It is worth picking up if you can find it pretty cheap just to experience how great of a racing game this was. Plus, the soundtrack is phenomenal (I still hum “Riders on the Storm” to this day). At a time when Fast and the Furious was still in its young stages (and its prime) and car culture was at an all-time high this game was as good as it got. ![]() So many hours were put into this game that it basically places from nostalgia alone. The game had an open world system where there was no fast travel, so you had to drive across the giant city of Bayview to get to each race and each area that you progressed into was different than the other from the outskirts around the airport that you arrive in to Japanese-style downhill drifting, which was my personal favorite. I remember getting an external racing wheel that I could use to drive the car in game and let me tell you, nine-year old Alex thought it was the coolest shit in the world. ![]() Massive body kits, huge performance upgrades, customization levels fitting of a mid-2000s pimp, drifting, etc…never have I wanted a Nissan 350z more than I did when you drive the one in the beginning. While younger me had played racing games before, this brought me into a whole new level of racing and love for cars: street race culture. ![]() Need for Speed: Underground 2 - EA Black Box (2004) ![]() While I would not recommend playing this game because of the massive learning curve, if you are willing to take a crack at it be ready for an investment that is super rewarding in the end.
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