Need For Speed Underground 2 Cd 2 [Extra Quality] Download
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In total there are 112 races in the underground mode of need for speed. That might all sound good but the problem is there is only about 30 circuits so you end up racing tracks more than twice and it gets a bit annoying doing the same race to many times.
The Bottom Line
I said before that I have never been a very big fan of racing game but NFS drew me in and didn't let me go until I had done up about every car there is to do. So no matter what types of games you usually play just remember this is not an average racing game.
The influences run deeper than just street parties and a narrative. The Fast and the Furious is great at conveying a real sense of velocity and kinaesthesia. When Brian hits the nitrous the world twists and warps as the force of the acceleration shoves him back into his seat and strains the chassis of his car; exhausts sputter and spew flames as racers rev their engines at the start line; tires burn and smoke as corners are taken at breakneck speeds. The film is a real kinetic delight, designed to take you along for the ride.
Another way the game communicates speed is through tire smoke. This may seem like a weird thing to mention, but the previous Need for Speed title - Hot Pursuit 2 - only featured tire smoke when racers were getting off the starting line. The squeal of rubber on tarmac punctuates every turn in The Fast and the Furious and it helps add depth and texture to the racing scenes - you can hear the car struggle to stay on the road. In Underground, not only do you see tire smoke when you race off the starting line, but whenever you drift around a corner. You leave skid marks on the road where you brake or turn tightly, and you can hear your tires shriek as you speed around bends. Your car bleeds and screams for your victories.
It also blew my mind to witness heavy muscle cars like the Mustang and Pontiac GTO leaving me for dust on twisty, technical circuits that should never favour such vehicles. Losing drag races to Vauxhall Corsas and Ford Focuses somehow capable of reaching near-200mph speeds was another mind-boggling development.
Before we begin, we'd like to point out that if at any time you find yourself having difficulty with a particular challenge, you can remove upgrades from your car (say a speed/acceleration upgrade that is causing you to have trouble handling the course without crashing). This will downgrade your opponents as well, and will not cost you any money (you can re-upgrade after the race with no penalty). Between this fact and the ability to modify the game's difficulty level with each challenge, you should have no trouble advancing through the campaign with the help of this walk-through.
Tip: Wall-grinding can be your friend. If you're alongside a car and can push them into the wall, you'll take a very moderate speed loss in comparison to them, so long as you ensure that you don't hit the wall yourself.
Drifts are the most non-conventional of any of Need For Speed: Underground's challenges. For one thing, there aren't any other cars on the track; for another, your lap times don't matter one whit. Instead, you'll be required to rack up points by Powersliding your way around a small course that's been specially slicked-up just to reduce traction. Drifts are frustrating before you learn the ground rules, but when you figure out what to do, they're a welcome respite from the breakneck speeds of the other types of challenges.
Powerslides are generally a bad thing in Need for Speed: Underground, since they often indicate that you've lost control of your vehicle due to taking a turn too fast or hitting a patch of dirt. In Drift mode, however, your main goal is to hit Powerslides, preferably in as flashy a manner as possible. As your loading screen will occasionally remind you, the two keys to scoring high in Drift challenges are speed and the angle of your slide. Achieving one of these keys is easy; combining them both without ramming into walls is quite difficult.
First, though, a note on scoring. You should keep in mind that the point totals for Drift challenges are distinct from Style Points (although you will rack up huge Style Point bonuses when you master Drifting). Your score increases as you maintain a Powerslide, and will keep counting up until you either stop moving or stop Powersliding. Of course, a single Powerslide will be maintainable for only a finite period of time, due to the interference of the walls. Thus, you'll need to chain your drifts together to achieve truly outrageous point totals (details below!). If you do hit a wall while sliding, all the points that you've racked up during that Powerslide will be lost.
To make things more interesting, there's a Bonus Zone that rings the racecourse; it's the area with parallel lines that goes all the way around the track. If you get two or more wheels into this zone while Powersliding, you'll get bonus points. Your slides inside of this zone will see their points multiplied by the number on the left side of your screen, which itself is increased as you score more points. So, higher points lead to a larger multiplier, which in turn leads to more points, and so on. Of course, the multiplier is set back to its default setting if you hit a wall. You must also be above a set speed limit for the multiplier to kick in, so keep your car moving.
Now that you know a little about scoring, it's time to take your car out to the track and rack up monster points. The most critical aspect of getting big scores is to perform slides at a high speed; you can control slides better if you're puttering around at 20 mph, but your slide scores will increase very slowly, and you won't get the benefit of the score multiplier. So go fast, and prosper. (Note that the very first Drift track you encounter isn't very conducive to getting high speeds, so don't worry if you can't apply this right away; the later Drift tracks are a bit more open.)
Second, you'll need to coax your car into traveling almost perpendicular from the plane of the front end to get more points during a slide. In other words, if you're sliding for monster points, your car should wind up traveling almost sideways, especially in turns. While the slick roads will help you out here, you'll still want to get things going by hitting your emergency brake, then giving your wheel a tap into the corner you're going through. This will let your car's rear end fishtail out, resulting in more points than a slide with a less drastic angle. Of course, your car will be harder to control, and if you hold an extreme-angle slide for too long, you'll usually find yourself ramming into a wall.
Of course, for truly monstrous point totals, you'll need to chain your drifts together. In a perfect situation, such as a wide straightaway, you can begin a Powerslide off to one side of your car, then shift it to the other side to extend the length of your slide, and repeat the process to score one massive trick total. This requires a bit of touch, of course; you'll need to feel when your car is reaching the point of no return in a Powerslide, beyond which you can't prevent it from hitting a wall. Before it reaches the breaking point, you'll need to let go of the gas completely, jerk your wheel in the opposite direction, then re-apply the gas. When done properly, your car should reverse its course and start Powersliding in the opposite direction, thus giving you an uninterrupted influx of points. If you spend too much time readjusting, however, and wind up traveling forward for more than a second or so, the chain will be broken.
Tip: Although unequipping performance parts is a tactic that works best in the racing portions of Need For Speed: Underground, it can also help you with Drifting, especially towards the end of Undergound mode. A car that's fully tricked out with level 3 parts will be a monster on the Drag track, but the extra acceleration and top speed will only help you ram into walls quicker during Drifts. If you find yourself having a hard time controlling your car, try taking everything down to level 2. You should find it easier to avoid wall contact and switch your drifts from side to side.
Although the first car across the finish line is the victor, Drag races are really won at the starting line. Before you take off, you'll notice a tachometer along the left side of your screen; the needle here changes from blue, to green, to red, corresponding to the comparative readiness of your engine to upshift. While you're waiting for the race to start, you'll want to attempt to lightly press on your accelerator so that the needle stays green; this will give you a Perfect Shift to start the race and should let you jump out ahead of your competitors. It's difficult to maintain a green needle, though, especially on the Gamecube or PS2 controllers; if you're having a tough time with it, keep in mind that it's far better to shift early than late.
The same holds true after you begin the race. Immediately after a race begins, your car will be ready to shift into second gear, so watch the needle as it falls and rises, and try to time your button press along with the green needle. To aid your shifting, a blue dot will appear in the top-center of your screen to warn you when the perfect shifting opportunity is approaching; it will turn green during your window of opportunity. Shifting in the blue can either result in an Early Shift, which is bad, or a Good Shift, which is, well, good. Shifting in the red, however, will result in an Over Rev, which will take a bit longer to recover from than an under-shift. It's incredibly difficult to overtake a car after they pull away from you; if they're a few car lengths ahead, you can attempt to draft them, then pass, but if they're beyond drafting range, you usually will be forced to restart the race.
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