Under the Hood. Part 5

New feature: manual transmission
For several weeks we've been letting everyone know that manual transmission is coming to Need for Speed - and now we're happy to confirm it's arriving next week. We know many of you have asked for this to be added, and now we want to bring it to you as soon as possible.

New cars: hot rods
Two new hot rods are coming to Need for Speed. The first is a 1932 hot rod, which will come with four new body kits. Each of these kits can give your hot rod a cool new look: soft top, coupe, sedan or pickup.

With each version of the hot rod you'll get a full customization set - hoods, headlights, grilles, exhaust pipes, bumpers, etc.

The second hot rod added to Need for Speed will be the BeckKustoms F132 by Aaron Beck. It's a true monster on wheels, the most custom of customs. You'll see what happens when you take the shell of a 1932 Ford, carefully graft it onto a vicious Formula 1-style chassis and drop in a powerful NASCAR engine.

New events: drag racing
These new events, inspired by the drag races from previous NFS games, are just for those who've been missing speed.

Burn your tires on the asphalt at the start to prepare your rubber, take your place on the starting line and hold the right RPM. Use nitrous wisely - the outcome of the race may depend on it

Five new drag races will appear in the game: "Nose to Nose", "Perfect Shift", "City Drag", "Full Throttle" and "Speed Tunnel".

New feature: storage
You already know we're adding new cars, but don't rush to complain on Twitter or Reddit that you won't have enough room in your garage - we've taken care of that too!

Starting next week your garage will be upgraded - it will have room for five more cars. Just the thing for those eyeing new rides. Now you'll have no excuse to skip a hot rod race in Ventura Bay!

Wrap editor improvements
We're constantly amazed by what you create in the wrap editor - and now we can't wait to see what you come up with when the editor is improved in the Hot Rods update.

One of your most frequent requests for the wrap editor is a coordinate system that will let you place decals more precisely. This information will now be displayed in a window below the selected decal in its edit menu and will update in real time as the decal is changed.

Creating lettering on cars will also become noticeably easier - we're introducing text decals 2.0 and font selection into the game. Choose the font you need and a text entry window will appear on screen.

The following improvements have also been made to the wrap editor animations:
- Improved animation when adding a decal to a car.
- Animation improved to more clearly show the selected decal on the car.
- Sped up the info text animation when demonstrating an action.

Achievements and rewards
Three new achievements and rewards will be added to the game:

• Drag Royalty - win five drag races
• Wrap It Up! - download a published wrap
• Custom Car - buy your first hot rod

Full update description
This update to the action-packed game brings you two new cars, a new game mode and manual transmission.

We're adding hot rods to Need for Speed! The first of them will be the Ford 1932 Hot Rod, the second - the Aaron Beck BeckKustoms F132. Besides the hot rods, players will get drag races and manual transmission.

Along with these major additions, the update will also include:
- Virtual storage where you can keep 5 additional cars from your garage.
- An improved snapshot overview screen in the Need for Speed Network menu, where you can examine your snapshots in more detail.
- An improved Snapshot Pro mode.
- Wrap editor improvements.
- 3 new rewards and achievements..
- New campaigns for earning reputation, money and discounts
- Many fixes and improvements affecting gameplay, the game world and sound, among other things.
- Numerous stability improvements.