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NFSUR

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I just bought this game about and 3 hours ago with my PSP. This game is crazy. It is just as good as the PS2 versions, maybe better. This game features 20 liscened cars.The new muscle cars look great. Corvettes, Classic Mustangs to name a few.
The only confusing thing is when you first play the game. The controls are a bit different then the ps2. O is Nos instead of L1 but once you get used to the button change you feel right at home. Also the first time I played i was confused whether to use the analong stick or the directional buttons. Both work great but I find that the analog works best.
The game is great. I love it!

BY TEXX your number 1 gamer

Rock solid racer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: March 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is definitely the best 'conventional' racer released thus far for the PSP (personally, I prefer Wipeout Pure, but that's a different kind of racer). Let's break it down:

Graphics: pretty unreal. Smooth animations, no frame-dropping, very high-poly, great colors, the whole nine. Graphically very rich and finished.

Audio: practically the same as the original. Maybe not as many tracks, but all high-quality. In-game audio is also very well done with plenty of excellent sound effects.

Control: At first, it's a little awkward, but that's not the game's issue, it's the learning-curve for the analog stick on the PSP. Trying to use the d-pad with this game is like picking your nose with heavy gloves. After a little bit of play, though, you start to realize that the game designers really put a lot of thought into adapting the gameplay to this analog stick, and things go fairly smoothly from there. Button layout otherwise is well thought out.

Gameplay: Definitely a lot of fun, I wish it had the same 'open' gameplay that the big brother has, but it was very clearly designed for fast one-off type games and the portable console (an excellent decision on the part of the designers.) There's 20 cars (plenty for everyone), there's the usual customizations and an interesting system of vehicle customization that simplifies things immensely and is actually pretty cool, and there's a healthy number of tracks.

The graphics definitely compare to Ridge Racer, but I think the gameplay is overall better. Different kinds of game, even though they're very similar. Thing is, how many racers can you really buy?

OVER-RATED...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It is what every other RR game has been. Nothing more, and perhaps less.

This game = da' bomb!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: March 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I picked up a PSP and this game recently. It's very similiar to the PS2 version with racing circuits, drag racing, buying new cars, etc. It's great to play on a PSP with the earbuds nobody gets annoyed with cranking up the volume...I do get annoyed glances from the occassional maniacal outbursts though! The music is awesome...great hip-hop and metal tunes that help get the blood flowing, particularly when it's loud and your goin' 120 through a city (another plus with the buds). Be ready for some unbelievable action with speeds of up to 130 mph through city streets/tunnels, weaving in and out of traffic...also there's lots of different cars to slip into(foreign and domestic, tricked-up, muscle cars, etc.) Secondly, hang on for your life because this game isn't just about skill...it's about how close to the edge you dare to go (I've plummeted over that edge many a time and it's breathtakingly fun!) Good luck!

I hate racing games.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I do, every racing game I haved played just doenst hold my interest. Yet when my PSP came with NFS:UR I had no idea it would become my favoret PSP game. The Graphics are amazing! Soundtrack is very good. The cars can be modified in an almost unlimited way from the paint job, to the turbo setup. I cant put this one down and I think it should be one of the games you get with your PSP. I feel this game takes advantage of what the PSP can do as a gamming machine.

this rules

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i love this game, you can designg your cars, you can play many different choices in games. if u liked it on playstation then you'll like it on the psp

Pretty good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: March 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty good it has really good graphics and u can never get tired of it even when u get stuck on a level. during the 5-6th lvl of everything the cars start 2 be sik, way better than ur can, but im ot sure becuase i dunno how to do the drif racing. I'd give it a 4.5.

Great Foundation For The NFS line for the PSP

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First, I'm a huge fan of the NFS line. This game was the second game i bought for the Sony PSP and was a bit sceptical about it after buying Ape Escape. But this game changed my mind. The Upgrade system is probably the best system ever, having rollover system upgrades, and the visual upgrade system you really dont have to buy. The fact that in the end you can have every car and every upgrade is a definate plus. The only things I don't like about it are the few tracks you have to run on, the annoying drift mode, and the music from NFSU2. Overall this game is a good one and is (in my honest opinion) better than Ridge Racer.

PS. The Wi-Fi ability is VERY entertaining between friends.

Awesome starter game for the PSP

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 39 / 47
Date: April 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game. It's like Need for Speed: Underground, with some features from Need for Speed: Underground 2. This graphics are AWESOME!!!! They are just like PS2 graphics and I was amazed when I saw this game.

You choose a car and you can tune it out with visual and preformence upgrades. You can own up to 20 cars and four bonus cars so there's a lot of cars to choose from.

There are also many new game modes. All the modes include: Drag, Drift, Street X (off road racing), Circuit, Lap Knockout, Rally Race (race with two different cars), and a mode where you race a random tricked out car.

The last thing to say about this gam,e is the soundtrack, it's AWESOME!!! They are songs from Need for Speed: Underground 1 and 2 plus new songs. Some of the artists include: Spiderbait, Skindred, My Chemical Romance, Xzibit, Snoop Dogg and The Doors, Chingy, and a lot more. There are also some music videos to watch.

This game is a very fun game and a very easy game to learn how to play so I recommend it for new PSP players and racing fans. This game is a lot of fun but some people might want to rent it before they buy it (gamefly.com *Please Refer Me).

Does Rivals live up to the Underground series? The answer is

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

yes.
Rivals is a great racing game in itself, but the fact that it is in the palm of your hands is really amazing. The game plays a lot like the first Underground, no free roaming, which is good, because you can get right into the action. In Rivals, you'll find some new features that are welcomed to the series... Like some more domestic cars, and wireless multiplayer. The upgrade system is pretty cool too. You earn "Upgrade Points" which can be used to buy parts or cars. You also earn "Driver Points", which are applied to your rank. I had a great time unlocking all the bonus upgrades in each of the games upgradeable categories. It just had me playing non-stop just to get the next upgrade so I could beat my friend. The multiplayer in this game is awesome. Every time you beat someone, you get a little "Stamp" saying that you either owned your opponent or your opponent owned you. I've played this game for about 40 hours now, and seems like I will play it for another 40. If you are a hardcore fan of the series, this is a must-have. If you kinda-sorta liked Underground, this handheld version will probably do it for you.

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