illinifan999
11-30-2003, 07:00 PM
I rented this game for PS2.
Initial Impressions:
WOW! This is one of the few non-football games that will keep my interest. I've played a lot of different Need for Speed titles, but this one tops the cake.
Graphics:
WOW! Again, amazing. Probably the best I've seen on PS2. The racing is only at night, which it rightly should be, and there is plenty of lighting from the city.
Sound:
Worst part of the game IMO. I like rap, but the stuff they put on here sucks. I have about 3 songs that I selected to play.
Gameplay:
The pedestrian cars are perhaps the most annoying thing ever. Expect to run into these guys a lot. Good thing is that the AI will also crash into them. I guess that's one thing I like in the game. No matter what, unless you truly suck, you'll have a shot at winning every race since the AI makes mistakes.
My game:
You start out with 10k. There are about 6 stock cars to choose from. Volkswagen Golf, Honda Civic, Dodge Neon, and a couple others. I chose a Dodge Neon. It sucked and looked ugly in its current state. So I did my first competition, opened up a couple of visual upgrades, got some cash and went to work. After 52/111 of the game's progress I now have a pimpin Neon.
The races:
Drift: There's a track, and the whole point of the competition is do almost powerslide around every corner. The longer you hold it the more points you get.
Drag: Self-explanatory. Straight line, shifting is very important.
Circuit: Run a set amount of laps around the city.
Sprint: Race from point A to point B in the city.
Knockout: A circuit race, except that the car that finishes last each lap is knocked out.
Time Trial: A sprint race by yourself against the clock.
Also one thing I noticed other people didn't like was that the tracks are all in the same city. Not a lot of variety. But I like it, doubt people would ship their pimped out speedsters all over the world every night.
Must buy.
Initial Impressions:
WOW! This is one of the few non-football games that will keep my interest. I've played a lot of different Need for Speed titles, but this one tops the cake.
Graphics:
WOW! Again, amazing. Probably the best I've seen on PS2. The racing is only at night, which it rightly should be, and there is plenty of lighting from the city.
Sound:
Worst part of the game IMO. I like rap, but the stuff they put on here sucks. I have about 3 songs that I selected to play.
Gameplay:
The pedestrian cars are perhaps the most annoying thing ever. Expect to run into these guys a lot. Good thing is that the AI will also crash into them. I guess that's one thing I like in the game. No matter what, unless you truly suck, you'll have a shot at winning every race since the AI makes mistakes.
My game:
You start out with 10k. There are about 6 stock cars to choose from. Volkswagen Golf, Honda Civic, Dodge Neon, and a couple others. I chose a Dodge Neon. It sucked and looked ugly in its current state. So I did my first competition, opened up a couple of visual upgrades, got some cash and went to work. After 52/111 of the game's progress I now have a pimpin Neon.
The races:
Drift: There's a track, and the whole point of the competition is do almost powerslide around every corner. The longer you hold it the more points you get.
Drag: Self-explanatory. Straight line, shifting is very important.
Circuit: Run a set amount of laps around the city.
Sprint: Race from point A to point B in the city.
Knockout: A circuit race, except that the car that finishes last each lap is knocked out.
Time Trial: A sprint race by yourself against the clock.
Also one thing I noticed other people didn't like was that the tracks are all in the same city. Not a lot of variety. But I like it, doubt people would ship their pimped out speedsters all over the world every night.
Must buy.