BEST Need for Speed Ever Made! NFSU2 Review

Need for Speed Unbound is Good, but will NEVER Be as GREAT as NFS Underground 2! Midnight Club 3 is still better tho, Not Soz. RIDERS OF THE STORM...UHH, I forget the rest. But you know what I never forget? HOUSE REAL BIG. CARS REAL BIG, BELLY REAL BIG, EVERYTHING REAL BIG, RIMS REAL BIG, POCKETS REAL BIG, RINGS REAL BIG, LEMME TELL YA HOW TO LIVE. LIKE THAT, BUY THAT, 24's RIDE THAT, LADIES, GENTLEMEN, GANGASTAS, PIMPS, SNITCHES, HOES, STUNNAS, SHINERS, I'M RICH BIATCH, I'M A REAL BIG TIMER.
By the way, I'm not googling that each time I meme that song. I genuinely have it permanently etched into my soul and know it's lyrics in it's entirety at all times, always accessible, at the front of my mind.
0:00 - HOUSE REAL BIG...ERR I MEAN RIDERS OF THE STORM
0:45 - Story
1:40 - Map
7:00 - Cars & Handling
12:38 - Progression & Gameplay
15:17 - PLZ FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED
22:28 - MORD FUSTANG
24:00 - Difficulty
28:00 - SINGING TO THE SKY!
30:00 - Just watch the rest plz ok thx bye.
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Singing to The Sky! - Sora Ni Utaeba Cover
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[@zaczane]

The thing that dates this game the most. The Cingular Wireless Symbol

[@BladedAngel]

Shit, you got me there bro. HOLY FUCK I FORGOT ABOUT CINGULAR LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@jonathanpinckney9227]

Anybody remember vonyage?

[@charlesbakston7414]

@@BladedAngel If you can, do a review of Need For Speed 3: Hot Pursuit for the PlayStation. Not PC. Even though it was made in 1998, it's still better than the "Need For Speed Hot Pursuit" that came out in 2010. Trust me.

[@raymondjack]

Lol everyone sending you emails instead of text.

[@CaptainTexas92]

Cingular wireless is still alive it’s just AT&T they didn’t have a wireless system so they bought out Cingular

[@gunman8452]

One underappreciated feature in UG2 is the colored atmosphere. Different places have different lighting so that you can immediately know where you are when you come back to the game after a while.

[@xzraiderzx308]

Yep. Carbon was supposed to be the same but they scrapped it and you get that blue/ purple hue everywhere.

[@d1ogo8351]

Wait, isn't that an Emulator Glitch? I play on PC and it was just dark, but not colored.

[@BladedAngel]

@@d1ogo8351 The "Color" is designed for CRT TV's. But you can adjust your monitor to prevent it from looking weird on Emulator. You need to up the Monitor Brightness (As the game itself has no brightness slider) then boost saturation, so the added brightness doesn't "Wash out" the colors.

[@Matt_STS]

@@d1ogo8351 I think it was a PS2 only feature and then the emulator overdoes it.

[@tudorvoicu2383]

One thing that I personally really miss in NFS games are shortcuts, they used to be in older games but EA decided to not make them anymore, and they are one of the things that made the races so great.

[@BladedAngel]

1000000000000000000000000000000%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The feeling of hitting the apex and early turn-in sliding into a shortcut was the sauciest feeling in the world.

[@tudorvoicu2383]

@@BladedAngel Yessss, it gave you the sensation that you were actually getting ahead of your oponents every time you were using them. It kept you "awake" every second you were playing because you were focused on finding them on the minimap and trying to take them. You were not just casually driving, you were actually trying to be as fast as possible.

[@zaczane]

Not just short cuts, but small tiny ones. Ones where you go cut like 4ft off a single turn, but it gives you the perfect angle for the next turn giving you the edge

[@radosawbusiak2002]

@@zaczane or just cutting through greenhouse ended with cinematic jump like in Fast and Furious scene for pure ascetics.

[@niv1362]

@@zaczane the first race on nfs underground 1, the first shortcut which is just a walkway you go through. Thats the best kind of shortcut

[@2Pac71x96x14]

The fact that after you've finished the campaign, you were rewarded with ONE bodykit for ONE car only, made that bodykit feel so special. Same thing goes for 5 car slots. I'm pretty sure though, if we had these things in today's NFS games, people would probably hate it

[@bigsmoke5814]

Are you kidding you can any body kit you that want in the game every car have more than 4 bodykits

[@lawree374]

You're talking about nfs undergound 1 here

[@ChristianDixie11]

@@bigsmoke5814 only in arcade mode tho

[@stotgunvsface5092]

@@bigsmoke5814 what he means is that you can only have a body kit on one of your cars from the story mode, as it's one of the "unique" parts. So choose your favorite car.

[@3packbeats1]

If i’m correct Payback had the 5 car limit but oh the cries

[@gawkzilla]

2000s kids will never know the feeling of your cousin or friend challenging you to a race in NFSU2 and showing up to your house with a memory card. I remember the race being so even and intense, i choked and hit incoming traffic meters away from the finish line. I can never forget this moment because even though i lost, it will probably be the closest thing to living that experience again in any Racing game.

[@frizzyrascal1493]

2000's kids do know this lmao. This game came out in 2004. Born 99' we played this and MW at the age of 6-7.

[@wojakthecrusader1410]

You mean 2010's?

[@lonelydriver1421]

This is definitely one of the most influential games of our generation.

[@NeonR32]

Baded became a poet playing through ug2 with all these rhymes.

[@BladedAngel]

All my Videos this month feature this poetry Plz go watch them. Plz, I need the views 😭

[@Krimson47]

The definition of passion

[@UNSCPilot172]

This was one of the reasons the 350z was my favorite car. Getting into Rachel's Z for the first time and thinking a car could look that cool made me want it more than DK's Toyko Drift car. And when I finally got mine in 2021, the first thing I did as I drove off in it was paired my bluetooth to it and played Riders on the Storm on the ferry trip back over Puget Sound. Cruising through the Emerald City at night makes me feel like I'm just in irl NFSUG2. To this day, this game is one I still revisit occasionally just for the atmosphere of Bayview and fun it is to play.

[@user-qs9fy1qg9b]

Late as he'll but preach

[@powerjolt7215]

Thanks for your story bro. Awesome read. I also grew up with NFSU and NFSU2. Definitely am gonna get a 350Z like Rachel's for myself. Love that car

[@fiercelypolygons3696]

Good to see more people appreciating U2. Alot the fans just say: "mOSt wAntEd 2005" yeah that's a great game and all, but U2's vibes were just something else with the great alive city and the import culture.

[@BladedAngel]

Literally like 5 comments already telling me "mOSt wAntEd 2005" I think it's because none of them actually "beat" NFSU2 as a kid, they might've gotten softlocked or stuck and thought the game was much shorter/map was much smaller than it was due to not unlocking/beating the entire game. NFSMW holds your hand a lot more, which limits freedom, but at least, it allows ppl to figure out what to do.

[@ArbitraryOutcome]

Admittedly I think ProStreet had the sheer aesthetic down best of any Need for Speed title, and it could have been the best game IMO had it not been for EA saying "it's EAing time" and then proceeding to EA all over Black Box. That said, I love UG2 and Most Wanted (and even Carbon) more than it and thing UG2, MW2005, and also High Stakes are arguably better as complete games (honourable mention to Porsche Unleashed which I haven't played but many have said it's probably the most underrated game in the franchise).

[@Corvolet5]

MW05 is just horribly overrated

[@realspeedghxst]

The customization alone in Underground 2 wipes the floor with any modern NFS title, rip BlackBox, I haven't played any modern title and I don't even plan to olay them, even seeing gameplay from them is enough to make me hate them, BlackBox era titles were the peak of the franchise, after Carbon or ProStreet the franchise went downhill

[@scottjs5207]

Rockport also just doesn't hit the same aesthetic pinnacle of Bayview. The map is beautiful and small enough to easily navigate, yet large enough and so well laid out that it doesn't feel as small as it really is.

[@xzraiderzx308]

4:02 Shakespeare would be proud with bars like this edit: the entire video is filled with slick rhymes lol

[@bill-YT]

For real I was like damn man everything is a rhyme 😂

[@stopdacap2991]

Pure poetry 🤌🏽

[@Icouldntcomeupwithaname1212]

Bladed angel would be proud of Shakespeare

[@RSans4210]

I think something that we didn't understand about this game, the first NFS Underground, Most Wanted and Carbon is that the career mode isn't meant to make your dream car or trade cars, the car modifier in the main menu is meant for that. Also RIP Cingular Wireless

[@diablow1411]

Objectively, this was the pinnacle of NFS series. Back in 2005, I used to spam-play that game on my PS2 (and later on PC)... this was the game which not only encouraged you to rice the hell out of your vehicle, but even to this day, is very much enjoyable thanks to unique mods that no other installment got it. Trunk audio, for one! 7-year-old me would definitely spam it with those LCD screens back then 😂

[@Eragon_R.T.S.]

Same here, but a little diffrent. I don't think I ever got stuck not have enough stars, and I have replayed it abit too many times that I've lost count🤣! I may know this map better than my own back-pocket, you can park the car in a random spot and make me navigate to one of the shops, without having the icons on the map, or even have the minimap turned off. That'll be treveil to do😉.

[@FOREST10PL]

I wouldn't say that's a objective fact. It's yout opinion mostly influenced by nostalgia. Not, that's bad, but this is the opposite of objectivity

[@lIlIlIlIlIlIIIIIIII]

You mean subjective bubba

[@Magnus_Loov]

Nah, everyone's taste differs. I think the rubber banding was the worst of all NFS-games in NFSU2. Carbon maybe a second in that regard. Hot Pursuit 2010 was the pinnacle building upon what NFS was all about in the beginning with really tough police chases, great racing feeling, loads of shortcuts and less rubber banding. Great graphics (2010 quite up to par with today) and lots of good cars. But I like most NFS games, even some of the newer ones! The first NFS underground was better due to less rubber banding (quite bad still though). Most Wanted 2005 is great too! Rivals underappreciated. The Run also good (but too short).

[@seventh-hydra]

​@@FOREST10PL Nah, what makes NFSU/NFSU2 unique is that they're the only games to focus exclusively on the tuner scene. The cars, the customization, the atmosphere. For someone who just wants to live that early 00s, TF&TF-esque tuner culture, they're the only games. Afterwards they re-introduced supercars and added euro sports cars, muscle cars, etc. And the style, car mods, and atmosphere were all drastically changed to be more generalized.

[@tomedwards8966]

The drag races in that game were some of my favorite races in any game. Hitting a perfect shift and sling shotting your opponent at the very end was the most satisfying thing ever.

[@bacd-nn2lg]

My favorite were Drift Races in this game. My Audi TT just dominated everyone even in the endgame part.

[@tomedwards8966]

@@bacd-nn2lg Drift races were fun too! I think I also used the TT for it. If I am remembering right, I think it got to the point where It drifted so well the chain basically never stopped, and I would eventually spin out and lose it all because it never stopped counting to give me credit. I also liked how the Street X races were basically the complete opposite of the drift races, needing very tight handling, so it gave you a reason to fine tune your cars for different race types.

[@Mr.Midnight06]

You should rank all of the classic NFS games. From The Need for Speed to Undercover.

[@lordsomniferous]

This video is poetic. Thank you for this great rhyme about my favorite racing game. There is still no other racing game mechanics that i like as much as NFS Underground 2.

[@markvicferrer]

My favourite were the long races in the Underground Racing League. It felt like a pure race as far as an arcade racer is concerned. I managed to tune my Skyline's drag racing setup to be 20kph faster than any other car & would never overheat. Once you hit level 10 for visual upgrades, you can revert back to make your car look normal.

[@markparry5255]

I love how you rapped for a while during your first segment lol rhymed every statement for a solid 2 mins

[@rikhil4220]

Just finished the game myself, loved most of it (apart from the suv parts). Beautiful environment and the way that it is always night makes it perfect.

[@BladedAngel]

SUV races are totally optional unless you want 100%. If you just want to complete main story, you don't need to use em. I never bothered with em.

[@joshuajefferson3504]

I actually liked the suv races.

[@3packbeats1]

Yeah i can’t understand why modern games have SUVs but no separate events for them making them completely useless.

[@SKITTLESHD2020]

Nice neffex destiny in the background, used to be my favourite song

[@ricku7765]

The fun thing is there still a picture of me playing this game when I was young. This game was full of memories the best nfs ever...

[@_Cr1msonWxRLD_]

I remember having my Nissan 350z orion bumpers and skirts installed, thinking it's cool af until I look back and it age like milk. 💀

[@gdstraightfly9770]

Came for the game, stayed for the poetry, the video was great, we love Skindred's Nobody

[@krishacz]

when i was a kid, the way i would play was start the game, get through city center, get to beacon hill, spend all the money on visual upgrades, suck at the races and be unable to finish because i had a stock engine, abandon that save, start a new one

[@BladedAngel]

You're far from alone! I thought I beat the game when I saw no more races at Stage 3! I was 40 hours in (Bad driver as a kid lol). MANY and I mean MANY Forums in 2004-05 were filled with ppl saying, "They were stuck" in this game lol. Even Reddit threads in 2019 and heck even last year, still have ppl asking, "Hey guys, I got stuck :((((((((( no more races?!?!" because ppl keep wasting money and changing cars too frequently!

[@melvin6557]

lmaooo i was just thinking about this game yesterday, and wow look a bladed angel video.

[@CaptainTexas92]

The bleeding effects on headlights and taillights is such a slick way to make the lighting look way better than it is.

[@therealwetwizard]

Jesus, 20:30 those new NFS' really got you stuck in " I'd rather break my back, then break at a corner, drift to win lets goo baby. Mode" I really enjoyed this review video (a lot more then the list videos too bad they get all the views) the rhyming was really funny. You should have quickly shown the pc version because they did a great job with the lighting. I remember playing as a kid with absolutely no style sense, just picking the cosmetic with the biggest number, and I was blown away with my family and uncles about how much better there cars looked. funnily enough I think it changed the way I looked at cars, and I started to appreciate the art gone into them.

[@SuicidalGrind]

I'm definitely a huge fan of these more laid back-casual ish review videos. I'm looking forward to the NSFMW one. (I still do kinda miss the vlogs thoughhhh)

[@rickybobby5950]

I bought a PS2 just to play this game. I worked very close to my home and I used to come home at lunch and play for an hour before I rushed back to work. I loved this game and this video brought back great memories!

[@gamernaut8864]

Your NFS poetry is awesome. Well done. I got to find some time to finally finish this iconic racer. It looks like a blast from start to finish all while driving the most obnoxious, over-modified, highly-rated car you can build. I'll definitely remember to spam the slam-from-behind or pit maneuvers for the Outrun races. Great video. Thanks Bladed Angel.

[@gcpeinhardt]

Can we appreciate the fact that Bladed managed to turn a review into a poem?

[@phoroclock]

Great video ! For the stars progression, I’ve always kept a suv in my garage and riced it out and kept my other cars how I liked it until I had to get to a race I specifically had to a certain rated car

[@neb4149]

i definitely admit i was a part of the 40-45% as a kid but i must claim glory now for old times sake great content as always, always prefer someone talking about something they're passionate on rather than hating on something so keep doing you bladed :)

[@SeanOBryanZZ]

ma FAVorite eva Game. Keep it up man, I love the content! now I gotta go check my percentage....

[@fernfernacelli]

Another amazing video, brother… Awesome. I think that the most rewarding thing about revisiting games is seeing just how much there was that we may have missed the first time around (I’ve been lucky enough to have seen/played many arcade racers and sims since Atari’s “Pole Position” was new, sooo… definitely familar with all the titles you’d referenced… cool!). Many thanks; I was looking forward to the next one. Cheers!

[@yungboicontigo9278]

This game is my childhood. When I was 5 or 6 back in 2010/2011 I used to have a GameCube. The small disc, and this game is so nostalgic. I used to customize random cars with random body kits and just exploring the city and actually not racing because since I was very young I have zero clue about these. I would love to revisit this game because not only of 2010s nostalgia but also it is better then most racing games that came out nowadays.

[@B-A-L]

I loved this game when it came out on the PS2 and the one thing that blew me away in particular was driving up into the hills and looking back down at the city knowing it wasn't just a backdrop and I could drive back down into it. I'd love to see Underground 3 with all the cars from the other games included plus day and night transitions and the ability to view your magazine and dvd covers whenever you want. I'm still also waiting with the vain hope that they will put this on PS Plus one day...

[@RosyMiranto]

If you want to customize car however you like, there's the My Car Option. You have infinite money for those, but the catch it, you had to unlock parts and cars as you progress career mode, and you can only use them in Quick Races. I wished this feature to be back in modern Racing Games though, since it's a great way for you to test cars before you buy them in Career.

[@PikaFazooli]

As soon as I noticed the rhyming it felt like I was watching a 6ft jock witha soft side at a a poetry reading wearing a Steelers jersey and undersixed glasses. Great review thanks for the imagery.

[@fruguuu]

The way you transition in and out of poetry about this game is so smooth :P

[@mjstories7181]

There was SO much iambic pentameter and freeform stanza in this video. You didn't make a big deal of it but it was much appreciated. ❤

[@TGWA_Zach]

Thank you for telling me about the star rating soft lock. I would have gotten softlocked myself and never would have known.

[@eyadalallan8023]

I never regretted subscribing to your channel bladed angel

[@AahhhhPuch]

There are actually a limited amount of outrun races before they stop spawning, I used to run them after beating the normal races in each stage. Also, you can put the special parts on any of your cars.

[@eddy7346]

Shortcuts and charming over the top intros are what I miss the most from the older NFS games

[@SparksHardcoreMusic]

Aye man glad to see you transitioning over to gaming content, been a subscriber since you had less then 10k subs and I'm down for this shift in content--especially if its been making you happy about doing the content. I know it sounds like NFS Most Wanted is next up for review--would love to see a review on NFS ProStreet some day from you, since it seems to be the black sheep of the series in most's eyes but I find it to be an underrated gem.

[@fail_master_z]

​@@J.PC.Designs those days of gaming soundtracks were goated!!! Most Wanted has one of my soundtracks in all of gaming. 🔥

[@THEMANIACE]

I have to say the one thing I absolutely loved about this game that I can not find in ANY other NFS game: The gear ratio tuning. It was, basically, perfect. The ability to fine-tune your gears depending on your race type makes perfect sense, and yet no other NFS after U2 offered it. Close gearing on a widebody Celica in AutoX was probably the most fun thing I've ever experienced in a racing game. 10 laps? Easy, gimme more. Never got tired of it!

[@Aleks426]

Check Prostreet, they returned that all back.

[@alecverd87]

It was the rhyming for me dog. Keep it up. My childhood in a video game

[@arianrad6111]

great video tnx man I got once stoked in that message that you must drive in the rain fastly

[@atomic...]

I'm pretty impressed by the car models even though the game is almost 20 years old. Look forward to your next game review.

[@StraightOutThaGudda4U]

I love the Scarlet nexus music you got in the background 😅 I loved your midnight club review and this one as well, you really hit spot on with it

[@doctajuice]

I actually got myself out of a softlock once by using outrun races.... It was tedious af though. The trick I found is let them get next to you and then put them into a traffic car. The rubber banding takes too long to catch up and you'll earn a pretty quick victory Edit - you actually covered it in the video! Nice!

[@jean-marcrdt1392]

Duuude!!! That video was so sharp and funny! I loved it, even if my 10 NFS is the most wanted! 😁 I'm subscribing, and I'm going to watch your MC3 video RIGHT AWAY!!! 😁

[@haris9441]

Great video. Love the effortless rhyming. Bought a PS2 a couple years ago just to play this game again!

[@SquidSunday]

I really wish that the new games had the same type of outrun races as NFS undercover, cutting through highway traffic doing 200 into the tiniest gaps in between cars waiting for your opponent to crash out was fun as hell

[@vastohs]

12:09 the Tekken music as you do a legendary speech just makes NFSU2 even more badass for some reason 😂

[@Miltypooh2001]

I remember playing this game on ps2 with my little brother and well i was amazed at how much customization you could do to your car

[@Gunny426HemiPlymouth]

This some of your best work fam, and I been here ever since you's a poor boy. 😂

[@LonewolfWRX]

I freaking lost it when you mentioned how to cheese outrun races because that’s exactly what I learned to do without the help of the internet. I also learned to cheese the star rating by using my starter car which if tuned right becomes the fastest cornering car of the game the Toyota Corolla. It was insane when I first played multiplayer and got owned by that single car. The rest of the 4 slots I picked my favorite cars and kept them clean. Man NFSU2 is just *chefs kiss*

[@hystericallotus]

Bro the constant rhyming in this video i can't. Great work Angel

[@ghosthitt849]

I grew up playing this game. It's what made me love cars. This game directly caused me to buy a 370z and build a career as a tech. crazy to think how much of an impact a video game made on me. And I'm very happy about it. Me and my brother still listen to the songs from the game all the time and drive around laughing.

[@NeedforSpeed]

📝📝📝 Really appreciate the perspective you give us! 🫡🙏🏾

[@phzitos_]

I mean... This is a W for Bladed right here!

[@sukhdevr3489]

Fix your bullshit handling.

[@bigsmoke5814]

😮 nfs damn

[@zerbutterftw]

DAMN

[@zomannfamofficial]

Whatttt nfs damn

[@keeganfirecloak4695]

Another fantastic review, another hint at your inner rap god. Loved it!

[@DavieDrum98]

Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition is a very in-depth arcade racing game for hilariously ludicrous speeds, with essentially every type of road vehicle available. NFSU2 is an arcade game mainly to capture that late 90's and 2000's pure street racing culture in the night of a major city. I played both games and beat them several times - both games just hit different. Although they're both 'street racing games', they approach it differently with the only similar feature being the open world setting & crazy customization features. I personally like MC3 more than NFSU2 just because I had more fun with it, and for what it has to offer, but NFSU2 holds its own for what the purpose of that game was. NFSU2's sound design, visuals and realism with the handling model is why that game is absolutely amazing and has high replay value.

[@Gryphus0ne]

Listening to UG2 ambience for sleep is better than some ASMRs ngl

[@DjNeonAcid]

Things missing in new games: - Jump to safe house - Shortcuts - Story lines that were targeted at adults and actually not cringe - Variety of cars including lower spec cars - A handling model that isn't broken

[@KekusMagnus]

I come back to this game every now and then and every time I am thoroughly impressed at just how good and polished the handling model is. I really think this sets the standard for how any arcade racing game handling should be: It's not realistic but all the real-world driving intuition applies so you really do need to nail every apex at just the right speed if you want to be as fast as possible This also makes this game exceptionally fun to play with a wheel, something which cannot be said for most modern racing games which are designed exclusively with controllers in mind

[@arandominternetperson4462]

23:25 Nfs 2015 kind of tried doing the same 5 car thing and players cried about it. The audience is just different.

[@DriftingBean]

When the mix tape dropping man🤣🤣 them rhymes tho!! Too fire 🔥

[@apophisstr6719]

U2 is the prime example of great aesthetics is way more important than having more polygons and pixels on your screen.

[@groothy5562]

Keep it up man, been watching you since 10k subs

[@papermann]

Nothing wakes you up more at 4 am then hitting a perfect slide into a shortcut.

[@lilproto9876]

I really like the feature where you can challenge racers as you encounter them, the only other games I know had this feature was Forza Horizon, and Import Tuner Challenge and maybe a couple others. I love that feature.

[@markdebruyn1212]

NFS Carbon has them aswell

[@CS_Uravity_PRO]

I figured out the 'punt them in the back and yeet them to interstellar space' thing by sheer accident when I was a kid and never done a "proper" outrun since. I also somehow knew that having 1 riced af car was enough. The only thing I hate about UG2 is how tedious the URL events are. It's like if you took those 5-6 lap races from UG1 and somehow made them even worse. Bayview is the most beautiful city in a video game period.

[@Shishkebarbarian]

first vid of yours i watch, AWESOME. A+ content. love the rhyming, love the writing. This is one of my favorite games of the 2000s. I did beat it though, i played it like 3 times, on Gamecube, Xbox and PC. PC is the one i finally beat it on because i was able to have one car that i blinged out for stars and the rest i actually used. sometimes i would even get the other cars high stars. i remember doing a ton of those pickup races but i don't recall myself exploiting the game. i did find them quick and easy and nowhere near the 15minutes you quote. i always drive dirty in racing games so i definitely spun those MFers out any chance i could lol. the game made it so satisfying and easy to do i can't help but think the devs intended you to play a bit dirty.

[@z-t-i1242]

I remember doing the hole game in the toyota corolla gts still have that save too, bloody love this game

[@RemoG0915]

You had me doubting my entire existence as to if I had gotten past it until you said the thing about the mustang. I mean how can you think you're done without an R34. Also the pit maneuver chase is a classic

[@sandrios]

After watching your stream I decided to play it again once more, I had picked an rx7 and I got to 9,44 stars and it looked decent (as a race car). I had gotten the widebody kit (for those who don't know, you have to beat a certain amount of roaming racers in the 5th stage), no spinners or hydraulics ,but i had to have full trunk of nos bottles and neon but had the tint to hide it, colored n20 purge and scissor doors, but then I had to put the dang carbon fiber double rooof scoops for the tenth star, but I got to keep the pop ups. I played on my PS2. My biggest problem was how unnecessary long where the endgame url races. For the star rating i never ( when I first played it) had a problem because childhood me tried to get the max star rating, except in the stage 4 when I didn't have rating and I was stuck for couple years as I had beaten all the races on the map and I didn't have enough money for the carbon fiber mirror because I spent it on another car, but I came back again and again because I wanted to unlock the gtr as well as the final part of the map, and finally once I found a hidden race that I hadn't found before, did that and "saved" my playthrough and beat the Kaleb in his gto. Still have that save file. Also I later Discovered that In the garage there is world map menu, where, if you look trough the races you can find previous stage races that you never did, because they where for other sponsors, and get the money that way. Also on the final not I also have played the mnc3 dub remix and completed to the murcielago, and I'd say it is way different feeling than nfsu2 with all the luxury cars lowriders bikes and exotics. Btw my game didn't crash, but it often would refuse to load at all, like after the intro cutscene, it would get stuck on the loading screen with the red squares where they disclose copyrights and what not

[@Racecarlock]

One of the best parts of need for speed most wanted is when you hear dispatch call out "Patrol division be advised..." and then turning a corner into an open courtyard and seeing like 5-15 police cars, realizing they did in fact bring out the entire patrol division, and feeling in equal parts powerful and terrified.

[@ItzProdigy12]

My first NFS game and will always love it ♥️ So many good memories playing with my friends back then on my old PC 😭

[@jordanprice9285]

You know, it's funny cuz this is the only need for speed game that you don't have to pay for ANY of the cars! I thought it was just the beginning of the game because your insurance came through like Rachel said so the first one gets a pass, but you end up getting more free cars thanks to the sponsor deals as well which is very neat!

[@themusicheart167]

I'm gonna cry watching this This nostalgia hits different.

[@Sal12538]

Literally doing a playthrough on my phone with AetherSX2 rn, glad to see this video pop up in my recommended feed.

[@zvonimirtorbarina9555]

For that star progression, I basically use one car to put all mods on for dvd covers, and my main car was used to do the races and magazine covers.

[@brxyann]

Dude OMG, I was playing videos in the background so KZbin auto played this video and I was like, “sweet an NFS video!” and 5 minutes went on and I realized that the guys voice sounds a lot like Bladed Angel’s and it did turned out to be you 😂

[@thetorfywebster]

Been loving the shift to positivity!

[@ShadowBuster2012]

oh man, the time flying by everytime i played NFSU2 when i was a kid and still have the CD for the PC

[@AMWmyu00]

after seeing this vid of rice RX-7 then racing in bone stock 3kGT, I acknowledge this play as one of first games that pioneered *"Loadout"* system that soon featured in Pro Street

[@anthonyt219]

Thanks for clarifying that important issue with the game. I also encountered the stage 3 limbo as a kid. Thinking wth am I supposed to do now? I was too young and stupid to try to to figure things out, I just accepted as is and spent most of the time going downhill in the ae86 looking like the initial d car lmao. Using the right stick as a gear shift on controller was a brilliant idea back then. I also harrassed the ai cars by following them and passing them lol

[@howiewang]

Don't forget one of the most chill soundtracks in NFS - Riders on the Storm featuring Snoop Dogg. Also, I personally think supercars are cool, but they are just too far away from us. Many of the cars in this game are pretty common and affordable. You can tune them and keep them and race them toward the end of the game. You are driving the same Peugeot 206 that your friend's dad drives in real life - and you're modding the heck out of it and winning underground street races. How cool is that? In many other racing games, you have to change to some supercars in order to win. You don't build that kind of emotional attachment.

[@dylankock3633]

Honestly glad you made this🙏🏼👍🏼

[@AlexSucks86]

For me i gotta give it to most wanted, the story, the gameplay, the physics, the soundtrack, the characters, the builds, the cars, the car tuning process, the effects, the map, the lighting, the cinematography, the acting, everything was perfect down to the very last bit and what i loved the most about the game was that the cars you raced actually competed instead of staying 20 seconds behind you and letting you win easily, even the graphics were fantastic for the time it was released, the cops in this game gave me ptsd cuz of how aggressive and fast they were and it gave me that feeling of what good old need for speed racing was like, i also loved that you started the game with a soccer mom car instead of the game giving you a middle class car like a mustang or an evo, even the ending was so good and the way you made this high bounty and became the most wanted racer in the world truly gave me the thrills. This games was actually if not the first, the second best to be made in the history of nfs

[@paulmatts2015]

Early John Cena reviews video games! Love this Vid!

[@ChillyReaper]

What a coincidence. I recently got a copy of Underground 2 because I wanted to relive a part of my childhood, and I had a blast going through it again. I remember me and my brother kept getting the same cars, so we would go ahead to head against each other to see who can make their cars better. The only cars I remember us both getting was the Honda Civic and Nissan Skyline. Also in my recent playthrough, I was able to mostly avoid adding hideous visual mods to keep the star ratings high, even max. That meant no spinners, no unique hood opening animations, stuck with one unique vinyl, or just had the same one(s) layered on top of each other, and didn't have to stick to one sponsor decal in every slot. I still had to use carbon fiber parts, but I made it work.

[@LeoSengerRyanCooper]

One unappreciated feature of this video are those sweet and smooth rhymes, Bladed discovered a new talent

[@toshido_yamada]

Glad to see we played the game similarly as kids, I always cheesed those outruns

[@leandrorueda8652]

the wheres rachel quote came out of nowhereee, im dead 💀

[@oscarcarias_4]

Damn, I remember soft locking the game for a couple of months. My god brother came over one day and explained to him how I couldn’t progress cause no races were available. He then started to do outrun challenges which I didn’t know will help progress the game, and even did hidden races which I had NO idea was a thing. And then out of nowhere, a new race popped up and I was SO hyped 😂 I did eventually get to a 10 star rating after about 2 years, which is still the NFS that took me the longest to complete.

[@dawg7339]

Never thought I'd get hyped up for an MW review 😂😂

[@TheEsam98]

The tuning in this game was so fucking good! I miss this era of NFS

[@TheSecondKidNamedFinger]

Thanks for reminding me of my childhood