Do you have the links to these videos because I cannot find most of the channels to these vids that your sourced in the desc.

Now replace "EA" With "Black.Box" all.over this video...

They have been forced induction for years they're a little late to turbos

*Rule of Cool. That's why.* Why not feature _an actual racing car..._ in a racing game franchise?

I've heard EA had exclusive rights to use the BMW M cars in games around the turn of the millennium. Although by 2005 it had expired, I suppose this close relationship played a part, similar to how another once EA-exclusive brand, Porsche, received its own dedicated game in the franchise a little earlier.

The BMW M3 GTR has to be my favorite car in the Need For Speed Series.

When it comes to a Corvette, the more options you have the more weight you’re putting on the car

Maybe they are smart buttons, for people who didn't waste there money!

Not funny

I’m pretty sure YOU didn’t get those options and that’s why you have poverty buttons, because YOU’RE poor.

Buddy, my uncle owns M3 CSL broke boy

ah yes I should have ask to put all the option on my 2005 car insted of learning to walk

This video is a magnum opus. Nobody ever talks about WHY the M3 GTR.

Nissan sin duda

Me in my 2004 jeep wrangler: Yall have options???

Not necessarily true on newer cars they add a few extra slots so you can add aftermarket buttons

Why the hell doesn't chevy give all features for a zo6 thats just dumb still love chevy tho

So is basically becayse BMW paid EA...I always have find out curious that it has become so famous when it wasn´t even the best car in it´s own game (both the Carrera GT and Elise were better, and the Porsches were also close)

This guy has been playing the same character for 30 years

Somebody please please please stop making these movies.

he's the OG

Should’ve been a Porsche😴

BMW M3 GTR is not icon for NFS-MW, this car is THE ICON of the entire history of racing game.

Eh,the Diablo SV is better

In the very early stages of MW development, the Player's car was supposed to be a white Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) with a red vinyl and a JGTC racing bodykit, this can be seen in the "behind the scenes" and CoreX "raz" videos (most of these were placeholders tho). This was changed later to a full red BMW M3 GTR with yellow headlights, then a silver M3 GTR with a red vinyl and then the final design we all know. Extra fun fact: it's canon that the Player drives an Audi A4 in the final race against Razor, as the car can be seen reflected on Razor's M3 door in the cutscene before the race.

I always imagined that When m3 gtr race car was stopped/retired And to be abandoned in some warehouse driver took off with the car gave it new look with personality and started street racing And treated the car the way it should've been treated

if the m3 wasnt the most iconic car in the franchise it would be another car from the same NFSMW game :))

Why this game looking different than I remembered???😟😟😟

Womp womp at least I’m grateful for what I got

I guess my top 5 cars would be like: Darius Supra (NFSC) Scorpios Evo (NFSC) BMW M3 (NFS:MW) Cross Corvette (NFSC specifically) Izzy's RX8 (NFS:MW)

Is it just me or blackbox era NFS had favourism for neutral handling cars like the M3s and GT-Rs? NFS shift: E92 M3 gt3 works NFS Run: Jack Rourke's E92 M3 gts

In an alternate universe, I would’ve picked the 1994 TRD 3000GT as the protagonist car. For those that don’t know, it’s not a Mitsubishi. It’s an extremely rare car built by TRD that uses the Mk IV Supra body. Its VIN number is even different from that of a normal Supra. The 2JZ in that car is even tuned differently than a normal Supra. It’s a car just as rare the M3 GTR and just as interesting.

I feel like the M3 GTR has reached overhyped status now

Please tell me how you did the cutout! I’m begging

This Car IS Need for Speed

This is a fake video he is sitting on something just to get attention

Maybe Blacklist 4 Joe Vega's Dodge Viper SRT, (Blacklist 5 Webster's Corvette C6), the Viper is part of 9 NFS Games or Blacklist 10 Baron's Porsche Cayman, Porsche Cars have their own exclusive Need for Speed Game.

The exhaust goes on the side not on the back

just bought M3 GT2 Hot Wheels NEON model, just because of this game

I can't think of anything else BMW M3 GTR looks better - performance beast - Handling beast - Icon nah it's legendary thats my opinion ❤

Is everything you said just your imagination or is this the developer's response?

For those who don't know. Gabriel Frizzera is the author of the blue/silver livery applied on the BMW M3 E46 GTR. At the time, he worked at EA as a concept artist for the Need For Speed series from 2003 to 2009. He also worked on the Underground duology, NFS MW 2005/NFS Carbon duology and NFS Pro Street. Which means he also contributed to the success of NFS MW 2005 Especially due to the cover.

we wish for the next installment, the villain cars have to be the ones that defeated the M3 GTR irl (550 GTS, Zakspeed Viper, 911 Manthey, and then Esperante GTLM, yeah the beginner car from grid? beat this thing) and then introduce the M3 GTR's worthy successor and if today's GT regs are used as reference...its a Porsche (unfortunately)

Player’s blue skyline lol

Honestly Cross's corvette c6 looked way better than the bmw m3

My theory is this noticing how all the NFS games starting from Underground 1 until now the Nissan Skyline R34 has been in every single game EXCEPT for Most Wanted could it also be possible that the Most Wanted BMW was ment to be the R34 Gtr but something happened behind the scenes that caused Nissan to not appear in the game and EA needed a replacement and it just so happened to be a car that had the letter GT R already in it

also, it being a car you only see like 3 times in the story made people want to get it just to drive

Thanks a lot for this explanation

How the hell is an a4 keeping up💀 what turbo is in it?

these are my favorite cars and i’ll be the first to admit, they’re slow as hell 😂 at least today they are, but terminator cobras and SVT cobras have some of the most durable engines, with some of the stock parts still being kept in 1000HP+ builds. the history behind them is awesome, and if you’re ever lucky enough to drive one, you’ll agree that they’re fun to drive. you can also get them to sound really nice.