Need for Speed Underground | Graphics Comparison | ( Gamecube, PS2 ,XBOX ,PC ,GBA ) 

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this was the coolest most innovative game ever back in the day. it was as big as gta 5 thanks to the tuner culture created by the first FnF movie. how and where did this culture mysteriously dissapear after 2006 i dont know

underground racing era, i miss those times. Cars, nice vynils, girls, night, lights everywhere, and all this stuff, damn i want it all back

EA Black box was best thing to need for speed series

Is anyone noticing a strange coincidence? Nfs underground was released in 2003, that was the same year Tony hawk's underground was also released, then a year later nfs underground 2 was released, then Tony hawk's underground 2 got released in the same year again

1:43 Drifts a Honda Civic Seems legit

Need for Speed Underground wasn't the first Need for Speed that featured upgrades, it was Need for Speed High Stakes from 1999.

Despite the GameCube's hardware being more powerful than the PS2's, the limited space of the discs was really a huge drowback, because of that they had to reduce the quality of the game's assets such as textures to make it fit on the GameCube disc.

Underground started me on my tuning fix . Great video as always

A remake with the same gameplay but with frostbite engine would be a dream for me

I love the side by side comparesons. Keep the great work up.

The ps2 version has something that I love it and I don't know why...

Spiderman 2,i play this on my childhood xD.

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Since you have included PC modded versions in these videos have you ever thought about adding in Dolphin emulator versions for the Gamecube/Wii editions of games with the render settings cranked up? That can make some games look amazing.

Your comparisons are some of the best I've seen. I'm just wondering - does the GameCube version actually have a much more intense depth of field/motion blur effect implemented that is at play? I picked that up looking at 3:41 - the car seem to look sharp, but the way the environment moves and the between frames - there is definitely appears to be very heavy motion blur.

Yes, my favorite Need For Speed.

I have this on Gamecube. I think it looks great on a CRT TV and holds up pretty well. I also tried the PS2 version which I think looked great as well.

I was wondering how the versions differed, because, man, even playing with a middle-end HDMI adapter on the Gamecube, the graphics felt just sort of searingly bad and all the lighting really blends together. In comparison to the other versions it does seem overly blurry. Need to try this over on Xbox.

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Just popped on NFSU for the first time in a decade at least for the PS2. Great fun, but holy crap does the framerate dip into the teens often.

5th: Gameboy Advanced 4th: Nintendo Gamecube 3rd: PS2 2nd: Xbox 1st: Windows

To be honest, Underground had better graphics than underground2 and most wanted on GBA. I remember my mother bought me it to me back in 2003 and i was playing it in school and was so cool. Every kid was trying yo catch Latios/Latias in pokemon ruby while i was drifting challenge with my Mitsubishi Eclipse :D :D

Ps2 version had that weird blurring effect for street lamps that the other ones didn’t seem to have. The Xbox one sort of had the effect but it wasn’t really noticeable.

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Just played NFS:U on GameCube on my OLED and was quite confused why I felt to me like it looked better than both the PS2 version and the PC version, I've been playing before (albeit not on an OLED TV) Now this comp shows me why: the lighting looks best on GameCube imo, which is the most important thing to good visuals, that often gets overlooked. It's just more vuvid than on the other versions. Also I like the texture of the road best on that version and the reflections are decent still,didn't noticed that they weren't as good as on PC. I didn't even notice that the game is blurrier than on PC (always play with motion blur, bc playing racing games without it kinda misses the point). What I did notice negatively though, is the lack of anti-aliasing, but that's to be expected on a console of this era. Not sure if I'd prefer the GC over PC if I played them on the same display, but I definitely prefer it to the PS2 version: it may have a sharper and more detailed image, but the lighting sucks on PS2 it has always felt a bit grey and lifeless to me.

This video forgot to take note of one thing. Plates ARE on consoles, but only for player vehicles, and not preset ones like Eddie's Skyline, ect.

Awesome job. I played at PC on la houses in Brazil. Today seeing how was bad the graphics on all consoles, Im happy to played ín the best way... Thanks!

Graphics Comparasion 5. Gameboy Advance 4. Nintendo Gamecube 3. PS2 2. XBOX 1.Games For Windows

Hey, I think you missed the PS2 Blur Effects on the lamps. The only version that had this.

Also worth noticing is that the gamecube version can use progressive 480p while PS2 version is 480i only and that is why they had to cut down the graphics a little bit.

Underground 2 next?

After resident evil 4, do need for speed underground 2.

Gameboy Advance: 5th Place Nintendo Gamecube: 4th Place PS2: 3rd Place XBOX: 2nd Place Games for Windows: 1st Place

Im glad i picked up something people like. I have a Launch edition wii, went into a retro game store to pick up a gamecube controller because i had just gotten metroid prime trilogy, gamecube versions for 1 and 2. For some reason i had like 7 n64 controllers, so i grabbed one and thought i would trade it for a gamecube controller. So I go to trade, but the guy doesn't have just a controller, he only has a full gamecube system. So im like whatever. i just wanted to play my game. So i buy a whole gamecube system for the co troller, and the guy sais i can get a free game off the shelf. I just randomly grabed a game, there wasnt much that looked interesting, so i grabbed this. Im glad i git something people like.

GameCube uses Motion blur its disgusting for racing games on consoles

@RookerVision Just one thing, you have the headlights effects in the PC version, it was a bug fixed in version 1.4.

The funny thing is before you start a graphics comparison, you speak about the game itself. In this case the different racing modes and how they work. Actually not a graphics comparison but good to know for newbies

why you do cmparisons on old games.I like that you do it that's what im saying becuase is nice becuase i don't think there is another person with old comparison and i like how detailed is the comparison.Keep going with not the good or great it is the Keep up with the Perfect Work!

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Reflections on the PC are the smoothest and the most accurate, how did you forget to talk about that ? :P

LOVED this game as a teenager! Didn’t get it when it was new, but if I did, I would’ve gotten the PS2 version, which has online play! 2 of my friends each had the Xbox version, which does NOT have online play, but at least I got to play this great game at their places!

After years and years of playing this game during my childhood on the GameCube and months as well as months of replaying it once again in order to fully complete it and obtain everything in the game, I can officially announce that recently, I have finally finished it once again in time for our birthday which is in 4 days on April 19. A game that I have been playing since my childhood with my twin brother and I just have to say whenever we played it, it just brings back so much nostalgia and childhood memories of when we first played it like with Multi-player for example where when we replayed the game once again as well as even time to time where we race against each other I always thought of fully completing as when you're a kid you think its hard, confusing or way to hard because of how advanced it was and how you just want to always enjoy the present and never realize how fun it would be, like you instantly become judgment in a way as a kid and just want things to be simple and straight to the point. Like just the fact that during my childhood and as a kid, that I recall this being so high quality and HD, and fast forward to now you really see the difference and how overtime the things you remember aren't as high quality and HD as they are now. Like at the time, this game was so advanced and way ahead of its time but now its so blurry and its only when you're about to turn or when you're focused that you notice things. Its literally the game that started everything for the Need for Speed fransiche and one of Gamecube's most popular games of all time, same thing when it comes to the Need of Speed series as well. Even the soundtracks for it are all amazing; like there isn't one song that isn't bad or isn't good like even while I was playing it, I couldn't help myself but be in the moment while I'm racing whenever the songs played and couldn't help but sing them while I was racing, like Static-X The Only, Element Eighty Broken Promises, Story of the Year and the Hero will Drown and much more for example. Like the whole game is just amazing. I honestly can't find one flaw with the game itself other than some races being tough as well as how patient you have to be when racing as some races took so many attempts to complete and forever so you really had to be patient and countine giving it a try, and how some boss races are way eaiser than some races or not that challenging. Not only that but the amount of races there was honesty so nice mainly because it isn't one of those games where you finish it instantly or quickly but a game that takes time to complete and long to complete due to the amount of races there were. Regardless and even now where I finished playing Underground mode again I still countinue to play Underground and race in multiplayer against my brother since that's what made my childhood it was literally multiplayer mode and racing against each other with the RX-7 which is automatically given to you in mulitplayer and the rest you gotta grind for it. However, another flaw I could only think of is how some cars that are fast and way faster than the AI's car aren't exactly that fast like the Nissan GTR for example where at times I had to switch to the Mazda RX7 to complete it. Like on the last race I even used the RX7, since thats the first ever car I used in multiplayer same thing with my brother and its honestly the go to car whenever I need to win a race against an AI that was practically impossible to beat. Even when I fully completed it once again, and on the final race I remember telling my brother that this was the car we always stared with and race against each other with, and now its gonna be the car where we end it by finishing Underground mode once again once and for all. Like I remember grinding so much throughout the amount of races, and finally getting the RX7 in Underground mode it was honestly an experience I'll never forget just like recently when I finally completed Underground Need for Speed once again where I told my brother to record the moment. Its honestly a game thats honestly unforgettable and a game that you could honestly play day after day constantly like I always do. There's honestly so much to say about it as well. Like its just endless. You can just keep going on and on about it. Like on Underground mode my first car that I started with was the Mazda Miata due to how iconic it was and how I used it to grind for the Mazda RX7. Even the Skyline was amazing, and I used it for most races but whenever there was a challenging and tough race that required being patient I used the RX7 since it has the best control and how its so easy to drive. Like it will dust every single car even the Skyline which is the fastest. Anyways, I could just keep going on and on about how good this game was. Like its just pure nostalgia and childhood memories. If I had to rate it, I would give it a 5/5 or a 10/10 its just that amazing. Honestly so much to say about it. Truly amazing, legendary alongside iconic. Pure childhood nostalgia right here. Glad to have it fully completed it once again.

Ty for new amazing video :3

0:20 no vinyls PIRATED!!!!!!

Game cube has motion blur which looks great while playing nfs

the two things that weren't noticed: 1. Approach to dynamic cubemapping - PS2 refresh time of reflections is just bad, it's like Low setting on PC, and I think they're lower resolution (PC cubemaps are 128x128 each side). All other platforms perform nice dynamic reflections that update each frame - they indeed look realistic to me. 2. PS2 has lower resolution maps for light trails. I personally think they look super good, I find aliased light trails pretty eye-candy. 3. PS2 has better fog than the other platforms (PC version has none at all). I don't know how it works but it looks great.

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Thx for my all time fav game! Loved it

I loved need for speed underground I still have it today but I cant play it because my gamecube broke, I can put it on my wii but my gamecube controllers are wireless and need those little gas tank looking things that you connect to the gamecube (if you have a wii I think if you flip the top off theres 4 holes that are for wireless gamecube controllers.) but I lost them when we moved to a different house :(. My favorite thing about need for speed underground was that it was like a open world game you can roam around in you're vehicle around the city, I just loved doing missions in that green nissan they lended you. I feel like playing it right now, that game was my childhood along with another racing game I think its called 'burnout'.

is it just me or the music between 1:50 make the drag race awesome

I bought into the nostalgia and bought underground 1, carbon and pro street for the ps2. I have all of those discs and the ones in between I didn’t mention on the 360. It was a battle of do I want to replay them on the better system or play them over on the more nostalgic console even if it’s not the best (ps2)

You forgot one thing about GC version. It doesn't have a Vertical Sync.

and to be honest the xboxs bit of blurry lights make the city look more neon and cool

No matter what consoles you are playing on, how the graphics looks like. As soon as you starts to enjoy the game its still fun

I like that you compare old games, because these are the best games imho (no dlc, no microtransactions, no purchasable skins, but still nice graphics). Also, I am thinking to buy an old console, like ps2, or xbox to play all these games :D

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@RookerVision - Gaming Videos well, Need For Speed wasn't a dying franchise even before underground cause Hot Pursuit 2 was awesome back then, so there's a little misnomer there, also NFS High Stakes was actually the first to introduce career mode, of course without storyline. Also i wouldn't call night racing on the streets a new feature since there were some night tracks on the streets in older NFS as well, it's just they switched focus on that part more.

I played this again about a month ago, awesome game, I play on pc, I got a gtx 1080 3 months ago, I know, what a waste, well I play some current AAA games also so whatever, but I'm a retro fan, nice video!

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Do a side by side on Spongebob Truth Or Square for PSP, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS

PC wins, i mean look at the console's aliasing and resolution, it's just awful

More graphics comparisons are always welcomed :) By the way, if you want to make a resident evil 4 video next you need to include both PC versions just in case (2007 sourcenext port and UHD steam version, which is based on xbox360 version) and make sure to check out a Resident Evil 4 HD Project. It's a fan-made complete remaster, and it's not a 'usual mod'. There are tons of screenshots and videos on their site, as well as a village demo, pretty old by now (2014-15). As for ports, gamecube and wii version of RE4 are still definitive ones, because some effects were never ported to other platforms. Feel free to ask if you need more details.

I wonder if there's some way to re-enable the bloom and stuff on PC.

I don't think it's that great of an idea to compare the PC version with the other consoles. Since a widescreen fix has been used, I'm assuming that a resolution of at least 1080p has also been used, but by the looks of it no antialiasing on the PC version. This is an incredibly high resolution for the day and no GPU in November 2003 could do it above 10 fps and horrible frametimes at best. The best GPU of the time, ATI Radeon 9800 XT has either 128mb or 256mb of VRAM depending on the version of the card, running 1080p on that is painful. The comparison between the consoles is great, but adding the PC doesn't seem terribly helpful. It'd have to be a pentium 4 2.4A and a GeForce 4 MX 400(low end) or Radeon 9600 Pro(mid range great card) or GeForce FX 5700 to accurately compare the games. I have a radeon 9800 XT and p4 3ghz and while it does look better than the consoles, I can't run the game reliably above 1024x768 while maintaining 50+ fps at all times. 1280x960 is possible but sometimes the fps dips to 20 when there's a lot of stuff going on.

Excelente Video Continua Asi!

PS2 IS THE BEST. Actually i have one and i passed the game. The drift is pretty annoying.

OH MY GOD WHAT IS THE INSTRUMENTAL STARTING AT 2:13 IT'S FUCKING AMAZING Anyways yeah, I play on the PS2 and tbh it looks A LOT better on a box TV than it does a flatscreen. I think the Xbox has the best environmental graphics, the cars are probably the best looking on either the PS2 or the PC, and you're right, the GameCube definitely has the best looking streets and headlights. All in all, I can't hate at all, it's my favorite game of all time and it doesn't matter which system you play it on.

i love your videos!!!! please make a comparison of crash nitro kart for the gba, ps2, xbox and gamecube please!!!! i put like on your video... :)

Those trees on gamecube are more blurrier than my eye vision.

Great video! What's the name of the background song? 2:14

This was very good video :)

This game's graphics were amazing for it's time

i want that ps2 motion blur in pc.... it adds character to this game

Mods to Improve Graphics: Widescreen Fix: thirteenag.github.io/wfp#nfsu HD Reflections: github.com/AeroWidescreen/NFSUHDReflections/releases Make sure the game is at it's highest graphics! :)

oh damn resident evil 4 now thats gonna be interesting :) wii, pc , ps2, xbox 360 , ps3 , gc ...did i miss any ? ps4 xbox one :P

Love this game, one of my favorite racing games.

Best in the Need For Speed franchise hands down

3 6 9 standing real fine move it to you sing it to me one more time GET LOW GET LOW :-D

this was my first ps2 race game classic

If you want to capture FPS on console you need to do this: Step 1: Record the footage in 1080P 60FPS on consoles (a elgato 60fps capture card should do the trick) Step 2: run the video on mediaplayer or a different video software and put a framerate counter on it like Fraps or OBS And thats it really

There is actually one version you did not cover and that is the arcade version of this game it looks a lot better than all versions of this game but it's kinda odd when you first play it.

3:35 “OUR TIME:”

Hello, what did you use to record the game on PC?

Which versions of Resident Evil 4 are you going to compare? I mean it has a lot of ports. The PS2, Wii, PC, iPhone, Xbox 360, PS3, PC again, and now Xbox One and PS4 all on top of the GameCube original.

My childhood🙏🙏😩

You're using Component Cables on GameCube? Did you enable Progressive Scan? (Hold B button during boot)

this and underground 2 force you to rice up your build. I remember racing up all of my cars over 9000. I regret doing that

Damn I wan't to reinstall these games again after watching this.

Ok, The underground and most wanted was never blurry looking on the PS2 Idk WTF is wrong with your console or something.

Xbox and PC look and seem to run nicer (visually) :) Underground 2 next?

What's the music at the start....????

The jolto windows headlights

I loved this game when it came out

I miss this game so bad. :(

When your done with resident evil 4, you should do crazy taxi.

The pc version is by far the best one... how come you make this comparison without even displaying the pc at max settings?

On RU-vid, there are softmodding tutorials (I recommend the channel Project Phoenix Media (don't worry, he's American)) On this channel, you'll find a good solution for soft modding.

always loved U1 better than 2 and drag racing omg

u should put a link to ur bro channel, instead of we search ourselves, u could give us that in just a click,, when the thing is easier,, more people come over, i love ur videos , i think they r the best side by sides of the entire internet, in re4 u will compare the re4 hd and re-releases?