Need for Speed Undercover is a racing video game, part of the Need for Speed series, developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. The player is set in the story as a police officer, who goes undercover into the criminal underground of Tri-City, a fictional city where the game is based. The player has to take on dangerous 'jobs' and compete in races in order to infiltrate and take down a ruthless international crime smuggling syndicate, consisting of illegal street racers and car thieves.