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from Beaumont, TX
All the reviews I read prior to purchasing told that this was the best ever NFS game, so I picked it up. VERY disappointed, right out of the gate. The sense of speed is WAY off in my opinion. I was driving with suggested lines off, and I ALWAYS found myself going too fast for the corner. The game just doesn't convey your speed acurately at all, so I was constatnly slamming on the brakes because I was 'going' 70 mph versus what seemed like maybe 30 mph. Also, not being able to turn off the racing music during the replays is a HUGE killer for me. At least I didn't find a way. Why have accurate sounding cars if the sounds are going to be masked by some of the worst music in a racing game I've ever heard.
Also, while sharp, there were a bunch of little 'glitches' in the graphcis. White lines and dots showing through the incar views, and even some of the outside views, near the map (which is extremely hard to see were you are on the course by the way, because of all of the checkpoints or markers that show as well, that look very close to how your car is represented). Not the killer that the sound / music was, but it didn't help.
I fired up Grid, just to make sure I wasn't crazy, and after playing Grid, having played Shift, I don't think I'll ever play it again. Forza 2 is even better than Shift, and now we have 3 on the horizon, and if we're lucky, a new Grid game. So, while we wait for Forza 3, I recommend rediscovering Grid for the ones that have it already, or if you don't, grab it used somewhere and you'll be a happy happy camper!
What's great about it: Great? Nothing really
What's not so great: Sense of speed / graphic glitches / stupid replay music!
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from Westford, MA
The graphics are great, the game has a wonderful feel to it. Driving around the tracks, jockeying for position. Also feels to technical could have been more fun maybe a real easy setting.
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Need for Speed started going stale somewhere between Underground 2 and Most Wanted, and doesn't seem to be getting any better. The real fun in NFS is driving over a giant sandbox, not in circuits in which crashing will cause the screen to lose focus and your car to immediately begin sucking. If you want a realistic motorsport experience, play Forza Motorsport or Gran Turismo, but please game developers, just make Underground 3 if you are going to keep pummeling the same horse.