The game's title baffled reporters, fans and even the board of directors at EA during the E3 convection which sees the announcement of "No need for speed".The story revolves around a taxi driver (controlled by you) as he tries to make a living off taxi driving, but ends up in a world of crime. The car that the player would be driving would be a taxi and (breaking the need for speed tradition) a small tax meter will appear on your HUD, as you drive past an Electronic Road Pricing gantry, which are automated toll booths, the value deducts according to road pricing. When the value reaches less than zero, police chases are immediately started.
IGN.com gave the game a 2/10 rating, citing that while the game maintains the original free roam style of play, the money system gets increasingly frustrating and the fact that your car moves to a maximum of only 20mph causes for some concern, although the good point of the game is the fresh new way of earning cash besides street racing, which is to pick up customers and drive them to another location, this makes earning cash somewhat easier considering that you get quite a good fare on peak hours.
EA could not be contacted for a comment on the game but in a recent interview, they claim it to be "taxi-driving fun".
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