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I had to pinch myself to make sure it wasn’t a dream.

I started memorizing statistics, picking up Road & Track magazine and sketching my favorite exotics. So you must understand that even though I knew fully well I was on a Hollywood film set, there were at least a half dozen times where I thought to myself “Wow, this looks exactly like a scene out of Need for Speed!”

The first title that I can remember that allowed me to start living car culture vicariously was Need for Speed II. It was at this time that I began to see the car as more than just a tool used for racing, but something beautiful with an aura of its own. Through these games I not only grew addicted to racing but I was also introduced to my life’s greatest fascination – cars. While videogames may seem like a trivial hobby to some (including parents), when I now look at my life in reverse, it’s quite clear that they played a pivotal role in my story and laid the groundwork for much of the person I am today: a motorsport fan, a professional automotive photographer and a Speedhunter. While I’m not sure that such thing exists as a ‘normal’ day of Speedhunting, when I got a call from Rod back in April asking if I could hop on a quick flight to Northern California to shoot some production stills on the set of a big-budget movie, I knew it was going to be even less normal than usual. Living in Hollywood, I run across film sets on a weekly basis, but it’s not every day that you’re around real high-speed filming.Īs these things go, details were kept to a minimum since everything is very hush-hush, but I was rather excited when I heard that the film was to be an interpretation of a videogame I grew up on – Need for Speed. As a child born in the mid-’80s, I spent a lot of time playing videogames, as I suspect many of you did as well, but NFS holds a special place in my collection. Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a major motion picture set? Have you ever considered how much time and effort goes into shooting even the shortest three second scene? Have you ever contemplated what it takes to capture a high-speed chase sequence or an epic crash? If so, then today is your lucky day as we take a look behind the filming of the big screen interpretation of Need For Speed.

Need for speed 2015 cars not driving same