Need For Speed Underground: is a fast paced street
racing game. Speed around Olympic City with a variety of different tuner cars.
This game features three new play modes - Drag, Drift and Sprint. It also has a
bit of a back story for gamers who want more than just a frenzied race around a
virtual landscape.
If the car designs look familiar,
that might just be because Need For Speed Underground features aspects of the
import tuner culture made popular in movies and subsequent games like The Fast
& the Furious. There's also a huge variety of tuning options in Need For
Speed Underground, sure to satisfy any true race car fan. Some of these include
widebody kits, spoilers, rims, window tints and decals. You can also upgrade
your car's performance when it comes to the engine to make street racing
through Olympic City even more nail-biting.
The only real criticism fans of
this game might have is that there are no cops features in Need For Speed
Underground. Slower computers might also have difficulties running the game
without a few hiccups in gameplay.
It's hard to talk about an import
car racing game without mentioning the movie The Fast and the Furious. The
movie put as much of a spotlight on tricked-out cars as it did on its cast, and
the resulting effect caused a huge surge of interest in the import racing
scene. In the wake of the film, a number of other properties have risen up to
try to claim a piece of the lucrative scene as its own. Need for Speed
Underground is EA's attempt to get involved, and it's mostly a success.
A driving game is only as good as
its handling and physics model. In this respect, Need for Speed Underground
does a pretty great job, though it's by no means a realistic simulation--nor is
it trying to be. It's definitely been designed with accessibility in mind
rather than focusing on realistic simulation aspects. In fact, the game probably
controls best with an analog, console-style gamepad. As a result, the game is
quite easy to pick up and play, though some portions require a little more
finesse than others. Driving with finesse earns you style points in a system
similar to the one found in the Project Gotham Racing series for the Xbox,
though this one is much more lenient and awards points for the simple acts of
powersliding, drafting, and catching air. Style points accumulate regardless of
the mode you're playing in, and you can unlock rewards each time the style
points meter is filled.
Need for Speed Underground contains
a decent-sized car roster. Right off the bat you'll find a Honda Civic, which
is one of the more popular rides in the scene. But the inventory doesn't stop
there. You'll also find a VW Golf, Acura Integra, Toyota Supra, S2000, Ford
Focus, Dodge Neon, Mazda Miata, and a few more. Though the different cars are
rated in handling, acceleration, and top speed, in practice the cars don't
drive all that differently, especially once you've purchased some upgrades in
the career mode.
The import racing scene is heavy on
modifying cars with aftermarket parts, and Need for Speed Underground
duplicates this aspect pretty well. The car upgrades are broken down into
visual and performance upgrades. Performance upgrades come in multiple levels
and must be unlocked before you can purchase them. These upgrades include
turbocharge, better engines, weight reduction, enhanced braking, computer-chip
tuning, nitrous oxide boosts, and so on. The game contains a lot of actual
aftermarket brands for its parts, so when you purchase an upgrade, you'll have
limited control over which brands you're buying, but the brand makes no
difference--all the brand packages perform equally well.
The visual upgrades also have a
positive effect on your car. Purchasing spoilers, body kits, replacement hoods,
neons, headlights, taillights, or window tinting for your car, or making other
major changes to your car's appearance, increases your reputation rating. As
your rating gets higher, the multiplier bonus you get on your style points
increases, which lets you unlock other rewards more quickly.
Processor: 1.4GHz
Ram: 256MB
Graphics: 64MB
Download The Game Extract To Winrar.
1. Run "Setup.exe"
2. After installation is complete run "SetupReg.exe"
3. Enjoy Game
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