Need for Speed: Undercover is the 12th installment of the popular racing video game series Need for Speed, developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. It was released on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Wii, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable, iPod Touch, iPhone, N-Gage 2.0and mobile phone in November 2008

Game modes

Circuit

The player and 7 opponents race around a certain route through several laps.

Sprint

The player starts at a certain area and races opponents to the finishing point which can be anywhere in the city. A path to follow is highlighted on the GPS map.

Highway Battle

The player races against another on a long stretch of highway with varying traffic and police activity. To win, a player must stay ahead of the opponent for an amount of time and/or lead by 1000 feet/300 metres.

Cost to State

This mode has players causing damage by racing through the city and knocking over lamp posts, signs, barricades, activating pursuit breakers and even disabling pedestrian vehicles and pursuit vehicles to add to the cost to the state in damage and then elude any pursuing police to win before the timer runs out.

Escape

Lose the police through either disabling them or evading them as the clock ticks down.

Checkpoint

The player must race the clock, being awarded more time for each checkpoint passed.

Jobs

There are many "jobs" that become available during the course of the game. They typically require the player to return a stolen car to a garage without filling the damage meter. There are also "jobs" where you must race other drivers, or protect drivers from other cars attempting to disable them. In some cases, you must ram specific drivers until they are disabled.

Cops 'n' Robbers (PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii only)

An online mode. For the Wii version, it is an offline mode as part of its "Party Play" mode. The player is either a cop, trying to stop the robbers from getting a package and dropping it off at a drop point, or a robber, trying to avoid the cops while getting and dropping off the package at the drop point.

The Heist (PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii only)

An online mode. For the Wii version, it is an offline mode as part of its "Party Play" mode.

Criminal Scramble (Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable only)

Players are the cops and chase criminals.

Chasedown

Players are the cops as they tear down Tri-City's highways and chase down and bust criminals.