Electronic Arts has said that the demo for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit will arrive on Xbox Live tomorrow (Tuesday) and the following day on PSN.

In the Need for Speed Hot Pursuit demo, players will be able to chase as a cop in the Dark Horse Hot Pursuit event, speeding through the coastal highway and mountainous ridges of Seacrest County.

Interestingly EA is letting gamers use the Autolog feature within the demo - where your times and achievements are logged and compared against friends.

"Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is blowing the roof off social competition and bringing excitement back to the racing genre," says Matt Webster, Producer at Criterion Games. "We’re putting players and their friends at the heart of the gameplay experience by automatically tracking and comparing each person’s performances. This demo will give gamers a snapshot of Need for Speed Autolog and how we’re amping up the energy of intense pursuits, competitive racing and online connected play – nothing is more powerful than beating your friends."

Fingers crossed for a good demo here, we've been waiting for NFS to get good again for a very long time.