Need for Speed Unbound

Electronic Arts Inc

Available on

PS5

Released 2022/11/29

PS Plus required for online play
Supports up to 16 online players with PS Plus
Online play optional
1 player
Remote Play supported

Need for Speed Unbound screenshot showing a character sitting in a customised Mercedes

What is Need for Speed Unbound?

Start at the bottom, race to the top in the latest entry in the iconic Need for Speed franchise

With separate single and multiplayer campaigns, this latest edition in the Need for Speed franchise from Criterion Games delivers hours of electric, adrenaline-pumping racing action.

Race against time, outsmart the cops, and take on weekly qualifiers to reach The Grand, Lakeshore's ultimate street racing challenge.

Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides and light up the streets with your style, exclusive fits, and a vibrant global soundtrack that bumps in every corner of the world.

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Editions

Standard Edition

Need for Speed™ Unbound PS5™

Need for Speed™ Unbound Palace Edition (Simplified Chinese, English, Korean, Japanese, Traditional Chinese)

Need for Speed™ Unbound PS5
4 intense new Custom Cars**
Palace Driving Effects
Stacked Palace Clothing Pack
Palace Decals & License Plate
Tri-Ferg Pose & Banner Artwork

Add-Ons

Need for Speed Unbound key features

Race to the top

Race against time, outsmart the cops and take on weekly qualifiers to reach Lakeshore's ultimate street race. Go fast and get noticed with custom rides and exclusive fits.

The world is your canvas

Graffiti comes to life in Need for Speed Unbound with an all-new visual style that blends elements of the freshest street art with the most realistic looking cars in NFS history.

Run these streets

The more you race, the more you build heat. While the cops pile on the pressure, you have to make tactical decisions using new escape mechanics to take control of the chase.

Find freedom in the flow

Discover trailblazing artists from the world of hip hop and its global interpretations with a genre-defying soundtrack led by A$AP Rocky and AWGE and an original Brodinski score.

Free content update

Volume 2

The evolution of Lakeshore Online begins with the first free content update for Need for Speed Unbound with Volume 2, available now.

Tear up the streets with friends as Need for Speed Unbound brings new ways to compare and compete with the squad in Lakeshore Online. Duck the cops to earn your way to dope new upgrades, and smash new events and Daily Challenges for the chance to gain XP, Bank and new rewards.

Take part in new Playlist events, or put your pace to the test in new Hot Laps circuits to earn “The Ultimate Luxury” ride or take home a new Custom Build, the Lotus Emira Balmain Edition 2021.

Heighten your senses

How innovative PS5 features enhance Need for Speed Unbound

Adaptive Triggers

Haptic Feedback

Tempest 3D AudioTech

Experience accelerator slips and jumps in your fingertips as the car fights back through the DualSense wireless controller's adaptive triggers, and feel the signature Need for Speed nitrous blast ripple through your hands with responsive haptics. From the whistle of a turbocharger to the tyre squeals of opponents, hear everything in spacious 3D audio.