Need for Speed: Underground

NFS Underground

Release Date: November 17, 2003

Racing, cars, multiplayer, singleplayer

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The seventh installment in the legendary racing series developed since 1995. Created once again by EA Black Box, the game brings revolutionary changes to the series, focusing on illegal street racing, popularized mainly by The Fast and the Furious movie. This time, apart from usual races, the player can take part in several racing events, such as drifting competitions or drag races.

Need for Speed: Underground is the next installment in the bestselling racing series regularly released since 1995. The game introduces a set of innovative elements to the series, inspired mainly by films such as The Fast and the Furious.

Gameplay

Need for Speed: Underground offers two main kinds of extreme illegal competitions: regular races and drag races (the so-called 1/4 mile races), both taking place in urban areas. The game features twenty licensed cars, belonging to such renowned brands as Toyota, Honda, Subaru or Mitsubishi. Each car can be modified to a large extent – both in terms of the visuals (bumpers, spoilers, etc.) and the performance (nitrous injection kit or modified transmission). The game features car parts delivered by real-existing brands, such as AEM, Audiobahn, Bilstein, Dazz Motorsport, DC Sports, Eibach, Enkei, GReddy Performance Products, HKS, Holley, Injen, Jackson Racing, MOMO, Neuspeed, Nitrous Express, O.Z, PIAA, Skunk2 Racing, Sparco, StreetGlow or Turbonetics.

Building a speed demon requires an adequate amount of money. The in-game cash can be obtained by winning racing events (about a hundred variants of them in total). The game features multiplayer modes as well (including online).

The latest technologies made it possible for the game to render astonishing visuals. Need for Speed: Underground offers advanced, three-dimensional graphics. Special effects were made by a serious professionals, by no means inferior to Hollywood-based designers. The soundtrack comprises over a dozen energetic songs which complement the atmosphere of the game.

Last updated on January 28, 2020

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One of the oldest and most popular racing game series in the history of the industry. Need for Speed is one of the most valuable brands in Electronic Arts' portfolio, with the US company's in-house development studios, such as EA Black Box, EA Gothenburg, and Criterion Games, usually responsible for its subsequent installments. The series started in 1994 with The Need for Speed, designed for fifth-generation consoles (3DO, PlayStation, Sega Saturn) and PC. The production was prepared by the team from EA Canada studio, created as a result of the acquisition of Distinctive Software (devs of Test Drive and Test Drive II).

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