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| Girish | Sep 13 2008, 09:41 PM |
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 Developer: EA Black Box Publisher: EA Games Engine: EAGL Version 1.2 (March 10, 2005) Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, GBA, NDS, Mobile Release dates: NA November 15, 2004 EU November 18, 2004 Genre: Racing Modes: Single player, Multiplayer Ratings: CERO: B ESRB: E OFLC: G PEGI: 3+ PEGI (Portugal): 4+ USK: 6+ Media: CD, DVD, GCN Game Disc, GBA Cartridge, NDS Game Card INTRODUCTION: Need for Speed: Underground 2 (NFSU2) is a multi-platform racing video game published and developed by Electronic Arts. Released in 2004, it is the sequel to Need for Speed: Underground, and is part of the Need for Speed series, available on GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and Windows. It was developed by EA Black Box. The game is based around tuning cars for street races, resuming the Need for Speed: Underground storyline. Need for Speed: Underground 2 provides several new features, such as a broader customization, new methods of selecting races, the "explore" mode (just driving around freely, similar to Grand Theft Auto, in a large city known as "Bayview"). Underground 2 also introduces several SUVs, which could be customized as extensively as other Underground 2 vehicles and used to race against other SUV racers. Brooke Burke is the voice of Rachel Teller, the person who guides you through the story. On the Nintendo DS installment, users are able to design custom decals to adorn any vehicle in the game. The PSP equivalent is Need for Speed: Underground Rivals. BAYVIEW CITY: Bayview is the fictional city that the racing and free-roaming takes place in. Its located on the west coast and features racing in all from high hills to industrial land. To enter a race, you must first find the race in this huge city. As you win races and earn reputation new parts of the city will be unlocked and new events and shops will be to find. The city can only be explored at night. The city has a great amount of skyscrapers, neon lights and casinos; each of these is placed strategically to remind the player of Las Vegas. CHARACTERS: Rachel - Samantha's best friend and the player's helper, mentor and part time agent. Rachel will call the player, via SMS, throughout the game letting the player know about unlocks, upgrades, sponsorships, and racing tips. She drives a Nissan 350Z. Caleb - A dangerous street racer who totaled the player's car and leader of the Street Reapers. Caleb controls most of the underground racing in Bayview. He drives a Pontiac GTO. Nikki - A female Reaper who will join the player after he beats her in a URL race. She drives a Modified Ford Mustang GT. RACING MODES: In addition to the racing modes included in the previous Underground game (Circuit, Sprint, Drag and Drift races), 4 new variations of races have been provided in Underground 2. One racing mode was dropped, this being the Knockout competitions. Still, a Lap Knockout option is available when racing Circuit in non-career races. Circuit A circuit race is a standard race that involves up to three AI cars driving around a track that loops back to the start line of itself. A circuit race is typically a maximum of four laps and minimum of 2 laps. Sprint A sprint race is just like a circuit race except that the track does not loop back to the start line. It's a race from A to B. It involves a maximum of three AI cars. It doesn't contain any laps. Drift Drifting is one of the easier types of racing (depending on difficulty level) in Need for Speed Underground 2. One difference to the drifting mode compared to the original Need for Speed Underground is that you are drifting with the other competitors at the same time. Players race against a maximum of three competitors.Points are awarded when the player successfully slide the car and finishes the drift without hitting any walls. Like the Street X mode in Underground 2, no nitrous oxide is allowed. There are also some special drift races where the player starts at the top of a hill and has to slide down from top to bottom, a drifting equivalent of a sprint race (from point A to point B). In these races, there are no other racers, however there is normal city traffic. Players increase their points by sliding past city cars. Drag Drag racing is a point-to-point race that forces players to use a manual transmission. Steering in this mode is simplified to simply allow for lane changes, while the game handles the steering along the lanes, and the player focuses more on maintaining an optimum speed for the car. The Nitrous Oxide meter is enlarged and displayed on the bottom right of the screen. Outrun While cruising around the city, players can challenge other cruising opponents in a one-on-one race. The leader is given the freedom to pick his/her racing route, and must attempt to outrun the opponent and distance itself from him/her to as much as 300 meters (1000 feet) to win. This racing formula is similar to that of Tokyo Xtreme Racer and Wangan Midnight video games, which uses health bars instead of distance to determine the winner. Once a certain amount of victories have been won by player in certain levels, the player is awarded a unique part free of charge by another racer. SUV SUVs, also known as Sport Utility Vehicles, was a new element added to Need For Speed: Underground 2. In this mode, players could modify, tune, and drive SUVs in the same manner as they could with normal cars. Players could choose to race in an event with SUVs only or in a mix of Cars and SUVs. Like cars, users are able to add on parts to SUVs to increase their performance and handling, however, the added weight of SUVs makes them much harder to maneuver, especially at higher speeds. The following vehicles were featured: * Hummer H2 * Cadillac Escalade * Lincoln Navigator SUVs were not featured in any later editions of the Need For Speed series, thus making them exclusive to Need For Speed: Underground 2. Street X Street X involves bumper to bumper racing against three other opponents on a short and small circuit based on the Drift tracks from Need for Speed: Underground, except these tracks no longer induce excessive drifts. Instead, this mode emphasizes precise braking and gear-shifting in order to obtain shorter lap times and win races. Like the Drift mode, no nitrous oxide is allowed. This is reminiscent of the Canyon races in Underground 2's successor, Need For Speed Carbon, where 3 opponents (and the player) race in a tight canyon trail, without the use of nitrous oxide. Underground Racing League (URL) The URL is a set of tournaments which takes place in a specific set of closed tracks outside city streets - either actual racing circuits or airport runways. URL tournaments typically consist of one to three races, with the player racing against five opponents. In tournaments with two or more races, a points system is used. At the end of each race, drivers receive a specific amount of points according to their standing in a race. The total score at the end of these races determines the winner of the tournament. |
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