-transactions and lack of depth.

Need for Speed World is the classic franchise at heart. A fairly big open world to drive around in, many races to participate and dominate, and spot on racing with impressive graphics make this free MMO definitely one to look into. Keep in mind that the word "free" has a huge asterisk next to it.

In the end, even with the free-to-play model that Need For Speed World offers, its hard to recommend this game even to hardcore NFS fans. Considering it doesn't cost anything to try this out, some may wish to download it and give the game a shot.