Why Was Need for Speed: Underground A Big Deal?

The Need for Speed racing game series has a shining star, and its name is Underground 1 & 2. Here's why we loved these games.
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[@gameranxTV]

We've been wanting to make a quick video about this game for a long time. Thanks for indulging us.

[@jasonperez4742]

Has one of the best sequels ever. Snoop Dog and The Doors resonates in my mind.

[@thialindm3269]

Still got this game on my desk. The good stuff.

[@nekosainx2856]

gameranx Beating the time trails with a lower timer and get better and reaching number one on all of the leaderboards! Mine you I've played this game lots of times

[@MislavM7]

You just cant be more right its all true btw am 18 and I was 8 when i played underground 2 and I still remember Snoop Dog song Riders on the storm that get low, i am rock ,Vaaaa song whwre he screams ea just make NFS Underground 3 with frosbite wnginw and no microtrasations and VOLA game of the Century simple as that

[@Phantastic_Otaku]

My favorite racing game is Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix

[@ahmedhusainmaghrabi2748]

The good old days when u r customizing your car in NFS Underground 2 and listening to Riders On The Storm

[@ghostyfoot]

*Instant Flashbacks*

[@sorryyourenotawinner2506]

Lean Back>>>riders on the storm

[@Lilpresh42069]

Random Guy nah

[@ashfaqislam9883]

Nostalgic .... good..good times

[@Lilxtengamin]

Ayan Maghrabi good thing i still have nfsug2 on my pc after my ps2 stop working

[@killernat1234]

I love how the EA slogan was “Challenge everything” but now it’s more like “pay for everything”

[@G1lgamesj]

Someone should rerender that intro and meme it xD

[@dadobi2]

How about ''Challenge everything.... even your patience''

[@votpavel]

EA games - "Early Access" games

[@luiszelaya8698]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 soooo true

[@Kyriakos703]

They're challenging your wallet.

[@athenian9795]

Part of the GREATNESS of the underground series is that there were NOT any supecars.

[@arkarosh7043]

you made your own supercar that was the thing back thern

[@aries666dc]

@@arkarosh7043 NFSU2 gave you the ability to max the shit out of your shitty corolla and smoke a Lamborghini rich boy. THATS street racing.

[@Mich_-mu7fz]

@@aries666dc no Lambos in Underground 2 though

[@RockSolitude]

that really didn't have anything to do with it

[@What-wm2fu]

That’s actually what made Underground worse. Besides the Lack of Cop chases, and out of place rap music, the Game felt really slow compared to Hot Pursuit 2, and Most Wanted.

[@RockSolitude]

When he said *BAARUM DUM DUM, DUM DA DA DADUM DUM* I felt that.

[@KaranSharma-lm6eh]

First song.

[@Xeodez]

damn

[@AChunkyDog]

You disgust me.

[@JAHDCypha]

Lool maan the ti and lil jon tracks made this game fun!!!

[@isaiasvalladares4210]

I loved that opening.

[@SirBilliam96]

Remaster these games (DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING BUT THE VISUALS), sell these as a bundle, and I will be happy

[@x2c.diamundz]

Will never happen

[@TUFsStretch]

Do it yourself.

[@seepel]

@@x2c.diamundz And leave them Soundtracks untouched! And Add some more JDM

[@HU1212ICAN3]

More cars, vinyls, races and customization options, but only if they're from the 2000s. Lol

[@Singleturbo-sk9qp]

If we could play it on the newer consoles it would be a hit

[@williamjames3313]

It really hurts watching you butcher the drifting mode

[@vanilla8256]

It pains me deeply

[@Tunerdude94]

The Civic isn't ideal for drifting lmao

[@williamjames3313]

@@Tunerdude94 terrible excuse, the game mode makes any car easy enough to drift

[@-KillaWatt-]

My favorite mode. I could kill it back in the day.

[@MrFancyKisses]

I came here to say that too! Wow, yeah. Drifting isn't about slow jerky yanking on the wheel XD

[@WLANKABEL501]

The good old times when the absolute Supercars where Skyline R34 GTR and Mustang 5.0, stuff that real underground Racers actually could afford, but back that time, mentioned F&F was the same way, driving S2000, Skyline, RX-7, Supras... and not its 10mil$ Concept Car crap

[@MegaRafaelloco]

The F&F Supra costs as much as a supercar now.

[@Ryno_757]

I still listen to The Doors’ “Riders on the Storm” re-work with Snoop Dogg. Beautiful

[@trickjacko8482]

That's underground 2

[@joshiesos3x17]

Same

[@ImOutPlayz]

Riders on the Storm ft Snoop Dog Underground 2 is probably the best memory I have from playing that game

[@noor6057]

So true 🔥

[@nanodash3748]

I think about it all the time

[@Scarz_King]

iOutPlayz YES!!! 😂

[@Jeffet629]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mah_daddy]

i was listening that song before i played this video

[@Zephairein]

im kinda surprised of all the games getting a "HD Remaster" that neither Underground or Underground2 were redone.

[@lol_dope]

Zephairein nfsug2 might get a remaster for next year but only maybe

[@BlackWing117]

@@lol_dope But this time, all the customizations will be microtransactions! Yay!

[@adruuun]

I wish they'd just put some Old NFS games and even midnight club on the PS2 to PS4 PSN store if buy them with a whole trophies list that would be dope!

[@in4mus85]

It’s mental innit

[@squirrelhallowino29]

@Blake Belladonna dude literally half the cars of nfsu2 are in NFS Heat. They didn't make it bc another company is doing it and pride comes in the way -

[@andybaughman3719]

My 13-year old self used to stay up till 2 am trying to beat those freaking drifts. I loved how much I was addicted to this game and watching this brought it all back.

[@nicklenuts]

Yeah I remember sneakin downstairs to play it with the steering wheel for the ps2

[@taylorwestom6914]

I remember waking up EARLY just so I could play NFS U2 on my Gamecube for an hour before the school bus came! I agree, Pro street and Carbon were great but nothing really live up to Underground 2... it really was perfection...

[@mlgsnip3r661]

I'm late but I did the exact same thing but with PS2

[@blonded9965]

can’t play underground 2 without thinking of riders on the storm with snoop

[@attila535]

That and Black Betty.

[@BoredLion99]

Goin' off of this, goin' off of that With the lizard king bumpin' in the back How boat that.

[@Theomyeon.]

don't forget "Give it all" by rise against

[@chiccopioggia]

Can't play Underground 1 without singing along.. "To the windoooooow"

[@marttux267]

Always when i turned the game on (btw still playing it) i just heard "riders on the storm"

[@pr0diigy764]

A wise man once said “If you scream 'To the windows!' and she doesn’t reply with 'To the wall' then she is too young for you.”

[@Heyxtre]

Probably something to use so you wont catch a case

[@DaughteroftheOriginalFlame]

Very well said.

[@djstatyk1540]

@@Heyxtre I mean, smart

[@jimmp6005]

yo.... i listening this song right now and when i read your coment... lol

[@numbblackpicture]

I go with "DUCK TAILS!" and a "WOOHOO!" for an answer to check that. (Yeah, I stole this one..)

[@sayno2lolzisback]

The difficulty level of this game was perfect!

[@kyranblack5162]

I remember playing with friends and everyone would pass me the controller on the drift matches. Those were awesome.

[@Samuel-xs2yv]

I agree. I remember one of the last drift matches you essentially needed to chain drift like 7 or 8 times to get the multiplier high enough to win. Man it took me and my brother like 100 tries!

[@ideasukmabakti3010]

ultimate difficulties with stability control turn off

[@mookiestewart3776]

@@kyranblack5162just picked up the game after almost 20 years of not playing it , did the first drift match in the starter Honda civic and dropped 25k on they heads lol. I still got it baby!!!

[@ShreyamTaneja]

This and the Midnight Club series are still one of the best arcade-style racing games I've ever played. I would LOVE to see a new game with the 2000s style street racing feel with customizable cars and nitrous with hip-hop songs playing in the background. Rewatching the Fast and Furious series only makes me want those games more.

[@kitsuneking09]

I got both

[@kitsuneking09]

I got midnight club 2 and midnight club three dubbed version i got need for speed underground and need for speed carbon

[@deathvader2293]

They should make a remake. I'm sure there are some Need For Speed Veterans out there who'd definitely want to play.

[@pilbaraboy7241]

Man that would be awesome!

[@dragon3010lol]

I wouldn't ming getting a mw remaster

[@fizzisoda7113]

That's what NFS 2015 was supposed to be.

[@dragon3010lol]

Fizzi Soda 2015 was a game with that formula maybe. But I want a straight graphical remaster

[@Gigi-zr6hp]

I would love that but don't forget that EA changed for the worst this recent years and you can expect micro transactions and dlc on a modern remake

[@GreekSouvlakiFtw]

Underground,San Andreas etc,damn..what an era..

[@BigSmoke20061989]

best games ever!

[@fakedazzleful]

Ya back then game was complete before they sell them since we couldn't download content online. But now all game are incomplete so they can add dlc for 9.99 for a damn car

[@GreekSouvlakiFtw]

@@fakedazzleful true^

[@harkiratsingh5714]

Midnight club also

[@GreekSouvlakiFtw]

Glen W you’re the man,cheers

[@samialg7901]

I remember asking Santa (my Dad) for Xmas for this game "Dad can you tell Santa to get Underground for me on the playstation?" "Santa's asking, do you mean Need for Speed Underground?" I had no idea as a kid at the time, but I just said yes that's the one. Extremely vivid memories with this game. Truly a classic

[@kmsthanks]

Which game were you originally thinking about?

[@thegiantratthatmakesalloft9415]

This didnt happen and your just making things up.

[@lifeofcorn894]

lol I asked my mom and wasn't clear. got nfshp2 spent the next 6 months racing thru the jungle before I could race thru the night with flashy underglow.

[@angeerasvashisht]

​@@lifeofcorn894 lol

[@zaccorpseman7366]

Words cannot describe how amazed I was when I first experienced this game's phenomenal graphics back in 2004. Even till this day the entire night scene still gives me chills whenever I play it, hearing those 2000s rock songs almost brought a tear to my eye. Back when life was fulfilling and meaningful I guess

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

i just redownloaded the emu specifically for this game. EA really missing out on some money here. as mush as i hate them. if they remasterd not REDID this game id spend $70

[@jandera21]

Hey EA you want to make 250 million $ just drop underground 3 and leave out micro transaction please.

[@j.ramsey8863]

If there's an EA sticker on a box in a store you're buying half what you think you're buying.

[@yzark666]

The development cost of a modern copy of NFSU 3 will take more than 3 years and EA don't develop projects like these no more, maybe a very good studio could make a similar street Racing - tunning customize - good list of car Game one day but ... it's just a dream, I live with that hope (and the hope to could see HL3)

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

You really expecting EA to not add micro transactions?

[@lostsoul9518]

250million is not even enough to build 50% of a game AAA in 2018

[@yzark666]

@@lostsoul9518 Outsourcers, do u know them?

[@SunLevi]

This game is literally better than recent NFS titles in terms of fun factor.

[@dimaaftaritet]

Sun Levi yup like the payback its fast and furios not sure about fun thats like a fast and furios movie

[@johndilig6719]

The '15 NFS got at least close to it, though. It felt like UG2 remastered, in terms of gameplay.

[@niksperience]

That it its....fun factor...key element

[@shona5512]

rose glasses

[@foxtrot801]

Time to play on my ps2

[@nathanjoyce5024]

NFS Heat brought some of the nostalgia back, but the soundtrack in Heat could have been waaaaay better

[@bigmac51290]

Protip: Play the Underground soundtracks through Spotify while you're playing.

[@AChunkyDog]

Worst part about heat is being forced to listen to mexican music I can't understand.

[@vcostaval]

@@AChunkyDog the music in nfs heat soundtrack is not mexican also try learning other languages, its nice

[@AChunkyDog]

@@vcostaval You goober...

[@YeatherReets]

Also heat looks ugly af. I bought it. The game is fun. But meh

[@sliderx1897]

Underground changed the face of racing games at the time. All my friends were into GT which i didnt really dig and then Underground came out and i was hooked as tuner culture was huge at the time

[@silentblackhole]

Woah.... hearing "EA games. Challenge everything" instantly transported me back in time 15 years

[@adibuddycoolderechte18]

Same

[@rolandlee6898]

Nows its "EA games. Charge for everything"

[@Desperoro]

Good old EA

It’s 15 years already?

[@stephenhenderson7277]

Yup

[@aaronbirkholz3365]

My uncle used to save his cars on his memory card and then he’d bring them over at thanksgiving and I’d transfer them to my memory card. And the guy knows his cars and what looked awesome. Fun times when I was younger

[@joker_on_blitz2669]

Dang, wish I had a uncle like that. 😅

[@jonathanm2690]

ohhh yeah! I feel like this applies to alot of games! when my friend brought over his memory card of granturismo and seeing all the unlocked cars and playing them awh those were the days

[@katteos]

I also played this game with my uncle!!! Good memories

[@SheriffofNaxcar]

We absolutely need a new Underground version. With all the same race modes and cars that were tune-able instead of supercars. (Back to the roots just like F&F back in the day)

[@neondreams0514]

Probably won't happen unfortunately with how EA is nowadays, closest we got was NFS 2015

[@spydertype3056]

Need for Speed: Most wanted 2005 was my all time favorite. I just bought the 360 version the other day to replay that masterpiece

[@theinceptor3672]

Me too. That game is a true masterpiece. I bought it on pc. The wierd part is i played it on 2015.😂10 years later

[@tjleonor8024]

yup, why can't they make games like this now a days🤣🤣🤣

[@rhen4short]

Gotta love sitting on top of that platform in the bus station while seeing the cops do crazy shit trying to get me.

[@reggieg1962]

Hell yeah that's what's up!👌🔥🔥

[@martinivanov1319]

top things that made nfsu1&2 the best street racing games: 1. the soundtrack 2. the cars 3. the sounds of the cars 4. the insane customization 5. the handling(more on the realistic side than a complete arcade like the current nfs which is a complete joke) 6. fast & furious...

[@danielgrawert213]

Martin Ivanov more realistic handling? No, not really. It was just different.

[@adriantrusca1245]

And the graphics. At the time, that motion blur effect that you got when you activated the nitrous boost, was insane.

[@danielgrawert213]

@Julio Alvarez BeamNG is not realistic aswell ... bruh, did you ever drive a car? Just because it had built in destruction physics doesnt make it realistic. kepp it real. Sim Racers are pretty much the only realistic car games.

[@annoyingdududee8897]

and for nfsu2 : open world (i love open worlds.)

[@Ahadd77]

Ahh the good old ps2 days

[@PS1212]

Gaming with Abdul Ahad xbox!

[@TheLilmage7]

GameCube my dude what y'all talking about?

[@retrosoul8770]

6th gen was the goat generation.

[@PS1212]

Bobcom1 u know what; android.

[@PS1212]

Retro Soul good*

[@3Rayfire]

Going into this video I was like, "If they don't mention the soundtrack then why are we even here?" Then 0:45, and I was like, "OK, we're good."

[@EXILE-_-CJ]

The construction site in a few of the races always made us feel like rebels when racing through and knocking over the fences and cones.

[@shane39767]

NFS underground 1&2 were the best games for a bunch of reasons. First, it was all about taking average cars regular people can afford and making them into custom race cars with legit bodykits and brands. Second was the sound, the engine revving sounded really legit and the crashes sounded brutal. I'm not into games that every time the final car is a Bugatti veyron and you can almost start with it. I like the weak car to race car progression.

[@shaunw9270]

I agree , I got as much fun customising & tuning average daily cars like the Civic , Golf and a Dodge / Chrysler Neon as I did actually racing them . Great fun. Then I got into Juiced ,which I was also mad about for a long time.

[@Zesserie]

This is exactly the reason I like the underground series, the 2nd especially(although the first was great, that was the one to get me hooked) In UG2 you could go and get your Peugeot 206(which is the car i own in real life) and you start with a bone stock ride, race a couple of races, and get a fuel pressure reg and atop speed remover. Then you take your car to the dyno, see the change, remap the car to gain some extra topend and a horsepower or two, race again and redo it. After a while you race some guys on the streets, get a special part like a turbo or ecu, and you'd notice that you can get a little extra boost from if you take your car to the dyno again. I had a 240SX with the boost gauge hitting like 35 psi deep in the red and beyond. No game racing game has given me that before and not after either. If you didn't tune the car right in dragrace you were more prone to blow it up too! The detail in that game is were it shines, togheter with the sounds of the cars which is miles ahead of everything else in that era. And belive me when i say it's important!

[@lee_the_underground_producer]

Shane Hubert I agree 😬😬😬😬✊🏽I’m a tuner guy my self

[@TheLightMyFire]

I actually finished the game with the honda civic.

[@bathin813]

I never get to start with a veyron

[@marco7campos]

A remastered Need for Speed Underground 2 would break the internet

[@treemaster134]

Literally, because it would be "Always online"

[@EMEGONZALEZTRKING]

One and two are my favorites

[@hondamanvtec2894]

@juanisabastard if you dont think so. You just wrong

[@AnonymousUser1710]

Yes, the present sucks. I need my childhood, my past back!!

[@fer.jr__3847]

No midnight club deserves it more the nfs

[@davidramirez6644]

Underground 1 & 2 were absolute masterpieces!! Such great memories playing them when they first came out!

[@radicalcentrist4990]

The reason why Underground worked so well is because it came at the right time, when tuning and street racing were pretty big in pop culture. But the trend went away eventually. That's why every attempt to bring that back didn't really work anymore. I think if you want to make a game about underground street racing it's probably best to have it set in the early 2000's.

[@mookiestewart3776]

Yeah you could have it set at that time. But I think of they emphasized the street racing culture even in a modern setting it would do really well. They could easily tailor the street racing model to modern day and have it be dope asf. The problem isn’t the timeframe , the problem is the lack of commitment to the culture in general. If they remade underground 1&2 RIGHT NOW but set them in 2023 the shit would POP!! Give us our crazy ass customization and banger soundtracks back with modern graphics. They could literally upscale underground 1 with the same soundtrack and an online mode for circuit, drag and drift and the shit would sell like fucking gang busters . Game design was simply better back then

[@MonkeyManFoSho]

God this game was amazing, thank you for this lookback!!

[@gameranxTV]

thanks for watching!

[@MonkeyManFoSho]

also i appreciate that Get Low intro (0:45) definitely was a key aspect of the 1st NFS Underground game

[@justAguyDs]

Underground 2 and Burnout3 takedown we're the racing games of my childhood

[@8hiphop7]

Then: *Challenge everything* Now: *_Charge everything_*

[@starwarskiller7694]

Underrated

[@jettamk6161]

EA Games ᴍᴏɴᴇᴛɪᴢᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ

[@benq994]

EA Games ᴍᴏɴᴇᴛɪᴢᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ TWICE they recently "remastered" Hot pursuit i don't see much difference from original as it was relatively new game. Why don't they remaster something older like Underground MW 2005 or Carbon? I have better remastered Underground 1 by using 2021 widescreen fix, maxing out texture filtering, applying max tesselation limit(not sure if it did much), supersampling 4xEQ and Image sharpening in my GPU software. With this tweaks game looks better than it should for a 18yr old game;) took me 6 days to beat it on hard and it was an awesome experience.@@jettamk6161​

[@dummy3467]

@@benq994 Now hold on bud. They can’t remaster UnderGround and Most Wanted because of licensing issues. There was Toyota cars at the time but because of Toyota’s no street racing promotion policy, they can’t do that. Even if they were to make a remaster, Toyota wouldn’t be in the game.

[@potatosordfighter666]

I got so good at the drifting in this game I managed to chain a drift around like 90% of the big track and got to max rep level in like 2 races.

[@gameranxTV]

Woah nice.

[@djmj1000]

It was a game exactly representing the spirit of time. The time was so optimistic and fun those days. The music was full of energy with hip hop or rock, hollywood with fast and furious pushed it and many 30 year olds those days tuned their cars. Everyone was living the life those days. People where motivated and did their best effort! I am happy to be in my 20s that decade and got all of it. No cancel culture, no hate those days even basketball was "bigger" in germany those days and even we played video games, we still did many things outside the internet. Everyone knew that lil jon song and first we game and then in the club we sang that song. Good times! Today the music gets boring or "too stoned" hip hop and artists, movies and games only care about the money anymore! The games and movies like the new fast furious only show 1% super and hyper cars noone can relate to.

[@nazrlol8102]

just buy the game and pop it in the disc tray. no updates, no micro transaction, no patches, no dlc packs and stuff just pure gameplay edit : thanks for the likes ^_^

[@kevharfmann]

wonderful, miss the good old days..

[@mushyMax]

N4Zz Z hell yes. Those were the Good times...

[@metmylan]

how is no updates or no dlcs a good thing

[@VikramSingh-fe8hy]

@@metmylan tbh games made at that time were better without DLC than games which have DLC nowadays. These days devs are practically selling you a 1/4 of the game and the 3/4 left over would be in DLC form. If arcade racing games perfected for the consumers was a thing it would be the 2 underground games.

[@DevoutSoldierYT]

tortoise8199 Because it was sold “complete”.

[@ThePianoKing64]

I can hear that thumbnail

[@Mitch3lT0mas]

PianoKing64 I heard it too

[@gameranxTV]

mission accomplished

[@stephencious]

Am i hearing paul van dyk nothing but you? Lol

[@r19him40]

TO THE WINDOOOOOOOOOOOW

[@jedirydergaming9555]

PianoKing64 same haha. Awesome

[@ferrer985]

There was such a street car tuning hype going on in those days that was worldwide. NFSU felt like a game sequal to F&F. I think it was also during that time that pimp my ride was hot and maybe just in general a time when mainstream aftermarket parts for popular car brands and models started flooding the market. I was a teenager so I didn't have a car. Instead I had a scooter which I tuned and pimped. Engine upgrades, style changes, spray painting complete with NFSU sticker sets lol, it was such a blast.

[@ebmotorsport2006]

Damn that intro was nostalgic itself gave me chills!!

[@LeanifyTV]

I. LOVED. THIS. GAME. The feel, the soundtrack, the everything. I wish there were more games like this. No fancy story, no paid stuff, just a nice, solid experience all round. Games in the series since haven't given me that same satisfaction, particularly payback. I don't want the blockbuster experience, and I'm not a massive fan of how the cars feel. Anyways, just my two cents. Imagine the budget and time that could be saved if the game was just a VERY good racer with a simple story, as simple as the 'warring crews' of Carbon/MW era - as against a meh racer with a meh story, etc.

[@adlibbed2138]

Leanify TV Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3? Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2? I mean these games have a story, they're rather simple but some of the opponents in TXR3 in particular have a unique traits of their own, like there's that one guy for example if you facing him during the raining weather, the rain pours coming from the wheels turned out to a fucking blood

[@jumpman366]

Leanify TV Its all about the money mane

[@LeanifyTV]

I know, I know. But still, my poor old heart.

[@jumpman366]

Leanify TV I feel you

[@mysterybox6180]

Leanify TV these days are dead. Solid good games. Are gone. Final Fantasy 8 look at it. Legend of Dragoon. Many many more games. Young bucks know nothing about.

[@NFSBeast2365]

Underground series, HP2, Most Wanted 2005, and Carbon.... ah, those memories!

[@Kacpa2]

NFS Beast And ProStreet :v

[@Sentry2]

Most wanted was the best in my opinion. they tarnished its name with the shitty 2012 game or whenever it was

[@dekadentsn8378]

NFS Porsche ist a Classic to!

[@AirwolfGames]

I found NFS Shift 1 and 2 and NFS Proshift very fun; though NFS MW (05) will always be my number one fav

[@lnvasionProject]

NFS SOUNDTRACK WAS LIT MAN 🤙

[@markmcdermott5559]

This game,midnight club and juiced were class wish they’d bring something like this out again

[@captainbadassitude1845]

Yeeeees!

[@lukevanwyngaardt6584]

Juiced was my intro into Street Racing games. It truly was a class act.

[@hawkeyes4768]

all i remember was it being one big blurr,,due to the constant abuse of the mos button

[@jasonbaber1318]

Hawk Eyes nos not mos

[@hotwaffles5897]

I never used nos at the right times. Saved it all for when a badass song came on 👌🏼

[@felixw.704]

That moment you hear "get low" after ages and nostalgia hits you like a truck

[@JonSkittlezz]

Thank you for putting literally every little thing I feel about the nfs underground series into a video. All of it couldn’t of been said better

[@ZubairKareeB]

It made my childhood. I've finished this game like 17 times & I can now still play all day long. Favorite car was the acura RSX. Never gets old :') Thank you Underground for making my childhood the best

[@pandapropsncostumes]

Brings back good memories. I was an Art Director on the game and I designed a lot of the visual looks for the cars. I designed the graphics for many of the hero cars including the orange R-34 Skyline :) Also helped with some of the track designs for drift mode etc

[@ced507]

Panda Props & Costumes they needa hire you right the fuck back!

[@cdwag23]

you played a big part in my childhood by just working on this game ❤ that orange r34 was everything to me

[@pandapropsncostumes]

Olivier Malenfant Thanks! I appreciate it! I worked at EA for 16 years and they laid me off back in 2010. They pretty much laid our entire team off that I was on after NFS. It was a bummer! But life goes on. I make costumes and props for collectors and film and TV now, so it’s all good :)

[@pandapropsncostumes]

cdwag23 That’s awesome! Glad you liked it! I’ll share a story in a new comment so people can see it. :)

[@pandapropsncostumes]

Some cool stories for @CDwag23 who asked about the R34 Skyline. I designed the body kit and the graphics. I chose a griffin as a graphic because griffins guarded treasure. To me the treasure was “owning the streets” which was the goal of the game. To be the ruler and best in the Underground. I chose the parts for the car carefully and created model sheets for the licensed parts and the sponsors for the car. Craig Lieberman who was the consultant on the Fast and the Furious visited the studio. I spent time with him reviewing the different parts as he was going to help build a real world R-34 that was based on my design! I created the graphics for the vinyl graphics on the real car. The car was used in various car shows and promo shoots. It was featured in one of the tuner magazines (I forget which one) and I think it was given away in an MTV contest. Before Craig Lieberman left the studio, he suggested I leave EA and offered me a job to create body kits with him. “These are really good. You should quit and come work for me”. It was a pretty cool compliment :) I later resurrected the Eastsiders griffin graphic on a team of cars I designed for Need for Speed Carbon.

[@zero69kage]

I remember when my entire family was playing this game, we each played through the career mode and ended up with very different cars. I think that's why I like watching other people playing video games sometimes.

[@KFrancisPower]

0:46 as soon as the song kicked in I was back in time 😍

[@ShootinStickz]

omg those are some of my first memories playing this and vice city with my older brother, he used to set a timer for 20 minutes each and he’d stop it on his turns and i didn’t know lil

[@BarryShite25]

😂😂😂😂😂 my older brother used to do similar to me, I'd never get a look in and just have to sit there 🤣

[@HFTVChannel]

NFS1+2 , Most Wanted were amazing , Carbon felt pretty alright too , any installation beyond that just doesn't have the same fire into it. Would absolutely love to see good remasters where they dont touch the mechanics at all , they just update the visuals and graphics and perhaps throw in a bunch of extra stages/cars for us. Come on EA , we know you're hungry for money , atleast steal from our pockets in a way that we both benefit from it

[@starshape6650]

HellFox well except HP 2010 that was bomb.

[@KarimElSoufi]

yeah, most wanted lived up to underground. I dont know why they said otherwise :/

[@SteveOnlin]

you mean payback ?

[@sypho-diaz.thisnamewasgive6866]

I loved pro street but it just didn't have what I wanted. Carbon was a great omage and I loved most wanted. But nothing will top the rush I felt in nfs underground.

[@munden21]

For me they killed the franchise with carbon.

[@R3MIXMODZ]

BRR DUM DUM DUM gives me the chills every time. One of the best games ever And while I'm at it, im going to play it again.

[@ensco7]

R3MIX MODZ It's been "The Celebration Song" in UG2 for me.

[@turtleman1947]

I ordered NFSU2 for my PC. Can't wait to play it

[@robertturnip7850]

I bought the Logitech Momo Force Feedback wheel specifically to play this game.

[@claytoniusdoesthings9598]

I remember two things about this game. One; as you got moving really fast, the blur effects made it difficult to see at times, and ya boy didn't have the patience to map out every track by memory as to avoid small obstacles on the road. Two: this game set up my love affair with the 2006 EA title. Need for Speed Carbon. The thing that sold me on Carbon was pretty much the Underground style gameplay (street racing), but with old school muscle cars.

[@sambeezy007]

Yes!

[@RAZBRY]

Me and my mates would go over to eachothers houses after school just to show off our riced up cars on UG1/2. Early 2000's hiphop and the fast and furious movies was life at the time lol. Then came San Andreas and suddenly 80's/90's hiphop, low riders and LA gang culture was all we knew. Ah, kids.

[@alexthelegoguy4504]

Back when a company intro gave you chills. “Ea games. Challenge everything” shivers!

[@VergilTheLegendaryDarkSlayer]

Now it's EA games, ~buy our loot boxes~

[@darkracer1252]

these days that intro is a sign of a bad game

[@alexthelegoguy4504]

darkracer125 Stfu!

[@rishabhpaul15]

Now it's more like "EA Games. Ruin everything"

[@rishabhpaul15]

@@alexthelegoguy4504 why you triggered man? They did mess up my favorite series mass effect and crysis too. And unfortunately, my only love, C&C! 😭

[@BadLeaderVideos]

This is the greatest game I ever played! Thank you for the review, reminded me awesome memories ...

[@lukemanzano_]

I remember being a 6 year old kid playing this for hours everyday. I used to love this game so much

[@ZacBurtar]

The fact that they haven't made another Underground game shows the incompetence of EA.

[@osmekcrashmaster]

They would ruin it with microtransactions, always-online, multiplayer-based gameplay and other bullshit, so there's no point. Actually hoping for some indie developer to start making games like this, even if it was technically outdated, all you need is basic enjoyable gameplay, good music and no cash-grabbing. Heck, 10-year old games still look great in my book! And they run flawlessly on modern machines. Companies like EA or Microsoft will never make good products again, because they are only focused on milking the most money out of people and forcing them unnecessary crap just because they can.

[@kalebnolan8343]

With the way they make games now, I’d prefer if they didn’t make another underground game

[@CHIM3RA.]

As much as I love NFSU I'd rather buy another midnight club from rockstar

[@Wurmo]

The reason some old games still look good now is because of HD. Most ppl didnt have hdtv at that time, but games usually supported it.

[@UKGameShock]

They shouldn't make a new but re make underground 2 like make the exact same game with new graphics and stuff. It would sell well because the older people will play for nostalgia and the game is so old now 16 year olds of today mostly wouldn't have played it so there is a new audience for the same game.

[@MarcioVinicius25]

Need for speed underground 2 was my childhood

[@Chevifier]

Marcio Vinicius Dropping a huge speaker system in an SUV and lowering the suspension. All black tinted windows. They dont make customization like that anymore

[@RyebredroxRPD]

Yes. Just yes.

[@saltypepper5696]

*Take me on a rocket ride*

[@machinedude9386]

For me kind of, because i never played this game on my own, i just watched my Brother playing it

[@vaidrelis1315]

Marcio Vinicius same

[@hungrybois5954]

Recently restarted playing Underground 1. So much of my elementary school days were playing that game-as well as Hot Pursuit 2. To this day, I regard them as some of the best games ever made.

[@benq994]

Me too i even made it look better with 2021 widescreen fix and these settings in my GPU software: maxing out texture filtering, setting 4xEQ supersampling, Image sharpening and max tesselation limit(not sure if the last one changed much). The results are awesome the game looks better than it should but true to the original. It took me 6 days to beat the game on hard and i had a great time.

[@numberii300]

that beginning/startup cutscene is so nostalgic my god it’s as magical as it used to be

[@Flint404]

I remember buying this game back in 2003, installing the game at 7pm... and the next thing is my mom yelling at me at 2am because I wasn't in bed yet. Underground was a monumental racing game for it's time. I couldn't get enough of it. Even now I can play it for hours and not get bored.

[@xXSilentAgent47Xx]

NFS Underground 1, 2 and MW 2005 kept people playing. Payback, 2015, MW 2012 were dropped deeply into the sea.

[@YOTHISISYO]

MW 2012 was a hit . And it is a decent game .

[@xXSilentAgent47Xx]

+Jose Serenil That's your opinion. I don't think for game like Payback is anything close to be good due to grinding & gambling 4 gears and cringy terrible storyline with no advanced cops as in MW 2005.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

YOTHISISYO Wut?That game is complete garbage, decent?Haha hell no, that game ruined nfs...I guess you are joking, not funny man. Not funny at all.

[@pascalcorriveau1418]

@Jose Serenil totally agree, never played another nfs since original mw and I jumped on it this month and i got completly addicted and did story mode 2x.

[@tianbarretosebas8380]

@@pascalcorriveau1418 kid youre trying way too hard

[@WSP_DS12]

“Riders on the storm” just too nostalgic

[@mgreene1623]

Man me and my dad used to play this game for hours, the intro music is so nostalgic

[@CARLISONIT]

Personally Need for Speed underground was one of my favourite game as a kid, I used to aspire to modify and personalise a car the way I wanted to and I’m so happy that i’m in that position to do it now and it’s one of the best feeling ever.

[@skinnzynz4234]

Every time i hear get low i think of speed underground

[@tamaskisely9122]

I played ug and ug 2 as well, but my favorite was most wanted. Everything after mw was bullshit.

[@KaranSharma-lm6eh]

I would say after Carbon.

[@yyy6231]

Yeah Carbon is actualy the last okay one,i never got why they droped the whole underground racing with 3727272 car costumizations that look straight outta Tokyo drift...Ug Ug2 most wanted and carbon only need a multyplayer where u can race with your friends with the cars you have in the singleplayer and the game would be 30/10 :o would die to play that in 2020.I hope we get a game like that i miss the whole vibe they give with the 80s,90s,2000s cars :/

[@MannysRandomVideoChannel]

I agree with Most Wanted, but im thoroughly enjoying Heat

[@AgateEditing]

Carbon was the last game to be the best that EA had to offer. Starting from ProStreet to present day, it started to get worse

[@lambox9535]

@@AgateEditing Naw, Heat has restored the greatness of NFS franchise. Plus games like NFS Undercover or Hot Pursuit were also pretty good

[@dhruvbhattacharya365]

You're just saying the words of everyone who had that game! 🧡 So much nostalgia 💜 great job bud.

[@dice8191]

If EA remakes underground 1 or 2, everybody’s wallet go in debt

[@DaquanHarrison]

Nobody cares

[@fuekongyang3144]

Daquan Harrison we do

[@Viewsk8]

Facts

[@CaliBiz951]

Ya bro I feel you I hope one day they can bring something as amazing as that was back 🤦‍♂️

[@roahnosh]

Microtransactions: Let me introduce myself

[@NIKINUKI_]

Well I remember It having more pixels! The nostalgia is real. Riders of the storm, Get Low, Nobody Top 3 songs of all time!

[@HepauDK]

If I remember correctly, Riders on the Storm was from UG2. :) Some of the greatest songs featured in a NFS game however (in my humble oppinion) are The Buzzhorn - Ordinary ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn2om5-erreHmJI ) and Hot Action Cop - Going Down On It ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqfRZqtrpKamY8k ) from NFS Hot Pursuit 2. Luckily for me, the soundtrack is easy to rip directly from the game cd. :)

[@GrabLifeByDaPoosy]

What's crazy is they never seemed to get old while playing even though you heard them hundreds of times.

[@AnoshterHaar]

Yeah same here man, NFSU2 was very sharp and detailed in my memorys....

[@filippians413]

The car customization was my favourite part. When I finally unlocked everything I was so proud to have my gold Skyline with wide body and gold underglow. Badass!

[@enderman6777]

Underground 2 was the epitome of NFS... there even was suspension customization, trunk arrangement, engine highlight colors, customizing the color of every part of your car, not to mention enormously detailed tuning. The map was beautiful, versatile, and the range of events allowed for a lot of fun. Carbon and most wanted may have also been great games, but nothing ever has lived up to underground 2. Here's hoping EA will try to top it...

[@philsnow811]

not to mention, the ECU and boost mapping!

[@KingofStreet3]

Mostwanted (2005) was also a dope game.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Best nfs ever

[@personaslates]

Remember when EA was good? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[@non-ofyo-business3399]

Persona Slates I was thinking the same thing 😂😂 When he said “EA” I literally couldn’t believe they made this game

[@Cody-ec3bt]

EA has made alot of good games just unfortunate what they become now

[@AllDaWayJay]

Remember Tecmo bowl? With that Bears squad nobody let you pick LOL Double Dribble was a nice one too

[@Yilmaister]

If EA made this today, you would have to pay for every bit of tuning, that‘s what made it so good, no microtransaction

[@Journey_Awaits]

Until around 2008

[@melmoon8412]

Underground and Most Wanted are my most favorite games 😍 Both had amazing soundtracks and very fun! Miss em I would play with my brother a lot and I’m not sure if it was 2005 or what. But definitely had tons of great memories. And tons of times I got super pissed lol. I replay it from time to time. And the game still challenges me

[@FreshlySnipes]

I played this for hours and hours. That into and music really brings back memories. I remember the day I picked up this game. Fantastic!

[@Tempo482]

IT HIT ME WHEN HE SAID *BRRRUM DUM DUM DA DA DA DA DUM*

[@giantasparagus]

100

[@n.lundqvist2879]

What is the Song called:((

[@KazeJay777]

I_ARE_ GROOTBOY Nate dogg keep it coming

[@KazeJay777]

I_ARE_ GROOTBOY wait that’s wrong it’s get low by lil Jon but listen to the other one too real talk

[@SpeedrunsMakkelijk]

What if you Wanted to go to heaven But God said *BRRRUM DUM DUM DA DA DA DA DUM*

[@neutronparadigm7965]

When I got this game on Christmas day back in 2003..... I …….I...…oh god someone get me a tissue.

[@SidTheGeek]

😂😂😂🤧

[@Danielen91]

Me too!

[@stevehayward5855]

Same! Along with 2F2F on DVD!

[@shitilearnedonyoutub]

lol, you need piratebay mate

[@theinsideguy4076]

Same! I remember ripping a bit of the wrapping paper pre-christmas. Ruined the surprise but I was so happy Haha

[@scottyfreshness]

One of my favorite things from this game was the wide body kits you could put on your car. No other game had these at the time.

[@audiohazard1203nut]

They did an amazing job at making the different race types feel completely different and drive different. It really makes the game feel like it has a lot more to offer than just the same feeling on every single race track or drag strip. Most new racing games don't use any creativity and lack a lot of character.

[@goodinsrt8]

TO THE WINDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!

[@DiVaLiVa9]

392Muscle TO THE WALL

[@enduro-parts-aus]

to the sweat drop down my balls

[@WonderMePartyStrip]

TO THE GROUND!

[@GabrielSousa7]

GJP GAMES Guillermo Pena Bitches* RATED M FOR MATURE

[@goodinsrt8]

GJP GAMES Guillermo Pena it was clean, just played it last week.

[@poncho12391]

You know what, the motion blur makes a HUGE difference, it looks cool, stylish and gives the cars a sense of speed. No idea why they don't do it to this extent in modern games.

[@Unprotected1232]

There are lots of graphical artifacts that emerge depending on the type of motion blur used. You also need a high fps to make the best out of motion blur.

[@starshape6650]

Because IT really reduces your vision. That morion blur covers up half of the screen.

[@starchild4627]

Is really nobody going to mention that this is the only game where driving isnt maked real i mean just how you steer with your car in this game is JUST AMAZING no other game has that, you ALMOST can rubberband in NFSU. TRULY A AMAZING MASTERPIECE

[@Hypno_BPM]

i remember the drag races being intense , EA really nailed the thrill of timing your shifts and using Nitro perfectly in this game

[@jamesbedford7277]

Tbh Underground 1 and 2, Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition and Juiced took up a lot of my childhood

[@shubhangmehrotra1298]

JUICED! YES!

[@MrSnipyCat]

oh my fucking god i completely forgot all the time juiced entertained me when i was younger, this comment section is bringing me memories i might download some isos and replay my childhood on a emulator

[@bathin813]

Yep those games were the best especially juiced

[@andrewmorrison572]

holy shit juiced!!!

[@DmanLucky_98]

YESSS MC3 DUB EDITION REMIX - THE BEST VEHICLE RACING GAME!!!!

[@e_din97]

Riders on the storm

[@hectortello3766]

e_din underground 2 #iconic

[@James-dq1uy]

Throw this dog a bone

[@orange3567]

Nostalgia

[@suomiman100]

Nostalgia just hit me in the face so hard

[@thumbtak]

There's a killer on the road.

[@dman5527x]

This game is such a big part of my childhood and the intro gives me chills

[@AngelCruz-ig2je]

I didnt even know there was an underground 2 until a couple years ago. But as a kid, i played so much of Underground and Mario Kart Double Dash.

[@coleedwards6879]

Underground is the reason the 96 Mitsubishi Eclipse is one of my favorite cars.

[@nick4paokara]

not the Fast and the Furious?

[@listocalisto8124]

Cole Edwards same for me haha

[@Jabid21]

Same for me. I actually played Underground before watching The Fast and The Furious and the Eclipse was my fave. Mostly because I had an affinity towards Mitsubishis and the 2nd Gen DSM was a beautifully designed machine from the 90s

[@cloverthird]

@@nick4paokara F&F made me think it was a cool car, but NFS Underground made me actually wan't to own a Eclipse or Honda ... and some years later, i currently have both. 😂

[@obiwankenobi661]

samee

[@faizroo10]

Best nfs game ever for me

[@mekx738]

DDG for me it was nfs most wanted original

[@rort5128]

MEKX Same

[@rootz420]

To the windowwwwwwwwweee to the waaallllllllllllll

[@myles9193]

Sdddude123 me too, me too

[@zohaibnadeem9385]

*best game ever

[@wolfhurricane897]

I remember Need For Speed Underground. The ultimate love letter to modified cars with loads of customization. As for my favorite racing game it's probably Sonic Riders. My main is always Jet The Hawk.