I'm sure if I checked I'd find Need For Speed Underground 2 now looks resembles a ghastly smear of pixels, but this really does look just like how I remember it - apart from the cartoon dust trails and other assorted cosmetics, which I'll probably take out for a brief spin before abandoning.Īctually finding the EA trial is annoyingly convoluted. I've played enough GTA to know that fighting the cops just results in them rocking up with rocket launcher helicopters, thank you very much.

Those apparently involve making 'tactical decisions using new escape mechanics', which seems to mean that as well as driving real fast you can choose to hide or 'battle them head on'. The Steam page also suggests you can make money by getting into cop chases, which are more my bag than straight up racing and the reason why I'm interested. You can do that by both winning races and betting on yourself to win those races, which sounds like the sort of thing that's presented as a decision but will just result in me betting the max on myself every time and reloading if I lose.

The campaign is structured around earning enough money to enter 'The Grand': the biggest, grandest, most streetiest race of them all.

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