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This game TRULY sucks big time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: August 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Man, this $50 game from the Big Corporation called Electronic Arts totally stinks. It's got some of the worst car racing physics I've ever seen, and the controls are totally user-unfriendly. The cars handle like crazy, and the A.I. of the computer-controlled racers is totally uneven and takes away the last bit of fun from this game. Don't waste your $50 on a crappy game like this. I'm already very pissed I wasted $7 renting it from Blockbuster. Even though I could have kept it for two weeks, I returned it after less than one. This game truly sucks, big time.

If you want a good racer for the PSP, check out Ridge Racer, which, admittedly, is a different kind of racing experience but at least it's got good car physics models in it. Or just wait for the release of Gran Turismo or Burnout.

This game is an over all bad design.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: June 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I loved this this game for about the first 5 days but then a relized it was the same thing over and over.

First of all everyone says the graphics are here are so good, they are good for a regular handheld game system, if you want good PSP graphics check out Ridge Racer. I seen those graphics and thats what I thought I would get but it wasn't even close.

Secondly, the races are the same let me show you. there are 2 types of of racing sessions. I will first show Circuit Race, it has 4 levels novice, Pro, Master, Car spec. Inside that it has circuit, lap knockout and Rally Relay. Then inside that you have 4 stages. Inside each stage you have 3 races, which is the same race just slightly harder. You Have to go through all this 4 times.

(Race 1 2 3, Are all the same three races just slightly harder)
Novice-

Circuit
Stage1-Race 1 2 3 --- Stage2-Race 1 2 3 --- Stage3-Race 1 2 3 --- Stage4-Race 1 2 3

Lap knockout-
Stage1-Race 1 2 3 --- Stage2-Race 1 2 3 --- Stage3-Race 1 2 3 --- Stage4-Race 1 2 3


Rally relay_
Stage1-Race 1 2 3 --- stage2-Race 1 2 3 --- Stage3-Race 1 2 3 --- Stage4-Race 1 2 3

Types of races:
Circuit: is a regular standard race
Lap Knockout: Who is in last place after evrey lap looses
Rellay rally: Requires 2 cars do one lap in one car then you have to "park" your car at the lap mark and switch cars to the other for the second lap.

Quick play battle:
consists of street cross, Drift attack, nitrous run, Drag.
Still uses THE SAME PATTERN AS CIRCUIT RACE BUT THE STAGES GO UP TO 10, NOT 4 (adds even more monotonous to the game).
Street cross: Regular race but your on a race course
Drift Attack: You have to drift your car are designated turns are poles.
Nitrous run: you receice Nos at every checkpoint you go through and try to to get as many checkpoints as possible in the aloted time.
Drag: standard drag race.

The gameplay is average at best and constantly doing the same race over gets boring fast. Also the game tends to cheat when ever your in the lead. For instance while going over jumps your car will spontaneously turn to the side causing you to crash, or your car will flip for no reason in the air, when of land the car will just keep going straight causing you to crash, or your car will bottom out when you hit causing your car to flip, also I have had it when I land my car will just stop and start to flash. The game will put cars just over a hill where you can't see them and when you go over you run right into them.

With monotonous races, horrible "freak" accidents, and borderline graphics this is not the game you want. With a price tag of $50 I can't beleive I bought it. Sugestion go with Ridge Racer, MUCH better grphics, better gameplay, and only $40.

Weak

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: October 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Very disappointed in this game. Not even close to ridge racer as far as fun goes. Not close to Project Gotham as far as realistic control goes. Smashing in to walls and cars and then winning the race is just stupid.

need for speed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 24
Date: July 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i didnt even get the game. i ordered it and it didnt come to my mail so how am i suppose to rate this game??

NFS UNDERGROUND RIVALS... FAME OR SHAME?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: June 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

NEED FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND RIVALS ... FAME OR SHAME? LETS C THE PROS AND CONS

THE PROS:
GOOD GRAPHICS
NICE MUSIC

THE CONS: $50 BUCKS
YOU GET BORED OF IT AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS
REALLY THE SAME THING AS THE ORIGANAL NFS UNDERGROUND
WHEN U GO RELE FAST THE CAR GETS ALL SKIPY

SO AS U CAN C THIS GAME GETS A SHAME!!
THE CONS SHOW IT TO U !!!

DONT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS GAME GO GET ATV OFFROAD FURY BLAZIN TRAILS

Controls are god-aweful.TOO TWITCHY!!!!! Way too sensitive.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is really disappointing. Why? Because the controls are too darn twitchy, way too sensitive. Move the analog stick a little to the left or right (by a little I mean maybe 1/4th to the extreme left or right) and the game behaves almost as if you're ARE turning to the extreme left or right (lock to lock).

Want proof? Go to the major video gaming websites (gamespot and IGN) and watch the videos they have for Need for Speed Underground rivals. The vast majority of videos show cars crashing into walls left and right. And keep in mind these cars are most likely being controlled by video game writers. In other words, not even these veteran video game players (video game writers) could control these cars well.

My other complaints with this game:

-The 'drift' races just plain s*ck. With the game's twitchy controls, doing 'drift' races past the first 2 or 3 is very, very frustrating.

-The upgrade system is very unorganized. When a player upgrades a part, there's nothing telling the player how the upgrade will affect the cars performance. Its a crapshoot.

-This game just isn't as fun as other PSP racers (Namco's Ridge Racer in particular). This game just isn't fast enough. After winning a few races, the game gives you the option of doing a 'quick race' in a 'souped up, maxed out' car. In other words, you can do 1 race in a fully spec-ed out car for a quick race- its supposed to give you an idea of what the player can eventually reach. But these races are mundane compared to the later races in Ridge Racer. Compared to Ridge Racer, this game feels like driving in grandpa's car (and Ridge Racer controls A LOT better).

My recommendation, get Ridge Racer (a very, very good game) or wait for Midnight Club 3 Dub edition to come out at the end of June 2005. Ridge Racer is alot more fun than NFS:UR and Midnight Club 3 SHOULD BE better than NFS (I have faith in Rockstar).

So Need for Speed does NOT get my recommendation. You should pass on this one (I'm selling my copy to some s*cker on Ebay).

fity bucks for this?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 35
Date: June 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

fity bucks for a ps2 game? i have a ds whick came with a FREE mario 64 ds which is like the n64 one but twice as long with different caracters batter graphics and only costs 30$!!!! over all, psp has the bells and whistles, but upon closer inspection, they are all expensive and the games are sub-par to the ds or even the ps2 and gamecube. don't waste you money, pass by the psp and go for the ds and better games.

More Fun Than i Thought It Would Be

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

OK, so it is more fun than I thought it would be. The raceing is different than burnout in more ways than just slower. It is definately slower. However, these races have tons of turns, drifting and jumps. For me this is an advantage over Burnout. Burnout is more fun, but i do appreciate the variety in racing tracks by having lots of jumps. Probably the perfect game would be a Burnout game with jumps. Anyway. Bottom Line: Get this game if you are now in the market for a bargain bin psp game that is still a pretty good racer. I Like this way better than Ridge Racer.

Good...but is it need for speed?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Longtime racing game need for speed came up with a new title exclusively on psp last year.The game isnt that much of great but still its the first game i got for my psp and i liked it.I think it could have been way better i dont know what they were trying to prove with this game but it isnt the need for speed i once played.

But it also has its goods as the graphics are very nice and there is many cars.The enviroments arent great i dont like the desings for racetracks they just lost the edge they had.You can upgrade many parts of your car and choose many things.The cars are looking really good once you change them and you have paint,vinyls and more to customize your car.

I was a bit disapointed i tough this would be a great game but it turned out to be a commercial game and i dont really recomend it.If you want good games try the burnout game and the most wanted

good but not good enough

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is fun but the graphics are bad. They are the graphics you would expect from a ds (horible). its worth a rental but don't buy it. This is not nerly as good as everyone says. I think everyone who gave this a five must have rated it the first day befor the relize how quicly it gets old (It gets old very Quikly). I think they also did not consider the horible graphics when rating this. don't let the other revewers fool you.

as a final statment the graphics are the worst graphics I have seen on any psp game so far.

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