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This game ruuuuuuuules

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

NFSU is the best. The graphics are the best i have seen and the customization is awesome. Even though the cars are not exotic they are still awesome. If u don't buy this game get ready to be laughed at.

Sweet game! Buy it now!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Geez, this game kicks butt! I got it in early Feb. and am already addicted to it. {SOOOOOOO CCCCCRRRRRRRRAAAAAAZZZZZZYYY!!!!!!!} I am on race #85 and I got the Nissan Skyline on race #74. [people, you don't get it on race 90! It's because you nimrods don't know how to drive, baby!] Mine is lime green with a five-star reputation. But back to the game. EA games, this game is a work of art. The grahics are awsome because it is like and urban rainforest out there in the night, and when you use your NOS [nitrous oxide], the screen turns all blurry and you get and incredible sense of speed. [use it in the place with all the chinese stuff and it's really cool] The cars look great against the inner city, reflecting all of the lights. That brings me to the cars. Peugot, Mitsubishi, Honda, Volkswagen, Toyota, everything. There are just enough customizations to pop your brain. Viynl, neon, rims, body kits, decals...... I won't put you through the torture of listing them all. There is also a booming soundtrak, including Overseer, Crystal Method, Asian Dub Foundation, Junkie XL, and Rob Zombie. The only problem with the game is that it gets pretty hard around races 75 to 80. However, I have solved that problem. If you are stuck on a sprint or circuit race, this is what you do:

Put all of your speed performance upgrades on stock, exept your NOS. This includes engine, drivetrain, turbo, ecu packages, etc. BUT, leave all of the handling upgrades maxed out, like suspension, tires, etc. Don't worry the AI cars's stats will go down with yours, and suprisingly, it is alot easier. I got stuck on race #84 [yes, even with the Skyline] and it WORKS! Please use this stratgy!

Overall, this game rocks!

Michael

Awesome game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you like the Fast and the Furious. This game is for you it has cool cars tons of different decals and vinals for you to make the car as you want it to be.

awesome

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: March 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Best racing game of all time.Challenging but fun.Sick cars.You will not want to stop playing this game.

SWEEET GAME!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: October 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAMES AWESOME. THE GRAPHICS AND LIGHTING ARE TRICKED OUT WITH 20 CARS TO CHOOSE FROM LIKE THE NEON, SKYLINE, RX-7,FOCUS, S2000, CELICA, SUPRA, TIBURON, CIVIC, MIATA, 350Z,Golf, IMPREZA, PEUGOT,AND ECLIPSE. OWN THE GAME AND THIS GAME IS A MUST FOR SERIOUS RACERS. HUNDREDS OF PARTS TO MODIFY YOUR CAR (BODY KITS, DECALS, NOS, SPOILERS, ENGINE PARTS, SUSPENSION, TIRES, RIMS, MUFFLER TIPS, NEON, HOODS, LIGHTS, BRAKES, WEIGHT REMOVALS,)LIKE OTHER NFS GAMES THIS INCLUDES A FREE RUN MODE TO JUST DRIVE AROUND FOR FUN. YOU DRAG DRIFT AND RACE WITH POINTS FOR STYLE AND SPEED ON A CLOSED CIRCUT NOT LIKE MIDNIGHT CLUB 2 WITH FREE ROAM COURSES SO YOU DONT HAVE TO LOOK FOR A LOT OF SHORTCUTS. 111 DIFFERENT "MISSIONS" WITH ALSO AN ACTUAL STORY TO THE GAME. THIS GAME HAS THE BEST LIGHTING FROM ALL THE GAMES ESPECIALLY IN CHINA TOWN. CHECK OUT THE NFSU SITE & IGN FOR MORE INFO, PICS, MOVIES, VOTES, AND DOWNLOADS.

Fun game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: November 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When i first saw the commercial i was at first scared off by the japanese riceburner cars that it shows. (personnaly i prefer muscle cars) But then i decided to get over it cuz it was probably fun anyway. so i went out and bought it and it is the BEST RACING GAME EVER!!!!! the graphics are stunning!(accept on PS2 as per usual)and the game was just put together well. If i could give it more than a five i would

good but flawed game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: August 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Here's a guide on getting through this LONG game, at the beginnig all the cars are good choices except for the Golf and the 206, the best car to get is the Miata or the Neon (their stats are pretty much equal), you can probobly play these cars until about level 60 then get the RX-7 when it comes avavailible (I think you win it in a drift race). Here are some pros and cons about the RX-7, Pros: very high top speed, good handling (better than Skyline). Cons: bad acceleration (even if you get T.J.'s acceleration mods it still doesn't work), you'll find yorself in last place at the beginning of a race then rocket ahead of every body about 20 seconds in the race, you crash you lose, this could actually be the drivers fault but if you crash at least one racer will fly by you and you won't be able to cetch up.
What I like about the game is the realisim of it, you actually feel like you're going 180 (at the end of some 6 lap races my hands are sweating), the cars handle realisticly.
Now the bad news, the game is 112 levels long and you have unlock all the cool parts when you could just go to Auto Zone and get it. Toward the end of the game the opponents cheat. If you play the game on hard and you're flying at 180 in your pimpin' RX-7, the assh*le behind you comes flying by and keeps going and you lose. The opponets go at the same speed through circut and sprint races, and their cars handle like they're on rails. If you crash and a guy passes you, you seem to go slower and he wins. Not enough cars, for the legenth of what the game is you only get 15 odd cars. The long list of cars that are missing, the classic muscle cars of the 60s and 70s, the Datsun/Nissan Z-car, the old RX-7, the one that's on the game is the final 1991?-1995 model I'm talkin' the 1985-1991? model. The old Golf GTI from the 80s. Mitsu 3000GT, Dodge Stealth, Chevy Chevette 3-door amd the early Toyota MR2. That's my view of the game. Have fun playin'

DAMN DUDE GNARLY GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: April 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this is THE GAME of cars not that kiddy stuff like hot wheels and mario kart, dude the graphics are realistic the cars are cool (well they cold have a mustang included) but if u want 2 buy a game of cars and racing performance this is the best u can buy.

Fun and Entertaining

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game, Need for Speed Underground, always keeps you entertained! It includes drag races, drift races, circut races, and sprint races. It is very challenging so if you don't like challenges, you won't really like this game. It does include music in it and if you don't like rap, hip hop, or rock music, you might not like this game because it has music playing all the time. I would highly recommend this for everyone. Also it does has some mild language in it so you might not want children 9 & under playing this game. Other than that, it's great!

great driving physics, no damage physics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I rented and drove this for a week (and now am shopping for it). Love the graphics in the game, though they do seem repetetive - I'd like to race in the rain or snow sometime! doesn't it get foggy some early mornings? The city is wet, so where's the fog when you go down into the industrial side of town? Those sort of variations (visibility and traction) would have been easy to add to the programming, but they did not.

Also, why they didn't open the city up to free cruising is a mystery: the different courses are all in one city so all the streets have been modelled - some courses share the same streets - maybe it takes too much memory to open it all up at once?

There is traffic to mess up your perfect driving, but that adds a lot of fun and keeps you on your toes. But you can't have enough (too much processing I guess). Even set to maximum traffic, the city is pretty sleepy. You never race in the kind of traffic they show in the trailer, which is a letdown. (I've driven in Manhatten and enjoyed "getting through" traffic.)

The physics seem good to me. I've got a fair amount of driving experience , including some kart racing, and I love driving/drifting in snow. The cars do feel pretty real, the speed at which you drive affects the handling properly (as you go faster the cars get more mushy as they should). You can affect drift of the car by "tapping" the parking brake. This allows you to get the tail of the car around if you get into some bad understeer (useful for front wheel drive cars).

When you pick a different car, the feel of it is definitely different as the stats would indicate (too bad power is not given numerically). You can pick a car to suit your driving style and skill level. As is true on a real track, building up to top speed requires diligent, error-free, precision driving and adjusting to the behaviour of the car which will vary with speed. When you lose it in a corner, the cars are difficult to save... to repeat: very real and quite addictive fun.

When you race and miss a shift or turn-in point at a corner, you will pay for it with speed, as you should. At top speed you have to hit it on the nail. If you turn in late by a hundreth of a second, you blow the corner. Very realistic. In worst case you crash and then your penalty is spending another 3/4 lap of perfect driving trying to get your speed back up to what it was. Just like in real racing you have to get into the "zone" of perfect concentration and co-ordination. Some night I couldn't play this game because I was distracted by something.

Unfortunately there is NO damage modelling. you can drive and crash all you want. except for the hit to your speed, you suffer no penalty, so the incentive to drive cautiously (at 135MPH, ha!) is minimal. (Plus the crashes would be an awesome graphics opportunity!) This is also seen in the AI opponents who drive against you like they're on crack or worse (maybe that's part of the realism too). Then again, you don't feel bad when you nudge someone trying to pass you into oncoming traffic to put them out of their misery (temporarily, at least)! And the two player mode is BOSS!

Despite the few flaws, on the whole the racing is lots and lots of fun and I look forward to owning this game. If anyone knows a game with such realistic driving, AND proper damage modelling and good AI opponents, I'd sure love to know about it.

boris

ps

I noticed that when I get going really fast the left and right 15% or so of the screen becomes blurred or out of focus. It's obviously part of the graphics programming. What is that? Tunnel vision? Something to give the video processor a break? Weird.

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