Need for Speed: Underground

PS2 - MPN: 14633147025 See Product Details

Product Details of Need for Speed: Underground

Description

Enter the world of urban street racing and high performance tuner cars with the latest title in the hit Need for Speed series: Need for Speed Underground. Take on today?s most popular tuner cars from Mitsubishi Motors, Subaru?, Toyota? and many more, building the ultimate street machine by earning cash to pay for custom body kits and a host of licensed car performance mods. But just creating a custom street racing machine will not get you to the top; it takes a certain amount of attitude and razor sharp driving skills to compete in the tough world of urban racing. A number of diverse events set in gritty, nighttime environments make up the heart of street competition. Players become complete street racers by perfecting skills in each event by nailing the perfect shift in drag racing and by putting their street cred on the line, racing through the city streets at all hours of the night. Prove you belong in the elite street racing circles, work your way up the underground rankings and take on the best of the best in each discipline.

Quick Glance

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Game Genre: Action/Adventure

Max # of Players: 4

Summary

Product Title: Need for Speed: Underground

Manufacturer: Electronic Arts

Power Score: 4.7 | 16 Reviews

Game Information

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Game Genre: Action/Adventure

Release Date: 2003-11-20

Network Compatible: Yes

Maximum Number of Players: 4

Simultaneous Multiplayer Mode: Yes

General

URL: Manufacturer Link

Game Genre: Action/Adventure

Release Date: 2003-11-20

Network Compatible: Yes

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Maximum Number of Players: 4

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Reviews on Need for Speed: Underground

  • 5
  By member: silentassassin47 - Oct 16, 2006

Need for Speed Underground

Strengths: gameplay, customization, variety of cars and tracks, graphics

Weakness: A.I.

Need for Speed Underground is one heck of a racing game. No other game have let you customize your car to this degree of detail. You can change certain body parts of your rice rocket such as the front and rear bumper, spoiler, hood, scoof, and skirt. You can also change the paint of numerous things like the tint of the window and rims. You can also add neon lights and vinyls to pimp out your car....

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  • 4
  By member: bauerpower - Oct 10, 2005

Need for Speed meets Fast and the Furious

Strengths: great graphics, good sense of speed, long replay value, good customization

Weakness: needs better soundtrack, more variety in races

Need for Speed Underground is a good game for anyone interesting in the racing genre. It's the first time the series has gone to the street racing route and it does it pretty well. Exaggerated blurring gives a great sense of speed, especially when using nitrous. The game is a bit challenging and will require you to retry a few times. The game is pretty long to beat, although some of the races...

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  • 5
  By member: Warner1281 - Aug 10, 2005

Best NFS yet

Strengths: Cars, graphics, traffic

Weakness: NA

I love this game. I play car racing sims all the time and this is one of the best (the other being Gran Turismo). The cars in this game are great and can be customized in many different ways (engine sepcs, tires, etc). The graphics are unbelievable and the option to add traffic adds a whole new level of difficulty to racing games. There really isn't anything that I could find that was bad about...

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  • 5
  By member: 6dollarman - May 25, 2004

Need for Speed: Underground

Strengths: Great graphics,incredible racing, and a great number of parts and accesories.

Weakness: Not a whole lot freedom in your car.

This game is great for any gamer who is the least bit interested in racing games. This is by far the best installment in the Need for Speed series yet.When you hit the nitrous oxide for the first time you'll be amazed by the realism that you feel. I would recommend this game to anyone and everyone.

  • 5
  By member: rvp88 - Aug 22, 2004

Need for Speed: Underground

Strengths: Awesome graphics, attention to detail, realistic simulation, and online capability

Weakness: Learning curve may be too steep

I found that this game was awesome. You could could customize lots of things on the car like decals and engine. It really gives you the real street racing feel and kudos to that. However, it may be a little frustrating learning to use manual transmission while racing. You have to keep your eye on both the gauge and the road, and it can be a little complicated for newbies. However, the graphics...

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  • 5
  By member: jojodog - Dec 28, 2003

Need for Speed: Underground

Strengths: The graphics and totally customizable cars.

Weakness: None.

People said that the graphics in this game were good, but I didn't know they were this good. These graphics a truly amazing. The cars in this game look very realistic and the tracks do to. The customization of cars is great. You can take a 350Z, Civic, 240SX, Skyline, and many other great cars and transform them into great custom cars. This game is truly a "must own".

  • 5
  By member: nlfrazee - Jul 27, 2004

Need for Speed: Underground

Strengths: Great visuals and sound

Weakness: None that i can think of

This is by far, the best street racing game i have ever seen. The career mode is awesome. This is the Gran Turismo of street racing. Go out and get it now!

  • 4
  By member: j_yeung - May 10, 2005

Need for Speed: Underground

Strengths: Adjustable traffic condition, nice graphics, plenty of parts to install and customize.

Weakness: No replay mode, not a lot to choose from in terms of cars.

If you're looking for a Gran Turismo(=GT) type of racing sim, this game might NOT be for you. On the other hand, if you're into more arcade style racing (in other words, being able to play the game without worrying too much about the physics behind driving a car), then this is a great game. The learning curve is way lower than trying to learn how to drive a car in GT4. As others have mentioned,...

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  • 5
  By member: keelie - Mar 29, 2006

NFS Underground

Strengths: Cars, graphics and sound

Weakness: N/A

This street racing game is awesome. The cars and the city streets look realistic. Attention to details is incredible. You can make the car drift, oversteer and understeer if you want. The soundtrack is pretty good too. The career mode, drift and drag events are very interesting. This is like the Gran Turismo series on street racing. Go get it!

  • 5
  By member: eau697 - Feb 22, 2006

NFS: Underground

Strengths: Visual, soundtrack

Weakness: N/A

NFS: Underground is one of the best street racing games in the market. The visual is stunning and realistic customized cars racing in cities and streets. The soundtrack and the roaring engine sound are awesome. Control is tight and you can do drift and drag. Anyone at least remotely interested in car racing should give this game a try. You can also get NFS: Underground 2 for about the same price...

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  • 4.3
  TopTenREVIEWS.com - Mar 17, 2008

Need for Speed Underground

Need for Speed Underground receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS rating of 3.43 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #775 game of all time, #34 game of 2003 for the PlayStation 2 and #155 PlayStation 2 game of all time. The rating and ranking is based on an average of 63 critic scores, awards and other criteria. To see a breakdown of the game ranking, read individual critic reviews, or see how other games...

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  • 4.2
  GameZone - Dec 1, 2003

Need for Speed Underground

Need For Speed series was one of the dominate series on the PSone. Its stellar use of speed, its maximization of the technology available, and its innovative (and much envied) Hot Pursuit mode made it the #1 racing game to get. The first Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit game was so successful that EA developed a direct sequel. It didn't quite live up to expectations, but was a good enough game to...

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  • 4.5
  GameSpy - Nov 20, 2003

Need for Speed Underground

Electronic Arts is well-known for its famous Need for Speed racing franchise. Last year's Hot Pursuit 2 made a great impression on the gaming press, and went on to be one of the best racing titles of the year. A scant twelve months later, EA's at it again, although this time the focus of the game is illegal street racing. Reputation, pimped-out rides, slick imports and style are the name of the...

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  • 5.0
  GamePro.com - Nov 18, 2003

Take Underground out for a lap, then hit the Nos and be ready to blow away the competition.

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  • 4.5
  IGN.com - Nov 14, 2003

Need for Speed Underground

Only a year gone and Electronic Arts is already burning rubber with another Need for Speed title. Last year the publisher released Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, a fantastic racer on the PlayStation 2, but one not quite as polished on other platforms. Since developer Black Box was responsible for the slick PS2 iteration, EA recruited them to develop the next in the franchise.

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  • 4.3
  games.net - Jan 1, 2000

Need for Speed Underground

Published by EA and developed by EA, Need for Speed Underground is a driving game for the PS2. It has an ESRB rating of EVERYONE.

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