Need For Speed The Run is plotted as Jackson Rourke who is a street racer and a mechanic. He has a garage of his own in San Francisco. He becomes tangled in a debt from a mob. Now he is unable to repay the debt so he runs away but get caught. He again tries to run and goes straight to his girlfriend and asks her for the money. She tells him about the deadly tournament occurring which can help him if he wins. It is a 3000 miles long tournament which starts from San Francisco and ends in New York. His girlfriend Sam manages 250000 Dollars for the entrance fee. Now he has to win every race to make money. But to his attention the Police and the Mob are against him and they want him to lose the tournament.
