Need For Speed 2 SE - Intro (Video) [HD 1080p]

[@cyberdel]

I'm 34 this year, and still headbangs to this soundtrack

[@AK-mh4zb]

@Exploding Fries "uhm" the sound of 10 year old fortnite confusion.

[@koerel]

Same here! RIP Saki Kaskas 😢

[@LeandroRst]

Same here!!

[@xXxBl4ckD3v1lxXx]

​@@koerelhi. Song name?

[@BlackyK]

I know you said this 5 years ago, but I'm 40 now and I just rocked out like I was front row center at an ACDC concert lol

[@Thermometer10]

YOU USED TO BE COOL EA

[@alihamzacekinmez6269]

Damn right

[@manuelalejandrohernandezay8235]

Funny that I watched it a second time and then understood Electronic Arts is EA. Yes, they used to be cool without spending much

[@saabnico]

EA is pure Garbage today!

[@lunahd7200]

Amen

[@techpriest4787]

"Challenge everything" voiced by a 5 year old...

[@symol30872]

This hit me right in the childhood

[@brandonherrera2891]

scorpian007 fuck yeah. Had to be 5 or 6

[@eduardofreitas8336]

This was so fucking advanced lol

[@RockstarGames7]

yeah me to ;(

[@saitheny]

Dude me too! Soooo hard! Wow! Almost shed a tear!

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@brandonherrera2891now its about 20s.

[@MrScientist90]

This is probably the best NFS Intro in the world

[@blackmondayy1]

I think 2010 is a bit better

[@gatinhosafadovoutepegar5090]

Nfs 3 hot pursuit had the best one!

[@benchmarkworks7537]

True

[@tomaszstefaniuk9449]

Nowe. NFS HP 2 is! 😊

[@TheFalconett]

This intro always give me goosebumps all over my body, every freaking time... So many years passed and it's still working :D And that slow-motion McLaren like a boss of the whole world.... Damn it..

[@matthewirwin9330]

funny i get the same feeling

[@TwinTurboToyota]

yup

[@racer927]

"You guys still use *water* cooling? I use *GOLD* to cool my engine!"

[@ninthcloud6331]

It's funny how some things change... and some things don't.

[@jahanzaibchaudhary6363]

O yeah..

[@DtRockstar1]

People often complain that music ruins car videos. WRONG!!!

[@X-Warrior.1119]

That's the truth.

[@bloodstaindew1888]

DtRockstar1 Except trap music.

[@tobiaszistler]

DtRockstar1 if its the right one then not

[@cckiller0053]

Music makes it better.

[@trainzconduct3345]

Well it's just their opinion

[@nitrogliserin]

NFS2 is the true bible of all racing games.

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

Agreed c:

[@shashwatawasthi9477]

Nitrogliserin Exactly ..!!

[@z3r0f4Lc0n]

the great grand daddy

[@sonicthejetsetbeat7465]

I died from your comment. But aye, ain't that the truth. When I was little, I lost all my composer from this game. This game used to be the coldest. Then when they did Need For Speed 3, I nearly from died from all the hype. I owned Need For Speed 2 for my Original PlayStation, & I owned it for my PC's. And when I freakin' owned Need For Speed 2 SE, I started scream. I was SO looking forward to have EA doing Need For Speed 3 SE.

[@zodiac909]

Bible of ARCADE racing games***

[@xXE4GLEyEXx]

From the era when games were meant to be fun not a grind for XP and Cash to get unlock something "new"

[@JuanGamell]

Bomber car, nfz2000,ford índigo, gt90?

[@NFSBeast2365]

EPIC

[@KeeganLeahy]

Your comment is now more relative than ever

[@matiasfpm]

@@JuanGamell those were cheat codes cars

[@Firemarioflower]

@@matiasfpm No, not really, you had to win tournaments to get those cars as well as unlock a new track at sort of Studio of Jurrassic Park of some sort.

[@AMG_V12]

The Mclaren F1 just coasting, so badass. This trailer hits me right in the feels.

[@NYOlly15]

The music, the leaves, and the dust it left behind was the selling point

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@NYOlly15shame that racing games from 2020s never have those from 1990s. Not even TDU SOLAR CROWN too.

[@ForcesNL]

Still the best race game intro ever! I loved it so much then and I still do. I think I never skipped that intro.

[@Nstalker007]

+ForcesNL Indeed! Also,the interactive soundtrack kept me coming back just to try to make better and better mix tapes by racing in specific positions to get diff parts of a song to play. I don't recommend driving to this music, however.

[@De-M-oN]

Why that? Especially the interactive music makes a great feel & atmosphere to the environment (the music is splitted into the specific track segments. Especially then it is great experience to drive with the music..

[@tobiaszistler]

ForcesNL this game needs a remake but not from the EA today but a fan made one witch keeps the meue the music and the awsome mythic lonly atmosphere witch this game makes unique (only you and your car beating the world)

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@De-M-oNthe intro of NFS IV HIGH STAKES and NFS MW 2005 also as great as NFS II.

[@kratos9312]

This Intro shits on all car movies excisting, comming up and everything else. This is where car enthuisimn started to me (when I was a kid). This is why I am studying. This is why I love cars. Thanks for upload.

[@juanrramos88]

same

[@skarabasisten]

Same for me. First Racing game i played. It was awesome back in the days.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@skarabasistentrue. Back when NFS was at its peak from 1994 to 2011.

[@jizanthapus1]

I miss the days when there used to be dedicated soundtrack musicians.

[@mishalmohamed8789]

Chi-Wai Kou yeah, Rom Di Prisco and Saki Kaskas made some awesome tunes till NFS 5.. too bad EA went Jewish on their budget.

[@lyserberg]

@@mishalmohamed8789 Why did you have to bring Jews into it....

[@beekarinsaan]

Lyserberg cause that's how 90% of them are lol. Nothing personal just the facts. 🤣😂🤣😂

[@ThomasZT]

you know the problem is the consumer. we diddent sream loud enough for that kind of content. sound quality is decreasing in alot of medial aspects and nobody care ... i know, its an old comment, but ...

[@racer927]

@@beekarinsaan Source?

[@sysakPL]

I always felt bad for this poor little corsa in the intro. every other car was giving it a hard time. Even the punto. :(

[@MrRonny6]

The supercars weren't giving the corsa but the punto a hard time! It was overtaking without checking for approaching traffic! ...or legends for that matter

[@Nebraska_Jim]

When I was a kid, my father used to have a Corsa like that and I always found funny when I saw that in the game XD

[@cckiller0053]

I thought they were racing too at first? XD

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@Nebraska_Jimsame also to the Starlet Glanza.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@MrRonny6despite NFS II has so few cars to offer, 9 in original and 12 in SE, its still considered to be a hidden gem of PS1 Racing games.

[@Polygarden]

This is now 26 years ago. Still, I remembered it and found it here. There is no way to forget these moments.

[@ryukaganzeroful]

dude this intro is so kickass still. like, ea used to absolutely rule lol

[@RonTaboga]

I sometimes fired up the game only to see this intro and the music and the other showcase car videos. Awesome what atmosphere for fascination of the cars they created around the game back then...and how dull und soulless racing games are now :(

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

This game is what got me into exotics... I used to spent countless hours watching the showcase videos and looking at the pictures and vehicle stats. The Forza Motorsport games for the xbox does a good job with having soul in the games think.

[@polaris911]

Michelangelo Hamato I agree with you about Forza- it's probably the closest thing now to what NFS2 was back then. What bores me about Forza though is the tracks are all race tracks. It's hard to tell them apart. NFS2 had exotic locations from around the world, and exotic cars to match.

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

The only difference, is Forza is a sim, while the classic NFS was arcade-ish, with the option of sim mode.

[@dmihaylov85]

The best intro in car racing game EVER MADE!!!

[@JRepReptile]

As a kid I would blast the sound for this intro lol. Absolutely loved it!

[@speedtracker9556]

Top 10 Greatest Rivalry Duels of All Time 1. Italdesign Cala VS. Jaguar XJ220

[@OnTheRocks71]

Oh man. Before there was PlayStation and XBox, before GT and Forza, there was NFS. I remember playing this on my old Pentium PC with a ThrustMaster wheel and pedal. My mom hated it because the clamps on the wheel left marks on our computer desk. It was the closest a 10 year old could get to driving. And it was awesome.

[@david1731048]

Ha no way, I could almost have written this myself! Thrustmaster wheel, NFS and my mum going nuts at the marks on the desk.... ahh memories.

[@Swarmah]

This was on PlayStation :D

[@arshia1698]

+Reinis Aizsilnieks It first came for PC.

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

@@arshia1698 this is literally not true, NFS 2 came first to the Playstation in March and then to the PC in April of 97. Unless you are talking about the original game (which this intro isn't from) and even then it was on the 3DO first before it was on MSDOS and it came to PS1 before it came to Windows. Nevermind the fact that the 3DO was very much a part of the console wars that OP was talking about.

[@tierlistandgamer2511]

And I thought this game came out the same year as Gran Turismo

[@Autowill]

When Need for Speed, was Need for Speed! Instead of pimp your japanese import! Not hating on imports, I have 2 Subaru's. But still when you play a game like this you want to drive cars you don't see or drive everyday. That is the purpose. Fast Exotics.

[@phaedrus44]

Always been my thoughts exactly, and I worked at EA for a very long time! NFS went downhill fast after Porsche Unleashed.

[@mathewwilkins1613]

Sorry to necro this comment but you do realise the new Need for speed have supercars in them? And you don't actually have to modify them if you don't want too....

[@cckiller0053]

phaedrus44 NFS Hot Pursuit 2 wasn't good? That was my second NFS game I've ever played. I loved it even more than NFS Underground, but don't get me wrong, I love tuner cars but supercars are just more exciting to drive.

[@Autowill]

@@mathewwilkins1613 You dont need to modify supercars IMO If you do then they arent very "super" lol

[@JoelGarcia-g6s]

NFS 3 hot pursuit was the game that got me into 90s exotic cars

[@rock7084]

I was 18 yrs old when I played this in 1998 and this track still gets my heart racing. I have the entire playlist when I go on roadtrips. Pure magic and nostalgia.

[@KuKoKaNuKo]

This brought back so many memories.... used to play this game for hours on end back in the day. Tyvm for the upload. Since computers back then were 166Mhz... I used to watch this intro back-to-back cuz I was amazed by it. Nostalgia FTW!!!!

[@bikenraider99]

I hold this game responsible for me buying my first Lotus. Loved this game!

[@SPIKEmIlLeNnIuM]

There's a reason why most people remember this NFS the most. The passion that was put into the game. They took only a few best rare cars, did some insane research with them, took REAL LIFE VIDEOS, not just CG, showcased, extensive research to make the game real, and seemed to put much more passion in the racing tracks that seemed to fun playing on for hours on end!

[@y_m_2025]

I am 45 years old and here I come , reliving my memories

[@KillerKaprice]

Goosebumps...every time Goosebumps!!

[@arthury.7327]

Best intro ever in all NFS series. 100% Epic! (I'm a NFS fan from Taiwan. Greetings! )

[@XX-pl4eg]

i never would skip the intro..

[@alexlindberg88]

Jesus, it's been 22 years since I played this game as a kid and that guitar intro with the Italdesign Cala and Jaguar XJ220 is still the most straight fuckin badass intro I have ever seen of any car game.

[@KeikoFire]

I still listen to the few need for speed soundtracks to this very day during my jogs. So grateful to grow up playing these games back in the 90s.

[@Haztagz]

RIP Saki Kaskas 😢

[@gambini_modding]

A whole chunk of my life has been spent playing this game in splt-screen with friends back in the day. It was also the first thing i tried with my Voodoo 3DFX and whoaa still remember the awe!

[@TheAsharedhett]

This is the earliest racing game media I remember, and I played lots of the Need for Speed games and Gran Turismo later on. This is still the coolest and most nostalgic racing intro I've ever seen. I don't even care that they go full suspension of disbelief and catch on fire racing around the globe; in fact, I applaud it.

[@zodiac909]

"Nostalgia" perfectly captured.

[@smoglessbutton4]

This was probably the first computer game I can remember playing. Back when I was 4 years old I was obsessed with trains. 12 years down the line, I'm a car nut who hopes to save my grandma's computer from the scrapheap just so I can still play this ^^

[@RageRacer1985]

Im Always Energetic When This Song Plays In My Mind.

[@whoissarthak]

Ooh boy. Watching this after years. Still sends a shiver down the spine.

[@optimuzprime5868]

nostalgic, brings so many memories. this was my first pc games and my love for the mclaren f1.

[@kierankujawa]

What hits me even harder in the childhood than this is seeing a real McLaren F1 pull up into my dad’s work since he works at a fancy jewelry store...... oh man how jealous I am of the people who own that McLaren F1......

[@NFS2SE3HP4HS8U2]

Lol I'd shit myself If I see a real one. It is one of my all time favourite cars ever.

[@kierankujawa]

Any of the cars in this game beat my 1999 Buick 😂😂😂

[@z3r0f4Lc0n]

@@NFS2SE3HP4HS8U2 same here

[@Matrix803]

Who clicked on "View 3 replies" to see if any of them was a person that said "I have a real McLaren F1. = u ="? xD

[@Firemarioflower]

@@NFS2SE3HP4HS8U2 Mine is the Ferrari F50 and I cannot describe what goes throiugh me when i see one in real life (which i've done)

[@okspastime]

My goodness, stumbled across this after 15 years, i simply do not have the words to express my joy. Absolutely loved this intro, and of course the game itself.

[@malcolmSC]

Is it just me or this intro is epic even by today's standards?

[@racing-proof34]

July 2022 and still hits the sweet spot of the endless sleepless nights through the weekend after school . Such great times! EA used to be cool af

[@Yaban62]

Cala; The bad, mean and a sly guy. XJ220; Dignified and educated gentleman.

[@jvogler_art4708]

Oh my god when the Mclaren rolls up 1:13 on that European country road with the ominious music, it gave me chills back then and still does today. Even as a kid i knew that was hardest car ever made. Still to this day nothing has topped it.

[@toothymcshark]

This is so '90s. I love it.

[@bullymaguire14]

😂😂it's funny but the game single handedly got me into 1.Cars and engineering 2.Motorsports(Thanku Mclaren f1) 3.Rock/metal Clearly a game of all time.

[@shiroiuma]

I remember back when I had my ps1, playing this game, hours and hours of playing, nothing has changed (apart that I lost my ps1) over the years, I keep playing this for hours on my psp, so much nostalgia

[@pardubcz]

I was watching this intro completely everytime i open this game. So, i memorized all the scenes very well even i feel like the horns of the cars are part of the music. That was a pure adrenalin for my childhood. I miss those days.

[@asifanmahmood6224]

Back in the days when NFS was NEED FOR SPEED

[@MasterTaters]

"Oh you know, that one intro where the 2 cars go super saiyan."

My favorite car is the McLaren F1.

[@NashatMahmood]

Skipping the intro was considered as a crime ... the punishment for that was not letting the criminal to play for a round ... The split screen tournament on game nights was such fun!!!

[@habtesdrauf2997]

And the XJ220 wins...it was my favorite car as i used to play this game in split screen with my dead brother who always liked the Lotus GT1. This was on a Pentium 1 computer with 12x CD-ROM which always made weird sounds as it worked. Brings back so much memories of my childhood Those were the days...

[@TeleBlur]

The McLaren rolling up had me spooked

[@martyalencar1226]

One of the best intro movies ever!!! thumbs up

[@eldarius237]

Coolest NFS intro?

[@SK-S2N]

got goosebumps at 1:12

[@MrRoger13th]

Wow i played this game so many times! Brings up memories of the battles that i had with my best friend that time. Nice too see it back because he's not with us anymore. Btw, best intro of racing games ever!

[@NFSBeast2365]

I’m so sorry for your loss

[@sonicthejetsetbeat7465]

You just hit me right in my childhood. Thanks for uploading this. I started liking cars when I played The Need For Speed. When it was for Sega Saturn, PlayStation, 3DO, & PC.

[@jawarakf]

Best need for speed ever with best intro and opening theme. This was like giving us what Accolades Test Drive 3 failed.

[@sonicthejetsetbeat7465]

Yeah exactly Test Drive really didn't last long in opinion. I bought Test Drive 6 for my Sega Dreamcast. It was decent. But it wasn't good as Sega GT, Gran Turismo, or Need For Speed. Test Drive is kinda trash lol

[@jawarakf]

@@sonicthejetsetbeat7465 The last test drive I played was test drive 4, it has switched from supercars driving sims to arcade racing comprising of mostly classic muscle cars. I was hoping that this test drive 4 would be test drive 3 real world style with modern cgi to take on need for speed 3. Test Drive Unlimited brought back the original test drive but the too much racing required to earn tiny points taking too long to buy nice cars. After TD Unlimited 2, it just went dead. Waiting for driving sims that give us open world with moving 1st/3rd person character with tons of NPC like GTA V. I wonder why Rockstar didn't reuse GTA V platform to create driving sims with licensed real world cars?

[@sonicthejetsetbeat7465]

@@jawarakf Yeah, I had Test Drive 4 for my PlayStation. It was pretty dope back then specially it was trying to be simulated. But as soon they did Test Drive 5, that's when they started slipping terribly. & Yeah that what sucks! I bought TD Unlimited 2 off of Steam few years back and i really loved it! It was really amazing in my opinion! But only downside, is that the online was dead as soon i bought it for my PC lol. But i am curious to see what they could do with Test Drive Solar Crown. That's coming out next year for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, & Nintendo Switch. & why does Rockstar not adding Official Licensed Cars in to GTA? Is probably because all that graphical stuff that you could do on GTA more likely. & the car companies probably don't want to be involved in that violent graphical mess that you could do on there, if that all makes since.

[@jawarakf]

@@sonicthejetsetbeat7465 Test drive 4 downgraded from super car leisure driving simulation to classic muscle car illegal street race. I love test drive unlimited but they made racing compulsory and hard to earn money going through lengthy race in order to buy cars and house that I like. Rockstar could come up with separate spinoff that can still hit and run over pedestrian but face consequences being arrested by police and brought to trial eventually sentenced like reality world to make it educational telling gamers not to violate the law and harm others. Indirectly allowed us to do all the bad things but subject to fines & punishment. That'll pass carmakers approval to let Rockstar include their cars in the game.

[@ObscureSerenity]

P I O N E E R

[@htzuyu3723]

0:57 The GT1 Best car

[@fedplaysguitar]

Best soundtracks in a game EVER

[@volo7]

damn when the music changes and the mclaren f1 rolls out and leaves rustle

[@geniusguitar1995]

I remember when I was a child and played this game in my windows 98 :')

[@Echelon-xh8mb]

I played this on early windows XP xD

[@3deryk]

From all the nfs games this one had the best intro. Loved it back then, love it now.

[@jussit3909]

I remember playing this one in 2009. It was already crazy old by then, but the game was just so good. Graphics, music, gameplay... I loved everything about it. Lotus Esprit V8 and Mystic Peaks was just so much fun :)

[@moltrans7260]

Notice how back in the days they actually tried on video games... they made live videos etc. These days try to find one game that has live videos within it. All computer generated crap.

[@cckiller0053]

IMO, using CGI is more safe than doing live action, but live action does enhance the experience better.

[@FangedBike]

The nostalgia, brings back a lot of memories and a nice big smile on my face :)

[@AMG_V12]

At 0:14 I thought it would be a spiderman game lol

[@thefaustian123]

My very first Need for Speed game and the point where I fell in love with the series. Too bad it went downhill after ProStreet, though Hot Pursuit 2010 was still a blast to play.

[@j.m.5995]

This was my first PC game

[@LucasAE86]

My childhood... How time flies. I miss those days.

[@DickMullen-b8e]

01:12 when I was a kid and saw this... I came

[@PURENT]

1:13 same sample used in Import Tuner Challenge garage theme.

[@germanemmanuelalaniz1261]

pase muchisimas horas jugando ese juego. mi hizo sentir pasion por los autos.

[@DtRockstar1]

I often hear people complaining that they don't want music in car videos, they just want to hear the exhaust notes. This intro shows how it's done. - DT

[@Sunnyislive25498]

That brown xj220 is love.

[@Esteban383]

VEO ESTO Y SE ME PARAN LOS PELOS DE PUNTA.... DESDE 1997 !!!! AAAAAAHHH !!!

[@gustavorolandorodriguezpin6935]

El primer NFS 2 1997 que lo jugue cuando tenia 13 anos

[@gustavorolandorodriguezpin6935]

NEED FOR SPEED II 1997 Mi juego favorito de mi infancia ahora lo seguire recordando mas

[@ricardoyenzomalko9970]

Watching this after 10 years...... oh my god. STILL MY FAVORITE GAME

[@Bela666666]

Bestes Intro für ein racing game

[@bravemiata2950]

I still come back to this for inspiration, NFS back then had sooo much more personality!

[@Firemarioflower]

Whenever that hardrock kicks in, my arm hairs start raising and I get a nice fizzly feeling throughout my body

[@Howardyt]

Most memorable NFS intro. Hit my childhood down to the first vroom!

[@strandedcat8598]

Legend has it that they're still racing

[@purwantiallan5089]

2024 here. Cant belive that it has been 27 years since NEED FOR SPEED II came out... This was also the ONLY ever NFS game to include Italdesign Cala and Isdera 112i. 😭

[@racer927]

I can almost imagine a trailer version with narration. "Electronic Arts presents, the sequel to the groundbreaking racer by Road & Track magazine." "Pick your favorite out of a production and concept supercar lineup that breaks the 200 mile-per-hour barrier!" "Test your skills across the globe from the the down under Outback to the peaks of Nepal!" "Row through the gears and three different handling models. Drift through tight corners in Arcade, go full Simulation of the real deal, or cause spectacular crashes with the brand new Crazy setting!" "Witness breathtaking scenery and weather with 3DFX Glide graphics! "Tour the world in: Need for Speed II: Special Edition!"

[@ericspowers]

The first 4 seconds = EPIC EA Nostalgia! I knew after that sound It was a quality game!

[@Dave199418]

THIS is the real Need For Speed!

[@cckiller0053]

Then it turned into Midnight Club

[@bimgokart]

Thanks for this...how i still remember this whole vid back and music, i do not know

[@MrLodhibaba]

at the end, they went faster than sonic the hedgehog!!!

[@cckiller0053]

GOTTA GO FAST!!!

[@Thiag0AW]

1:12 THE BOSS...

[@manypuig]

The intro looks like the ending Jamiroquai´s song: Cosmic Girl.

[@Cloud3051]

este intro es todo un clasico y es muy iconico en la historia de la Saga Need For Speed

[@berkkarsi]

1:37 was the coolest thing I ever saw as a kid.

[@JoelGarcia-g6s]

At 1:40 this is my favorite part because those two cars went lightspeed

[@NFSMAN50]

This started my NFS addiction and support, This was my first Need For Speed game i ever played.

[@marcusjulian84]

I used to watch this intro in 97’ at 13 and was amazed at how these graphics and video came on a disc.

[@eddievalentinos9623]

Now ... THIS IS RACING !!! My Childhood Is Full Of It !