NFS: Underground 2 official thread.

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 22 Jul 2004, 15:59

Who knows? EA strategy is to surprise ppl each month:

April: nfs8 is underground2!!

May: Free roaming!!

June: Body parts have an effect on performance!!

July: Damage!!

August: ___
September: ___
(...)

Game releases in November so...

. And Im sure they reserve the best thing to the final. Anyway I think there wont be cops, this is the point of Hot Pursuit.

Post by **TheStig** » 22 Jul 2004, 23:21

but they did say NO COPS with some weird reason, all other things they did not answer, so don't expect cops.

This has something to do with the fact that people will do it more easely in real life with their CIVIC's
and in Hot pursuit... well almost nobody drives a ferrari and so the change they do it in RL is small

that's probable the reason

nightrider · Post by **nightrider** » 23 Jul 2004, 00:32

......or they could just be too lazy to add cops and just used that weird reason as an excuse. But I highly doubt it!

UrQuattro · Post by **UrQuattro** » 23 Jul 2004, 00:57

EA has given a very good and solid reason why there will be no cops in Underground 2 - because cops are a selling feature of Hot Persuit that is built around that idea, and the game is marketed as such. By putting cops into every NFS game, they jepardize their Hot Pursuit brand. That's the reason why the Unerground 2 will not have cops.

yaya · Post by **yaya** » 23 Jul 2004, 01:47

Yeah good point Quattro, but then again they also said there would be no damage becuz of license with manufators, so you never know whats up EA's sleeve. Oh by the way, this is just a hunch but i wouldnt expect to see any car damage in the demo, the latest vids seem to be straight out the demo and theres no damage it must be something EA just started to develope

nightrider · Post by **nightrider** » 23 Jul 2004, 03:08

Maybe damage can be turned on/off. Or maybe it's just not available for the demo.

Ceej · Post by **Ceej** » 23 Jul 2004, 18:30

I have to say I'm kinda disappointed because there's no cockpit

(bumper cam just aint the same!)

Any chance of them adding it at the last minute?

nightrider · Post by **nightrider** » 23 Jul 2004, 18:34

I think in one of the gameplay videos I saw a different cam view. It was kinda like cockpit view but it wasn't. You could see the hood of your car like the view was on the windshield.

Ceej · Post by **Ceej** » 23 Jul 2004, 18:48

If you know which one it is could you link me?

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 23 Jul 2004, 19:01

I want an helicopter camera. Far views are cool!!

Post by **TheStig** » 23 Jul 2004, 20:47

Cockpit view is nice to look at but to drive horrible useless and quiet anoying...cause you miss half the track and everything around it so you can't jugde the course as well

but for looks... well it's still cool

I alway try to find Good Cockpit cars for NFS 4.... but I never use it while racing

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 24 Jul 2004, 12:34

Abrams wrote:omg
NO ECLIPSE?!
argh!
i hope they will do:
20 NFSU1 cars(updated, like Impreza 2002 to Imreza 2003 or something like this) + 10 new ones

nightrider wrote:How many times have I said this. They're keeping all the cars from NFSU (I think). It says on the official site that there will be a dozen NEW cars.

If they are intelligent, they will keep the old Eclipse.
And yes, there will be both RX7 and RX8!!!

RX7 for racing and RX8 for showcase

Sp3aK · Post by **Sp3aK** » 24 Jul 2004, 14:24

I think cockpit cam is awsome. It's more realistic. Stig, what do you do when your driving in real life?! You got a bumper cam? All you have to do is start playing the game in cockpit cam mode and you'll be used to it.

UrQuattro · Post by **UrQuattro** » 24 Jul 2004, 14:39

You can really take advantage and get best times when playing in Cockpit/bumper cam. However there's a big BUT : if you are playing wiht a steering wheel. For people who play with keyboard, it's not going to be very effective to play with Cockpit camera. Now we come to a second big BUT - NFSU is arcade, and will remain such and the cockpit view is a feature that really is only used on simulations. So you can forget about it. Bumper cam is the closest you get - and when playing with a wheel it's very good.

nightrider · Post by **nightrider** » 24 Jul 2004, 16:26

Ceej wrote:If you know which one it is could you link me?

The new cam view can be found at Gamespot's Gameplay Footage 4. You can see the view just at the beginning of the race.

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 24 Jul 2004, 17:13

New review, 21th July, from a german site. I give you the translation link. As every translation it is a bit "wrong"

Click here
It is too long, but in the end says things about Outrun mode and cars. After reading this im sure Outrun will be very funny! : <<If you catch up a rival and it if close comes enough, he provokes you to a spontaneous pursuit running." Who has as first 300 meters projection/lead, wins.>>

Post by **Morty** » 24 Jul 2004, 17:40

I got a look at a demo of NFSU2 a couple of days ago in a Swedish game shop. Probably old news, but it looked really good

Too bad I didn't have enough time to try it, but it was better than nothing

joablo · Post by **joablo** » 24 Jul 2004, 18:39

im from sweden

Andre_online · Post by **Andre_online** » 24 Jul 2004, 19:28

Morty,

You mean you saw someone playing it? Or did you see a screen with just a video of the NFSU2?

Post by **Morty** » 24 Jul 2004, 19:31

joablo: Ok, maybe you've seen it too then? It was in "City Zone" in Charlottenberg (in VÃ¤rmland)

Ceej · Post by **Ceej** » 24 Jul 2004, 21:02

NFS:PU had cockpit cam though! D: ok ok it was more realistic then NFSU, its just something I really like. I sometimes even did better with it!

Post by **Morty** » 24 Jul 2004, 21:30

I used to drive TNFS (the original NFS) and NFS:HS with the cockpit cam... I kinda miss it, but I drive better with the camera from behind. I prefer to know where the rear of the car is going...

Post by **TheStig** » 24 Jul 2004, 23:44

SPEAk.... do you have a Choice in a real car?? and THIS is not a real car eh? big difirence

and second in a real car you got a much better view on the road and all, unless you drive in Getto style with your seat all down...

but in the game you can't see behing a hill and all that sort of stuff with a cockpit cam.you're Horribly low on visual.

Picknicker · Post by **Picknicker** » 25 Jul 2004, 00:29

well whats kinda important to me is: i want to be able to choose wether i want an exhaust pipe on only one side of the car, or on both... so 2 pipes leading out, one on each side... thats the only thing that really anoyed me in the first part...
thats really important to me, thats one of the most important (optical) tuning in my eyes!
i mean a r34 would look much better with a horizontal oval exhaustpipe on each side... i think that should be easyly realizable...

Post by **TheStig** » 25 Jul 2004, 00:31

yep good point!
was missing that also