The player drives on a route to Palmont City, when a flashback of what seems to be a race against Kenji, Angie, and Wolf comes to the player's mind. A police incident at the end of the race forces the player to make a hasty escape from Palmont. In present day, former Police Sergeant, now turned
bounty hunter, Cross (Played by Dean McKenzie) in his
Chevrolet Corvette, chases the player down the canyon
[5] leading to his
BMW M3 GTR that he reclaimed from Razor in
Need for Speed: Most Wanted being
wrecked. Shortly before Cross can arrest the player, Darius (Played by
Tahmoh Penikett) and his crew arrive. Darius pays off Cross, and the player meets up with Nikki (Played by
Emmanuelle Vaugier), a former girlfriend, on bad terms.
Darius tells the player with the help of Nikki to clean up his image by beating the rival racing crews to gain territory and to reclaim his reputation as a respected street racer in Palmont. Winning races one by one, the player acquires territories and ultimately districts from Kenji (Downtown), Angie (Kempton), and Wolf (Fortuna). After beating each racer, the player meets up with a former member of that racer's crew, who want to join the player's crew and reveal their observations regarding the night the player took off from Palmont.
[6]Owning all three districts, Darius asks the player to meet up with him. He reveals he was just using the player all along to get more territory and had set up an ambush with Cross to have him arrested. When Darius leaves, the player, on the brink of being arrested by Cross, is saved by Nikki who tells him that she now realizes everything that happened months ago after piecing together her view of the night and the viewpoints of the other racers.
[7] Realizing that Darius was ultimately liable for the player's fall that fateful night, Nikki sides with the player and leaves Darius. Meanwhile, Darius hires the 3 previous bosses (Kenji, Angie, and Wolf) into his new crew, Stacked Deck. The Player then attempts to conquer Silverton, and oust Darius and his Stacked Deck crew, to clean up the player's reputation once and for all.
[8]Winning races against Stacked Deck, the player gets his chance to beat Darius for control of Palmont. At the end of the game, Darius surrenders his
Audi Le Mans Quattro to the Player with the addition of Nikki once again becoming the players girlfriend. But not without Darius first telling the Player,
"enjoy it while it lasts, there's always someone out there who's a little faster than you are, and sooner or later they're gonna catch up..." before departing Palmont.
[9]An arcade version of the same name was released by EA Arcades in 2008.
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