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Need for Speed Underground |
| A gamer from jacksonville FL. U.S.A. says (13/Sep/2004): |
I street race and it is kinda good put they f*** it all up becase it is stuped there are no cop chases and beleve me you get chased by cops all the time i got my 95 nissan silva imponded for a year and it sucks bad becase i have no way to get to school and my perents had to get me out of jail and they where not happy campers back to the point it is bad they had coped off other games like burnout 2 and mnc2 and put them all to gether and got nfsu. For another thing you could not drive around and meet other people and that sucked as well all you could drive on is a stuped track and no where els
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awsome best racing game ever |
| will from nj usa says (14/Aug/2004): |
it the best racing game i've played and has the coolest graphics and awesome cars. the coolest part is customizing the cars. the only flaw is that all the surroundings like the same but who realy cares as long as the street sape is diferent. and the soundtrack is cool . if you want great cheats go to ign.com. the is like real life you win races you get money and with you get cool stuff for your car. if you want to get a lot of style points keep doing the drifting tracks.if tou like racing games buy it asap.
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Excellent Game Recommended for all Car Lunatics.Not for True Aussies |
| Bucky from Lithgow, NSW, Australia says (19/Jul/2004): |
The other day my brother brought Need for Speed Underground. It wasn`t for another week that i got to play it and now I can see why. I started with a Honda Civic. I havent gotten far because bro rarely lets me play. So anyway im up to 39th race. I am going to keep the Honda Civic for a while. Don`t cheat people whatever you do because it will all pay off at the end if you don`t. And cheating is for Pussy`s who can`t play. My car is a Black Gloss Honda civic, Its visual is a Snyper front Bumper and Back Bumper and the side is an Ace. Engine, Drivetrain, Tyres, ECU systems, Brake and Turbo systems are Pro perfomance. Nitrous, Suspension and Weight loss systems are Street Performance.TIP: Don`t use the Pro performance Drivetrain Untill you unlock Pro ECU as your Drivetrains depend on this. My Civic also has Lime Neon, Tri slot Hood, Flyte Spoiler, AEM manifacturer Vynel with Tear 17 And My decals are Kenwood on both windsheilds and three on the first three slots for both side doors are Kenwood, StreetGlow and Racinghart.
When you drift everyone i have seen doesnt use E-brake. You should use it instead of Handbrake. Tap it for 2 secs to slide with a great drift.(don`t use E-brake in drags as it causes you to spin out badly unless your going around a corner that is more than 110 degrees).
But for all you aussies like me This is probably not the game for you Try V8 super cars instead of this game with a whole heap of Poxxy Japanese cars that go like CRAP. Well thats it for me
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It's the best game I have and it's so cool! |
| Damo from Australia says (12/Jul/2004): |
Sometimes I feel like playing a game with speed, I play this whenever I can, I saw the fast and the furious and 2 fast 2 furious and after that I just started to love cars. The first time I tried it was when my brother had a friend sleep over, I saw him play it and I was waiting for ages to get a shot. I've finished the game 3 or 4 times and I'm up to the 104th race and for some reason I keep losing, I use the Nissan skyline, I have all performance upgrades including NOS, but for some reason if either the 350z or the s2000 get in front of me, i've lost. I don't see how anyone can't like it! The first time I played it, I was already attracted to it, the graphics are sick, the muzic's cool and the cars can look so good if you want them to. I'm surprised it wasn't $100 or over, I got it for just $96.85. Some of the races really piss me off like the one i'm stuck on now. The other bad thing is, I have to do drag races with a PS1 controller because R2 on my PS2 controller is stuck, so I can't shift unless I use a controller that I can use R2 on.
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9 Greats , 1 Dunno |
| Matt from Quebec , Canada says (26/Jun/2004): |
Well, personally I think this game is great on so many levels. It has car customization and racing unlike most other series. The options are unlimited you can do so much if you know how. For people who dont like racing games dont say this game sucks because it dosent. Its just ur opinion but im saying its wrong. Just like someone else said , the graphics at some times get a little unrealistic which gets me wondering why bother playing a fake game. Like sometimes i crash into the wall after using NOS and like half my car is not there. Beat the game w/ civic and celica.
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Great |
| Mike from Mathews, Virgina, U.S. says (20/Jun/2004): |
I love the game. If you love the need for speed series your going to love this. Although right when you pick up the pace you wreck and have to start the race all over again its still in awesome game. The reason i give this game a 9 is because some of the graphics can get a little iffy but its really close to a 10. Anyone who gives the game a 5 or below must not like games very much.The people who say this game sucks well u got a whole lot to learn.It has awesome options you can do to the cars. But making the car nice and suped up takes a whole lot longer than actually racing. I got mad at the PS2 magazine for giving this game a low rating. That shows that those guys dont know what there talking about.But most video games magazines have a bunch of people writing who doesnt know much about games anyway. Well back to the subject. Its a great game. It will keep you playing for hours and has awesome things you can do. Even though i gave it a 9 i highly recomend it. Hey and its a great game the whole family can enjoy. If you want to contact me email me at PGAfan790< remove me > at aol.com
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need for speed underground is a cool game to me(a girl) |
| rashael from dayton, tx and not daytona beach says (10/Jun/2004): |
i just turn my radio on and turn the tv down and sit in front of my bed and get pissed when i loose or wreck. when somebody comes in my room i tell them to get the f*** out and leave me alone. then i just try to concentrate and now i have unlocked a bunch of stuff. Guys think it's wierd cuz im a girl and when im bored i play that game for hours but oh well they can deal w/ it. Everbody thinks its a stupid game but its really not. The only games i play is racing games.
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this game is F***ing awsome. |
| rashael from dayton, tx and not daytona beach says (10/Jun/2004): |
i just turn my radio on and turn the tv down and sit in front of my bed and get pissed when i loose or wreck. when somebody comes in my room i tell them to get the f*** out and leave me alone. then i just try to concentrate and now i have unlocked a bunch of stuff. Guys think it's wierd cuz im a girl and when im bored i play that game for hours but oh well they can deal w/ it. Everbody thinks its a stupid game but its really not. The only games i play is racing games. When i win i say "Git R done son", well i only say it when i have a bf i say but i dont nemore. lol when the traffic is on its easy and not hard to me at all. I beat the game w/ the eclipse and the honda civic.
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Behind the glory of street racing |
| Richie-kun from Van Nuys, CA, USA says (25/May/2004): |
When it comes to what sucks and what's cool in street racing,car enthusiasts all over will collide to a big argument. But, as once a street racer said in the underground video clips in TXR zero, "everyone thinks they're the best". Some people out there say that NFS Underground is the best and some may not agree. In my opinion, it is great in its own way, which is how it represents the culture of Western street racing. Let's face it, all the cars featured in the game are among the favorites of American street racers; all that craze about nitrous and who's the badass in the street attitude thrown into the game came from what the producers thought was street racing was all about, and it came from movies and dozens of meetings with street racers here in America.
Now let's take another popular street racing game: The Tokyo Extreme Racer series. This game is the perfect representation of the culture of street racing in Japan. In TXR Zero, the gamer experiences a different form of tuning based on lightening the car and raising the horsepower without the use of nitrous (because most Japanese racers prefer racing without the nitrous, although this opinion may have recently changed). The gamer is also taken into highway battles, where impromptu races are initiated, and the winner takes the dinero. It introduced street racing teams.
Two games focused on street race tuning, but the concepts behind these games that made them so popular are completely different. My whole point in this comparison is that racing games are unique from one to another and to say one sucks from the other is an unacceptable opinion, because behind racing games is the influence of culture. There are people out there who are in for the muscles, there are the European car enthusiasts, then the JDM-crazed fans.
NFS has been long known to represent European exotics and American sports-cars, and their move for representing Japanese sportscars is a remarkable addition for car lovers that also play racing games out there.
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Just bloody brilliant |
| robert from Redditch,England says (22/May/2004): |
Need for speed:Underground has been one of the most anticipated games that has came out on to the ps2 and it has lived up to its expectations beyond anyone's standard. The graphics are most impressive and the gameplay is superb. Basically, it starts with you as a new racer and working your way towards the top to face the street champ. There also is a wide range of music that varies from R n B and Heavy Metal, featuring the likes of Lost Prophets, Rob Zombie, Lil Jon and plenty more. The cars are the main genuality with some of the best cars ever made from the Mazda RX7 and the traditional favourite Nissan Skyline and also the wide range of rims, paints, vinyls and loads of others lets you modify your car and build up its reputation as a mean machine. The gamebase of the game now include brand new race types, drag and drift. The amount of hours you could play this is ranging over weeks upon weeks because it is so enjoyable. Lastly the value is a suberb aspect at a range of £20 to £30.
Graphics: 10 out of 10
Gameplay: 10 out of 10
Lifespan: 9 out of 10
Total rating:10 out of 10
Review by Robert Cox
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NFS undergraound is one of the best games out there!!! |
| Jereth from wyoming, USA says (21/May/2004): |
NFS Underground is truly one of the best games out on the market right now. You have probably read some of the other reviews by now and some of them put this game down. But A game is made according to what people are looking for in a game. You can't just go in and play a game with high expectations right off the bat. Comeing from a true gamer here This game is great if you are looking for that street raceing experience. I owne alot of so called raceing games such as Midnight club 2 and Gran Turismo 3 but they do not add up to the quality of this game in the street style experience. it just all depends on what you are looking for. If you want motorcycles then this game is not for you play midnight club 2. and if you are looking for a wider variety of vehicles then play gran turismo. But if you are some one who knows anything about the actual street racing scene then this is the game for you. There are no motorcycles in street racing they are more for show then actual racing against one of these cars. And as for those of you who like muscle cars they are cool i will give you that but they are not made for high speeds, they are made for power. but for those of you who like high speeds and wanting to deck out the ultimate street mobile then this would be your game. I will admit that they could have done more with the enviornments. that is something that they should have so called "stole" from some other games. They could have used a bigger enviornment like the midnight club games. there in lies the one problem with this game. there is a cruise mode on this game but you can only cruise the tracks not the city like you can in midnight club and midnight club 2. But that is the only thing that has stopped this game from being the best STREET racing game out there. but like i said it all depends on what you want.
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Next Best Thing Next To GT3 |
| Nick Filipas from Beaverton, Oregon says (15/May/2004): |
NFSU has really improved with the last few other NFS. Instead of racing around forests, and beaches, and downtown LA, NFSU has taken it's "Night Club" spin off, and I thank EA for trying something new. NFSU once your in the main menu, you can tell it's hard core. The music fits the game well, and the story mode. It's a almost clone of "2 Fast 2 Furious" with some new stuff of it's own. Like most NFS, NFSU has (has always) a customization. Your able to unlock neon lights, body kits, vinyal kits, and change your car into a mix of club color. For the spot for the racing, you race in a late night downtown, that looked like it has poured rain on it. I thought it was neat because it reflects the light from your car, and makes you go faster. New on NFSU, you can Drift, Drag, and go Online as well. But the thing you won't like on NFSU, is working the cheats. What I mean is, when you press a button for a cheat, all of the cheats want you to press the Up button. Guess what? It doesn't work. Well, it's more fun to play the game itself, and not race though it using cheats.
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This game is F###in awsome!!!! |
| Christian Magnus from Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada says (10/May/2004): |
This game is the best game i have ever played. I really like this game. When i got the game i pulled a all nighter and wrapped the game. I have wrapped it many times on hard and it is probably easier than having it on easy cus theres no cars and the computes have nothin to hit so they never crash and u cant mess up. I enjoy wrapping it over and over. I have nfs hot pursuit 2 and i think the graphics are way better on underground. I like the cars they have put on this game and that it has nos. this game is SOOOO awesome! See ya lata.
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wow |
| shawn from stlouis mo says (21/Apr/2004): |
i think this game is game is great racing great effects too, but 1 thing it is lacking is some muscle cars. im talking a hemi cuda or challenger, the 69 or 70 mustangs, the old corvettes some variety not just the pocket rockets. I think this game is supposed to be fast and the furious just look at the bridge scene in the movie compared to on the game. Other than those things i think they did a great job with the graphics but like i said it'd get a 10/10 if there was some muscle cars.
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F**K endurance |
| B Rabbit from manchester England says (10/Apr/2004): |
I think that NFSU is the s*** but the easy mode is sooooo hard.I am currently on 91/111/2 and it is a 6 laper against that c*** Kurt who seems to have unlimited nitrous.Does anybody have any better cheat codes than just all of the tracks?All of the people that think the game is s*** obviously av no patience and no skill. The cars are great although the range is quite sparce and its a bout time that a racing game offers a challenge and something that can keep you hooked for days.All the pussies that are writing it off should get their heads checked.peace out.
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Tight |
| A gamer from Wisconsin, USA says (10/Apr/2004): |
NFSU is an awesome game. The graphics are tight as hell and the cars are sweet. I do agree that the traffic popping out is frustrating.I have beetin the game and now i'm workin on it again. I would like to be able to custimise ur ride more like not just buyin packages but actually workin under the hood more.I don't get how u could break ur controller over the game cause it's not that hard it just takes a while.It is the BEST!!! racing game i have played ever.The game pulls u in and makes u feel like ur actually racing. Drift-Eclipse Ever other race- Skyline or RX7. Fur real if u don't got this game get ur ass up and buy it.
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The Best Racing/Draggin GAME! |
| Iván del Rosario from Santo Domingo, DO says (8/Apr/2004): |
I would like to say that NFSU rocks. In graphics, music,(despite i dont like too much rap), performance. Playing Online is very fast, even though u're on Dial up. I finished the game in hard mode, it's no that hard as it may seems. (I haven't driven a car on real life).
Tips for those that said the game is frustrating:
When u start Underdroung mode, choose Miata car, play all the track with that car till' u get Skyline or RX-7. In drag races choose either, RX-7 or Skyline (i makes better times with RX-7 21 sec.). In Circuit or Sprint Choose Skyline or some car with good Acceleration and Handling (if u are bad driftet). Also, learn and practice how to Use your NOS!! at the Drags, say you have to make perfect shifts at 1st and 2nd, then tap NOS 2 times at 3rd, on 4th shift Purge NOS all the way and make perfect to get 5th, then press NOS for a sec to get perfect to 6th shift, and keep quick-pressing NOS in 6th to get at 216-218 mph. use a the rest of NOS for the final, this way, U dont blow your engine.
In Drift races use the ECLIPSE CAR!!, believe me.. you will love this car for great drifts.
In addition, learn and practice how to take curves on circuit and sprint race.. in some case u can use your e-brake to get a well drift and dont lose too much speed.
Lancer has good acceleration with all level's 3 installed (12 bars). but you will have to do devise yourself how to take curves, because of his poor handling.
The last stuff u will want to get (i'm sure u will) is to get lowest times in drag races for beating dudes when playing Online mode. My best is 21 secs for now. i've just played the game for a week. But, on Internet there are guys that get 19 sec. as well as 17.5 sec... that's an amazing time!, and it has to feel pretty exciting. ;).
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the Traffic in the game stinks.no matter how good you are,the traffic will screw your ass. |
| Garry from USA says (1/Apr/2004): |
This game is not awsome.The game is okey but just because of the traffic,this game is so annoying to play.they just pop out of no wayand.also very poor upgrades (kid's stuff).i'mm sure Gran Turismo 3 is much better.warning:this game is not recommend for anyone who has a bad temper.i wonder why games are becoming so annoying than being interesting.This game is not awsome.The game is okey but just because of the traffic,this game is so annoying to play.they just pop out of no wayand.also very poor upgrades (kid's stuff).i'mm sure Gran Turismo 3 is much better.warning:this game is not recommend for anyone who has a bad temper.i wonder why games are becoming so annoying than being interesting.
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why so somewhat complicated |
| A gamer from somewhere in codoville lol says (30/Mar/2004): |
I understand and am in loce with the game in a good way not a marriage way but i like graphics and effects and all but after race number 90 its just to hard for me so i gave up and just tuned my cars up and test drove them but honestly it needs to be a bit easier!ive even tried taking all extras off so the race would be easier but it was horible i came in 3rd cause of a last 2nd wreck i was in the lead with 1 turn to go and i ****ed it up on a **** wall so i give gameplay and over all score of 6/10 but therefore as for the cars there a hole nother story they just need more exotic cars im 1 of those people who get bored after a while and need mroe cars more upgrades i enjoy the skylines and rx7's and stuff like that but they need atleast 1 5 more cars and they all be either classical hotrods or exotic cars andmaybe 1 of them a futuristic high speedster so i give cars an overall score of 9/10 Then you gt road cars the most lethal weapon of the opponet or how ever you spell it any ways opponents like to somtimes dodge aroudn them quikly almost liek 1 of your strategies on toehr games ruunning fromthe cops but when they do so you are going to fast to either brake or move out of the way in my opinion the traffic is both ****ed up and *** because 1 its all tentid windows and 2 the road cars recieve no damage for ur fatalitie costing you the race cause the **** ice cream trucks or wat ever they are wont move cause if ur not expremly stealthy upgrades or non your opponents after race 90 tend to be a pain in the < remove me > at ** so i give opponents an overall of 1/10 but before race 90 10/10 and traffic at any level gets a 0/10 i appreciate it but they need damage for your sacrafice of the race to rear end them and kill those Sonava *****'s if you know wat i mean. as for the rest i give ranking 5-10/10 to but wheres toe cops if tis gunna be based on a FnF movie you need cops!by that i mean the cars! so i give this games total rating a 35/60 which is a D- on my terms cause its only 5 over half and sinc eim in highschool any thing half and below ='s an F!
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not bad... |
| Zero McDol from wilmington, DE USA says (24/Mar/2004): |
need for speed underground. I have one problem with game...cars. Don't get me wrong, the cars are sweet but more are needed (1995 honda civic hatchback; some muscle cars; acura nsx; MITSUBISHI 3000gt; too many more to name). This game is a challenge, but the computer isn't good enough. I've beatin' every race on hard, and the only thing that saves the computer is traffic. I'm currently looking for a way to unlock all unique upgrades. Here's some info on the best cars for the different race types: drift: Eclispe w/ stock tires; drag, circuit, and knockout: skyline...I use the RX7 myself. I recommend this game for anybody who like real racin'.
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