NFSU 1 vs. 2 => Multiplayer

digitalspy · Post by **digitalspy** » 21 Nov 2004, 23:09

Hi,

Since EA just released a budget version of NFSU 1 here, I wonder if it is worth its price - is the online multiplayer mode good?

I heard that NFSU 2's multiplayer mode is still very unpopular.
How many people play NFSU 1 online?

Thanks,

-Lars

marshallpre1 · Post by **marshallpre1** » 21 Nov 2004, 23:27

i used to play online everyday for like a year, but now its completely dead.. id say wait for nfsu2

Snake96 · Post by **Snake96** » 22 Nov 2004, 01:23

i'v never seen once more than 100 players on at once, and 100 is practicly nothing to be honest, but i never really played online for nfsu 1, but its pretty fun tho

digitalspy · Post by **digitalspy** » 22 Nov 2004, 10:55

Yes, they should support software like "The All Seeing Eye", most in-game game-browsers are crap. If you can join a game by specifying an IP-address, you can use an external tool - but I suspect NFSU does not support that.

What is really ridiculous is that you have to first (NFSU2) start a LAN server and then host a game - seems the programmers were too lazy to support simple hosting and simply cloned the "EA Master Server -> registers games hosted" functionality.

Seems you are basically running a miniature version of the EA Master Server on your local machine each time you host a LAN game.

I suspect they concentrate on console games anyway since PC games are pirated too easily these days.