THE PLOT: What is it that makes a modern racing game great? It's a plot! And sure enough, Need For Speed Underground 2 (NFSU2) doesn't let us down. You start as a rookie on the 'boy racer' style circuit. You travel the roads looking for 'meets' and getting your illegal reputation up. As you progress, more and more options become open to you, and so do more and more upgrades. THE CONTROLS: The game is like most racing games on the Xbox, you press the R trigger to accelerate, the L trigger to brake and you use the analogue stick to steer (sorry to those who can't hack the stick, the d-pad is used for other ...  Read the complete review

Need For Speed Underground 2 is a solid racing game for the Xbox console. Getting a very high 9.1 rating from IGN was a pretty impressive result, especially for a sequel. The game has improved since the first Need For Speed Underground with much better graphics, improved car and crowd sounds, more customisation to the car, including more colours and different rims and most importantly... you can now free roam and drive to a race when you want to. So you're not just racing all the time. You can also race a random street racer for money as well as bringing up the map and choosing the GPS to guide you to a race. You'll probably complete the game at ...  Read the complete review

What can i say about this game It is a brilliant game and is more intense in race mode than any other racing games that i have such as Need for speed Underground and Project Gotham racing,As you are playing the game in race mode you get such a buzz and such a adrenalin rush because one moment you are in the lead and next moment you are losing its just so intense. Unlike the first Need For Speed, Need for speed underground actually allows you to drive from race to race around the city. As in the previous game you just went from 1 race to another and i think that the makers got the idea from Midnight club racing games as that it is the same on that. ...  Read the complete review

Need for speed games have always dominated the driving game market and underground 2 is no exception. with improved customisation, more cars and extended campaign this is another driving classic. The huge advantage over the first game is the free roaming opportunity which includes random challenges such as pusuit style races with other racers, ie you have to travel a certain distance away from them in order to win, this is a fun and easy way to collect cash which is much needed in order to upgrade your car. The campaign has a good selection of missions both in terms of number of missions and type, there are sprint, drag, drift and circuit races. The graphics are very ...  Read the complete review