Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit was released in 2010 as a cops-versus-racers game in which both sides could use equipment such as EMPs to slow or disable an opponent. This clip is labelled as coming from a September 2010 Xbox 360 beta build associated with GamesCom, and it preserves the brief lock-on cue heard when that weapon targets another vehicle. Because the sound is so short and distinctive, it has survived on soundboards long after the game itself, where racing fans reuse it to recreate the tension of a pursuit without needing any gameplay footage.