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Need for Speed The Run for PlayStation 3
Need for Speed The Run for PlayStation 3 follows Jack Rourke in an illegal race from San Francisco to New York. In trouble with criminals, he hopes to save his life with the prize money. The journey crosses cities, desert and snowy mountains. This is not a free road trip across a complete map of America: the adventure consists of successive stages with a defined objective. Traffic, other racers and police make finding space on the road difficult.
One objective asks you to overtake rivals, another to make up time or win a direct duel. Wet asphalt and ice change grip, so a fast car does not respond in the same way everywhere. You use nitrous when you can take advantage of the available space. Short scenes outside the car require button actions during escapes. These remain defined story moments; there is no separate adventure in which Jack walks freely through cities.
Alongside the story, the game contains a Challenge Series with separate racing challenges. You play the offline races alone; official online services, including network competition and Autolog, ended on 31 August 2021. This description concerns the original 2011 PS3 game. Limited Edition content, separate downloadable packs and the differently structured Wii and Nintendo 3DS releases are not automatically attributed to this standard version.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Need for Speed The Run for PlayStation 3 was originally released without a printed manual. This edition therefore does not come with a separate instruction booklet. Its absence does not mean that an item from the original packaging is missing.
Instructions for the controls and rules are provided in the game. Any additional leaflets or advertising inserts are not manuals and are only included if stated in the product details. We use the label “No Manual” for copies missing a manual that was originally supplied. You should therefore not expect a printed booklet with this game unless a special edition explicitly states otherwise.
The history of Need for Speed The Run
Black Box developed Need for Speed The Run, and Electronic Arts released it in 2011. The studio had previously made several Need for Speed games, including Undercover. The Run shifted the focus to one continuous competition across the United States. Recognisable cities connected the journey, but the stretches between them also had a clear role. Desert, mountain roads and plains were intended to convey that Jack genuinely encountered different terrain and conditions along the way.
For the PS3 game, the team used Frostbite 2, DICE technology also employed in Battlefield 3. Black Box worked with DICE on combining the engine with motor racing. The story scenes used acting performances, with Sean Faris as Jack and Christina Hendricks as Sam. That cinematic approach continued through chases and short button-driven escapes. The developers saw these sections as a way to let players participate in the story, while driving remained the main part of the adventure.
Autolog connected the original release to other players’ times. That was part of its online design at the time, not a service this disc guarantees today: EA ended online services on 31 August 2021. The story and offline challenges remain the relevant foundation. Above all, this PS3 version preserves a distinctive idea within the series: a prearranged journey with a beginning, a destination and changing obstacles between them.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit from 2010 lets you be both a racer and a police officer on PS3. Pursuit is a type of competition with its own equipment and objectives. The Run stays with Jack and his journey to New York. Police chase you there too, but you do not switch to a police career; escape is part of his story.
Need for Speed Most Wanted from 2012 gives you the city of Fairhaven to explore freely on PS3. You discover cars and choose where to drive next. The Run also has traffic and chases, but arranges its scenery into a sequence of stages. The next destination is fixed, making progress through a journey more important than roaming freely within one city.
Need for Speed Shift focuses on circuit competitions, a driver profile and improving your car collection on PS3. The Run keeps attention on an escape along public roads and lets the story determine the order. Learning your car’s responses helps in both, but Shift asks for more attention to repeated laps and technical preparation than to the next destination.
Need for Speed Undercover places you in a crime story with an undercover assignment in Tri-City on PS3. That also produces street races and police chases. The Run instead uses a competitor trying to survive one major competition. Cars and crime connect them; their structures differ between assignments within one area and successive stages taking you ever further east.
Need for Speed Rivals lets you choose between racer and police officer in Redview County on PS3. Roadside risk includes pursuit and banking earned points. The Run chooses one protagonist and a fixed destination. Both combine fast cars with danger on the road, but Rivals lets your chosen role shape progression whereas The Run uses an ordered journey narrative.
