Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)

by EERIE

14 charts covering all 32 cars, ranked by Top Speed, Acceleration, and Handling, individually and in every combination.

Both stock and fully tuned stats are included, plus the best car for each Blacklist rival (stacked Top Speed + Acceleration + Handling), based on the car availability plus available performance upgrades present at the time of each blacklist race.

Stock values are taken directly from nfs.fandom.com (rated 0–10).
Fully tuned values I calculated manually. The game stores each stat internally as a float between -44 and 116, which I scanned with Cheat Engine and converted to a 0–100% scale.

Best Stock Cars

Best Fully Tuned Cars

Best Car per Blacklist Rival

Total possible combined stats (Top Speed + Acceleration + Handling),
considering which cars and upgrade tiers are available before each rival.

RivalBest Car
#15Volkswagen Golf GTI
#14Audi TT 3.2 quattro
#13Mitsubishi Eclipse
#12Renault Clio V6
#11Renault Clio V6
#10Mercedes-Benz SL 500
#09Mercedes-Benz SL 500
#08Mercedes-Benz SL 500
#07Mercedes-Benz SL 500
#06Porsche 911 Carrera S (997)
#05Mercedes-Benz SL 500
#04Mercedes-Benz SL 500
#03Lamborghini Murciélago
#02Lamborghini Murciélago
#01Lamborghini Murciélago

Recommended Tune Settings

These are used by KuruHS, a former world record speedrunner of this game.

Steering+5
Handling0
Brakes0
Ride Height0
Aerodynamics+5
Nitrous0
Supercharger/Turbo0

About Fully Tuned Stats

Any car in the game will hit the maximum top speed, acceleration, and handling limit if equipped with all Junkman performance upgrades.

Stock Top Speed

Stock Acceleration

Stock Handling

Stock Top Speed + Acceleration

Stock Top Speed + Handling

Stock Acceleration + Handling

Stock Total Score (Top Speed + Acceleration + Handling)

Fully Tuned Top Speed

Fully Tuned Acceleration

Fully Tuned Handling

Fully Tuned Top Speed + Acceleration

Fully Tuned Top Speed + Handling

Fully Tuned Acceleration + Handling

Fully Tuned Total Score (Top Speed + Acceleration + Handling)