Need For Speed Underground 2

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I just rented it. So far I think it is a whole lot better than the first! I hated the first one and this one is actally alot cooler. Customizing a car is like Pimp My Ride what you can do to it. I got a Escalade and made it ugly got online and raced with it.
 
i hear you can touge race in it.

i wonder if i can exchange SRS for it.....never ever listen to darin about games.
 
Yes, I just rented it also, this game is a heck of a lot better than the first one and I might consider buying the game.
 
claf-43
i played it for half an hour and want to sell it already :)

sound is good, but other then that it was boring as hell
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the mechanics of the game are pretty good for arcade racing. but the XTREEEEEEEM attitude and the dumb pretty chicks just sicken me. I don't need to be told what to do by a nagging super model all the time, and have to tune my car to look like a hairy ass on wheels.

NFS should just go back to it's roots with exotics racing through the country side. Screw the cool kids.
 
I like the game but i was botherd by making my once attractive A3 into a mess just to get enough stars to get a dvd cover :). Otherwise , i dont have a problem with the attitude of the game. I just play and enjoy. I have it for PC though and playing it on my 27" TV with a Saitek controller, the best verion.
 
I rented it 2 days ago and it totally rocks. I have to go with what RFTurismo said its alot like pimp my ride. It absolutley awesome and I and really thinking about buying it.
 
Has anyone else beat the game yet? I picked it up the day it came out and beat it 8 days later. Im stuck at 98% completion tho...any ideas? I;ve completed all races, unlocked 100% parts, have 10 stars, all mag/dvd covers etc. and yet it only says 98%...wtf?
 
You get the GTO to customize at the beginning of the game, but not in career mode till much later.
 
PublicSecrecy
Has anyone else beat the game yet? I picked it up the day it came out and beat it 8 days later. Im stuck at 98% completion tho...any ideas? I;ve completed all races, unlocked 100% parts, have 10 stars, all mag/dvd covers etc. and yet it only says 98%...wtf?
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Start a new game! You must complete all of the outruns. When you beat some of them, you get unique parts!(Cf Hood, nitrous, rims etc)
 
PublicSecrecy
Has anyone else beat the game yet? I picked it up the day it came out and beat it 8 days later. Im stuck at 98% completion tho...any ideas? I;ve completed all races, unlocked 100% parts, have 10 stars, all mag/dvd covers etc. and yet it only says 98%...wtf?
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first time poster, long time reader.

did you complete all the suv race's. I am stuck in the same place as you are. I did some of the suv's but not all of them. also don't forget the world map race's. i did end the game aready. the only thing to do is race the countless outruns that never go away.
 
HybridGT
first time poster, long time reader.

did you complete all the suv race's. I am stuck in the same place as you are. I did some of the suv's but not all of them. also don't forget the world map race's. i did end the game aready. the only thing to do is race the countless outruns that never go away.
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yup. i did the suv races and everything...I had the same problem in Vice City- i got 99/100 hidden packages and could never find the last one !!! argh.
 
Not so much doing a touge race, but there are a couple suburbs that are touge style you can go in. its all freeform, and the entire city can serve as a circuit, so naturally there are going to be a couple of races on it. The tuge racing tho is entirely up to you, if you want to then just go there, otherwise stick to the highway or downtown. I think you unlock in stage 2 or 3 i forget. Also, i think the game should be called: Need For Rice: Underground. The Show:Go ratio is like 2000:1 .
 
PublicSecrecy
i think the game should be called: Need For Rice: Underground. The Show:Go ratio is like 2000:1 .
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EXACTLY, i have to make my car look like throwup t get on a DVD cover :yuck:
 
I used a p.o.s car to pimp out for the DVD shoots. there is no way to review the covers anyway so.....that civic came in handy after all. I completed the game with my tiby the way I like it, clean and sticker free!
 
For some reason i have a feeling you guys bought the wrong game.I wonder why that is?
 
PublicSecrecy
Has anyone else beat the game yet? I picked it up the day it came out and beat it 8 days later. Im stuck at 98% completion tho...any ideas? I;ve completed all races, unlocked 100% parts, have 10 stars, all mag/dvd covers etc. and yet it only says 98%...wtf?
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DRIFT GOD
i also only have 98% and everything is complete.
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I have this for the PS2 and I am also stuck at 98% but everything is unlocked in the quick race and the story mode is finished. So far I haven't seen anyone beat this game 100% for the PS2 or the X-box.
 
Did u complete all the races on the World Map?Acces the World Map from your garage and scroll up-down or left-right to see if ou have completed everything.If you did then i don't know how to get 100%.Since Outruns don't give any % the only way to get 100% is to complete all races.
 
GTChamp2003
Did u complete all the races on the World Map?Acces the World Map from your garage and scroll up-down or left-right to see if ou have completed everything.If you did then i don't know how to get 100%.Since Outruns don't give any % the only way to get 100% is to complete all races.
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Yes we all did that thru the world map. It must be the fact that we didnt do all the outrun races. Still seems strange.
If the world events arent finished then it will show a seperate statistic that shows the percentage of the World map that is left to do. Once complete, that statistic page disappears. It is when you hit down while driving in the city. Then you will have to push to the right for the world map statistics.
 
Steeda
Start a new game! You must complete all of the outruns. When you beat some of them, you get unique parts!(Cf Hood, nitrous, rims etc)
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im quoting myself because no one read my post :guilty: :banghead:
 
Yes but you don't get any % for beating the Outruns.So you are doing it for the unique parts alone wich will be available after you finish the game anyway(except for the unique engine upgrades).
 
My review, which has been copied/pasted all over the net in every gaming forum I can think to pimp it in -

For wannabe hip-hop artists and Mugen Fanboys, this game is a godsend. The first one was a bit iffy, it lacked depth and really only held my attention for the first 30 or so "races."

The game uses the usual Need For Speed arcade handling, however, they have re-engineered how e-brake works to incorporate "drifting". This "drifting" is little more than slipping along the road as if driving on linoleum with tires made of soap. The only issue I have with this feature is how horribly distant from drifting it is. It does little more than confuse the already ignorant about what a drift really is.

Example: Perform a choku-dori (swaying drift down a straightaway) and watch closely for the epicenter of the drift. This is the place where the vehicle is "locked" to the road. In most cases, this would be the front wheels. They are in constant contact with the road, and the rear wheels pivot the vehicle side to side around them as they lead the car along.

NFSU assumes the very center of the vehicle is that "hinge point". This is both inaccurate, and physically impossible.

1: What is in the center of the vehicle that causes all four wheels to pivot around it at a zero degree radius?

2: If you were to pull this off, how would countersteer work? If you swayed left, and countersteered right to snap back the other way, the back of the front tires would now be facing the angle of the left sway, and you'd keep going until you spin out.

3: Some have argued that this is possible in a 4WD vehicle. Whereas yes, I see it semi-logical on paper, you have to realize that not only is a choku-dori very difficult to induce with a 4WD, it's also very easy to end. All four tires are gripping, or trying to. You need precision steering wheel control to keep from oversteering, and when you add NFSU's magical zero radius drift engine, you only have an added obstacle to work around.

Thank the gaming gods that EA doesn't know how cars really handle in different driving situations.

Enough about drifting. This is a new venture for EA, they need to time to figure out how to properly approach it.

The new vehicles:

Touge tracks and an 86. I smell someone catering to a recent fanbase...I'm so glad it took upwards of 5 Gran Turismos and an anime series to make EA realize that people like the Trueno. This is another place where EA shines in the rice department. It's classic ricer philosophy in action: "If everyone else does it, I have to, too!"

Escalades...H2's...ok, ok, we've already concluded that NFSU is all about rice and bling. But wth are they smoking making them into racing vehicles? I'm not even touching this.

New visual upgrades:

Yhey. Spinners. Ooh...my Evo is Lambolution GSV!!! SPEAKERS! FOR THE IN-GAME STEREO YOU'LL NEVER HEAR! Hydraulics? In a Supra? That's not stupid at all!!!!

Performance upgrades:

HP rating and dyno test: Whee. Now I can tell you just how badass my Civic really is. As the only new performance-related upgrade, I feel the shallow demeanor of this game increasing. Yet another reason for less-educated players to assume that power is everything. You dyno-test your car, and for what? None of the "stock" HP ratings are even near accurate. Put the Supra on that thing. Get ready to laugh.

I think I'm done...I just realized I spent over 20 minutes typing a review for a game I can't really stand, lol.

My overall rating: 3. If you own a Civic DX, you'll think this game is just super.

Don't get me wrong. This game can be fun as hell. Just don't look at it too seriously, which I have a habit of doing.
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