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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 23
Date: October 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a wretched piece of software. The game works fine, and the graphics and other bells and whistles function well. But the game is not just a racing game, and the "E" rating is very misleading. Unfortunately, the player is pursued by police, who come equipped with rocket-charged helicopters capable of firing on and destroying the vehicles they are chasing. The end result, far from being a simple race, is often a fireball.

I do not understand how a manufacture can peddle something like this with such a benign rating. This game is not benign, constructive or even fun. The sound track is grating, and the action is worse. It is unsuitable in any case for children under age 16, and in my humble opinion, it isn't really suitable for anyone.

Poor Handling. Not even a good arcade game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I suguest you skip this game. The cars have very poor handling. There is not much in the way of setup to make the cars handle better. Beside very poor graphics the police chase does not seem realistic. If you can call it a chase the police very often come onto the road in front of your car and seem to be a lot faster.

If you can find it the Jeff Gordon XS Racing is by far a better arcade game.

Somebody did a boo boo!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

For me it all started with Need For Speed 2 se. Followed up by high stakes, hot pursuit, and porche unleashed. When i found out a new nfs was coming out...i waited in anticipation for the release date. However, i spent [hard earned $] that i will never get back. The game is not too realistic as far as driving, and while the graphics are amazing, it lacks the nfs flare. By removing damage, and slowing traffic down, it just leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

Also, i have had nothing but problems with this game. I have a p4 1.8gig processor, running with a 7200rpm 80gig hard drive, 512 pc800 memory, and a 64mb GeForce 3. Yet for some reason, when i play more than one race, i get the windows xp blue screen of death...as it dumps my phsical memory. I tried contacting EA and there worthless support staff did even less than CompUSA, the store i purchased the game from.

So a word to the wise...save your money!

Need for Speed Porsche unleashed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: February 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought the Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed for my microsoft steering wheel but they are NOT compatible. I just bought several microsoft racing games to go with my new microsoft steering just to be safe.

Not as good as Burnout 2

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: October 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was disappointed, compare it to Burnout 2 before you make your choice.

It SSSUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKSSSSSSS!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: April 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

NFS 1 - The first. Not the best, but a glimpse of things to come.

NFS 2 - Much better graphics, and a great "wide open" track. Car physics very realistic.

NFS 2 SE - EA's attempt at making an extra buck by forcing you to buy another copy of the same game. Unfortunately, it worked on those of us who bought 3D cards AFTER the first NFS 2 came out.

NFS 3 HP - Graphics are even better. The car dashes were true to life as well as the car info, but EA lost the wide open track. The extra of being law enforcement didn't make up for much.

NFS 4 HS - Graphics about the same, a new money feature, but what horrible car physics. Another disappointment from EA.

NFS PU - EA finally listened to it's loyal customers and produced what I would say is the best of the bunch. The best car (Porsche rules), the graphics are top notch, the car physics are truly the elite of the series (next to Grand Prix Legends). The GT1 on the Autobahn is to die for.

Which leaves me with only one more...

NFS HP2 - I don't know what the game designers at EA were smoking when they thought up this monstrosity, but they obviously shared it with the upper echelons of EA because they actually released it. All the wonderful graphics in the world could not help this game due to the fact that the car physics are directly related to that of a slot car racing set. Mash the gas pedal and away you go. No skill is necessary to master this game. All the cars have the same behavior (I seriously doubt a REAL Lotus Elise could run toe-to-toe with the mother of all supercars - The McLaren F1). Besides that, most of the cars in the game are rehashes of ones from the previous games (with no more interior shots or info even). We already know what the McLaren F1 and the Ferrari F50 can do. How about some supercars from THIS century like the Saleen S7 or the upcoming Ford GT or the Lingenfelter twin turbo Corvette? If staring blankly into your computer screen and lazily pointing a car down a road at full throttle and bouncing off walls is your idea of racing, then this may be your ticket. But if you crave the realism of TRUE racing and don't have the cash, save your [$$]and buy a copy of NFS PU or Grand Prix Legends - you'll leave the arcade racers in the dust.

A Step Backward

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: January 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed was (and is) a great game. Hot Pursuit 2 is a step backward. The graphics aren't any better and what is worst is that the game does NOT support many game steering wheels.

I've tried the game on a very new Windows XP system and on an old Windows 98SE system. In either case you CANNOT get the game to recognize a MICROSOFT STEERING WHEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I contacted EA (who made the game) and they tell me Microsoft steering wheels (whether USB or gameport) are "non-compliant". That means the game simply doesn't work with Microsoft products. I've done extensive searches for drivers, etc on the internet but the bottom line is that Microsoft and ALSO MANY OTHER steering wheels do not work with this game.

Pass on this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a waist of 10 bucks!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: January 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game, hoping it would be good.. Guess I waisted 10 bucks! I have an average comp with double the RAM required and a decent graphics card, and this game runs like crap. The graphics are way too choppy and it freezes my computer. I think it's a waste of 10 bucks unless you have an awesome computer made for constantly moving games like this.

Keyboard racer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: March 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I apologize for my earlier review. For some odd reason I was reading reviews on this game and someone said to run it with a keyboard. Well, I have a force-feedback steering wheel which worked very poorly on this game (VERY POORLY). However, when I started using the keyboard this game was as fun as the NFS games of old.

The physics model does stink in my opinion compared to Colin McRae Rally 4.0 or Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, however it is fun.

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I have every need for speed game ever made from the original Need for Speed to Porsche Unleashed. They were all great.

This game is HORRIBLE!!! Save your money.

I don't know who coded it, but to say that the physics model is bad is a GROSSSSSS understatement!!

The gameplay is beyond bad, it's a travesty!

I just tried it and it runs fine, it just .... horrible!!

I just installed it and played it 1 hour ago. 1 hour from now it will be uninstalled. Oh, it's so bad I feel bad even selling it.

I'm going to write that it's bad in my item description just to stop people from buying it. AHHH!! run!!

Is this a Joke?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When I downloaded the demo and played, I felt very disappointed. This is not at all an improvement of the NFS saga. It seems that they forgot that a good game should have something more than just good graphics.

The saddest thing is that they cut off the amazing physics of Porsche unleashed, hot pursuit 2 doesn't even simulate the basic behavior of a real car. I think that physics simulation is the most important thing that a game of this type should care most.

If you are just a kid, I think that there is a very good chance that you would like the game. But if you are a person who knows how a car should behave, you should buy Porsche Unleashed.

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