Need for speed; under ground sucks!

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monster.under.thebed

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i hate this game, im on race 97 out of 111, and this is the time where you start to realize that the game is riged with traffic and enemy cars.

1. traffic is ALWAYS placed around a tight turn or bend
2. if your car scrapes against a wall or guard rail for a split second the opposing cars seem to cath up from know where even if you cant see them on your map.
3. when you hit a car, on the other hand,pretty much... you lose
4.the opposing cars alway make the turns sooooo good even if you dont although you have level 3 everything.
5. plus, another bad part is that there are some 6 lap races!!! it sucks when each lap is about 45 seconds long(given that you dont hit anything)

conclusion: very annoying, and heavliy frustrating game.

Warning: do not play if you have high blood pressure or heart disease or even a nice keyboard (anger = slam the keyboard)
 
I quit after constantly seeing the comp car catching up even though I was hitting my turns perfectly...
 
yah I have this game and it is frusterating but you know what, its beatable. There where times when I did get pissed off but you know what that meant, time for a break. If you want to beat lvl 97, play dirty. The AI does it all the time.
 
I agree. It's a poor game. Rubberband AI is the worst thing ever and is just an cop out for not writing an AI that can actually play the game within the same bounds as the player. Maybe I lean a little too much towards the Gran Turismo side, but I didn't care for NFS:U at all.
 
yea it is really really frustrating but they already got ur money so it doesnt matter anymore.
 
97 out of 111, sounds like you really like that game.

Your warning sounds like a resounding endorsement as well. Have you tried the online play yet?
 
It was pretty easy to me...just stay barely ahead of them the whole time except for the last bit of the last lap. I lost quite a few races trying to run full throttle the whole time and ending up running into traffic but it wasn't that hard with the rx7.
 
I quit and uninstalled the game when I realized what a cheap pile of dung it was. EA cut so many corners with the code, especially the AI, you'd think they spent all of 15 minutes working on it, and the rest of the time making motion blurs and vinyls. I haven't been very impressed by EA lately, so I'm going to keep my distance from their releases.
 
Originally posted by monster.under.thebed
i hate this game, im on race 97 out of 111, and this is the time where you start to realize that the game is riged with traffic and enemy cars.
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it sure did take you a long time to realize this. After 10 races I was well aware of all the problems with this game. The only reason why I haven't beat it is because I started playing Neverwinter Nights on a suden urge. So i've been having fun w/ that. :)

btw: i only have 3 more races to finish Underground. But sense I already know how the ending goes, i haven't really felt compelled enough to put aside NWN and beat it. lol.
 
[rant]EA is known for their AI "cheating". Ever notice in Madden when you're up by 30 at the start of the 3rd Quarter and the CPU team magically spanks the crap out of you the last half of the game? Or in MVP Baseball... you're up by 3 in the bottom of the 9th with [insert good pitcher here] on the mound and their .200 hitter jacks a grand-salami outta the park on an 0-2 curve in the dirt... I don't know whether this is on purpose to make the game more "exciting" or if they just don't tweak the AI enough. One thing's for sure though: I'm tweaked![/rant]

Sorry to thread-jack, but someone had to say it.

Oh, and yeah... the game is kinda a PITA. It's kinda fun too though.
 
Yes, NFS:U has AI Cheating, or "catch up" mode. To beat it, drive easily through the first 5 laps, staying behind, or in the middle, of the pack. On the last lap, jump ahead and win.
 
From now on the only race car game I will buy will have the words "Gran" and "Turismo" in it
 
1.turn off "catch up mode" (if ON it benifits you, when you crash the ai cars slow down)
2. If you got the game thinking it was going to be seriouse racing game, go shoot yourself cause your a retard.
3. Its not impossible to beat, some of my friends have already beat'n it
4. What fun would the game be if you lapped everyone all the time ? hence the reason why the ai is faster then you (although it shouldnt be to the extrem to what it is)

conclusion: stop bitching, relax, and then try the race again.
 
no shit, ITS A NEED FOR SPEED GAME, if you ever played any other ones you would see these bullshit setups are nothing new. I totally agree with you however, they trick you by delivering realistic elements then sock you with old NFS arcade BS, oh well.
 
Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed was and still is 50000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times better than this game.

EA isn't doing shit, so don't bother complaining. Just don't buy the 5 billion expansion packs that include next to nothing. The difference between EA and other publishers is that EA doesn't do shit after a game is released or they release a patch with more problems, all other publishers at least TRY to focus on having a solid titles under their belt, and try to patch them to gain additional sales.(millions of mindless people jump after any EA game so they think why do anything? Just make a sequel half as long and cut corners, they'll gobble it up anyway)

If you just don't buy it then eventually the CEO will realize he won't have that 40 million dollar bonus this year to take by laying off other employees and think that he won't be able to go on his yacht and sniff coke off a Filipino hooker's back. But hey, this is how buisness works and we got to live with it. Just show them who is boss with your wallet next time, you'll see much better games in the future if you do.

This is why EVERY single EA game has the biggest problems that could be fixed easily but don't. This isn't directly related to the topic but EA just pisses me off so much with their practice so I gotta vent some steam.
 
Originally posted by Bop
Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed was and still is 50000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times better than this game.
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Amen.
 
i cant stress it enough how bad this game is un balanced, i just tried to play again and i was in 1st place on the last lap and out of know where traffic is right infront of me on the last turn =i lost


screw this game!!!!!!





- Monster
 
just went thru the game for the second time, this time with just using the miata and finished every race on hardest setting ..drifts and drags were fairly easy ..but the 6 aand the one 7 lapped circuit races got annoying with the traffic and ai ...I think the hardest race to win for me was a knockout race towards end of game ..if you lose lead after first lap ...might as well just about start over ...lol

..now if I could just get the online part to work ...booo
 
well if you slaughtered the damn AI every time what fun is that? and if you're so good what means that the computer can't also be so good as to hit your turns?

i've been playing it for the past three hours and maybe i'm still on a high but to me it's just completely awesome and super nifty awesome yay. i had read about what ya said earlier and so while playing tonight i was intently looking for it. and honestly i don't see any of the scripting like you said. i mean it's there but not quite as intense as you make it sound.
 
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