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Thursday, Nov 8, 2007

Have you ever played the Need for Speed racing series? If you have, you've probably raced down snowy mountains, sliced through desert tracks, and dodged Police pursuit. No doubt this was very fun, and in my opinion it made NFS the best racing series on the market. The release of Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 marked the first NFS gameto be released for the PS2, and thus the first graphically advanced NFS. After the immense success of that game, myself and many others awaited the next NFS with high hopes. But sadly, NFS took a new direction. Illegal street racing. After HP2, EA (the makers ofNFS) released Need for Speed: Underground, a game basedupon tuning your "ride" and building your "rep", and not on pure racing. Granted, lots of people liked this game. But lots of people didn't. However, EA continued to release street racing games, corrupting the series into full street racing. They then released Underground 2, followed by a game called 'Most Wanted', then a game called 'Carbon'. Finally, EA is soon releasing the latest game of the series, called NFS Pro Street. This game ditches the street racing and turns to racing onclosed tracks. But for all I can see, tuning is still there. A lack of Cops is still there. And a lack of true, old NFS flare. That is why a group of "Old School" fans have made a petition to be sent to EA in an attempt to save NFS, and hopefully get anothertrue Need for Speed title. That is why I urge you to use the link I will provide below and sign the petition. The fate of quite possibly the best racing series could depend on this.

Here is that link: http://www.petitiononline.com/nd4spd/petition.html

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Posted by RedHawk4, 10:11am
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I agree with that. NFSHP2 rocks. Underground and Carbon and all don't.
Posted Nov 8, 2007 3:43 pm PT
Although I am not optimistic that EA will pay any heed to us, it's great that you are organizing this petition. All the NFS games after Hot Pursuit 2 were just plain horrible in my opinion.
Posted Jan 1, 2008 4:02 pm PT
I thought that NFSHP2 was awesome. I hope they save Need For Speed and quit making remakes of Need For Speed Underground. But this is my opinion.
Posted Feb 13, 2008 4:02 pm PT
I liked both the Hot Pursuit games and loved the move to the "Underground" Era. If anything I truly miss how agressive and hard the Police were in the Hot Pursuit modes compared to the Underground Era. (Remember the choppers that dropped tire stripes?)

In my humble opinion, Cops AI is where EA needs to be looking. They need to be as smart and Challenging as Hot Pursuit, while keeping the "pizazz" of the most recent Need for Speed. Nothing (and I mean nothing) can get your blood pumping and palms sweating like a Need for Speed game.

P.S. I really liked you review of NfSU and that is why I am now traking you. Drop by my blog for more Need for Speed chat. Your blog is really old, time to update man, your a good writer and gained my respect, I look forward to more reviews a la Need for Speed Underground.

PEACE
Posted May 22, 2009 11:12 am PT
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