My first "Need For Speed" i played when it first came out on the Ps2. Climbing up the blacklist while doing some decent races and challenges is very satisfying. The choice of songs also granted this an extra half a star as I proceeded to wack it up higher than the main volume. Only reason I didn't give it a 5 is because I felt like the main races just weren't very challenging in contrast to how difficult some of the bounty missions are to complete. Still probably the most top tier need for speed game to this day change my mind.