NFSU2 @ 100%....hip hip hooray?!?!?......

Spir@l · Post by **Spir@l** » 29 Nov 2004, 23:26

Well, i've just completed all races.
Got all the parts.
All the cars.
All the dvd/magazine covers.

But somehow i feel a bit disapointed.

Don't get me wrong.
I liked NFSU1 and i liked NFSU2 even more.

But it just does not feel right.

THE GOOD:

- Engine sounds! (i love em! great! especially when downshifting.)
- Cars (nice variety of cars. Although never enough...)
- New upgrades. (Liked the hydraulics and audio and other stuff)
- The city! (damn, that's a nice new feature. Roaming the city for hours on end in your own pimped out car, looking for shops and races. NICE!)
- The graphics (as always, beautiful)
- The races (I also liked the new races a lot.)
- The dyno-test and tuning options. (a bit more mature than the overall game. I like it! you get to tune and test you car to make it just a little bit better than someone else's car.)

THE BAD:

- The AI. Sometimes i felt like the opponents were more busy trying to annoy me than winning the race. (they would cut you off into the railing and then stay in front of your car! that annoyed the hell out of me sometimes!)
- The way the traffic often transformed into solid mountains...(when hitting traffic at low speed the car could not be moved anymore and you are stuck against it... ANNOYING!!!!)
- Bouncing against the walls now and then...
- Why the hell did i get the feeling that i finished the game at about 60% of the game!??!!?!?
When i finished the "story" in the career mode it felt like the game was done. All cars, all parts. No more races in the map.
And no more money to be won when entering races via "world map".(until i read here that money CAN be won when restarting the race...)
Also, in all the races i entered via world map i faced the same opposition...all corolla's (the old one...) which wasn't much of a challenge...BORING!
Or sometimes i raced against SUV's (Hummers, Escalades, etc)....which even proved to be more of a challenge then the corolla's.....
Other than that there was absolutely NO more variety in opponents...that really sucked.
- The ending......when i finally reached 100% game completion, there was..............NOTHING! no congrats or anything! that sucked even more. Felt like i finished the remaining 25 - 30% for NOTHING!

THE UGLY:

- Some of the body parts....sheessh...how did EA come up with some of that crap?!?!?!?!

Annyhow....

Nice game.
A lot of fun.
But still A LOT of room for improvement if you ask me.
I liked the driving (overall)
Liked the upgrading.
But hated the way it ended.
In the end it was back to playing single races like in NFSU1 instead of driving to races in a big city as in the beginning of NFSU2.

Why the hell did they do this?

Greets from a satisfied-but-not-as-satisfied-as-i-could-have-been-nfs-player.

Spir@l.

SmokyTyrz · Post by **SmokyTyrz** » 29 Nov 2004, 23:47

How do you know when you've reached 100%. I've looked for a percentage status in all the menus and can't find it. GT has a clear percentage readout in the statistics screen. Does NFS U2 have something similar and I'm missing it?

Thx

PS: Congrats!!

Spir@l · Post by **Spir@l** » 29 Nov 2004, 23:50

yep you can see the statistics.

I believe the default key for that is "T".(or check your keyboard config in the options)

Just press it during the game (in the city) and you'll get a lot of stats!

Spir@l · Post by **Spir@l** » 29 Nov 2004, 23:51

Anyone else annoyed with the way this game ends?

Or am i just bitching/wining???

gregmtech · Post by **gregmtech** » 30 Nov 2004, 00:05

finished it once at 98% because had missed out those 2 dawn races with the 350z , at the start. so i restarted it, and am stoped at 75% having my unic TT nearly fully modded (missese unique engine

dawn EA....

so i'v given up playinf offline and at the moment just concentrating at getting my rancking up online, its real easy , all you need to do is race.... and a lot more challengig thant the ai ....

i ok with your overview of nfsu2 , its about the same thoughts i had....

Abrams · Post by **Abrams** » 30 Nov 2004, 13:00

omg how you get 94k bank?!

SmokyTyrz · Post by **SmokyTyrz** » 30 Nov 2004, 18:14

Thanks! Dunno how I missed that.

Joe-Racer · Post by **Joe-Racer** » 30 Nov 2004, 20:31

I have around 120k on my Bank and i have only finished 80%^^

AngelSiN · Post by **AngelSiN** » 30 Nov 2004, 21:00

100%...cool!

Spir@l · Post by **Spir@l** » 30 Nov 2004, 21:34

AngelSiN wrote:100%...cool!

no it's NOT.

playing the game is cool.
ending it is nothing to write home about.

That's what i'm trying to tell here!

tjeesss...

Getting this much bank is no biggy.
I had a lot more.
And after finishing the story i did not use much bank anymore.

greets.

lyn_guy · Post by **lyn_guy** » 30 Nov 2004, 21:48

I hated the way this game ended as well.. In Underground 1, there always was a pushing compulsion to beat Eddie's posse and to race him eventually and also going to the top in all 4 rankings. In Underground 2, I loved the feel of the game but the story aspect was kinda lost, the ending was abrupt and the cutscenes were not very interesting. Hope they do better next time.

wowirace · Post by **wowirace** » 30 Nov 2004, 23:30

i think u guys should've played it nice and slow. see, i only play on the weekends or when i have off frm school. and even then, i play 3 hrs MAX. MIN is probably 1 hr. if u play it slowly and not mindlessly, u get a lot more out of it.

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 30 Nov 2004, 23:39

i beated the game but i only finished 69% of the game so what to do next ??

Commander · Post by **Commander** » 30 Nov 2004, 23:48

yaa Spir@l you are absolutely right with this bad ending,
well i duno why ?! but the story line is kind a weak !!

NFSBLUECIVIC · Post by **NFSBLUECIVIC** » 01 Dec 2004, 06:32

i am only at 50 percent completion and i have 70k bank its real easy to get money

the_butcher · Post by **the_butcher** » 01 Dec 2004, 22:06

another way to add more spice to the game is just play it in HARD, much more fun, especially the SUV(BUMPER CAR) race

DenZer · Post by **DenZer** » 01 Dec 2004, 22:18

Hate the ending, love the game

master m · Post by **master m** » 01 Dec 2004, 23:46

I finished the game at 70% and i have all the upgrades, all the Widebody-Kits,...

Spir@l · Post by **Spir@l** » 02 Dec 2004, 00:17

no no no...

My bitching has nothing to do with mindless playing or an AI that is no challenge.

I LOVED PLAYING THE GAME!!!

i really enjoyed it.
and yes i played it A LOT!
I enjoyed every fast second of it.

Until i finished the story mode @ about 60% (WHY NOT @ 100%?!?!?!?!)
Then the oponnents were only Corolla's who gave me NO competition what's so ever.
I even lapped the poor suckers on street-X races...

From then on the game was lost in my humble opinion.

for the record...I AM STILL PLAYING THE GAME!!!!!

Currently just tuning and decorating all the cars in the non-career mode.
Still enjoying the bone-chilling sounds of the automobiles.

(and so are my neighbours...i guess...

)

I just hope EA will make UG3 enjoyable AND exciting for the full 100%.
Just as it should be....if you ask me. no?
Every game i've played ends at the end.
At 100%.
Not at 30 or 40 or 50 or 60 or whatever %....

"Shame shame shame...
Shame on you(EA)....
That you couldn't get this game to be excited for 100% too!"

snobrdr12345678@msn.com · Post by **snobrdr12345678@msn.com** » 02 Dec 2004, 01:35

I am on Stage 4 with 4 url wins and 14 world race wins and i was wondering when i will get CF trunks and body kits. I was also wondering when i will get wide body kits, trunk/enigne neon and split hoods.

Post by **SuperRacer** » 02 Dec 2004, 01:46

Spir@l wrote:no no no...

My bitching has nothing to do with mindless playing or an AI that is no challenge.

I LOVED PLAYING THE GAME!!!

i really enjoyed it.
and yes i played it A LOT!
I enjoyed every fast second of it.

Until i finished the story mode @ about 60% (WHY NOT @ 100%?!?!?!?!)
Then the oponnents were only Corolla's who gave me NO competition what's so ever.
I even lapped the poor suckers on street-X races...

From then on the game was lost in my humble opinion.

for the record...I AM STILL PLAYING THE GAME!!!!!

Currently just tuning and decorating all the cars in the non-career mode.
Still enjoying the bone-chilling sounds of the automobiles. (and so are my neighbours...i guess... )

I just hope EA will make UG3 enjoyable AND exciting for the full 100%.
Just as it should be....if you ask me. no?
Every game i've played ends at the end.
At 100%.
Not at 30 or 40 or 50 or 60 or whatever %....

"Shame shame shame...
Shame on you(EA)....
That you couldn't get this game to be excited for 100% too!"

Whoa...UG3? I hope not

Andre_online · Post by **Andre_online** » 02 Dec 2004, 06:36

Me neither.... Tired of customizing already!

C8H10N4HO2O2 · Post by **C8H10N4HO2O2** » 03 Dec 2004, 01:39

LOL it was a while ago but heres my screenshot notice the 96.9 win %

And YES I used the cheat for the $$$

SunnyGTiR · Post by **SunnyGTiR** » 03 Dec 2004, 02:30

i agree with the ending and story, i finished the game @ 67% or so with my corolla, and was dissapointed. theres too many types of shops, it gets to be a chore driving across the map and back to shops/races. if u could do all upgrades in your garage, it would be better.

A-spec · Post by **A-spec** » 03 Dec 2004, 03:44

snobrdr12345678@msn.com wrote:I am on Stage 4 with 4 url wins and 14 world race wins and i was wondering when i will get CF trunks and body kits. I was also wondering when i will get wide body kits, trunk/enigne neon and split hoods.

At stage5