The History of the NFS Most Wanted M3 GTR - Theories and Speculation

2006 - The M3 GTR is totalled in the Canyons surrounding Palmont City.
2019 - Corrupt police officer Frank Mercer uses the M3 GTR in an attempt to escape justice.
How did it get here? Let's try and connect the dots.
I don't go so far as discussing the origins of the car. Frankly that's far more convoluted than what might have happened in the 13 years since it's last canon appearance.
How a non road legal race car found itself in the hands of street racers is a story for another video. For now, let's just concentrate on the intervening years between Carbon and Heat.
A short video clip has been taking from one of ISuckatDriving's videos. This was done simply because I have completed the game and cannot record the relevant section.
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[@still_guns]

Here's that update I was talking about. It doesn't go over anything already in this video, it's solely about the M3 GTR's presence in Lakeshore. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3iVZWyqodhsiLM

[@faezaxl]

I don’t care what other say, this car is the face of Need for Speed.

[@mustanggang5.0]

I feel what you saying but NFS has other faces like Eddies Skyline & Rachel’s 350z

[@lew-4825]

Mustang gang 5.0 no, just no, the M3 is the only face of NFS

[@mustanggang5.0]

Lew - I’m assuming it’s just an age thing. Most older people wouldn’t say the M3. We can agree to disagree though

[@alantheannihilator3093]

@@mustanggang5.0 even though they’re iconic cars the m3 actually holds more value than each one of them. It means so much that a whole game revolves around getting that beloved car back from the grasp of a slithering antagonist. It is undoubtedly the most suiting face of NFS in my opinion.

[@mustanggang5.0]

@@alantheannihilator3093 I feel what you’re saying. Plus it’s the only car to come back in 2 other nfs games

[@D_yng]

When someone says 'razors m3' i absolute lose it.

[@still_guns]

"Razor's M3" Everyone: *triggered*

[@Leo.Sensei]

Well It Was His At Some Point.

[@CRMSN_RDR]

@@Leo.Sensei his? He stole it he never earned it and also if you know no limits the BMW M4 that's there is razors

[@Leo.Sensei]

@@CRMSN_RDR Never Said He Didnt Steal It Nor He Earned It, But It Was In His Possession And He Made It Faster. No Limits?

[@ivarinio100]

@@Leo.Sensei mobile game, NFS No Limits...

[@still_guns]

So there's another theory going around that Frank Mercer is the player from MW2005 and Carbon. Let me remind you that this is patently impossible. You have to remember that the MW2005 player was the MOST WANTED street racer in the ENTIRE USA. A highly notorious criminal. I know the entry requirements for American police is a joke, but to the point that they'd allow a criminal into the force *without* the pulling of strings by corrupt officials? No. Just, no. Mercer is not the player and the player is not Mercer. End of Story.

[@studbyte]

the M3 GTR is an old car that is almost 20 years old

[@studbyte]

@RockabillyFox i said that car is almost 20 years old cuz it was built in the early 2000's

[@studbyte]

@RockabillyFox ok stop pls im not gunna say anything thats just a fact about the M3 GTR

[@studbyte]

@RockabillyFox idk now sjut up

[@studbyte]

@RockabillyFox idc

[@gamepad3153]

the whole scrapyard scenario makes sense. the car ends up in the hands of another racer during a race one night,Shaw illegally impounds the car. the most wanted protagonist is already in Palm City and hears of this police crew while Lucas is on the phone with someone,who? we have no idea.

[@stubbsiren4368]

That’s what I recently said!

[@shussainic_tm]

Still_guns someone copied your entire video and played it on their channel it’s called Rejwan Ahmed they littlerly recorded this with your voice and said it’s his story of need for speed

[@shussainic_tm]

Ty

[@terrymightyena5820]

Interesting theories. I feel like EA will just be like "Oh we just added it as a blast from the past, no connections to Most Wanted nor Carbon" But yeah all those theories are logical

[@WeebBountyHunter]

If that were the case I wouldn't even care cause we players will never stop making theories about this legendary car

[@still_guns]

The car has made an appearance in NFS Unbound, and there's a juicy reference. I'll probably get Unbound when it goes on sale, at which point I can update this video a little bit. EDIT: I have Unbound now, new video coming soon.

[@smithyMcjoe]

15 quid a month it's included with EA play, add it to steam as a none steam product and you can launch through steam with full wired controller support to get around EAs BS no controller shite.

[@still_guns]

@@smithyMcjoe What no controller shite?

[@smithyMcjoe]

@@still_guns EA and origin have no support for dualshock or dualsense

[@still_guns]

@@smithyMcjoe Oh, okay. Thought you meant that Unbound doesn't let you play without one.

[@smithyMcjoe]

@@still_guns Only if you play through EA, hence why EAs no controller shite.

[@hag2977]

I guess ghost will never tell us cause ghosts gone 😭😭😭

[@alteito]

Welp, same with BlackBox (mw/carbon devs)

[@f7or1n]

YO I NEVER REALIZED THAT THEYRE GONE LMAO

[@marionolar6570]

What do you mean by gone?

[@hag2977]

The ghost team is not working on nfs anymore since they failed to make enough money so ea got rid of them and now citreon games have control of nfs.

[@marionolar6570]

@@hag2977 oh ok

[@traviswalker8933]

The NFS M3 GTR was built, not bought or stolen. It has many tell tale signs. No reflector over the exhaust, a stock BMW M3 dashboard, and a different rear window. Somehow the player was in contact with a person who supplied them with M3 GTR parts.

[@FoxtrotStudi0s]

or 2 more it could be a built Street version of the M3 GTR E46, and the owner loved it so much he wanted to turn it into the race spec version or 2, much like what is done with F1 GTR/P1 GTR's you can take them to specialized shops to become road legal, and so it could be a race spec car that has been modified for street use or the street version of the race car upgraded to the race spec

[@traviswalker8933]

@@FoxtrotStudi0s those cars didn't have dashboards of the road cars they were based on so we can rule that out.

[@FoxtrotStudi0s]

@@traviswalker8933 no but you can have it modified for street legal use and then have the dashboard put in for some semblance of ergonomics

[@traviswalker8933]

@@FoxtrotStudi0s that's not plausible as I haven't seen anything done like that on a race car converted to a road car. That's true for vice versa. When a road car is converted to be used as a race car, the stock dashboard is usually kept. This car is most likely a road car with race car parts (like accurately mentioned by Razor in the beginning of the game as a kit car).

[@MajinManGTZ]

Impossible considering the 6 ever built, only 2 of which have the legendary v8 p40b60

[@LotiMcfloti]

It’s in the werehouse on the back of a towtruck in heat and maybe Mercer’s connection managed to snag it from Palmont City and they managed to repair it in that werehouse before getting sold overseas.

[@willhornsby206]

my theory goes as follows: after being "totaled" it was fixed and sold instantly. but without all the extra power the MW player or Razor put in it. the new owner sold the car after a few years for a newer car. The newest owner kept the car and continued to race until he or she arrived in palm city and it was crashed again. then was taken and repaired by the police (we see the m3 gtr on a truck in the infiltration of the warehouse cutscene in heat) Then Mercer tries to escape with the m3 gtr. he is caught and the League fixes the damage done to the car before giving it to the player. The player then upgrades the car with ultimate+ parts giving the M3 GTR back her full power. and i have this personal headcannon that the MW player comes to Plam city and meets the Heat player when he notices the M3 GTR in the garage. the mw player is shocked to see that his car is actually not in a scrap heap and is upset seeing his car that he thought he lost for good is alive and well after being gone for 13 years. the car seems to attract the mw player who lightly caresses the car's body remembering everything that had happened with her. the mw player hugs the M3 and cries his eyes out. While the heat player, Ana and Lucas all look at him with a look of confusion on their faces. the mw player offers to buy the m3 from the heat player. the heat player doesnt want to lose the car the League gave them but after seeing the MW player's actions and the way he gently touched the car lovingly but also as if it was fragile. the heat player realizes that the car that was given to them by the League was the property of man in front of them. the heat player asks if the mw player would like to ride in it. which was gladly accepted. the heat player drives the m3 perfectly and then switches seats with the mw player who ends up driving the m3 even better. the heat player desides that the car should stay with the one who loves her the most. that being the mw player. unknown to the heat player the mw player had bought a similar m3 gtr and had it customized to look exactly like his but had a note inside saying. "Thank you for giving me my car back. I know you liked her so this is my gift to you. a 1 to 1 remake of her. Maybe one of these days we can race together but for now i think im just going to enjoy diving my m3 again." and then there's my idea for the next game which continues off the headcannon but everyone from previous installments are in it. The House now with many of the old bosses is back this time they are coming for everyone. its up to you to beat them again but you now have access to the cars from all across nfs but as a new player. the characters still return but their cars are not unlocked as playable until completing the story with the M3 GTR being one of the best cars in the game. the final boss would be the Collector and it would take a while to get to that point via building up your rep and the trust of other crews. all of the things you do can aid or harm you in the last battle. the bad ending sees you losing the collector and him getting away causing you to lose the unlockable rewards but gain over 50 million bank this can only be done if you didnt get help to ward off the police presence and end up getting wrecked or purposefully letting him get away. the good ending sees all of the nfs casts enjoying a party where in 1 final cutscene the group takes a picture with all of the protagonists faces being covered. the image gets smaller and shows up in a frame above a fireplace and in the background you hear the words "Did you really think that Id stop chasing you" Before tires screech and the screen cuts instantly to black and the credits roll. edit: but then again this is just my thoughts so it really doesnt matter.

[@fae_gavan7582]

Good idea.

[@vinyfgmeneses]

Wow... That's an awesome plot, bro Now, this is cannon for me too, haha

[@Deltabravo24L]

I realy wish the mw player will come back in the next games so we can see the demon m3 gtr back

[@accorddynamic244]

I love this theory story NFS should go with it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@accorddynamic244]

Ur thoughts are fucking awsome bro if NFS don't use this plot they are crazy not to listen to there fans theory's

[@electricfan3243]

The NFS games leave me more clueless, than books/movies with cliff-hangers

[@still_guns]

It never was meant to be thought provoking stuff TBH.

[@hewhobattles8869]

Well Darius obviously didn't use the M3 GTR. If you watch the final cutscene of Nfs Carbon you see that he left the city in a Jaguar XKR

[@still_guns]

The XKR was owned by a member of his crew. He got into the passenger side of it (this is only implied by the ending cutscene though). The GTR could have been stored out of town. Of course, that's just a theory. A GAME THEO-

[@reggiexp69]

ahh darius was the audi r8 guy ahh i mixed up who is who lol

[@adriankarpik8036]

I think that probably BMW got some check engine and yellow allarm on dashboard like it always in BMW E46 :DD

[@matnovak]

I would personally debunk the Darius theory with your own words - this car was so hot that it would be a suicide to actually use it. Darius is clever, he would probably do what you suggested - sell it overseas right away. But who said that the M3 couldn't be brought back to America for its final run for the US street racing money? bUt ThAt's jUSt a tHeeeeeOry - A GAME theeeeORY

[@jordy7670]

Bro just think about it. Darius left but he already towed the car somewhere he planned to go after being exile from palmont city

[@happykid31]

My main man *player* (nfs mw) made it in the league!

[@ProSkye59]

Maybe he is the league

[@divanosteenkamp21]

Ive always wondered what happened to the most iconic car of the NFS franchise and although those are really good scenarios(speculations) we might probably never know how it got to Palm City for sure.

[@fabianmarcoschau]

Omg the M3 gtr gets as mystical as devil z a fck yea I am so down for it

[@kidz4p509]

I've always wondered how the BMW ended up in Palm City. Now, I finally got the answers.

[@abluecar5375]

If we count No Limits canon to the story Maybe the No Limits player lost the car or sold the car in Palm City, either a pinkslip race, stolen, impounded by Mercer, or he sold it Because, there is a special event in the game where you get to drive the car, and there is a possibility that the M3 GTR being in Palm City, is the No Limits player's cause

[@soupedsupra2721]

It is in palm city, in a cutscene you can see it on a tow truck beat to hell

[@abluecar5375]

@@soupedsupra2721 Oh, the one where the cars are in the warehouse? No no, that was a different M3

[@soupedsupra2721]

@@abluecar5375 oh

[@abluecar5375]

@@soupedsupra2721 Actually, nah, that is the MW M3! You were right bud lmao

[@abluecar5375]

@@soupedsupra2721 I thought it's just another M3 with stripes on it, but nah, the car has the livery, only the big white scratches on the rear bumper made it hard to see, and the car kinda looked green or black or just really dark in general And yes, after watching EWW NFS Heat from N4S videos, I watched the car closely, and it does have the MW livery, it was kinda hard to see, especially with the scratches and the darkness

[@omen3391]

Here’s my theory BMW M3 GTR driver is a former racecar racer, he got fired so he steals the BMW and repainted it with blue stripes.

[@hewhobattles8869]

I like to think that maybe it belonged to the protagonist of NFS Shift or Shift 2 and lost it in an pink slip race to the MW Hero offscreen. Lol nah, I'm just joking. That wouldn't make any sense since the timelines don't add up. However I will say that Shift does loosely connect to MW and Pro Street, but not Carbon.

[@Evans-zw2il]

Actually no bcz most wanted/carbon player was 18-19 when he was living in palmont and had the supra which took place in early 2001 and he got the car I think in 2004 in the end of the month of the year and he arrived in Rockport in 2005 and the game files says that he was in his earliest 20-25 yrs.and a race car driver must be more than I think 27yrs.so I think he was just a average street race in palmont and rockport

[@abluecar5375]

Here are my theories/Speculations 1. The Player got the car fixed but got it stolen 2. The player gives the car away, either he sold it or have that chosen driver proves his skills just like in No Limits, maybe, the guy that we play as, in No Limits, got into Palm City and lost the car, or someone just stole the car in Blackridge and have it imported to Palm City Maybe this is what happened to the car No Limits player lost the car or sold the car to Mercer That's if we count No Limits as canon to the Most Wanted, Carbon and Heat story Also, there is no way the player bought the car, since it's none production car, meaning it's not for sale, it's just a prototype race car, which could mean he had stolen it

[@j_rivera2007]

Homologation

[@hexobyte6251]

That would make a lot of sense since as said in No Limits the car was just there at Kim's house or Lawn or something, left as a symbol of racing and given us a chance to prove ourselves worthy of the car.

[@abluecar5375]

@@hexobyte6251 Yeah

[@tjwarden6253]

I actually had a similar theory! Like, maybe the most wanted decided to finally let go of the car when he got to Blackridge because it was too hot to drive. That’s why he gave it up to the No Limits player

[@abluecar5375]

@@tjwarden6253 Nice

[@regisiterer7071]

This iconic car is like the elder wand of the need for speed franchize

[@syedalailanabi6810]

Logic: M3 GTR can go through a massive traffic in Most wanted but get bonked by 1truck

[@fae_gavan7582]

4:16 It’s also possible that the M3 could have been Darius’s, since it shares a similar color scheme to the supra. The supra was discarded at the venue for Prostreet, as the announcer states in an easter egg that there’s a blue car with the keys left in it, license plate spelling “NFS CARBN”. It’s also possible that this was the discarded supra.

[@accorddynamic244]

Facts I been saying that for years same color way of the BMW M3 gtr

[@mikeschneider8904]

You can See it in the Reflection of the flashbacks of Carlos if Darius say too you leave with my car you can See the key and if you Look close you See a bmw logo

[@VF28WWE]

You can see it in a cutscene on a tow truck

[@gajithasuweeraka4253]

yes but its badly damaged

[@VF28WWE]

@@gajithasuweeraka4253 but they had time to fix it

[@gajithasuweeraka4253]

@@VF28WWE but it was broken in the garage so it wasn't repaired when mercer bought it

[@Leo.Sensei]

Where? On Heat?

[@gajithasuweeraka4253]

@@Leo.Sensei Yes when you do the mission where you follow the cops to their hideout u can see the m3 gtr on a truck broken af.

[@stanisawwalczak3506]

Hold on a second, because i think you missed something. The M3 GTR also appeared in the middle of campaign in NFS Heat where we were doing a research. Also in that mission Ana realized that her car was... probably sold and there we can see a M3 GTR blurred at the background, so sb used to drive it. Am I right?

[@mylifeasmanta]

yes. i think the M3R was on the flatbed truck in that scene. however, i also think you guys missed something. throughout carbon, the player is in 3 cars for the start of the game (the cars you cannot choose). the first one, in chronological order, is the Supra. the next one is the BMW and i think there was a white or something Aston Martin DB9 you see at the title screen, when Kenji drifts around you. the AM9 is a different car for a seperate story, but my point is this. has anyone ever noticed the paint jobs on the Supra and M3 GTR are somewhat similar? as almost if it's a crew livery.

[@starrja]

@@mylifeasmanta fun fact, it was confirmed that the Supra was a placeholder for the bmw m3 Gtr. The m3 is the supra. But black box didn’t have enough time to license the rights for the m3 in the begging part of the cutscene, so the Supra was a “placeholder”

[@neptune4200]

@@starrja whaaaaaaat?? But at the beginning of carbon we get to use the gt-r

[@starrja]

@@neptune4200 no the first cutscene. The cutscene of the race where the player got scammed. Carbon was a relatively unfinished and rushed game.

[@AmmyWulf]

@@starrja For a rushed game its a damn good game unlike most modern rushed games

[@Breakdown360DC]

One thing worth noting is the chop shop scene when you discover Mercers operation. You clearly see the m3 gtr in a wrecked state on the back of a truck. So it's most likely been totalled this whole time, located by mercer because it's such a rare car and he's made a business of selling cars like that. He's had it reconditioned at the chop shop and ready to be sent somewhere to a collector.

[@radu1073]

Why does this video not have ar least 100kviews?

[@omerhashmi1970]

I thank the police of palm city pickup the BMW M3 GTR from scrap yard and was rebuilding in the factory because we saw the BMW it was loaded on the truck where all Racer's car manufacturing i think the BMW m3 gtr wasn't use for 15 years and then mercer founded and decide to build it so he could sell it

[@exofes]

Mercer is the mostwanted he repaired it they didnt show his face because if we see him we coult now that MERCER İS MOST WANTED. (And in carbon we see his eyes that same as mercer

[@still_guns]

You're both wrong. If Mercer was the most wanted, he would never have been able to become a cop. And whilst there's never been anything saying that Ryan Cooper isn't the most wanted, there's also never been anything saying he is. There's pulling at straws, then there's pulling shit outta your ass.

[@hagridsbeardguy1399]

Thanks for the lore and your set of speculations mate. I remember being slightly disappointed that they still never did quite get the exhaust note of that iconic V8 from the 2005 M3 GTR right in any of the future games where it has appeared : / At least the one from Palmont city is mostly accurate from every other angle - Centre lock wheels, side exit exhaust, closest looking livery to the OG car etc.

[@hamzakz786]

My theory: Maybe when those giant pipes hit the car in nfs carbon, only the body of the car was damaged, but the engine and other parts are still working. so Darius repaired the car, and he sold it, and then told the player that his car is totaled.

[@mnj4christ516]

This is exactly like Brian O’Conners’ Skyline GTR R34 iconic

[@E6MND]

It’s implausible that Darius could use the M3 GTR without the Most Wanted finding out.

[@still_guns]

Well someone is using it, with or without the Most Wanted's knowledge.

[@Srikkanth_sri]

When you have E46 on your side everything becomes clear

[@KilosFoxo]

my theory about the m3 involves no limits since the m3 was in that with its own story basically in no limits the m3 was left im kim's yard(kim is basically the side character who your player character works for) with the message of if the m3 can get to the top of the blacklist for blackridge in one week (where no limits takes place) that the m3 is hers, is it isn't at the top it gets took back and kim decides to pass the challenge onto the no limits player character who manages to get it to the top and win the m3, which involves beating razor who confirms it is the same m3 from mw. this win gets the blacklist in blackridge removed to stop competition for highest rank on it. basically my theory is hat the no limits player heads to palm city for the speedhunters showdown and arrives either a similar time or before the player by a few months, manages to get into the league through the status of the m3 and the high speed task force "impound" the m3 and the player is either arrested for street racing, leaves town or gets a new car and continues on competing and then the heat events occur where the cars are recovered and the league gifts you the m3 to thank you for returning the cars

[@PistolM7780]

The m3 gtr really is the best car in nfs history

[@szoszy8916]

Nope, my Carrera Gt get the corner with 230km/h and the M3 GTR take only 180km/h...every car have a fine tuning except stock ones. That M3 GTR is a stock car.

[@soupedsupra2721]

@@szoszy8916 still the most iconic

[@szoszy8916]

@@asianwhite1496 most iconic, but not the best.

[@aoki7799]

@@szoszy8916 well best car doesnt mean the fast, it can be anything, and for most people they found it really cool and iconic so no one cares about your carrera GT

[@efecal207]

My theory: After the accident at Carbon, the player gave the car to Kim (our assistant at no limits), and Kim fixed the car. After losing to No limits player Marcus King, Kim saw our vengeance and gave us the car, but he came to Razor Blackridge around the time to get the BMW m3 gtr but failed and was arrested. My guess is difficult for the next, but it probably happened like this. While the Player was competing in a race, Mr. Mercer came and confiscated the car. When considering selling the vehicle illegally he failed and tried to escape with the bmw m3 gtr but he was caught and our car switched to the heat player.

[@thepmanvr4966]

that's a good theory but mine is that after the crash in Palmont city, Darius was the one that fixed the car and kept it for himself. After he lost to the player, Darius sold it to pay for what he lost (his Audi le mans quattro). so that's when we hear Frank Mercer smuggling high performance cars especially the m3 gtr. So we can say that the m3 gtr is one of the high performance cars Mercer tries to smuggle. So the m3 gtr that mercer leaves in, is the original m3 gtr from most wanted 2006 and that's where the m3 gtr arc ends.but aye that's my theory

[@omerhashmi1970]

Does someone notice one thing when Anna and the player went to the factory where all hyper car were rebuilding we saw the BMW M3 gtr loaded on the truck but someone notice what was the police man saying. I tell you what he was saying ''you should've seen his face last night when I loaded on the truck. I think he was going to cry''

[@YaboiAC25]

That could mean either the MW player got the car back and lost it or some other guy lost his car and almost cried

[@Brandatello]

Tbh if I lost that “sweet ass ride” I’d cry as well.

[@guneetsingh2915]

Kids these day don't know the value of M3 GTR

[@Unb3liveab13]

I think that after the carbon story the M3 was sitting in the scrapyard and so the MW player bought it back and slowly rebuilt the car, staying in palmont city. But he wants a change of scenery and goes to Palm city where he gets into a chase and gets busted since he isn't what he used to be. He loses the car and Mercer knowing how valuable the car is gets it to the docks to export it. Then gets caught and the car ends up back in a scrap yard as it gets totaled again this time by Heat player.

[@mrbajablamps8663]

I thought the M3 came from Bayview sometime after the Underground 2 story and before the Most Wanted story and player moved to Rockport. Rog said in the beginning of the game "well look what the underground let loose. "Lets see how good you do in the daylight"

[@damm1t_b0bby]

If I remember correctly If you listen to the announcer in Pro Street he says there's a blue car parked outside that's going to get towed away and the license plate says NFS CARBON. So Ryan Cooper abandoned the Supra and won prize money after Pro Street then bought/built the BMW then headed to Rockport.

[@ikanberapi2189]

damn NFSMW made me remember when im trying so hard to win the blacklist when i was still a kid in pre-school

[@demioxdtouring]

MW2012 is the answer. The M3 GTR seemingly must have been restored, and resprayed, then exported to palm city, resprayed again, and then impounded by the police years later. And then there's the exporting to another area, and there's only one area in the same universe with no laws. Paradise City.

[@rowelangeloflores8031]

It was in NFS:Payback Nice Vid btw

[@still_guns]

Not really. That was just a standard E46 m3 with the bodykit and vinyl. It counts as a replica.

[@tehangrybird345]

What if the Collector from Payback is behind it

[@GoKrazyTV]

nah couldnt be the house is pretty much dismantled

[@bigman2165]

Here’s my theory: sence I n payback you get the bmw after you beat the game as an event, also it says it was a gift from an old friend, but when you do get it. The cops ambush you. And my question is, how did the cops know you would be there? So now I think that razor has gone rouge and became that cop you chased out of the docks in heat... But that’s just a theory, a game theory

[@theonlyplain]

god i hate payback

[@bigman2165]

@@theonlyplain its not bad, but the physics are shitty and theres no cops at all

[@Shidokami]

The M3 GTR in NFS Universe is like the Devil Z in Wangan Midnight nobody knows the things that happened on the car

[@fabianmarcoschau]

I love your dramatic fitting comentary. Gives the M3 gtr it's full respect and makes it the first time every realy mysterious

[@christiaanswart8368]

I say after the car was so called totaled in carbon it was then when mercer impounded it and cept it since untill know in heat when he was on heat level and tried escaping with the m3 GTR but was taken out by another street racer But im glad the car is back cuase it was the car that made need for speed famous and its still my all time fav car ever !

[@yogobobbyplayz1592]

I’m just hoping criterion explains why the Frick it re-emerged

[@zaphkiel8978]

this just popped out of my recommendations.. i must say, i think EA really did this car dirty. we worked hard to get this car in MW. We had it in the finale which is when it's pretty much useless (unless if a player plans to complete every challenges and races). and in carbon we only had it for a few minutes, and we can't get it in career at all. they should've just made it available after beating the first 3 bosses, and say that the player had enough money to get it fixed or something. it would be a perfect way to end the duology; the previous game's boss car vs the current game's boss

[@ClassyJoker]

Wait, I thought that every game since Need For Speed 2015 is set in a different universe from previous games

[@still_guns]

Sgt. Cross from NFSMW makes a cameo in Payback, even says he would will go back to Rockport.

[@ClassyJoker]

@@still_guns I am aware of that, it doesn't mean that it's the same universe, also cause this Cross is probably still a cop since no Most Wanted Player was around probably. Also, in Payback Wolf from Carbon makes an indirect cameo too and also Eddie and Melissa in NFS2015, it still makes my point valid if not more, since apparently no "main player" was around this time

[@falliniangel2690]

I think this is where the need for speed developers need to make a movie explaining what happened to the legendary BMW M3 GTR or just come up clean and tell us what happened. As for me if the need for speed doesn't have cops its not worth playing and if it doesnt have the Iconic car its not worth playing. Thumbs up for these guys for introducing us to our childhood Legend

[@Yessirskiii35]

I wish the creators of NFS would bring the story of Razor back to Nfs

[@sabrina2368]

he comes back kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIiufpaEoKZkqsU

[@WeebBountyHunter]

We couldve got it if EA didn't screw up we had a NFS MW 2 in the making by criterion games but EA rushed it and we got a burnout clone out of it.

[@ericdunn360]

The Player left Palmont City in 2002 to race in Olympic City in 2003, Was injured by Caleb, six months later arrived in Bayview in 2004,defeated Caleb, Then bought the BMW M3 GTR with the money he saved up from all his races,then upgraded the car, then went to Rockport where Razor messed with it then used it to become #1 on the Blacklist in which the Player with Mia's help, got his car back, escaped Rockport, then returned to Palmont City, the rest is history.

[@unholypepe]

i think that Mercer already knew about the car and sent some men to Palmont to go find it in so that he could have something he knew he definitely would need eventually: a getaway car. Mercer had no intention of selling the GTR, after all it's THE M3, and because it was that certain M3 he knew just how powerful it was.

[@yusufpapi5717]

I think darius toyota was blue white And the player got rid of the known wanted supra So he made a new car With same performance same color and to give it back to his friend Who lend Him his power full car when he needed money and was soo close to Get locked up and he helped Him again By giving to Him to escape the heat Thats my theory Why its blue and white Just like supra lend from darius And darius sold his car who he lend his supra for the bmw for returen Time to return the favor Bounty 150k Blue white bmw Like supra for return Do u Agree ???

[@sethlancaster9761]

Personally I like the idea that the M3 was meticulously repaired and restored. The M3 E46 is much loved so I doubt smaller spares would've been too hard to find. Plus, it WAS gone 13 years... Plenty of time to find everything needed to bring the legend back.

[@boostedsc4040]

I’m pretty sure the most wanted m3 was a rep of the gtr because I’m %99 sure that the gtr came out before they made the LCI tail lights, the seats aren’t the seats from a m3 gtr and the engine sound and redline are different from the gtr, the in game cars sound like they have the s54 in them but the m3 gtr has a v8 and the s54 is a straight 6

[@palvonisyt3447]

My first nfs game was either hot pursuit 2 or underground 1.

[@sagatisbeast]

Both great games.

[@Djolej78]

Not to mention we saw it in MW2012 as a DLC. But yeah, it was only a DLC sadly....

[@madryt9076]

I have heard that player made a way longer way: Nit from carbon to most wanted But: Nfs Carbon Nfs Underground Nfs Underground 2 Nfs Most Wanted (2005) Nfs Carbon ...

[@krzysztoffigurski8805]

And This all cloud happened to my boy D: (depresion joins the chat)

[@noobscoopsies1100]

Im suprised no one noticed this. After the event of Carbon the M3 GTR has lost something. And Its the *Gear whining sound* just listen to it in heat the Gear whining sound were small. If you remember in MW And Carbon the gear whining sound almost dominated 70% of the car sound while heat its only 20% which mean they do something on the transmission when fixing this car.

[@HullAnimations113]

Here's my own Senerio: Maybe it has returned and the original driver from most wanted got it back, but then the brakes fail and ran into the gas tank and the driver says his last words, Engine might be down, Paint might be scrapped, but as my final bow, i'll be gone for the burning scrapes and death over the race, so long forever. Then the car exploded and the real m3 gtr and the driver are gone forever

[@still_guns]

No offence, but this makes zero sense.

[@HullAnimations113]

Of course it makes sense

[@still_guns]

No, it really doesn't. Maybe to you it does, but not to me. It sounds a lot like something a kid would come up with, or what Patrick Starr said that one time: "And then everyone died!".

[@abluecar5375]

@@still_guns bruh it's a joke lmao

[@shagirani5518]

@@HullAnimations113 yea it dosen't

[@flamingeel3196]

NFS MW2005 has the best story in the history of racing games

[@mohameddokkan6802]

I loved this video really nice story telling there is something i always wonderd i Never had an awsner to it nobody evertalked about it on youtube etc when most wanted came out in the intro we see a yellowish corvette undercover cop car there is so many mysterie about the car why was it in the trailer why did we see it why wasnt it in the game it mindfucks me everyday could you make a video about it and solve my mysterie .thx for the great content .sorry for my bad english

[@still_guns]

The yellow Corvette was what Cross's Corvette was originally going to look like. But it got changed later in developement.

[@mohameddokkan6802]

@@still_guns thx bro mysterie solved

[@szoszy8916]

On PC version have black and white, on console version black and yellow. Anyway i just miss one part from MW, they impound your car, why not transform it for police car? 🙂

[@ballinboii1814]

The gear whine sounded different in heat is my pet peeve

[@Nicknock-rw4go]

It even has the old style hud

[@warriorharj79]

What do you mean?

[@GabrijelOfficiel]

The story begins in NFSC and the player runs to NFU where he meets Nicki and she becomes the players girlfriend.. Next up is the story with the sponsorships in NFSU2. my theory is, the Supra we have borrowed from Darrius is actually the m3 Gtr! Think about it... The m3 GTR was a track car with a lot of power at that time. That's why when we see the m3 gtr as the hero car in NFSMW Also it resembles the supra a little with the vinyl and paintjob. After we climb to the top of the blacklist in MW, we return to Carbon and clear our rep. The m3 GTR was totaled but Darrius took it in and made sure he gave us a new set of wheels. After all I think its his car (The supra we saw in the beginning) The player simply got the m3 gtr back and we see it being used again. Basically my theory is that even with the cars we drove the story line starts and ends with the supra, which is the M3 GTR. We fought to get it back in MW. up to MW the player had been through a lot with the car. starting from the escape from Carbon, NFU, NFU2 then in MW and clearing rep in Carbon.

[@still_guns]

The Underground games are unrelated to everything else. Same universe, but no shared characters (save for Eddie, he gets around). And no, the Supra is not the M3 GTR... it's a Supra. Your theory makes no sense.

[@omerhashmi1970]

Now I tell you what exactly happen the BMW M3 GTR when it was totaled by cross the car was sent to scrapyard and about 15 years it was just an accidental and abandoned vehicle. Because if someone was using player car for all these years he might change its number plate but still it has got same 2005 rockport nfs MW plate so its mean the car was abandoned for 14 years. Nobody uses this car since 2006 after NFS Carbon

[@nova8747]

Going along with how the player (Ryan Cooper) acquired the car, it's most likely stolen. Assuming he wasn't able to earn much cash after leaving Palmont, and was most likely flat out broke. The car is a flat out race car, and not the limited run street legal model, so he most likely stole it at either some sort of show event, or even at a race track, as to how he did it? I cannot explain.

[@ralphlorenzperolino3054]

It's not Ryan in the storyline. EA had no clue who the player is. We don't know who.

[@nova8747]

@@ralphlorenzperolino3054 Yeah, fair enough. But Ryan really does slot in nicely as the protagonist for most of those games.

[@Matt19Videos]

How about the nfs no limits bmw m3 gtr event. It shows that the owner of the m3 wanted to find another person to keep it. So they arranged a blacklist in no limits and then razor returns and gets defeated again. There 2 endings. -if you lose the owner find another person and repeats the cycle -if you win the event you get to keep it. Thanks for reading

[@res6696]

Matt19Videos the mobile games aren't cannon

[@Matt19Videos]

Welp at least i asked. Since they explained that rockport exists in nfs no limits.

[@user-kp6cn8py8s]

@@res6696 i think no limits are cannon..

[@res6696]

@@user-kp6cn8py8s but that wouldnt make sense, that means every event in there including razors event would be canon when razor was put in jail like wtf. The mobile games are there to shut up mobile players lmao

[@user-kp6cn8py8s]

@@res6696 but nfs heat prequel is nfs no limits.. joe appears in the game and he obtain the polestar before going to palm city (nfs heat)

[@LordAnestis]

How much this car would cost in real life? Over a million?

[@RipperRoo92]

That car is just as Legendary as The AE86, Spirit RX7, FC, other Initial D rides and media legends.

[@firdaushusin4909]

if i not mistaken.. that m3 is 500k if you tried to sold it in mw 2005. sell is 1/2 price... so that makes the car is Million dollar M3

[@purpleguy4333]

omg it was razor he was the only one who broke and fixed the car

[@hamzabro2667]

The last theory makes a lot of sense.

[@senshisento2490]

Back in carbon if you complete all the challenges your able to get the M3 GTR back so most likely it wasn’t totaled just hidden because it was the fastest car in the game

[@EFTTacticalDave]

It was given to you as a gift in Need for Speed No Limits by the driver in NFS MW/Carbon.

[@off-seasonmemes]

I’m thinking it could be a mix of all three theories in the video. Darius lied to the most wanted that the m3 was a complete wreck The most wanted believed Darius and got the salvage value money for the m3 The m3 was crushed but it was still able to work Darius had someone fix the car (as much as it was able to be fixed)as a backup in case he lost his Leman’s Quattro When he was beaten by the most wanted he had someone appraise the car and got a value that was able to help him recover financially Darius told the person that appraised the car to not let the most wanted find out it was repaired and to sell it on the black market Over time the m3 was able to be fixed little by little until it was repaired completely When the m3 was repaired, it landed in the hands of Frank Mercer as he was making arrangements to have many cars sold overseas That’s my thoughts on what might’ve happened but I could be wrong on a few things

[@Japan643]

I just built my own BMW M3 GTR and now it's my car now

[@chrismokoena6334]

I think NFS didn't expect this car to be this big

[@-MYTHOS-]

Dieser BMW ist meine Liebe...Stolz aller Rennfahrer...Eine Icone...eine Göttin...❤️❤️❤️

[@legendarysuperduckling9505]

Cops: YES ! THE M3 IS NO MORE! M3 GTR: *Hold my gas canister*

[@Aldog-sr4ey]

In one of the nfs heat scene looking for Anna's car the m3 is totaled at the back on a lowbed tow truck so the car was damaged

[@porsche.963]

I simply don't believe the ME was bought for one simple reason the ME would be way too expensive for a street racer because of how rare it's engine is

[@spencer9036]

The devil Z of need for speed

[@rono7964]

I want player back

[@danielkershaw2559]

I think it’s really sad how someone originally built this car with love and passion and it’s now passed so many hands down the years, should of stayed with the maker

[@still_guns]

Should *have*

[@WSP_DS12]

Theory number three is the most logical

[@bijustephen3922]

GIGANTIC SPOILER AND SCENARIO NO.4 COMING OUT FOR NFS CARBON (you have been warned) SCENARIO NO.4 (which actually might be real) = after the player is caught by Cross with a bounty of 150k Darius comes into the scene and pays off the bounty by selling the BMW M3 E46 GTR and putting the player 150k in debt and the Player is required to take over Palmont City for him instead and promised him money in return but, when the Player went to collect his money Darius betrays him and gets him arrested by Cross but a deal was already in place set by Nikki As per this deal, Cross lets the Player go and Nikki rides with the Player Darius was informed about Nikki's betrayal (or something) from a phone call by an anonymous caller(i don't know who it is if you do then let me know) so,Darius recruted the other three crew bosses into his crew finally, after many races, the Player defeats Darius and his crew and the rest is history. (edit):i just realised i just typed the whole story

[@NemamJmeno6]

My theory is the M3 GTR wasn’t really totalled. it was totalled for that time, but after that years it was possible to repair it, but it could be Cross, who took the M3 GTR. BCS Cross was real Bounty Hunter for that car, so he could take it to Rockport City to show the broken M3 GTR in hope getting his police job again.

[@unhandydaddy5117]

I would honestly love for this car to go back to its original owner. The player in NFSMW and Carbon. The man who single-handedly brought down the entire Blacklist to get his car back and become the Most Wanted street racer in all of United States.

[@SohamBhattacharya3105]

The story of the M3 has some parallels to the Elder Wand from Harry Potter. This mythical, all-powerful car/wand, suposedly the best car/wand ever. But the car/wand keeps changing hands and ironically brings bad luck to whoever owns it.

[@Srikkanth_sri]

If someone riding the GTR in the game rather than you it's just hurting (it is like you see your gf with someone)

[@Elite_Ronin]

I believe that you as the player is still the original owner of the M3 but u got into a crash and lost your memory of being a street racer and is still racing to try and find out who u really are .

[@TheChampionofthepeople]

That GTR is any 90’s kids dream car

[@monkeboy121]

Totalled means the price to fix the car is more then the price the car is worth. Someone found the car and paid ALOT of money to fix everything from what I'm thinking. cause there is no car you can say will never work again replace parts and it will work just fine. albeit you have to probably replace a lot of parts