Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) review - ColourShed

[@DamagdHart64]

"There something wrong with your ride. You left a huge oil leak at the start line. You have to end the race fast!" We all know we tried to keep going regardless of the imminent breakdown

[@xan8148]

DamagdHart 64 Yup😂

[@zephyrconvolk]

i always pressed the nitros button 😂😂😂

[@rickyrosay33977]

@@zephyrconvolk I pressed it when the car begins breaking down to see how far I get before the cutscene starts

[@themcscientist6003]

I remember when i didnt understand english that much when i was around 5 i would just restart the level again and again but guess what , IT.DIDNT.WORK [ and then i smashed the NFS cd but still had my files saved in the memory slot of the ps2 so i rebought a new cd but this time ive done the opposite thing: i went the opposite way of the race

[@kylecalobtraceharper]

Hit the reverse global warming sauce and send the rods to Mars 😂

[@yumikomiura88]

In my opinion, this is the best in the entire Need for Speed franchise.

[@47ronins15]

Yumiko Miura Agreed

[@conandoyle1740]

Best by far, I have no idea how they ruined Carbon like that... then pro street was terrible and all went downhill quickly

[@DJGemm]

George W. Bush Prostreet is one of the funnest games of all time for me, until you reach the Nevada Speed Challenges, that’s when it becomes unplayable.

[@conandoyle1740]

JonahT for me it was fun only because it was the first game that had the now legendary gtr in jt... other than that not good.

[@BeesonsCars]

By far, absolutely incredible game. So fun and such a cheesy, great storyline. It was one of the best storylines of any racing games, always gave you a reason to beat the story.

[@Trinity_Primaris]

I fucking loved this game as a kid. What made this game my favorite NFS was the perfect mix of cars, customization, and the addition of police to spice everything up more. The story has the perfect amount of cheese and thought to make it both enjoyable and memorable. This is one of my favorite games of all time.

[@surya_0x0]

Also the music.

[@communistpootisbirb]

"perfect mix of cars" No Skyline, no 350z, no Nissans at all. Otherwise , agree.

[@robertlawrence9000]

@@surya_0x0 YES! The sound track is perfect and gives a mood that's unforgettable 👍

[@soundingsea3419]

i think the holy trinity is UG1,UG2 and NFSMW 2005, those were the best period in NFS franchise

[@shaneoshea8431]

@Ertan Soner Carbon was awful imo

[@chidori7234]

"I want every single unit after the guy..." "Everyone?" *"EVERYONE!!!"* Just finished this game ^_^

[@Canalbiruta]

This last chase is awesome in so many levels

[@VegitoBlueYT]

neat

[@AD1978leo]

Best ending of any NFS

[@riokamichika1101]

I still play this even to this day, it's so much fun.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

I've completed this game 100% more than I can count. XD I even made replicas of cars used in Challenge Series. ;P So much fun! Especially, when slicing through cops' roadblocks.

[@kirbyswarp]

I play underground 2 regularly. This game is #2 and I just do cop chases.

[@Jonzu95]

Same here. This game never ages.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

It never gets old

[@shrikant444]

whats ur best time on the sprint Weat Park &Lyons

[@veronicasilk8429]

Next to GTA, NFS is one of the games I turn to for a sweet cop chase.

[@mrchaos-mlp]

+ Veronica Silk Hmhm, true.

[@towhomthismyconcern]

hella yeah the dont make need for speed cor chases like they used to and gta still got it they can do alot better tho imo but no doubt one of the best

[@babayaga1988]

not anymore need for speed has been dead since 2007.need for speed carbon was the last good game

[@leonardojohanson7926]

Feels

[@Akuxz]

phenomenal one Damn. Remake of HP wasn’t good for you? That was the last good NFS to me.

[@hanamarukunikida4649]

When I first laid my hands on this game, I thought this was like stepping into the future.

[@nitromagilou597]

Mirai Zura!

[@nicoyazawa6837]

Whoa, technology.

[@BRockin25]

it was, forza horizon copies a ton from this

[@Ecliptor.]

@9600GTMAN the cars have wheels!

[@Ecliptor.]

@9600GTMAN No, dude... It was a joke... As in cars have wheels in both games.

[@sachikiriyama6705]

Now, this game truly is a fast and furious endeavor.

[@AAPGoku]

It is alongside with Underground 1 and 2, Carbon and ProStreet.

[@nitromagilou597]

I grew up with Need For Speed. I started out with Hot Pursuit 2, and then the Underground titles. I remember Most Wanted as being my first 360 game, right next to Gears of War, Saints Row, and Crackdown.

[@JMikaelian95]

I remember the saints row demo disc. Fun fun times

[@12KTOYOTA]

HOLY SHIT, SAINTS ROW!??!

[@Vadu1337]

Sounds like an amazing start into a (then) new console generation for you :D

[@BetterCallS3ud]

do midnight club video, please

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

You grew up with Hot Pursuit 2? I grew up with the first game in the series, but we didn't have enough money to buy the 2nd game or High Stakes at the time. But at least we got to play some of the better entries during the Pioneer days. After that, we were able to buy every game in the series since. It wasn't until Paywall, I mean Payback when I decided to boycott a NFS game, because they really blew it in recent years, despite the fact they're now only giving us one every two years instead of every year like before!

[@NXeta]

everyone? *EVERYONE!!*

[@spiderninja8779]

Cross: Everyone agrees that this game is good. everyone? EVERYONE!

[@TheVoiceOfChaos]

sakuri who will be in the next smash bros? "everyone" Everyone? "EVERYONE!"

[@SteveOnlin]

darius : no one can touch me everyone : touched darius Darius : everyone *EVERYONE*

[@alecmueller3299]

@@SteveOnlin This needs to be a prominent meme

[@jxun4l3ht10]

Originally its a line from a movie Léon: The Professional

[@derekonodera8891]

Hell yeah, nostalgia overload. This is my fave NFS game, right next to Underground 2 and Carbon.

[@unknown-agario4115]

@Russian Bot he said that too

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

High Stakes was the shit too

[@GameZero2]

Carbon sucks

[@josephmckenna9884]

Unbox Gamer what about carbon sucks? imo it's one of the best racing games right after most wanted

[@volcolmshoot]

@@GameZero2 Carbon is great

[@tanveshrele1307]

I waited years to complete this masterpiece finally did it in the Covid lockdown. Best game in the entire series, no competition. Beyond the league of other ones.

[@NYCJoeBlack]

I just picked it up for $19.99 new.

[@johnbartender3451]

I just started a new game on xbox 360. Back in 2005 my pc crashed at the end when you jump the bridge. So technically , I never finished the game 😆

[@Rose333X]

​@NYCJoeBlack Not possible, game is over 10years old at the point you got it, it would go way over 20if it was brand "new"

[@Aero7SVR]

Ahh, 2005... back in the day when games were simple, pure and honest. Now in 2018/2019, we have pay-to-win micro-transactions, gambling-based loot boxes, overpriced DLC, ridiculous cash-grab special editions, bloated day one patches, counterproductive pre-order culture, forced SJW elements, games which are launched unfinished or broken ... I could go on. We need to go back.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

I feel your pain man. >.< And some doesn't want to go back as they are too stubborn to understand that graphics on their own doesn't make up the whole game... I think people simply just lost their taste in good games today... sigh...

[@marat9102]

Death to nostalgia

[@randomthingz2showrandomthi208]

@@marat9102 so you're fine this is happening?

[@davydorynbaev]

You take the words out of my mouth. Damn, does time fly by.

[@Aero7SVR]

@@deoxysandmew2162 Agreed ! Genuine gamers know graphics are just the icing on the cake, and not the cake itself. The whole 'HD remastered' trend is troubling. Game companies are wasting time and money remastering older games, when they should be innovating on new ones. I would much rather buy the latest God of War reboot or Resident Evil reboot, than Burnout Paradise Remastered or COD4 Modern Warfare Remastered.

[@hasanrahman1549]

The NFS Most Wanted from 2005 is the greatest NFS game ever hands down

[@victorsuarez8609]

Hi can I play this game on ps3 slim ?

[@KasumiRINA]

@@victorsuarez8609 you can play the PS2 version if you PlayStation 3 slim has CFW, but it will look bad and grainy, especially if you set it to widescreen. I tried and it's almost unplayable. You can have NFS Carbon on PS3, and play Most Wanted 2005 on PC instead, it doesn't have high system requirements.

[@LeafFerret]

I remember playing this back in Summer 2006, great times.

[@TKsh1]

Underground 2, Most Wanted and Carbon are the holy trinity of the Need for Speed series. Those games are so good it's hard to choose a favourite, but for me Most Wanted wins. And it's incredible how great they (still) are considering Black Box had only one year to develop it.

[@riokamichika1101]

Those are also my favorite racing games in general.

[@BullworthGraduate]

Hmm, the first _Underground_ was better than the second though.

[@doabrad1850]

Black box had more than a year to develop. Preproduction of the game started in late 2003, early 2004. If you own the Black Edition of the game, it comes with a bonus DVD that show cases some of the preproduction phase of the game. Really interesting to watch from time to time.

[@kirbyswarp]

@@BullworthGraduate I'm playing the first one, and while I appreciate it, it is inferior to ug2 in every way except having a Honda s2000.

[@gionfs3hp]

@@kirbyswarp ug1 has a better progression system too, with decent cutscenes and characters that gave a better street racing feeling

[@ryantanner48]

This is my favorite game in the franchise. I love everything about it.

[@therougechipmunk8058]

And best police chases hands down.

[@nicoyazawa6837]

I remember this game. It's my favorite in the franchise and my favorite in the genre.

[@kjriwoutube]

Nico nico ni i agree

[@SouthRails]

I agree I am nico Nico North Rails lol I love love live

[@wicho2103]

*BMW M3 GTR legendary sound, WE NEED A REMAKE EA*

[@carlbrooks90]

Remaster in 1080p and 40k and ill be satisfied

[@SaturdayWinter]

@@carlbrooks90 remaster andddddddddd ruined because they don't know how to make shit anymore :(

[@carlbrooks90]

@@SaturdayWinter they remastered spyro and it looks better, how can they goof up giving the game better resolution???

[@robertlawrence9000]

They tried making a new one but it sucks. I agree a proper remaster of the original would be great

[@VdamMusic]

Would be awesome! Or a proper remake of Hot Persuit 2

[@schepper21]

as a casual speedrunnner of this game you are right about rubberbanding and also about earl, he is the only one who is RIDICULOUSLY fast in the last 20-30% of the race and sometimes trying to block him with your car is literally the only way to win otherwise this game is a masterpiece imo

[@MJTbreww]

Amazing game, I had the same experience quitting when younger probably due to the same reason. Came back few years later and loved it. Current NFS’ are super cheesy but my main problem with them is the whole damn drift turning physics.

[@petern7731]

I think payback and 15 were good but not good enough. Both together wouldve been better. Ps: I think most wanted is the number one. Carbon and Underground right behind it. Pro street had the best controls tho.

[@MJTbreww]

Peter Nagy Definitely a great step in the right direction but yeah for me at least the physics really hurt it but either way I did enjoy them and owned pretty much every car and maxed them lol

[@Strat3jakit88]

Unfortunately i quit most as a kid and never finished 90% of the ones i played when i hit rough spots

[@jordanprice9285]

@@petern7731 prostreet is he ka underrated! I love tuning the cars and finding a good setup that fits me more than racing them sometimes tbh lol

[@GameZero2]

Lol the drift turning physics are very easy if u get a hang of it ...

[@Nceccanti]

I remember having 2 strikes on my favorite car when I was really young and always turning off the PlayStation before they fully caught me

[@luckigirl4711]

literally same here 😂 that's why i had no strikes on all my cars 😂🤦‍♀️

[@CSWRTH_M1R463]

Love your content! So refreshing to see a KZbinr actually putting effort into his content!

[@cryptidian3530]

The catch up system really is the work of Satan in this game. xD

[@bloodwolf9428]

It was .. my internet connection ahs been down teh last few days. .Been playing MW again on the Modern Rockport patch. The thing is they cannot catch up if you don't make a mistake^^

[@Okuni_]

r u b b e r b a n d

[@afistfulofpimples1745]

@@Okuni_ t o e n a i l

[@TheWayoftheSith]

There is a way described here: nfsmods.xyz/mod/43 to permanently disable catch up for all modes, though it requires adding a script mod with a extra .ini file for the PC.

[@cryptidian3530]

@@bloodwolf9428 Oh normal races are fine, but Blacklist racers have really strong rubber banding when they're behind. They catch up to you like it's nothing. But playing the game on Hard is not hard once you start to understand how cars respond, specially when you get good at taking good corners without losing too much speed.

[@BeesonsCars]

Could you imagine if they actually did a REAL remake, with same storyline and characters, just improved graphics, customization, more cars, and updates rubber banding and atmosphere (ie smartphones instead of Cingular flip phone and old things like that.) I would buy it instantly, but I would hope they would keep the old original cars in the game too. An M4 GTS wouldn’t have the same awe inspiring affect as the E46 GTR.

[@leechukun]

That's called a remaster.

[@outrageous5363]

@@leechukun no its called "too good to be true"

[@cheesyeurotrance95]

dude, you have tons of mods that transform the game nearly exactly the way you want, and they are free

[@outrageous5363]

@@cheesyeurotrance95 yeah, i have them.. and all the mods do is make the game look better and adds more cars

[@ralphlorenzperolino3054]

No you fucking idiot. EA would ruin the nostalgia lmfao

[@davydorynbaev]

The soundtrack in this game is pretty amazing too, I find, and I don't think you've mentioned that. Because of this game, I got into drum and bass and metal; thank you game. And also: thank you ColourShed for reviewing this gem.

[@MaryamandRaquel]

Davyd Orynbaev bring back old nfs n get rid of the new games

[@TitusKingdom]

I AM ROCK

[@Johnny-ux7yi]

WHITE! WHALE! HOLY! GRAIL!! *pursuit intensifies*

[@deoxysandmew2162]

Also fun fact to those who don't know: The BMW's stats are much lower at the intro races than when you get it back from Razor. I guess you could say that, Razor pumped up your ride! XD ...it's infuriating though that after when you make old jump bridge and continue the story in Carbon, you lose your car instantly afterwards and gets destroyed, so you can't get it back... WHAT A TEASE!!!!!

[@alewis514]

Earl is notorious for rubberbanding in this game. I had major issues with Ronnie as well. He crashed a couple of times, I had 1,7 km lead on him and he somehow managed to overtake me with crazy speed diffrence even though I wasn't making any major mistakes. These races were won by luck more often than skill. But rubberbanding works both ways. If you make a major mistake and get overtaken there is still a fairly large chance that you can win, unless it's like the last 10% of the race. In games without such rubberbanding...well, once you were in that situation you might as well restart the race here and now. You are not winning that, period. Even if the race had just begun.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

And the worst part?! Earl's car statistically doesn't even make any sense. He can catch up so easily as if he is going 200mph and his car can't even reach that kind of speed. If you compare it to fully buffed Byron's Porsche to his car, it's a whopping joke!

[@TotallyNotASpy1]

The PC version of the game had even worse rubberbanding, you really do need to have sheer luck in order to win most races. Even though you're doing over 260 mph you're still gonna see a little Golf or an IS200 just fly past you eventually...

[@deoxysandmew2162]

@@TotallyNotASpy1 Dang! O_o

[@petern7731]

Earl was the worst, on pc and psp too. Hardest time always. I can offer the cayman and golf to beat him.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

After failing it too much I just install trainer and beat the race like a boss

[@carsonshane4102]

ColourShed, you’re one of the best KZbin reviewers on this website. It a shame you don’t even have 100 thousands subscribers yet, but you make some of the best videos I’ve seen in a long time. I hope a lot more people watch your great stuff and can’t wait until the next review

[@massivepidas1065]

Legit. He's underrated. His videos are not getting the views they deserve. But yeah, they're probably one of the best game review videos on KZbin.

[@jdevlin1910]

We take it for granted now but the road detail and lighting in this game were miles ahead of the times. that they were able to do this to a high level even on the PS2 is a technical feat that will sadly be forgotten about.

[@jrobertlysaght]

My hang up was I got started on Midnight Club games. Open world, and get to the next checkpoint anyway or on any street you want. When I tried to play Need For Speed, they could pretend you were in a city, for example, but thanks to barriers and barrels and such, you were really on a premade track with a city 'background', or 'skin'. just couldn't get past it, and never felt inspired to play on rails like that.

[@ezpzjayzaar]

When I played it back when I was a kid, I stopped at blacklist 3 because of rubber banding. I had a HUGE lead over Ronnie and in the dying moments of the race, he appeared out of fucking nowhere and won without me making any mistakes. Came back about 10 years later, played on PC instead of PS2, renamed the launch icon to "NeedForSpeedNoRubberBanding" and indeed there was no rubber banding. Only then I could drive being satisfied with my own skills. Until then, I was driving Gran Turismo and F1 games so the realism was my thing, only skills mattered, and rubber banding can suck my ass.

[@Scirollo]

I remember going on 25 minute chases trying to complete the Razor challenges where you had to do insane shit like trade paint 50 times and by 40 you were balls deep in Heat 6 LOOOL

[@percilenis8464]

I've never in all the years of playing racing games, Most Wanted included, had issues with rubberbanding. The only game that I had difficulty winning in was Midnight Club Los Angeles for some reason. Every other game was a total breeze. I never noticed too much rubberbanding going on with AI in this game, although I noticed that some of the Blacklist rivals are coded so badly that they almost always crash and get stuck. Overall, it's still one of my favourite games and I think the police is really what makes it shine. Everything else was good too, but without police, this world would feel much emptier.

[@hatsuseno]

ColourShed! Why do you do this?! I was about to go to sleep!

[@WSP_DS12]

3:19 that engine breakdown was like a drag race where if you over revved during the race the engine would break down

[@Dic_Justice69]

I love your vids man, all these old racing games you review make me play them all over again, I wish these game companies can just go back to these type of games without any microtransactions so far gt sport is the only racing game I know where you get new cars each update for free

[@stes9336]

Being “sick” from school, ps2 hooked up the small portal tv and limwire downloading music in the back ground take me back!

[@Velvet_Crowe]

Fun fact, if you start getting chased by the cops in a race and you manage to finish the race just restart it and the chase will end automatically

[@gamerxt333]

they are usually scripted to enter a race though with someone calling them about a street race

[@Velvet_Crowe]

gamer gamer not sure what that has to do with the trick I mentioned

[@gamerxt333]

iam saying, makes the trick irrelevant if they still try and stop the race

[@Ticketman99]

It's more fun to keep going.

[@Yungbeck]

I thought I only played Carbon but then I watched this review and all the memories came back!! This game was sick!

[@brizzlemynizzle313]

Not sure if a lot of people knew this, but you can fix the "rubber-banding" in the options. Find the option "catch up" and you can turn it off. Helps when you get sick of blacklisters crashing and then being right behind you again. Also a double-edged sword if you're not careful. This is one of my all-time favorite games and when i found out about the option it made the gameplay that much better. Just in case anyone didn't know!

[@BeesonsCars]

This game literally took hundreds of hours of my childhood. I’ve played through the career at least 4-5 times. The E46 M3 with a widebody kit was one of my dream cars for over a decade because of this game.

[@W0lverine1231]

Last Christmas, I got a NFS Underground 1 game case that had NFS MW 05 in it and had the “NOT FOR RESALE” badge on it. I’m wondering what that means.......

[@Judgey19XX]

// Might have been part of a collector's edition or a review sample given to the press.

[@PLAYER-MOST-WANTED]

It's a promo case

[@lordmegatron65]

Might have come from the NFS collectors set which was a 3 game bundle with NFSU1 NFSU2 and NFSMW

[@christendombaffler]

I just KNEW you'd mention Earl's second race. That race was the absolute epitome of everything that was wrong with an otherwise exceptional game. Christ, even thinking about it makes me shiver, since I ran into that same situation in that very race more than once as a kid.

[@GeekSHO]

Something worth mentioning is how they absolutely nailed the sound design. Even the low end cars have incredible sounding engines, turbo blow-off, and backfires. I can't get enough of it.

[@peanutfish94]

Just to clarify - Earl's Sprint is the most egregious case of the Catch Up mechanic going nuts in a race and it's the primary reason why people hate Earl so much. It starts around 60% of the race done and for seemingly *no* reason, Earl will just catch up and most likely pass you by even if he's several seconds behind you. You just practically _need_ Earl to crash near the end of the race to win. It's the hardest race in the whole game, it's just dumb.

[@nigelnash7516]

Anyone else remember sitting on top of the bus at the bus station to rack up bounty while cops smashed themselves up in front of you? Good times

[@mackdane8601]

I do when I'm bored and lazy lol

[@alex_micro_cars8429]

I remember doing hours long pursuit,so much fun. Definitely the best of the franchise

[@dukenukemforever6912]

I like how all the Americans have switched to Km/h to inflate their speed numbers.

[@MelloDrive]

This game's story was the first in a racer to actually involke emotion from me. I remember my reaction when I lost the Beemer to Razor and how angry I was. A shame that the blackbox games are better than the newer titles.

[@Adrian-ne3yr]

Need For Speed: Most Wanted 05' 15th anniversary in 4 days! :D

[@sulhash]

Yeah, I'm working on a video about it 😎

[@bsosmoove]

Your videos are so interesting. Usually I cant get into long videos but yours are really good. I watched all the way till the end and didnt realize 18 minutes had passed

[@marceloguia6107]

I think that downwards trend only started after Carbon TBH. To me Carbon is a more refined and more aesthetically pleasing NFS, because it brought back drifting, it had the Canyons (which would really get me excided) and they really managed to make the city look beautiful (I really dislike MW's yellowish, beige filter, it's really annoying and looks horrible). While yes, I think they haven't fleshed out the story as much and there wasn't as much content, I still think that it's better gameplay-wise. But MW is still very good if not better in general. I just wouldn't call Carbon a part of the downfall of NFS.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Carbon was good. What to dislike about it?It is basically underground + most wanted which are best nfs games.

[@marceloguia6107]

@@IskenderCaglarM41B441 Yeah, that's my point. I was only saying this, because he said the downwards trend started with Carbon. But I believe it only started after Carbon. Carbon might just be my favourite NFS game ever, with the only one coming close to it being Underground 1, but that's only because it was my first game so in genenral I prefer Carbon...

[@liam2212000]

Marcelo Guia Id say it started after the hot pursuit reboot. That was great as well.

[@marceloguia6107]

@@liam2212000 Well I can't judge that one, since I never played it. I took a brake from NFS between Carbon and MW 2012 (great timing to return to NFS, huh?), so I literally know next to nothing about those games in between. I was just too busy and too broke around that time... Though I still feel tempted to give NFS ProStreet a try, since it seemed like a very different approach to the series (also it has that sweet autosculpt, that I like).

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Marcelo Guia You should try hp 2010. And you can also check the run, that game was fine too.

[@scytheofdeath08]

Need For Speed: Most Wanted's BMW M3 GTR has to be THE MOST iconic video game car ever!!!

[@exitplanetduster]

"Why play the newest ones when you have this", I'm going to get a tattoo with this sentence, maybe on my belly.

[@EmmettXIV]

This was peak Need for Speed for me. A cool story, characters, music, the look of it, the city, an iconic car to represent the game; many things make this nostalgic. The name says it too, it is the most wanted Need for Speed. I played from Underground 1 to Shift 2, PS2, PS3 days. I recently got back into the NFS scene by playing Need for Speed: No Limits on mobile and it's a fun game. The cool thing is the BMW M3 GTR from Most Wanted is in that game too but it is a challenge to earn it.

[@tudythegangster]

"I'm gonna' pound you into the pavement!" -Razor/Cross

[@pudim6248]

I like this sentence

[@DevDreCW]

It's a legit strategy in this game to not be in first till near the end. Rubber-banding works both ways to a certain extent and they slow down a bit, and like you said, they crash constantly. Once I got the corvette, my favorite car at that time, I really didn't feel the urge to play anymore. It's a chore due to the AI, both the racers and the cops, who get frustratingly dense towards the end.. They can literally overwhelm an entire road leaving you nowhere to go. I enjoyed Underground 2 the most because it was a good blend of everything that makes NFS fun. That said I grew up with Hot Pursuit and for some reason I'll always hold that one in super high regard. The tracks were fascinating, the cars were awesome, and the cops made each race intense. Sure it didn't have the open world, but it had so much style. As NFS got more trendy it got more intolerable, and my god the cutscenes in the newer ones are downright unwatchable.

[@stefanaguinaldosoerensen2355]

Everything IS already predetermined, and you ARE the only one still fighting against it

[@Artificeral]

Keep up the good work. These reviews are very chilled out and straightforward.

[@mrstandalone2644]

I personally think that the rubberbanding gives you some difficulty, which is nice for people that think the game is easy

[@liam2212000]

dhsfjkzhuofsdhqfjkflhq It does I remember being thrown off on a few races by the ai when I thought I was winning easily it’s nice and makes me concentrate more so I don’t mess up.

[@desfefe]

It is artificial difficulty for an excuse of not being able to program competent ai. I recently started playing the game again, with all the graphics mod and extra options.... Well, the game is very easy when you get a hang of the driving mechanics, but the one point that ruins it are the drag races. Man, these are the most pathetic races ever introduced. Luckily they are mostly optional, but still, it almost ruined the experience for me. That and the pathetic motion blurr.

[@JeremySteinWolfe98]

It's a bit unfair when it comes to speed traps because you have to change your playstyle to trailing the AI

[@someguy8951]

It is a nice challenge for the most part but it's not very nice having a bloody stock Lexus speed past you into the zoom of light

[@AnthonyMcqueen1987]

The one and only NFS most wanted 2005 the pinnacle of the entire franchise. The most highly acclaimed of any title that came before or after it 19 years on. This was a tough game to beat but so rewarding if you can do it I'll never forget it.

[@SuperRickrules]

it'll be interesting when/if you get to NFS Prostreet, i want to see which way you sway on the game as a whole (or even stay on the fence). I know many wrote it off for not having the street racing culture of Underground or cops in MW but personally I have a soft spot for it and still play it to this day. I've really enjoyed your content very in depth in every game you review, keep it up :)

[@Kuson2]

Yeah, Pro Street had an amazingly authentic "Track Day" feel to it. I also loved the Drag racing in it.

[@lordeilluminati]

My only issue with it is that the local multiplayer (i didnt played online in this game) is kinda iffy to get around. You take so many time to create a track day and the other person gets bored, or the lack of visual representations, you only pick tracks and locations by name and it can be confusing to a new player. Even Gran Turismo and Forza which are simulation centric titles like Pro Street tries, are easier to pick and play with others

[@jpsrandom6943]

I had a blast playing this game with friends, later I got used to play it now and then for nostalgia reasons, still, the game has issues but nothing unplayable, great review dude!

[@MrXperx]

The graphics still hold up in 2019.

[@jonathonpoloski917]

This need for speed needs a live action movie. But like, similar to Star wars, start with underground then go all the way to carbon. It would be cool to see who the "player" is and have the story elaborated on.

[@SKC_car]

" Let's see how good you're doing in the daylight "

[@info0]

I believe this one had also got the best sounding cars. Carrera GT sound still makes me want to own that car irl xD. Dang that F1 sounding engine is unbeatable :D.

[@happymations7166]

yes finally i’ve been waiting for this!

[@mayhem1216]

This game got into Heavy Metal. I remember Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold and Mastodon in constant rotation in my head.

[@Levan4KGaming]

The racing part stinks so hard this game cheats so unbelievably.I remember I had a trainer on pc that would make my car into hyper speed, but what do you know in 5 seconds the competition was on my tail.

[@ashtongreen6270]

Levan git gud kid

[@weskergeorge97]

@@skinnygirlstretchmarks you can turn off catchup on pc

[@tamaiantama]

Yeah. I hate rubberband AI on Underground 1, but not as worse as in Most Wanted. I enjoy Underground 2 tho, it shows no rubberband AI behavior.

[@SaturdayWinter]

I never had any real trouble with it, but then again I worked my ass off to become a god at that game :D

[@tamaiantama]

@@SaturdayWinter Don't get us wrong. We finished those games. But really, rubberbanding is an indication of lazy AI programming.

[@KerrBox92]

When you think about how this game took a few steps back from underground 2 in the way of customization and number of cars, it's actually kind of surprising that a lot of people regard this as the best game in the series, but then again what this game lacks in it's content, it does make up for in it's gameplay. Also, what Rog says at the start always made me think this was a sequel to underground 2

[@el7284]

Sometimes, less is more.

[@mistermoody2123]

Imagine if they did a remaster for Most wanted 🤯

[@yayayayayayay1000]

They did a Ctr one..

[@someguy8951]

@Cyberdemon Mike well damn

[@sir_chaos]

This, San Andreas, and Agent Under Fire are still some of my favorite games from the early 2000s

[@clayongunzelle9555]

I always tried playing most like underground 2 and drive to everywhere with the car that had the highest heat level..... It was fun but I wouldn't recommend it

[@shawnboucher546]

Love this game and still play it occasionally. One of my biggest gripes no one ever mentions and thats hitting a pursuit breaker obstacle which has the cut scene like that donut coming out of the cut scene with spike strips under your wheels. Favorite car is the Chevy Cobalt with all the upgrades including the parts you can win from the blacklist races.

[@yayayayayayay1000]

We need a straight remaster for the PS4 and Xbox! With new graphics! We just need some faith they’ll do this! Because they remaster CTR GOD DaMNIT

[@samusaran7317]

Id rather have a new game...

[@groddofwar7464]

I had so many late nights playing NFS Underground, Most Wanted, Carbon and Pro Street... Who here is loving the new NFS, Need For Speed Heat??? I've had a damn blast with it!!

[@DaRealBruner]

I wouldn't necessarily say that Rog's dialogue referencing the protagonist(s?) of the Underground games is hinting towards them being the same protagonist in Most Wanted and Carbon. I think it's simply Rog talking to the *player* rather than the protagonist, considering the two previous games were in the Underground, and now the player is playing a NFS game set in the daylight.

[@xenondraws6813]

Just finished this game after not being able to fine the setup on my pc for a while. One of my favorite games that I found eventually. I loved playing it all the time. I remember playing it on my older brother's computer laptop when I was much younger. So playing it again and beating it was such a fun game to play again. I agree that a lot of the mechanics specifically for pc are a pain, but that's what made it a challenge for me. I never even knew about the rubber band system at all and always played at default settings. The pursuits were enjoyable all the time. I loved the cutscenes that would play whenever you were able to take a cop down using one of them. When your heat got to about 3+ was when it would get nerve racking. Hitting one wall accidently could cost you either money or a marker from a rival. The milestones were always a pain thought. Always throwing your car into the police to tag them, or even get extra bounty. I remember spending around 3+ hours trying to finished blacklist #3's milestones and it made me so mad. Worth it though. I really enjoyed customizing the cars though. The customization was my favorite part, being an artist and all. Something that pained me a lot though was that on PC I couldn't change a secondary color and I had no idea why. Upsetting. Overall, such a good game for being made in 05. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to try out an old game.

[@BubbleGumGuy-gx1xj]

And then Underground 2 meatriders say this game is the reason why NFS went down hill

[@Elysian.Sunvale]

Underground 2 was my childhood NFS game but when I started playing NFS mw this year, it was awesome

[@Pokaroquai]

Thats the biggest cap ever wtf they are saying 💀

[@BubbleGumGuy-gx1xj]

@@Pokaroquai Ik right, This is probably the game that made NFS really popular in the first place

[@Pokaroquai]

@@BubbleGumGuy-gx1xj it really is. Most Wanted was everywhere when I was a kid. It was such a big racing game, my Dad even had this game on his PC back then. I never took the chance to fully beat this game back then because I don't understand how to drive properly in Most Wanted because I'm more getting used with more of the usual bland arcade racer games. But now I finally got to play this game and beaten it on my beloved PS2, and I can safely say indeed, that this is one of the best EA game of all time I've played. along with original Mirror's Edge

[@BubbleGumGuy-gx1xj]

@@Pokaroquai I’ve beaten it so many times, Now I’m doing a stock golf run where I can’t do any upgrades that affect the cars performance, It’s really fun and makes the game feel challenging again since I’ve beaten it a lot. Definitely one of their if not best games they have ever made

[@kazefw3834]

The best thing about this game, is the visual blur you get as you go faster, that experience although makes my adrenaline pumping, it also makes me scare, not even modern games can replicate the feel of speed of this game. And the pursuit system, although very frustrating when you get caught, but it's actually not that hard, listen carefully for certain callout of the cops and you get a advantage over them, just watch out for rhino unit and spikes, those would be the big problem. And making your car stay on higher pursuit level is actually a good thing, cuz that way you'll rank up your bounty at a faster pace.

[@krankymann]

NFS has gone up and down ever since the first one, this game was a definite highpoint.

[@someguy8951]

What were the downs on the older nfs games?

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Most wanted is the first game I ever played on my 2007 computer. My dad bought pirate cd then we installed it, sadly it didn't opened. Then after searching folders and putting a file to system 32 game finally opened. But time was too late and there was school, I couldn't play it too much but later I spend hours. Wow what a game man, I am sure I get the same taste even today.

[@OneTeeGlory]

Mia was first bae, yall know it 😂

[@samusaran7317]

Meh

[@OneTeeGlory]

@@samusaran7317 interesting. Perhaps there’s something deeper there.

[@samusaran7317]

@@OneTeeGlory Perhaps

[@OneTeeGlory]

@@samusaran7317 It’s really something you can answer yourself with an open mind and self-exploration

[@fabiooliveira8940]

Classic. I played this game on my old PS2 before Carbon came out. Time flies, man. And i still didn't beat it, but i will.

[@Arismory]

Quick trivia. In the demo you originally played as rog who was supposed to be the main charicter.But they changed it. I think rog was the charicter you play as in the underground series since he brings up bayview multiple times throughout the game.

[@superdrinkingpepsi]

Not true. You didn't play as him, you raced him in the PS2 demo and there's only a trailer in the PC demo.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

No, you never play as Rog. He is originally blacklist 16.

[@VitoCorleone66]

just a few tips: -regarding the speedtrap races - don't go with his suggestion, once somebody finishes the race the points get deducted with each second untill you'll reach the finish line -don't use the speedbreaker, unless it will let you miss the spikes. It slows you down so much, that it's much better to bounce off the wall to continue racing -police cars are way lighter in the back, than in the front. Keep that in mind especially when it comes to roadblocks edit: couldn't agree more about the last statement in the video.

[@Yuriliciousgaming]

i need to find this game digitally for pc

[@ArtemHulk]

yep i to, but this not to steam and origin, only pirates version :/

[@Yuriliciousgaming]

@@ArtemHulk so many hours on it on the original xbox only to keep wanting to go back to it

[@valentinassamatovicius4985]

pirate it and buy it for a console, technically you bought it so its ok

[@Yuriliciousgaming]

@@valentinassamatovicius4985 i just need to find a good pirate option. Ive skimmed online but couldnt find one. and considering i cant find a legit copy thats not physical for pc i dont care about piracy. Ea shouldve just put it on origin

[@ArtemHulk]

​@@valentinassamatovicius4985 i wanna this game to my steam library i no need console disk :| why EA not do remaster like with *Burnout Paradise..*

[@milkman1026]

This is probably my favorite NFS game and was the sole reason I bought a 2006 GTO in real life. Still play this from time to time.

[@dustinjames1268]

I still love the game I really wish they didnt ruin the colours Whos dumb idea was it to put a yellow filter on the game? WHY? All it does is make things look worse

[@doabrad1850]

Not a problem on the PC version of the game. You can turn the yellow filter off on the PC version. I have the yellow filter turned off, and I have a mod that allows me to create a custom filter. I replaced the yellow filter with a blue filter; similar to NFS Carbon. It's the NFS Most Wanted Extra Options Mod. By far, the best mod available for NFS Most Wanted. Adds so much more functionalility to the game.

[@dustinjames1268]

@@doabrad1850 After looking into it, I'm gonna have to give NFSMW another playthrough Didnt realize there were so many mods available

[@doabrad1850]

@@dustinjames1268 Yeah, NFS Most Wanted has great mod support. Even in 2018, almost 2019, the game still has mods being made for it. There's also a cool mod, that allows you to play online with other people. It's called "Most Wanted Online".

[@PLAYER-MOST-WANTED]

@@doabrad1850 What mods have been dead for most wanted. You're clearly new in the modding scene

[@doabrad1850]

@@PLAYER-MOST-WANTED I've been in modding for NFS Most Wanted for a little over a year and a half now. Also no, mod support is not dead. Just look at sites like NFS cars and there's still mods being posted weekly. Also, if you join any modding discord servers, you'd know that people are always releasing new mods and talking with each other to develop new mods.

[@LaFPholytrinity]

The first two times I played through the game I didn´t even know that nitro or the speedbreaker existed xD

[@conandoyle1740]

Most wanted is by far the best in the series Carbon was such a downgrade

[@12KTOYOTA]

I agree

[@someguy8951]

How was it a downgrade? I heard it was a step up.

[@x1p4]

6:08 damn ... those cars give me goosebumps because they sound so good lol

[@Fuzon-S]

I remember the frustration of never finishing Most Wanted because for whatever reason, my copy of the game (PS2 version) soft-locks EVERY time I beaten Razor, leaving me not knowing what happens afterward. Not to mention this was WAY before KZbin became a thing to watch gameplay videos. Despite all that, this is still one of my favorite NFS series next to Underground and Carbon.

[@ashfaqislam9883]

This game and underground 2 specifically brings back so many good memories... amazing games.... I really loved the BMW M3.....it felt so so good driving that car...

[@TheOnlyFalcon17]

The best game and the early to mid 2000's was the peak/prime with Need for Speed. Hot Pursuit 2, Underground series and Most Wanted and Carbon. I remember back in 2005 everyone wanted the Xbox 360 and MW because it was the most polished game at that time. I had it for the original Xbox.

[@MrVolksbeetle]

I’d play a one-to-one HD 60fps update of this game right now. I’d be fine with 1080p, honestly. I beat this game so many times. Underground 2 was pretty dang entertaining, too.

[@legendskills29]

Amazing video man. Beautiful how you tell us and show the gameplay of it. I think i couldve watch this and know about the game without even playing it. :-)

[@eliminator1492]

I bought it for PS2 PC and Xbox 360. one of the best games I have played.