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Spank-A-Thon · Oct 14th, 2003, 01:16 PM

I'm not so sure about it to be honest.

The very first NFS on the 3DO was simply fantastic, and then the PC version went on and improved on the original.

Things started to change with NFS3 - i.e. the Hot Pusuit mode. Don't get me wrong though - it was great fun but a very big step away from the more serious original.

Porsche Challenge became tiresome - I'm not that fond on Porsche's to begin with so the lack of variety in cars ruined it somewhat for me.

Hot Pursuit 2 seemed to get the series back on track - but I'm not sure about Underground.

Whilst I don't doubt that the tracks will be superb as always, I'm saddened to see them take out the exotic sports cars. That's what I loved about the NFS series - Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini and so on... Underground sounds like it's gonna be based around tuning Japanese cars suchs as Lancers, Scoobies and so on... Cars that I've already driven to death in the Gran Turismo series. Cars that have appeared in numerous other car games (Max Power Racing, Auto Modellista and Tokyo Highway are but a few that spring to mind).

I want the exotic cars back - cars that are fast because they have pedigree, not because someone's stuck a tank of NOS into it... A Lancers is a 4 door saloon for gawd's sake, ditto the scoobie. Maybe not the Skyline but they're still semi-ordinary cars.

Ferrari's are sexy - Porsche's are sexy....

Still, I'll probably download the demo to have a butchers, but I'm not as excited as I could have been.

- S

Oct 14th, 2003, 01:16 PM	#2
Spank-A-Thon Carpe Diem Baby! Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 49 Posts: 664	I'm not so sure about it to be honest. The very first NFS on the 3DO was simply fantastic, and then the PC version went on and improved on the original. Things started to change with NFS3 - i.e. the Hot Pusuit mode. Don't get me wrong though - it was great fun but a very big step away from the more serious original. Porsche Challenge became tiresome - I'm not that fond on Porsche's to begin with so the lack of variety in cars ruined it somewhat for me. Hot Pursuit 2 seemed to get the series back on track - but I'm not sure about Underground. Whilst I don't doubt that the tracks will be superb as always, I'm saddened to see them take out the exotic sports cars. That's what I loved about the NFS series - Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini and so on... Underground sounds like it's gonna be based around tuning Japanese cars suchs as Lancers, Scoobies and so on... Cars that I've already driven to death in the Gran Turismo series. Cars that have appeared in numerous other car games (Max Power Racing, Auto Modellista and Tokyo Highway are but a few that spring to mind). I want the exotic cars back - cars that are fast because they have pedigree, not because someone's stuck a tank of NOS into it... A Lancers is a 4 door saloon for gawd's sake, ditto the scoobie. Maybe not the Skyline but they're still semi-ordinary cars. Ferrari's are sexy - Porsche's are sexy.... Still, I'll probably download the demo to have a butchers, but I'm not as excited as I could have been. - S __________________

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