All around good game, lots of tweaks and improvements to the original.
Best improvement, IMHO, is that you don't lose your stash of points for nicking a cone or brushing the wall. A VERY welcome change.
>This has got to be the slickest racing game I've ever played!
>
>The visuals make you feel as though you're right in the movie Fast and
>Furious. The effect of motion blur and camera shake is used to great
>effect and you actually FEEEL that you're going fast regardless of the
>framerate of the computer.
>
>They mimic the visual cues your eyes and body take from the environment
>when you're blazing at 200Km/h down a street. The tunnel vision..the
>streaking and blurring of everything at the side of you..the rapid
>shaking of the car..it's all there. The effect that you get when you
>punch NOS is nearly identical to the effect from Fast and Furious.
>
>Gameplay wise, it's pretty solid, but its definitely an arcade racer and
>nothing more. I won't even say it has as much depth as Need for Speed
>Porsche Unleashed. Sure you can 'customise' your car by buying new
>parts, but you can't adjust your suspension....tune your gear ratio..or
>anything that deep. You can swap in and out 'kits' and every level 2 kit
>gives the same performance as every other level 2 kit. What' sdifferent
>are the manufacturer names.
>
>You can even paint and decorate your car outrageously with vinyls,
>decals...you choose rims that match those you can buy precisely. Roof
>scoops,spoilers..... if you've seen it on a car and it's popular chances
>are its modelled in the game :-)
>
>So far NFS:U has been a darn thrilling ride for me! I've read that the
>Xbox version is the best.
>
>-Gel
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