There is a reason why this is looked back on with rose tinted nostalgia glasses, this is arguably the PEAK of Need for speed.
Now lets get the negatives out the way, The drag races definitely do suck ass with the way traffic goes in front of you and its a tedious as hell trial and error process, its definitely the worst one of the 6 racing modes (Circuit, Sprint, Speedtrap, tollbooth, lap knockout and drag). it is definitely a slog to go through the blacklist requirements in order to beat each member, having to have increased amount of races won and milestones and bounty (the last one is easy just destroy shit in your path including police in pursuits). its customization is disappointing in the fact that its less expanded from the underground games. its open world is kinda pointless when you can just fast travel everywhere including into pursuits.
but other than those? it is definitely one of the best racing games, the cop chases are intense as all hell and you have to be on your toes in order to outrun and outsmart them. the driving and tuning options are A+ tier, most of the races are fun, the campaign might be cheesy but its played itself as a homage to a B car action movie in the 2000s in a good way (albiet dont expect much other than a handful of cutscenes and phone calls), and the final pursuit is the most intense shit ive seen in a racing game and nothing has topped it since.
Only sad thing is in order to play this you gotta download it off the internet since its abandonware and also download MW redux while you're at it because i was SHOCKED when i first booted it up and it looked awful and low res and its in 4:9 ratio, its horrendous, especially for my computer. but its definitely worth a playthrough, even with its faults.
Now lets get the negatives out the way, The drag races definitely do suck ass with the way traffic goes in front of you and its a tedious as hell trial and error process, its definitely the worst one of the 6 racing modes (Circuit, Sprint, Speedtrap, tollbooth, lap knockout and drag). it is definitely a slog to go through the blacklist requirements in order to beat each member, having to have increased amount of races won and milestones and bounty (the last one is easy just destroy shit in your path including police in pursuits). its customization is disappointing in the fact that its less expanded from the underground games. its open world is kinda pointless when you can just fast travel everywhere including into pursuits.
but other than those? it is definitely one of the best racing games, the cop chases are intense as all hell and you have to be on your toes in order to outrun and outsmart them. the driving and tuning options are A+ tier, most of the races are fun, the campaign might be cheesy but its played itself as a homage to a B car action movie in the 2000s in a good way (albiet dont expect much other than a handful of cutscenes and phone calls), and the final pursuit is the most intense shit ive seen in a racing game and nothing has topped it since.
Only sad thing is in order to play this you gotta download it off the internet since its abandonware and also download MW redux while you're at it because i was SHOCKED when i first booted it up and it looked awful and low res and its in 4:9 ratio, its horrendous, especially for my computer. but its definitely worth a playthrough, even with its faults.