In The Run, players will participate in an "underground world of illicit, high stakes racing," in a race from San Francisco to New York, with stops through Las Vegas, Denver, Detroit, and many other locations. The cops aren't the only ones after the player though, as the player "blows across borders, weaves through dense urban traffic, rockets down icy mountain passes and navigates narrow canyons at breakneck speeds."[3] The Run is powered by DICE's Frostbite 2 engine, thus making the game the first non-shooter game to use the engine, which provides visuals and car physics that "hug the road even at top speeds all built around a gripping storyline." The Autolog feature from previous Need for Speed entries will return.[3]
The game's E3 2011 gameplay trailer indicates that the game will feature quick time events, with the player exiting their car and travelling on foot for the first time.
At the end of the trailer, a female voice is heard calling out 'Jack', therefore it is likely that the protagonist will have a name in this franchise.
New game information has revealed that the main character's name is indeed 'Jack'; he must win The Run in order to "save his life". The game features out-of-car action for the first time in the series, represented by quick-time events that include running across rooftops, taking out cops, and escaping wrecked cars in precarious situations.[4]
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