Audi S5

The Audi S5 was released in 2007, and is part of the Audi A5 series. The S5 comes with a 4.2L FSi V8 engine, which is also being used in the Audi R8 4.2 FSi Quattro. The Audi S5 received a facelift in 2012.

Red
The "Red" Edition of the Audi S5 was added to the game on July 27th, 2010 which was amongst the first Audis to be released in Need for Speed: World. The Red Edition features street-tuned parts.

Buffer
The "Buffer" Edition was added to the game on the same date as the "Red" and "Black" Edition. The car features smaller visual modifications and mixed street-tuned performance parts. This car is currently only available as a 24-hour Rental.

Black
The "Black" Edition was added to the game on the same date as the "Red" and "Buffer" Edition. The car entered retirement on October 2nd, 2012 but came back on February 5th 2013. The car does not feature any parts.

Overall Performance
The Audi S5 has a stock top speed of 249 km/h (155 mph) which is low for Class C. The S5 has decent acceleration but is weaker than the stats suggest. It also has a weak nitrous output. The handling is bad and is highly unresponsive as it suffers from heavy understeer. The S5 turns slowly and feels very heavy as well as clumsy rather than agile. It has a large turning radius and cannot take corners very well either.

However, in Pursuit Outrun and Team Escape it can be used as a good escape vehicle. Because of its heavy weight, it can go through roadblocks and collide with heavy police vehicles such as rhinos but due to the heavy understeer the S5 suffers from it can be hard to dodge them. It is also capable of fighting off federal units.