Need for Speed Underground – Gamecube Game - Best Retro Games

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Need for Speed Underground is a 2003 racing video game and the seventh installment in the Need for Speed series.
It was develop by EA Black Box and publish by Electronic Arts. Three different games were produce, one for consoles and Windows, and the other for the Game Boy Advance along with a version develop by Global VR for Arcades that was publish by Konami.

Underground rebooted the franchise. Ignoring the previous Need for Speed games which featured sports cars and exotics. It was the first game in the series to offer a career mode featuring a storyline. And a garage mode that allows players to fully customize their cars with a large variety of brand-name performance and visual upgrades. All races take place in the fictional Olympic City. Rather than exotic cars. Underground featured vehicles associated with the import scene. Underground was critically and commercially successful. And was followed by Need for Speed Underground 2 in 2004.

Description

The player races in Olympic City in a change Acura Integra Type R sporting wide body kits and easily winning over his opponents; only to be woke up by Samantha from his sleep.

However, Samantha is the player's friend in Olympic City. That is why she tours him across the import culture scene and illegal street racing therein. Also, she helps the player buy his first car. Although she mocks the player's choice of the car by calling it "weak".

The player also meet several street racing crews. And some of them being Samantha's colleague. Who befriend the player after he proves his racing skills to them. Also, she introduces him to T.J. One of her colleague. Who promises him with numerous upgrades and parts, provided he wins races. So, the player races other racers and wins them over. Eventually drawing the attention of Eddie. The leader of the Eastsiders gang and Melissa (His beautiful girlfriend).

But Eddie is the current best underground racer in Olympic City and berates the player for his racing skills. Going as far as mocking him to "take a taxi home so that he can get home faster". But the player proves otherwise. Enraged, Eddie challenges the player to race Samantha. Who gets infuriated upon the player's acceptance.

Eddie challenges the player to a sprint race and loses; while the player's crew are about to celebrate, a mysterious grey Nissan 350Z challenges the player to a final race. The player races the 350Z and wins; while the others celebrate his victory, the driver of the 350Z is revealed to be Melissa.

That event solidifies the player's status as the best underground racer in Olympic City.

Gameplay

Circuit is a standard race that involves racing with up to three opponents' cars around a loop track for two or more laps. It is the main mode of the game.

Knockout Mode is similar to previous Need for Speed titles. It play on the circuit tracks, and involves "knocking out" the last racer who passes the finish line in each lap until the final leader of the race remains, and wins the race. In Underground, Knockout sessions have a maximum of three laps for four racers.

Sprint mode is a variation on the Circuit mode, where the contestants race in a point-to-point track instead of loop tracks. These races are typically shorter than "circuits" (with a maximum of 8 km in length), so players are require to be more cautious of any mistakes during racing, such as crashing into barriers or vehicles.

Drifting is the most challenging and technical aspect of the game. Drift mode is the only type of racing where time taken to complete the track does not matter, since players are given the freedom to complete the allocated number of laps at their own pace. There is no nitrous oxide in this mode.

Drag racing is the second most technical form of race in the game. It involves racing against one or three cars on typically straight tracks and attempting to obtain top positions to win.

Car customization
In the car customization menu, cars can be altered with performance upgrades and visual upgrades, such as paint colors, vinyl's, neon, custom front and rear bumpers, custom side skirts, spoilers, custom hoods, exhaust tips, roof scoops, custom tires and stickers, and wide body kits.

Vehicles
Underground is the first game in the Need for Speed series to offer a Korean-made car (Hyundai Tiburon) as a racing vehicle.