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Need for Speed: The Run on Twitch — competition and audience

EA Black Box· Electronic Arts· 2011· PS3 · PC · X360
Racing

Need for Speed The Run lures players into an underground world of illicit, high-stakes racing. The heat is on - and it isn't just the fuzz who are after you. Entering the race is just the beginning as you blow across borders, weave through dense urban traffic, rocket down icy mountain passes and navigate narrow canyons at breakneck speeds. Powered by DICE's state-of-the-art Frostbite 2 engine, Need for Speed The Run takes the action racing genre to new heights with stunning visuals and car physics that hug the road even at top speeds all built around a gripping storyline. The cars are hot, the racing is intense and the story will have you at the edge of your seat… all the way from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Empire State building.

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What is Need for Speed: The Run about?

Jack Rourke, an experienced street racer, is in serious trouble with the Mob due to a massive debt with them. After narrowly escaping being crushed within his car at a scrapyard in Oakland, due to his failure to repay what he owes, Rourke evades his captors by stealing one of their cars. Heading to San Francisco, he makes contact with his friend Sam Harper, a fixer who arranges his entries into street races, who offers to help him deal with the mob on one condition - Rourke must enter an illegal, large-scale street race from San Francisco to New York City, for which she will front the entry fee, and win the race's cash pot of $25 million for her. Rourke agrees to her condition, knowing he will be allowed to keep 10% of the prize money for himself, and receives a tablet device from the race's mysterious organizer detailing the race's route. 4 hours later, Rourke selects a car from his garage and begins the race by completing three stages covering the route from San Francisco to Las Vegas, learning he must be in the top 150 before reaching the end of the third stage to stay in the race. In addition to dealing with other racers, seeking to win the cash prize, and the local police, who seek to stop and arrest the racers involved, Rourke finds himself attempting to defeat Marcus Blackwell - a family member of the Mob, who wants to ensure his defeat after he escaped his execution. Rourke manages to win all three stages but is caught out by a police roadblock, forcing him to evade the cops and secure a new vehicle for the next four stages of the race from Las Vegas to Chicago, learning he must be in the top 50 to keep in the race. As Rourke holds out against the increasing efforts of his rivals and police to stop him, he soon finds the Mob entering the race to stop him. Despite reaching Chicago in the top 50, the Mob catches him out with a roadblock, forcing him to lose them initially in a police cruiser. Upon securing a new car for the remainder of the race to New York City, Rourke contends with both the police, the Mob, and an armed helicopter along the next stage of the route, but evades both sides and reaches a garage that can supply him a new vehicle, at Harper's request, to compete against the top drivers. As the police step up their efforts, Rourke evades capture, overcomes his rivals, and defeats Blackwell in New York to win the race. Afterward, Rourke meets with Harper in a streetside diner, who reveals his trouble with the Mob has been dealt with. Harper gives Rourke a key to a safety deposit box containing his cut of the prize money and suggests that he takes time to relax, but upon seeing him question this, she offers him an opportunity to double his money, stating she got a call to another high-stake race.

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Should I stream Need for Speed: The Run on Twitch?

0/100 · Closed off· 3 viewers per streamer on paper

Probably not. None of the 3 people watching Need for Speed: The Run are watching in English — every live stream is in another language, so there is nobody here for an English broadcast to reach.

None of the 3 viewers here are watching in English — every live stream is in another language, so there is nobody for an English broadcast to reach.

Only 0 of the 3 viewers here (0%) are watching in English. 0 of the 1 live streams are in English.

Almost nobody here is available to you — either a couple of streams hold the room, or nobody is watching in English, or the category is empty, or you would be buried.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the English-speaking audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

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How many people stream Need for Speed: The Run?

Right now

1 right now, to 3 viewers between them. 0 of them are streaming in English. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is Need for Speed: The Run too saturated on Twitch?

Not crowded, but not open either. Only 1 person is streaming Need for Speed: The Run, every one of them in another language — so the room is quiet because there is nobody here for an English broadcast to reach, not because it is waiting for you.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 1 live right now

Is Need for Speed: The Run any good?

Players score it 68 out of 100 from 270 ratings, and critics 67 out of 100.

67Critics9 outlets
68Players270 ratings

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Details

Released
Nov 15, 2011 · 15 years ago
Time to finish
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Playing on Steam
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Price
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Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
First person, Third person
Rated
ESRB T
Biggest stream
3 (100% of the category)
Typical stream
3 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Oct 18, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC