Need for Speed franchise getting 3 news titles this year

Whilst talking with Eurogamer, EA has announced that the Need for Speed franchise will be getting a revamp this year, with 3 new games to show off the changes.
The first of these games, titled Need for Speed: Shift, will be published for PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and PSP this autumn. It will be developed by Slightly Mad Studios, known for GT Legends and GTR 2. The game will focus on the racing itself -- not the racing alone, but the driver behavior as well, losing the street-racing theme of previous Need for Speed titles.
"The urban underground was a manifestation of style in some past Need for Speed games for sure, but Shift focuses less on these style cues and more on mirroring the driver experience, that athleticism of being in a wickedly-intense race, and what it really feels like to be behind the wheel," Munro told Eurogamer, and he says it will achieve this goal with a 3D HUD that goes to new lengths to mimic what it is like to be driving one of the cars.
The second game, known as Need for Speed: Nitro, will be developed by EA Montreal. The game will be arcade styled, and according to Munro, "What you'll see is that Nitro in no way resembles any other previous Need for Speed title". He also notes that, on the Wii and DS, Nitro will not be a Mario Cart clone.
Lastly, the third game will be published as Need for Speed: World Online, and will be a 'Play 4 Free' game. It will be developed by Need for Speed's usual Black Box and EA's online studio in Singapore. Don't get too excited yet -- this game will only be released in Asia first, and if proved successful, will then be release in the west.
The game will feature the most cars, parts, and customization in the series of Need for Speed, as players will customize their rides and race against one-another "through the sophisticated online matchmaking features", and apparently there is a good chance of a micro-transaction model being introduced.

From Neowin.net