Watch a NFS trailer, get free cars

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 26 November, 2010

But there's a catch.

Criterion will release three cars for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit as a Christmas gift for fans, but only after the game's launch trailer is viewed one million times.

Three super car convertibles: the Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible; Lamborghini Murciélago LP 650-4 Roadster; and the Dodge Viper SRT10 Convertible Final Edition, will be sent down the virtual pipes as a holiday gift only if the launch trailer gets the views the Guildford studio demands.

What launch trailer? The one below. At the time of writing it had just over 141,000 views on YouTube.

Time to get clicking.

"We're thrilled to see that a lot of you are loving Hot Pursuit as much as we are," Criterion wrote on its website.

"We all knew that Autolog was something special, but you guys are proving that it's going to change racing games forever.

"We actually feel sort of guilty for ruining so many friendships over the last week – with over three million challenges exchanged already, it's clear that all is fair when it comes to the Speedwall. So now we have a challenge for all of you!"

You have until the 12th December to push the launch trailer over the million mark. There it is below.

Hot Pursuit launched earlier this month to rave reviews. Tom awarded it 9/10 for Eurogamer.

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  • TelexStar #1 2 years ago

    Love NFS: HP. It's a great arcade racer. But does anyone else think there are just far too many of what is basically the same car? There are several different dodge vipers, Lambo Gallardo's, Murcielagos etc but with slightly different tags on the end. I'm not meaning to sound ungrateful but do we really need more?

  • HiddenPooh #2 2 years ago

    I love it as well, but I wish they could wrap some gameplay around the free roam mode. Give us some hidden stuff to find or something.

  • Eraysor #3 2 years ago

    The strange thing about this is that to use the cars, you obviously have to own the game, so you don't need to watch a trailer to explain the game to you in the first place.

  • nooneyouknow #4 2 years ago

    I don't think they actually want YOU to watch it. They want YOU to put it on your facebook/twitter/whatever so that everyone you know watches it...

  • Whitster #5 2 years ago

    As whack as it may be watching a trailer for something you've already brought, if it were Activision those three cars would cost a fiver.

  • bslsimes #6 2 years ago

    As it's EA, you can instead pay to unlock cars that you'd unlock by playing the game anyway.

  • lennon #7 2 years ago

    Those clever marketing types....

  • kangarootoo #8 2 years ago

    "But there's a catch."

    Do you have to watch one of EG's interminable adverts before you can watch the trailer (even if you've already seen the same advert 40 times that day, and resolve anew to never buy the advertised product with each and every subsequent watching)?

    Don't sweat it Criterion, we are well used to that.

  • jaegermc #9 2 years ago

    @TelexStar

    I couldn't agree more - although thank goodness, Hot Pursuit hasn't sank to Gran Turismo's depths:

    34 different names for the MX5
    21 different names for the Mitsubishi GTO
    50 different Nissan Skylines ! ! !

    That said, with respect to NFS, beggars can't be choosers!

  • nuanimal #10 2 years ago

    Bastards.

    I downloaded the demo, but given a busy work/personal life I didn't get to play it, until after launch.

    Now the demo won't you play it and instead turns into a few hundred MB trailer for game. I'm sure NFS:HP is a great game, but that just pissed me off.

  • VicViper #11 2 years ago

    @numanil

    The demo was time limited, clearly they should take it down as you have shown their annoying potential sales, why the don't just turn back on is a bit weird.

  • metalangel #12 2 years ago

    If NFS 'changes' all racing games so they have two loading screens and an unskippable (and it IS unskippable, it just lies to you when it flashes 'skipping...') cutscene before each race AND each time you restart said race, after an AI-controlled car stops stone fucking dead in the middle of the road... I don't like racing games any more.

  • MagnificentDuke #13 2 years ago

    I may be being thick here but does anyone know how to access EA Trax on this game so I can see what music is on it and choose which songs I would like to hear during races. I know most other EA games have this option but I cannot see it anywhere. Thanks in advance.

  • Tinrib72 #14 2 years ago

    @metalangel - know what you mean, the opening loading screen does irk me as it cuts out my own music and cant skip it until it insists that you listen to a few bars of the shite rock that it churns out. Other than that it hasnt left my disc tray since day one of purchase. Very addictive.

    If I could have a wishlist to a future update ...I'd like to play against ghosts of my friends when I'm doing a recommendation on autolog. If i'm being a numpty and you can do that already can someone let me know? Ta.

  • DerAlte #15 2 years ago

    It's just great having "friends" in this game but not a single way to chat with or contact them, not even over the website.

    This great system makes human players feel like AI racers online.

  • ExplodingClown #16 2 years ago

    Thanks Criterion! Now can we have a patch for antialiasing, draw distance etc? You know, actual stuff that matters?