I'm actually quite excited for the new Need for Speed - An unpopular opinion noone asked for.

[sasazuka]

The last mainline Need for Speed game to get its servers shutdown was Need for Speed: ProStreet. That came out on November of 2007, its servers were axed on April of 2012. As of now, Undercover onwards still has their servers active.

I remember being surprised around 2 years ago when I was regretting never buying the Ferrari DLC for Need for Speed Shift (due to not having had my XBox 360 online in 2009-2010) only to find out that it was still available for purchase.