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<div class="headline">Need For Speed: Most Wanted - Vehicle Check!</div>
<div class="subheadline">It's time for some German engineering at its finest. </div>
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Justin Kaehler </div>
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November 22, 2005 -
Need For Speed: Most Wanted really likes to flaunt the whole 'street racer' aesthetic. In all the advertising, the box art and even the 'live' events held to promote the game, it seems that EA is really catering to the 'underground' crowd. (Pun was intended, thank you.)
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Need For Speed: Most Wanted isn't only about hopped up Civics and Mustangs; EA thought it would be fitting to include some high-dollar European rides, too. And by 'European rides', we're not just talking E46 BMWs or Fiat Puntos (though those cars are in the game, too). We're talking about some of the finest high-dollar machinery known to man. Need an example? Well then, check out all of these Porsches that are found in the game.
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911 GT2
This car is considered by many to be the ultimate 911. The
Porsche GT2 (2004-spec) boasts a 3.6 liter twin-turbo flat six that pumps out a massive 477
horsepower and an impressive 457 lb.-ft. of torque. Thanks to its 12-inch wide rear tires, the GT2 is able to harness this power and hit 62 mph in under 4 seconds. Oh yeah, this power also allows the car to hit a top speed of 198 miles per hour. If things get too fast, just mash on the standard ceramic composite brakes and things will slow down in a hurry. Even with all this power, the 911 GT2 still manages to achieve a LEV emissions rating. Wow.
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911 Turbo S
This 911 isn't as bad-*** as the GT2, but we can't think of anyone that would be bummed to have 'just' a Turbo S. The Turbo S also has a 3.6 liter flat-six, but it has to make-do with 'just' 450 horses. However, the Turbo S
does have the same torque rating as the GT2, so the Turbo S should at least it accelerate quickly. And it does! Porsche claims that the Turbo S can hit sixty in about 4.2 seconds. Top speed is said to be 191 mph. Of course, the Turbo S has ceramic composite brakes to help slow the car in a hurry.
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997
The 997 is the newest 911. Huh? What? Too many numbers... Makes our heads hurt... Must... move on... talk about... power...
The 997 comes powered by a naturally-aspirated 3.8 liter flat six, and the Carrera 3.8S version pumps out 350 horsepower. Hmm... after talking about the Turbo S and GT2, the standard 997 just doesn't sound as exciting. We'd still take one in a heartbeat, though. Let's move on.
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Carrera GT
Ahh...
This is more like it. The Carrera GT is Porsche's supercar. As if the 'standard' Porsches didn't offer enough performance, the Stuttgart-based company had to go and top itself. We'll not waste any time and just get to the juicy details: 5.5 liter V10 engine, 605 horsepower, 0-60 in 3.9 seconds, 205 mph top speed. Oh yeah, it costs more money than any of us will ever see in our lifetimes...
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Cayman
We can sum up this car by saying that the Cayman is more-or-less a Boxter coupe. It's easy for us to say that Boxters (at least the original ones) are for women, and the Cayman may very well be a woman's car. However, that would be doing this car a great disservice. The Cayman sits right between the Boxter and 911 in Porsche's line-up. It has more power than the Boxter, but less than the 911. It can lap the Nurburgring faster than the Boxter, but not as fast as the 911. It's more expensive than the Boxter, but cheaper than the 911. We can go on and on, but the holidays are coming, and we're lazy. From what we hear though, the Cayman is the best bang-for-the-buck car in Porsche's stable. Even the grouchy auto journalist veterans seem to like the Cayman more than the 911. Hmmm... We'll have to grab one of these and see for ourselves...
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That's it for today. We'll be back with more cars from
Need For Speed: Most Wanted. We still have some Euro hot hatches, exotics and more to get through. Hopefully
we can unlock them all before the holiday weekend ends. Something tells us that the only way we will ever be able to drive a Porsche is if we play it in this game...</div>
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From what I understood NFS had access to Cayman S for about 6 months.
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