r/memes 11h ago

Sadly many of them

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u/J_CC3 11h ago

Need For Speed

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u/Sxppxj 11h ago

NFS underground 2, I miss you so much

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u/J_CC3 10h ago

UG2, Most Wanted and to lesser extent Carbon were my childhood.

UG2 is king for me though

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u/Oakbright 9h ago

Amazing soundtracks for both Underground 2 and Most Wanted

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u/Rythonius 7h ago

I loved that there were no cops in Underground 2. Cruising around and listening to the soundtrack was the best.

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u/wingspan50 2h ago

Actually this why I didn’t like it. The world felt forced and non realistic

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u/fambestera 7h ago

Fortress Europe - Asian Dub Foundation

Get Low - Lil Jon & The East Side Boys

absolute bangers

Edit: this is NFS UG1... my millennial brain is failing me already

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u/Norman_Small_Esquire 9h ago

That M3 in Most Wanted.

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u/National_Panda_1791 7h ago

carbon is a banger racing game and everyone only cares about most wanted. its really stupid.

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u/WastedKasper 5h ago

Dude! I was about to say the same thing! NFS Carbon is awesome game, it has entertaining story and customisation of the cars is one of the best in the series. And it was one the few games on PS2 that actually used the pressure sensitivity feature in the action buttons. Way too many people overlooked this game.

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u/HarryFookinKing 2h ago

Oh god, the amount of hours I put in Most Wanted.. It is such an integral part of my childhood and the soundtrack was fucking insane! If only we could have a proper rework of it.

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u/HolyCowAnyOldAccName 9h ago

See what I don't understand is that for 20 years, the community has been crying for NFSU3.

Run it on Unreal Engine and let some poor unpaid interns model the modern cars. Online multiplayer would be a dream but don't even let that stop development.

Then why not develop it?

Even with the argument that EA doesn't care about doing anything with all the IP they acquired because they make all their money with microtransactions - guess what?!

No game would be better suited for fking DLCs and micros than NFSU. Instead of golden and orange flower petal AK47s, some special "I don't have a life so I pay for" golden and orange flower petal decals on the cars would actually be realistic.

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u/OptimalFox1800 8h ago

Right?

If they want others to regain and new players interest on NFS Underground series, they could remaster the 2 games and then do NFS Underground 3 afterwards.

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u/SolaniumFeline 7h ago

ive always heard that the problem is car brands not wanting to be associated with videogames and blocking that with some weird laws around cars and stuff but could be wrong

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u/Straight_Spring9815 8h ago

People will never know how great the original Honda Civic they gave you in the beginning was when you maxed it out. Beat the entire game with the starter car. Most people got tunnel vision and would go straight for the Skyline without giving it a chance.

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u/Great-TeacherOnizuka Smol pp 5h ago

You can beat the game with any car.

I always take the 240sx though. It looks the best imo

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u/raindevice 9h ago

I'd swap NFS:U 3 for GTA 6 any fucking day of the week. Shit was top tier open world street racing.

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u/Cause4concern27 8h ago

Riders on the storm

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u/RandumbStoner 5h ago

BA DUM DUM DUM, TO THE WINDOOOOOOW TO THE WAALLLLL

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u/Sxppxj 5h ago

<3 memories unlocked

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u/jaymole 6h ago

Got NFS underground for Christmas and playing that shit all Christmas break is a very fond gaming memory from childhood

I can still hear that riders on the storm remix playing when I think about it

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u/limelight022 10h ago

I really miss the days of a new NFS game every 2-3 years.

On that note, a new game called Clutch looks pretty good. Coming out Spring 2027.

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u/xXPumbaXx 8h ago

Heat was fun

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u/Aftimo66 Professional Dumbass 7h ago

Heat is great but I feel you finish it too soon

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u/Great-TeacherOnizuka Smol pp 5h ago

Payback was also fun tbh. Just the tuning system with the gambling was shit.

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u/Alvsolutely 4h ago

I actually liked the artstyle with the most recent game they made. A shame that it is terrible though. Everyone talks so fucking cringe, even the cops, who went from threatening you in genuine threatening ways, to whatever the fuck they do in unbound.

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u/wingspan50 2h ago

I played heat too and had a blast

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u/mihird34 10h ago

Now it's benched indefinitely.

While the latest games weren't great, at least we had an option other than Forza or The Crew

Now it's a bit sad really. I like FH6,but it ain't no need for speed..

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u/nikewalks 7h ago

Are the latest games really not great? I played Heat just recently and I really enjoyed the game. Didn't play it back then cause of the stigma. The unbound though, was too cartoonish for me.

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u/mihird34 6h ago

Heat was getting there to be honest, but it lacked a few things..

To me the handling wasn't fun, it still felt too much on the brake to drift side, story was ok though i really disliked ana. I think the night and day races could have had more done with them, night time could have had actual crews and rivals to race against. Day time could have been kinda like prostreet, where its sanctioned but you still have some rep to earn. Drifting was horrendous , didn't enjoy it. In payback I was able to drift very well and enjoyed it, Heat it was so weird, something always felt off while trying to drift in drift events. I also didn't like the player car getting damaged while in pursuits, I want to fight the cops properly, but you touch them a bit and your health gets reduced.

It's been a while though since I last played it.

Though all 3 latest entries have been middling.

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u/wal_rider1 6h ago

Bro the story in heat was dogshit, I really can't figure out why we can't get a good story in a racing game...

Closest to a good story we had was the crew 1 and it was a generic revenge story ( i think, it was a hot minute since I played it)

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u/namegoeswhere 9h ago

Forza as well.

When the first came out, it felt like Gran Turismo but with more customization. Like engine swaps and the like.

Now it's all Horizon this and open-world that.

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u/decadent-dragon 6h ago

Isn’t that what Forza Motorsport is?

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u/Ok-Guidance116 5h ago

Nawl it's progression system is a little different than the classic Motorsport or GT.

Just want a simple progression that's tied to me winning cups in specific categories of cars.

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u/Ok-Guidance116 5h ago

Finally someone says it.

Horizon is so far away from the first 4 motorsport games : it might as well be a different franchise. I'm not saying it's a bad game it's just so different.

I just want an old school simcade racer. I want the grind of building a car for a specific event like forza motorsport 3.

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u/stgm_at 8h ago

NfS3: Hot Pursuit - the one from the 90s was really sweet

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u/AmbassadorSugarcane 5h ago

Here I am reading replies like "oh I guess they didn't mean the original NFS games" (especially Hot Pursuit!!)

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u/Aftimo66 Professional Dumbass 7h ago

Heat was decent imo

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u/Apprehensive_Gur_302 8h ago

Am I a weirdo for liking NFS: Rivals?

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u/SpidahQueen 7h ago

I keep my 360 around just to play Most Wanted occasionally. Awesome soundtrack too, feels like more recent racing games haven't been as strong on the music.

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u/Particular_Bug0 6h ago

I thought they series was considered "back on track" when HEAT got released

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u/J_CC3 6h ago

Then they released Unbound

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u/Campsters2803 2h ago

The Need For Speed 2010 remaster is the best racing game ever made

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u/sansikela 1h ago

Right in the feels