The portable take on Most Wanted, with a Blacklist of rivals to crush and cops to ditch. EA delivers a snappy and accessible Need for Speed; Asian by birth but easy to embrace for street racing lovers.
Your verdict
Category
Racing1 player7+
Description
Illegal racing and police evasion across an American city in this portable adaptation of Most Wanted. Published by Electronic Arts, released in Japan in September 2005. Licensed American and European cars, police to evade, Blacklist rivals to challenge, career and ad hoc versus modes. Japanese edition.
Need for Speed - Most Wanted - 5-1-0 review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,16 GB📅13/09/2005
Published by Electronic Arts
Need for Speed - Most Wanted - 5-1-0 (PSP) price, value & rarity
A PSP adaptation of Most Wanted, reworked for the handheld with its own structure of police chase races, in its Asian, Japanese and Korean runs. Its collector interest lies in this specific cut, distinct from the namesake console version, on markets little inclined to the genre, sought by collectors who tell apart the handheld strands of the major NFS. Rarity tied to the thin regional distribution of Western racing.
Is Need for Speed - Most Wanted - 5-1-0 still worth playing in 2026?
Need for Speed - Most Wanted - 5-1-0 is the portable adaptation of Electronic Arts' famous Most Wanted, in which you string together illegal races and escapes from the police in an American city. The sense of speed, the tense police chases and the progression up the most-wanted list keep the spirit of the home version, condensed for the PSP. The reduced content and the absence of the original open world temper the enthusiasm. For fans of arcade street racing and snappy chases, it is a solid and effective conversion on the go.
