

The player's goal is to become a Porsche factory driver by completing a series of events.

The factory driver mode introduces the first storyline in the Need For Speed series. Some factory driver events include police cars, but the police cars only attempt to impede the players car during certain sprint events. Unlike previous games in the series, there are no pursuit modes. The player can customize their cars drawing from an in-depth catalog of different Porsche as well as aftermarket parts. There are two career modes, an evolution mode, where the player starts with Porsche cars made in 1955, and ends with Porsche cars made in 2000, and factory driver mode, where the player goes through a series of events like slalom, stunts, and races, using Porsche cars preselected for each event. Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed gives the player the opportunity to race Porsche cars (including 3 race cars) throughout a range of tracks located in Europe.

Unlike the previous four Need for Speed games, Porsche Unleashed was not released in Japan. Unlike other NFS titles, Porsche Unleashed centers on racing Porsche sports cars, with models ranging from 1950 to 2000. It is the fifth installment in the Need for Speed series. Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, released as Need for Speed: Porsche 2000 in Europe and Need for Speed: Porsche in Latin America, and Germany, is a racing video game released in 2000.
