NFS Underground 2 Retrospective: Fantastic & Flawed 

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This game's customisation level was unreal. I remember getting Most Wanted after Underground 2 and being disappointed that I could no longer colour my NOS clouds.

2 months of rent in 71 seconds is a great hourly wage

I always use a mod to disable the Star system when I play. That and Wide-screen patch is really the only thing you need for U2

Fun thing to note (which might explain some of the odd car choices). The NTSC and PAL versions had slightly different car lists, specifically starter cars. NTSC had the Acura RSX and Honda Civic SI while the PAL versions had the Peugeot 106 GTI and the Vauxhall Corsa. From what I can tell it's regional differences based on what cars were available in each region. I'm also pretty sure it's the only NFS game to have done this.

I think the SUV's were the best star rating mules. The Escalade and Hummer are already completely tasteless when stock so more is better.

A lot of childhood games are like Underground 2. They might not look or play amazing by today’s standard, but given the hardware limitation back in the day they were legendary. I used to stare at the highway far from my parents house at night and had dreams of cruising in Bayview, and when I got my license I drove to that highway while blasting Give It All. It was surreal.

I remember as a kid being mindblown by the level of detail in the tuning for this game. There was final drive ratios, tire pressure tuning, and the music for the game was catchy and superb. Way ahead of its time.

Europe really appreciated that 206, I played the PS2 version back in the day and there even was a Peugeot 106 (my starter car, took it until the end of the game), I honestly wish modern NFS titles still had these more Euro cars in them, they could really show so many facets of car culture from all around the world, but I also understand limiting it to cars you'd see at the location you're basing the game off of

While I completely understand your point about the last stage of the game, I almost never have that issue. I've played all the way through this game countless times (recently did another one) and enjoyed almost all of it. But unfortunately, I have to agree that it does drag on a bit too long and that the final boss race is pretty pathetic honestly, especially compared to what you had to go through to get to the final race... Still, I love this game to my core and probably won't ever stop doing playthroughs every so often.

U2 is to this day my favourite arcade racing game, bar none. The only thing I always hated about it is the absurd rubberbanding. The moment you get in front of another car, chances are you're never going to see that car ever again until the results screen at the end of the race and even if they're in front of you, they're relatively easy to catch. But the moment you enter an URL race, if they're in front of you, they'll be almost impossible to catch and if they're behind you, even if you spin them out of make them crash into something and they fall like 10+ seconds behind, they'll catch you again in 2 laps if they feel like taking it easy, lapping at an average of 3 seconds a lap faster than you, which is physically impossible for the player to do, no matter how maxed out their car is or how good of a driver they are.

This was quite literally the first game I've owned. I'm so hyped

22:45 I'm pretty sure you can access the unfinished races from the previous stages in the event list

One of my favorite parts of the free roam in NFSU2 are the hidden shops.

The issue that you had regarding the uniques and the star system part way through the game is actually what kept me from finishing Underground 2 for roughly a decade. I had the game when I was about 7 on the gamecube and got to the point where there were no races and I was just stuck, and unlike now, 7 year old me didn't have the benefit of looking up my issue on the internet and I eventually just stopped playing. It wasn't until I was 17 and playing the game again that I figured the issue out. I honestly feel like the term "Flawed Masterpiece" may as well be made for this game. UG2 is so good and one of my favorite games of all time and yet there are a lot of mindboggling decisions where the game just kind of has these features like the star system but it makes no attempt to really tell you when you're doing something wrong. No "Hey you need more stars to progress! You can get unique parts by winning outrun races!" It just kind of sits there and expects you to figure it out. Which, I guess is fine when you're older but when you're a kid it sucks.

Wtf, I didn't know outruns could give you unique parts

The Pug 206 makes sense for this game trying to appeal to a global audience, as that was a very popular car in the European tuning scene at the time. Same with the Opel/Vauxhall Corsa that was a regional exclusive to the EU version as well. Personally I've never felt like the Supra was lacking in this game. Or at least it isn't once you upgrade it a bit. When I have played this game multiple times over the years I have found once you get past the opening parts, you can't use new cars you unlock right out of the dealer anymore. They need to be upgraded to at least a reasonable degree before they are competitive. Some cars are worse than others before you do that, but I've never had an issue after bringing them up to the level they should be at that point in the game.

Minor correction: the Corolla is an AE88, not AE86. Almost everyone makes that mistake, because it's not fully named in the game, and people default to AE86 because Initial D.

This game absolutely has my favorite handling model of the whole franchise. Easily. It just feels... Good to drive. One of my all-time favorite games.

I've played (and beaten) this game innumerous times. Im baffled that you didnt knew outruns unlocked "star races" as I used to call these. I think you can do 99.99% in the game after beating it by starting races from your garage's world map, but you can only do 100% if you do all of them *and* every outrun race. People keep talking about this game's rubberband but being deadly serious, I think I' ve never had a single issue with this game (quite the opposite of UG1).

I don’t know if it makes a difference but I watched the whole ad (and video of course lol) just to support you, and the quality of this video was exactly why I’m living/surviving with a bad case of depression and anxiety atm, and this video helped me zone out for the first time in a good while. Just watching the moving pictures featuring gud Need For Speed gaemplæy, ear drums basking in the words that spoke exactly what I felt when I replayed Underground 2 a while back, but back then i felt I was going mental from the mixed feelings the game gave me It wasn’t the stressed out gray matter all along, it was the bonkers structure of the game being masked by sheer quality!! I guess the rose tinted glasses were a bit foggy but thanks for clearing that up, and thanks for still making some of the best content on the internet (yes, the whole web) Also stoked to see you getting the bills paid, fully deserved down to the last dime!

13:40 Congrats, you successfully made VAZ-2112 "Country yard/province style"

Racing one of those long ass URL races, it's raining, and Queens of the Stone Age kick in. Now that's nostalgia.

I actually found this came at a garage sale when I was a kid and oh man was I hooked on this game! I remember I actually had to ask my dad to do the drag races since I didn’t know how to shift. This game will forever be a childhood game that I will never find boring nor forgotten and the intro song still slaps to this day!! You also did a very great job with explaining the ups and downs of the game 👍

One aspect of this game (and some other NFS games) that I love so much is how viable you can make the earlier "shitbox" cars can be for late game using upgrades, so they never ran out of usefulness and if you're really attached to them you can just keep using them. The lack of this one aspect frustrates me a little bit (just a little) with many other racing series that use different cars as the main system of progression, where you ditch your old car for a newer better one. While it is nice that it encourages you to try other cars for variety, sometimes I just don't want to drive these "better" cars and just want to drive the car I want to drive. It isn't realistic, but this is the one department where arcade racers with real cars can really shine imo.

just fyi, the "corolla" sound you mentioned on the skyline is a ferrari 360 sound, the supra, is300, rx7, rx8 also get that sound when maxed

This game holds an odd place in my head. I actually played it decades ago, as a wee kid, with my older cousin’s setup and steering wheel. NFSU2 is probably the first game I’ve gone out of my way to get and play (not that hard on PC, especially *ahem*ed), and I actually hit myself with a wave of nostalgia when I booted the game up. I’m somewhat disappointed you didn’t mention much about the European offerings. This game has the only two Peugeots in Need for Speed as a whole, and the only other options are a VW Golf, two Audis, and an Opel Corsa that is only available if you have the European version or mod, with the American alternatives being the Honda Civic and Acura RSX. In terms of handling, I’d say it’s best exemplified by the StreetX races. The cars will grip up and turn all happy days when you ask nicely, but still slip out if you’re not nice. It somewhat reminds me of Art of Rally in its handling. For customization, sure, your car will look like ass at one point, but I made sure to focus my looks and everything. I stuck with the Audi A3, and went for the colors of the Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 as a real-life reference, and I’m honestly very satisfied with my car. You can craft an awesome ride, but not much of the parts actually look good. I’d also like to mention the frankly hilarious rubber banding that can occur. Sometimes, the rival AI car that gets rubber banded the hardest will get stuck on a wall or something. Not a big deal, until the system essentially ends up with a Backwards Long Jump situation and applies so much velocity the car will go flying and ping pong along the circuit in frankly hilarious fashion. It’s just so absurd that I love when it happens. One last thing: Where’s the mention of Black Bettie!? It’s probably more of a meme song, but it actually slaps so hard I get excited and just refuse to change menus until the song finishes. Well, that’s all the opinion of a 20-year-old or whatever. WOAH BLACK BETTIE, BAMALAM

In defence of the developers, an NSX would have felt out of place in Underground 2. It's a mid-engined supercar that was built to take on the V8 Ferraris of the time while being more practical and daily drivable than them. Not having an S2000 or an Integra Type R in the game still sucks though.

I always found it hard to go back to Underground 2 because of that horrible free-roam in the career. Driving from Jackson Heights back to The East Harbor just for one drag is easily the most unfun experience in the series. I also find unique vinyls just ugly compared to UG1, I just want the Dragon vinyl in life. Least it has the 106 and Corsa though. Also outrun catchup AI is horrid.

For most of us, who were only little kids at the time this game came out while drooling over Fast and Furious and Pimp My Ride, it gave intent to put as many mods as you can to get to 10 stars. Our taste for cars and mods at the were very different to what it is now, and it was simply a product of its time.

Ridiculously great video, as is usual for you. You hit pretty much every nail on the head, so there's honestly not much I can really add that's of value :D

8:31 it's not a corolla sound, it's a Ferrari 360 sound, which is applied liberally for many cars. And it's not the sole weird mix up (A3 3.2 with Golf sounds, Eclipse 2G with V6 sounds and to a lesser degree the Evo with S2000 sounds) IMO U2 whilst is a huge step up from U1 in many regards, it's not as nailed down as U1; it doesnt have the same exhilarating feeling as the first game, which I would pin down to the aesthetics (it's kinda less gritty than the first game), also the soundtrack is the weakest of BB soundtracks. Not to mention (as everyone has pointed out) the game drags a bit too long as it goes on

This game and Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition was my thing back then \m/

Now that EA lost their fifa license hopefully they put more money into the need for speed franchise instead and make it great again 😍😍, the last game wss a step in right direction but needs a lot more to do multiplayer wise and longer story mode

About the rubberbanding, I had a routine before each race that seemed to reliably turn off AI rubberbanding for exactly 1 race. It involved restarting the race 2-3 times in a row before the countdown. Once it worked, even on hard difficulty I could easily outrun any opponent in the game using any car in the game and could win races by miles on virtually any track. I could even lap opponents in all of the URL races.

I adore this game, what I do now is to use a mod that allows you to use any starter car, and just challenge myself to finish the game with the Mustang for example, really fun because opponents scale with your car's performance. Also visual rep remover and a mod that reduces all circuits to 2 laps, incliding URLs

Great video! Just a note for the sound though, some cars like the Skyline have an odd sound on stage 3 engine tuning because it's the sound from a completely different car. One of the many things that were planned for this game was engine swapping, which ended up getting cut. Cars like the RX8 will sound like they have a different engine because that was exactly what was going on, so the Rotaries were replaced by four-bangers and cars like the Skyline would take the engine from a Ferrari 360 Modena, which is one of the cars that was intended to appear but was ultimately cut. If you listen to the engine sound in game and to the sound of a 360 Modena you'll notice that they're very similar. Tl;Dr cars sound different at stage 3 because they're supposed to have had their engine swapped.

For now, this is my favorite video of yours. Keep it up!

19:28 I doubt that was a bug. It's been a while since I played it, but I do remember an in-game prompt about how the off-road areas on the mountain drift courses multiply the points to encourage wider drifts and going closer to the barrier. It was the same feature in NFS:U that gave you extra points for sliding over the curbing and run-off areas.

This is and will always be the first game I played all the way through and a defining factor in my love for arcade racers. But playing it again for the umpteenth time, it feels pretty clear that the game's ambitions on world building and customization depth were carried out at the cost of difficulty balancing and a memorable ending. The gap between Normal and Hard is absurd and sadly relies on rubberbanding rather than "real" difficulty. But man, the atmosphere and especially the color palette of Bayview with all its neons and night lights... It's something else. Thanks for the review, it was a treat as always. And congrats on the sponsorship!

I played this game as a child and never really got far cause I never took it seriously. But I remember going to my cousins house and he beat the game and little me was absolutely mesmerized by all the customization options and how you could seriously transform your car into a beast. And I think from that nostalgia factor alone its what kept me coming back to this game every few years or so.

Fantastic trip down memory lane Kacey, thank you. You're the best as always. ♥️

Just WOW, this NFS Underground 2 review is REALLY well put together, nice job bro!! This is one of my absolute favorites of all time, as well, no doubt about it. My absolute favorite feature in Underground 2 is the fact that the customization is just SOOOOO expansive, it's not even funny, and yeah the antagonist DOES leave a lot to be desired to say the least, without question. Despite the games flaws, I still like it more than ANY post-BlackBox era game, no matter what, and also, it just cannot be beat by most other racing games today, as well, just my opinion, you guys don’t have to agree with me, it’s okay. Thank you so much for this review bro, it was an absolute BLAST watching it, and NEVER boring in the slightest, please continue to make well thought out reviews like these, Kacey, and now that I think about it, you make me want to play this game EVEN more, I cannot thank you ENOUGH, my dude, I love you, no homo!!

I got my first computer for Christmas 2004 and the game was part of the present. I was never into cars but oh my god, I loved every bit of this game. I loved exploring Bayview and soaking up its atmosphere, car handling is realistic still to this day, and the level of customization and tuning abilities is almost unmatched by later titles (I liked the autosculpt in Carbon). Sometimes I wish I could go back to 2004 just for a few hours and re live my first U2 experiences.

Thank you! I had the exact same feelings. I had a lot of fun until stage 3 and I never realised there was a progression button, so I thought I was nearing endgame. It kept going and going until halfway through stage 4, I realised this is one of those padded out long games. I couldn't tough it out. Nfs always has an issue with overly lengthy campaigns but at least there's some semblance to a proper story in undercover and payback, which made me finish them. Carbon was the perfect length for the depth it offers and so is pro street. Most wanted gets boring but it at least has police. Heat has everything but gameplay loop is so good, I spent over 80 hours on it and 30 on campaign even though it was a very short one. I think it is one of those 2000s trends where they padded it out to make it as bang for the buck as possible, because midnight club 2 had the same issue. Def wanna see your proper deep review of nfs heat!

Fact about Undergeound 2's cover... The tower that you see on the right of the artwork has "SEX" written with the lights

"This is one of the hardest hitting rock and metal soundtracks I've ever heard" Holy shit yes. You get this racing game about 2000s Hip-hop/tuner culture and you get the 7-minute industrial punk tour-de-force that is _The Death and Resurrection show_ Lightning in a bottle.

The first game i have memories of and the one that kicked off my passion for cars....it just cant get any better I always discover something new or a way to play it, recently i just cant get enough of going top speed on the highways without music Also, the (mechanical) tuning in this game its incredible and kind of realistic

13:00 Thanks to the modding community, an easy to install script mod removing star rating is made. It fixes that issue and lets you progress and get mags/dvds without doing anything visual. Also, regarding the absence of the cars from Underground, there's a mod called Olympic City imports, which restores them since they are in the game files, but the vinyls don't work.

I had this game when it first came out I had the PS2 version and I had a fully uniqued out peugot 206 and that car would brake the speedo on the highway circuit using the infinite nitro tap trick lol....which was just a timing thing to keep boost building and speed climbing...i even had all unique visual and had a spiderweb over a superman hombre with raiden in front of the rising sun tropical scheme...man that car was fun...the online was amazing as well, so much fun, so many good memories, its where my tag was born, a tag that has followed me everywhere in the online community, this game created my love of online racing... good video

I've never heard "Peugeot 206" and "cool" in the same sentence before.

NFS Underground 2 is probably my favorite NFS game besides Most Wanted 2005.

I spent almost a month torrenting NFSU2 back in 2007, and what an amazing game it was. Almost every aspect has been expanded over NFSU, and I absolotely loved driving Toyota Corolla while playing this game.

Great retrospective on this unforgettable racing game! The Peugeot 206 was the best selling car in France during this period, so I guess that they put it for my country haha Moreover, I don't recall a game which let you put display screen in your car, it is useless, but it marked me during all these years when I thought about this game.

This is a great video and it really shows why i loved NFSU2 so much to this day, if anything the only bit i'd argue with you on this video is the engine sounds that you talked about, like the Skyline's extreme package being from a Corolla, is actually from a Ferrari 360 Modena, sadly due to time constraints, the devs had to reuse the same engine sound several times, same happens with the RX7, RX8, Supra, Skyline itself, just to name a few, they all use the Ferrari 360 Modena engine sound, for a fair amount of people that was something that threw them off the most, including myself, that noted that several engines were repeated, luckily the modding community is still alive and kicking pretty hard, and throught them i made a mod that fixes that mistake the devs were probably forced to make, bit of a shill but mostly just to clarify a little mistake and give you a little insight of the game's inner workings as well. Other than that, love the video so much and thank you for letting me see a piece of my gaming history in more depth as well, 'cause for me UG2 was really something else, all grip racing with well thought out racing lines, no tap brakes to drift bull, the only gripe was the forced driving to spots, if anything it was the mayor selling point of the game, free exploration and such, it was also sadly what made the game so grindy and stretched out that and the HORRIBLE rubberbanding of the AI, but a feature that in the end was very underrated but ended up being a very big point for a lot of gamers were the tunning menu in the dyno, seeing how your car evolved and reacted to the changes of suspension, ecu, turbo etc was always so freaking cool, i could go on and on but best not for now heheh, still tho, thank you for the video and i'll be eager to see the next one as well

This was my favourite game when I was a kid and now I am happy that people still played it.

i loved driving the escalade, something about it's engine roar, and I played it with an old steering wheel that made it so much more fun

Literally the only raid sponsorship I’m not angry at, that was a really good magic trick

For some reason, racing games had this weird obsession with using the Peugot 206 as a starter vehicle. Underground 2 did it, Juiced did it, everyone just hopped on the 206 bandwagon out of the blue lol

I loved the Civic EM1. Shared the evil 4-banger noise with the Evo. That sound actually stayed in NFS for quite some time lol

Amazing video, really liked the detailed analysis. I always felt that Black Box’s titles have some lacking points in terms of programming and progression… they are known for ridiculous rubberbandings, progression that takes days to really enjoy, and often difficulty failures. These factors are affecting me as time goes by, because unlike my 2000s days, where I only had 5 games for PS2 and NFSMW/TDU1 for my mediocre family desktop PC, I’m unable to dig them for a very long time as I now have much more games to play through and with my busier life. But still, despite the flaws that are getting stressful as time goes by… I still loved them, with UG2 of course. I loved such consistent, clear, and unique themes. I loved people gathering up and cheering for the races. I loved the soundtrack blasted to my ears along with my car’s engine noise at 300+ km/h. I loved the customization - especially the Tabby and Griffin speeedometer. I didn’t mind the story much, because all that mattered to me was the liveliness, the cars, the ‘monsterization’ with hundreds of parts, drifting in the streets, soundtrack, and the nitrous. There are the content, the atmosphere, the experience I haven’t experienced (to the same way) in other racing games. Maybe it’s because of the PS2-level graphics? Because of Nothing But You (Cirrus Remix)? Custom Gauges with a character inside? I can’t pick the exact reasons. And that is why I remembered this game for over a decade while being unable to play it (as my PS2 Slim’s lens melted long time ago), and why I still often come back to this game on my modern PC. The flaws can be significant to some. But even if the difficulty fails, even when I have to pull up a ‘100% completion savefile’ stuff because of getting tired to deal with the progression, you always have the jacked up cars to stare in the showrooms, drive around and hit the hydrualics button, and do quick races and look at the Tabby. That’s something hard to see in so many other racing games. And that is why it’s called a classic.

So. This entire time. Progression is tied to making a car look as horrific as possible to see your vehicle on your cover magazine or DVD cover.

There are so many unexplained mechanics, liek the unique upgrades and the "secret races" that pay out a lot more cash. It's also difficult picking cars since some are great when stock but fail to make big gains when upgraded. Meanwhile, the AE86 and Miata thrash everyone from the start and even some of the mid game cars like the tiburon or the G35 seem to fall flat in comparison.

The reason you get more drift points for being offroad is to reward you for risky behavior like close calls with traffic on the downhill drifts or getting close to walls

I KEEP ON PLAYIN OUR FAVORITE SONG, I TURN IT UP WHILE YOURE GONE ITS ALL IVE GOT, WHEN YOURE IN MY HEAD AND YOURE IN MY HEAD SO I NEED IT

you can progress towards 100% after completing the career. the world map in the garage lets you play all races from stages youve completed, whether you already won the race or not. this includes any hidden races you missed, sponsor races from the sponsors you didnt pick, and suv races (which you can do with any car now). only things that i think are missable are any magazine covers you skipped and any unique parts you didnt unlock from outruns. ive 100%ed this game like 3 times lol

this was the first game which i got as a physical copy, i remember the time when i got it, i was hooked to it the whole time whenever i get the moment, creating the dream cars i wanted which the previous game which was a bit limited.

Just to let people know, you can still get 100% after you do the final race. Yes they're no longer on the map BUT they're still accessible on the stages menu option in the career menu. Also imagine if Kurt came back as the final boss in his ironically infuriating RX 7

I loved you magic trick, need to learn it myself

Nothing But You from Paul Van Dyk never gets old. One of the many 'Gods of Trance'!

The 206 is actually a great car choice for the time in Europe, as tuning of small cars was popular here! They did well with the car list. Also, a great video, I've waited a year to watch it so that I would finally finish this game on my own first. Legendary game that could be perfect if not the progression system

And for stage 3 sound of car like rx8, r34, and supra, it actually uses Ferrari 360 sound (ferrari_360). Mod for PC (NFSU2 Car Sound Tuner) do exist for easily changing the sounds on U2 (it uses different approach than NFSMW and later game due to differing structure of game data especially for sounds.)

Any plans to review more NFS handhelds?

I agree with you about the star rating. It's a bit annoying if progression is somewhat locked by applying visual upgrades to a car the game rates as good looking versus your own judgment. Something I don't miss in later NFS titles. and man, that part about winning outrun races explains an issue I had once. I remember in a playthrough I did as a kid getting stuck with no more races to compete in, I couldn't find any way to progress, not even in upgrades. All along all I had to do was just outrun some cars in free roam. Ugh. I mean, I have eventually beaten the game later in life, but still. EDIT: Oh right, I forgot to say what I thought of your video. I honestly think your review was fantastic, you worded yourself amazingly when describing each aspect. Whether it was the soundtrack, the pacing, content, or driving physics. I think you nailed it for a review. I actually agree with you on the finale, mainly because I forgot about the big bad guy in this game, I remember him causing the protagonist to lose his car and that's it.

I actually managed to pick up a physical PC copy for 5 bucks a month back. It is the one of the few games that gets me proper nostalgia aside from the GTA series and a few others. Although I grew up playing it on the original Xbox, the PC version plays extremely well and with that widescreen patch, all the more enjoyable. This video is actually a very good take on the game and I enjoyed every minute of it.

I played the whole game from beginning to end with the AE86. I mean any stock car from the start can beat the game. I just loved the fact that the 86 was a starting option!

"it's not high art but it is artfully crafted" - love that line

I really don't like Raid, but I love your magic trick. Great stuff Also great video, I mostly agree with your points. I still love this game and probably always will. The physics are great, even by todays standards and have taught me a lot about how car setup actually works (at least pointed me in the right direction). All I really want from a new NFS game is to go back to physics like these (or forza horizon, which imo is the modern day equivalent in terms of driving physics) (I wouldn't mind having a new NFS with a similar atmosphere, car list, handling model etc.. but that's never gonna happen) And I too have only actually finished Underground 2 about 2 times. But I probably started close to 100 savegames xD

Great video. The whole “I feel like I’ve been there” thing for me is the first two Forza horizon games.

Wow, EA not letting developers have time to polish a game... what a surprise...

I E played this, and still have my PS2 copy I bought years ago. For me, I used the GTO in the later stages of the game (which I call by it's real name, the Holden Monaro), and I find the car to handle brilliantly, as long as you use the right spoiler, body kit, and fine tuning. You can have that car handle like a V8 Supercar if you take the time to master it

NFSu2 was incredibly good at expressing the late night street racer vibe. I remember the feeling I used to get from driving around a modded car in underground2, and it's the exact same feeling I used to get when i first started going to car meets/races. The immersion and atmosphere of this game is unmatched.

Been a long time coming

No game has come close to its customization. No one has even tried. It's still one of the most in-depth and accurate tuner systems ever made too. And it was an arcade racer!

That was a really cool magic trick.

I think what brings down the newer open worlds in NFS are the world design. They insist on making big open maps like in other open world games, while Underground 2 and Most Wanted are basically big playgrounds made for cars. Any area around the roads are closed off, but this isn't a game where you walk and look around for quests. I remember each district from bayview much more than the barren countryside of Unbound or the entire map of NFS Heat

Cars like the Peugeot 206 were absolutetly lit on south america, I remember it was crazy seeing that car on the street and being able to go crazy on it in the game

This game made me got a g35 many years ago and now have an IPL G. Love the VQ trumpets but no straight pipe tho lol

man this video sure is reminder why i never finished ug2 despite starting it like 10 times and loving each start

The unfinished races aren't removed, they're just moved to the garage menu after finishing each stage

I feel the same way as the city in U2, I feel like I've been there, I remember places which I don't remember clearly from other games

1. I found a way to get higher marks for the customization stars is by either adding carbon fiber parts or converting the existing body kit parts into CF. Then adding split hood and suicide/scissor door. All these have large star rating numbers. I never had to do outrun for "special parts". 2. Glad NFSU2 Extra Options exists. Adding more starting money finally allowed me to afford the SUVs. I seem to only have enough money for the cars, not the SUVs too.

Defenitly underrated Video!!

I remember coming across a cd-r with this game's soundtrack in my brother's collection.

while it's true that uncompleted races are removed from the map it does not mean you can't complete them. It was too long ago so i dont remember how exactly, but you still have access to all races of previous stages either from garage or from freeroam menu.

i found out you could spin the AI out in underground 2, which sounds obvious but even games like gran turismo don't allow you to pivot the other AI cars as it would obviously trivialize the race. other need for speed games don't let you do this either, except UG1 i believe Also half the soundtrack is on my personal playlist. its amazing.

For the skyline You can leave out some of the engine parts to keep the skyline tone.

NFSU2 is a great game, where you actually dont need to beat to enjoy most of it. which can be seen as a good think actually, dependenting on how much you are into the genre. anyway, great video as always.

08:58 it doesn't matter, there are dozens of us, dozens! But on topic, i loved driving the SUVs back then, probably because i have never seen such a car before and they seemed so out of place. But i need to agree, i've did the same and never played through NfS:U2 back then...

When Caleb pulled up in his GTO, even if I had no knowledge of the game's best cars. I knew I was gonna body him in an evo with a sucky handling.