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There is online, but it's a ghost town nowadays. SP mode is longer than MW 2012 (at least if you're not going for all mods on all cars) and less repetitive, so it's a win in my book. There's free roam as well, but it's more of an afterthought because of the game design of initiating races from a menu. The game world is also bigger than MW, but less "interactive" (no jumps, less traffic, less shortcuts). No car customization except paint. Police is more aggressive than MW which is good. Overall, both of them represent different types of NFS games. Whereas MW is Burnout Paradise with real cars, HP is a throwback to the old PS1 era exotic NFS. IMO you can't go wrong with getting HP 2010 (I imagine it's dirt cheap by now as well).
Rivals is quite similar to HP as well, but it suffers badly from lack of polish and glitches, so I'd stay away from it.
Undercover is total crap, so I'd stay away from that as well.
I never played The Run, but from reviews and gameplay vids I get the impression that it's crap as well. Just watch the NFS Movie and you get the same thing.
I played Shift 1, but the physics was so bad I did not even consider Shift 2. Better wait for PCARS (same developer, but without EA's terrible influence).
The run is actually fun, though i hate it that they just mirrored and reversed a few tracks and call them different tracks on different cities. But i like the simple and arcade stuff about it. Engine sounds are awesome (M3 GTS
I'd say give it a try, the handling is a bit awkward but still fun to just speed around the desert highways.