I am going to rip NFS:Undercover for PS 2 a new Arse, so be prepared! I am only 35% + percent way done with the game so keep that in mind. If you are coming from NFS: Most Wanted, you are going to be sorely disappointed. here are the pros and cons of this game for this console: Pros: Lots o' muscle cars! I love em, you love em, nuff said. Cash is very easy to get, seems to give more per race than before The Highway System is expanded The "Camera System" used when your backing up is brand new and I actually love using it now, its beautiful! Its kind of like a reverse camera angle so you can see your car from the front. For some reason, every NFS game I get, I always find some Great songs on the soundtrack, and this one is no exception! Cons: The high speed chases are glitchy and disjointed visually The Safehouse graphics are the worst I have seen in all PS 2 NFS games!! Dont bother with the new Patented AutoSculpt feature b/c the graphics when looking at any car in the Safehouse are so bad, you cant see most of it, or the car for that matter! NFS Most Wanted had beautiful sunlight/light movement and shading for its cars, it is completely gone here. NFS Underground had 3 "Upgrade Sets" you could get for each performance section. They put it in this game, and it is all you can upgrade your car with performance wise. Every race I have seen so far (except Stolen Car races- where your instantly put in a stolen car to outrun the cops and get to the destination without damaging the car too much) all have strictly muscle cars racing. This game reminds me of a "muscle car" take on NFS Most Wanted with some hints/cues from Fast & Furious 2 in it (ex: the first two muscle cars for sale are a Challenger and a Camaro.. a little Ironic) The lower/downtown streets of the city are completely gone! The only downtown street left in the entire tri cities area is a city -long back trashy allyway you can drive. everything else is Highway Driving. Dont expect to see any normal city streets. All Car Lots/Safehouses/Upgrade shops in NFS Most Wanted are gone. You do all that in the Safehouse. No where else. The graphic designs of the cars both you can buy and in the city itself are extremely poor quality They put way too many Video clips in the game/ even though the woman they used is HOT HOT and they show teaser pics of her in her shorts The color schemes for your cars are a lot more limited now. They give you the basic pallet of 15 colors and of each one there are just a bunch of shades of it. If your coming to this game from NFS Most Wanted or Underground series, be prepared for a very easy, linear game. Of all the races I have done so far (35+), I have only lost one on my first try. Plus, after every race, you just click two buttons and jump to the next race. There is nothing in the middle, no depth or real design here. You can go into Free Roam, but with only a highway system to roam, there is not much point/gets very boring quickly. If you hit a cop car, usually it will fly off like paper in the wind and disappear as if it never existed/ those chasing you fly around you like they are psychotic and a cop car could never actually move like. Their movement and behavior in this game is very peculiar and strange now. Oh by the way, no more spike strips. Just cop cars that fly off a hundred miles away never to be seen again. I am serious. Really, I am serious. I hope NFS Carbon is a lot better than this. If anything we can revel in the NFS muscle car version of Fast and Furious 2 and all its glory. It was one of the best in the series In My Opinion! But be forwarned!
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