Discover why EA's latest racers may fall short of capturing the captivating experience of Need for Speed Underground 2.
After nearly three decades of NFS games, here's a list of the best Need For Speed titles that have ever been released in the past years, ranked by The Nerd Stash.
Need for Speed Underground 2 is a beloved entry in the racing franchise. Now there's a fan-made Need for Speed Underground 2 remake in UE5.
Damn. EA were insane for not doing this themselves ages ago. I think this is literally exactly what tons of NFS fans wanted. An EXACT remaster of NFSU 2. Nothing added, just the pure game but nicer looking.
EA and Activision are weird companies.
They're at the top, and when they make changes, they're usually awful. When they keep things the same, they need to change. They haven't really figured out what works and what doesn't.
Ivan Novozhilov is currently remaking Need for Speed Underground 2 in Unreal Engine 4 and here is a video featuring 10 minutes of gameplay footage from it.
20 years later: Why is game not like 20 year old game?
I remember those drag races gear shifts…No game has managed to recreate that since.
Need for speed underground was waaaaaayyyyy better than underground 2. Reason i didn't like it was SUV as street racer big No No for me
Everyone loves to hate on the concept of "live service" games, but if EA released a PS2-era style Need for Speed today as a standalone game, people would immediately start whining about the lack of support. It would be "it's been three months, where are the new cars? Where are the new tracks? Why would they release this game and just abandon it? They sent it out to die."
People hate the terms "live service" and "games as a service" but they also react negatively to any multiplayer games that aren't a live service.
Or Underground 1. Or Most Wanted 2005. UG1&2 and MW2005 was the holy trinity of peak NFS for me.