These are the differences of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) between the different platforms that it can be played on.

Differences between various versions of the gameEdit

• The iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Mobile Phone, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions are set in Seacrest County California in the United States of America, while the Wii version is set in different parts of the world like Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States of America, Chongqing in China, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in South America.

• Autolog, and Free Ride in the PS3, Xbox 360, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and PC versions while the Wii version lacks it. While all versions have Career and Interceptor modes the Wii version's of Career and Interceptor are different. The Wii version of Interceptor is where players drive police cars on different tracks and try to bust 3 speeders before they finish the racer. Its other modes include Quick Play, Hot Pursuit, Eliminator, and Rush Hour.

• Some cars that are police cars only in the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions are also available to the racers too and one of those same cars like the Porsche Panamera Turbo is available to both sides of the law in the Wii and Xbox 360 versions only. However unlike the Wii version this car is one of three available as a offer from Dr. Pepper.

• The Wii version has the same customizing system carried over from Need for Speed: Nitro like body kits, vinyls and rims which these features are absent in the PS3, Xbox 360, PC and i-Phone/i-Pad versions of the game.

• Some cars are exclusive to some versions like the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, Carbon Motors E7, and Chevrolet Corvette Z06 are only available to the cops in the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions while cars like the BMW Z4 sDrive35is are also available to the cops in the Wii version.

• The PS3, Xbox 360, iPhone, iPod Touch, and PC versions were developed by Criterion Games while the Wii version was developed by Exient Entertainment and the mobile phone version was developed by EA Mobile.

• The PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions the car engines, and sirens can be toggled on and off while that is not the case in the iPhone, iPod Touch, Mobile Phone, and Wii versions.

• Weapons in the Wii version are similar to Nitro's power-ups while the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Mobile phone version's are different.

• Helicopters, Spike Belts and EMP are only in the iPhone, iPod Touch, Mobile Phone, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions while the Jammer is in all versions but functions differently. The Jammer in the Wii version makes the cars of racers invisible while in the other versions it temporarily disables the cops' own weapons and helps racers look for roadblocks along the way.

• The Wii version also has tours, & crew bosses similar to the Top Racers in Nitro while these features are absent in the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad versions.

• Cop and Racer cars are unlocked in all versions but in PS3, Xbox 360, and PC versions they are earned when playing as the cops or racers in career mode. While in the Wii version they are earned when winning trophies in the different events that are part of the tours in career mode as the racers.

• The "Limited Edition" version of the game was released only for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions in Australia, Europe and North America along with the normal edition of the game while the Wii, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Mobile Phone versions do not have a limited edition version. The PS3, Xbox 360, and PC versions of the Limited Edition were not released in Asia and Japan.

• The traffic cars in the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC versions are all licensed cars while the Wii version reuses the same traffic car models from earlier titles.

• In the teaser for Hot Pursuit and some gameplay footage of the police helicopter it reuses the same model from Need for Speed: Undercover while there is another one within the game that gives the police helicopter model from Undercover a new tail and blades the older model is in white while the newer one is in black.

• The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions have the in game store within their version of Auto Log while its absent in the PC, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.

• The time of day changes throughout the game as the player drives unlike previous installments, whether it's in different races or just in Free Ride in the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions while in the Wii version the 4 countries that the races take place in Chongqing its set in the morning, in Dubai its set in the afternoon, in Rio De Janeiro its set in the evening and in Las Vegas its set at night.

• The PC version like the PS3, and Xbox 360 gets DLC in the form of the 3 free roadsters/convertibles while due to lack of resources the other DLC was not released for the PC version similar to how DLC was handled with Need for Speed: Shift.

• The PC version was not released in Asia and Japan making it the first NFS title's PC port to not be released in a different region.

• There is a EA employee only edition of the PC version called the "EA Crew Edition" which has the 8 cars that are part of the SCPD Rebel DLC pack for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.

• Originally the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad versions only allowed players to play as the cops and not racers. Until recently the ablitiy to play as the racers was added just like the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and Wii versions.