The Need for Speed: The Run racing game holds a rating of PG from the Australian Classification Board. This Microsoft Xbox 360 video game is set around a realm of illegal racing with high stakes at hand. In this instalment of the game series, players race from San Francisco to New York. Several stops are made along the way, in locations such as Denver and Las Vegas. Police and other racers are after the players to stop them from winning. Need for Speed: The Run features timed events, gas stations for refuelling, on-foot events, and speed analogue. In this racing game, players are pit against other racers through treacherous tracks for supremacy. Up to eight players can play together online on this Microsoft Xbox 360 video game. In addition, experience points unlock cars and additional events while using multiplayer mode. A special feature of this game is rewind, which allows a player to restart from the most recent checkpoint to aim for better results. As the experience and difficulty levels increase throughout Need for Speed: The Run, the number of rewinds decreases.