Re: What a crap game

@TheRealJony 

I find that racing on Hard difficulty in NFS Underground 2 is HARDER than racing on Hard difficulty in NFS Underground 1.

Even to this day, I struggle on Hard difficulty in NFS Underground 2. The AIs are insane, especially in U.R.L. races when there are 5 of them.

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@ZeroMcDol wrote:

Personally, I found myself having to restart a race far more often in UG1 vs UG2 for hard difficulty.

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You can also detune your cars and make them have stock performance as an alternative way to win races.

The opponent AI cars typically will have the same performance parts as you. If your car is fully maxed out, their cars will be too. If your car is stock, their cars will be too.

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ZeroMcDol wrote:

Plus for me, even on the easiest difficulty in UG1 I ended up doing many restarts due to Rubber-Banding, traffic or a combination of both vs UG2 which was a cake walk at easy or medium, minus maybe drag races.

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Since different rewards are given depending on difficulty in NFS Underground 1, I played everything on Hard difficulty when I was little and won everything when the AIs slow down whenever I fall too far behind. lol

I played NFS Underground 2 on Easy when I was little as the rewards don't change with difficulty. And I'm relieved I did play it at Easy difficulty. The game would've left a sour taste in my mouth with frustration if I played Hard difficulty back then. XD

Now that I am older, I play NFS Underground 2 on Hard difficulty and the AIs run like they are on steroids.

Even if they had a big wreck, they will come back like a pack of wolves hunting you down! lol

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ZeroMcDol wrote:

That's also interesting about the reverse rubber-banding, I saw a video on YouTube about it regarding NFS Carbon, was amusing to watch at the very least. 

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I never tested out sandbagging any races in NFS Carbon like I tested in NFS Underground 1. Mainly because I played games a lot better upon NFS Carbon's release. lol

But I did notice rubberbanding was present in the game when I did Speedtrap races (with opponents scoring a higher speed when behind me) and Canyon Duels (with Bosses driving more aggressively / slowly depending on how close / far you are from them).

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ZeroMcDol wrote:

Of course, I still play UG 2 in 2019, thanks to the PC port.

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I would be playing NFS Underground 2 as well right now, but there are still so many games I want to play beforehand. lol

I am currently playing Code Vein (not a racing game but an anime Dark Souls game). A game I played before NFS Heat's release and abandoned on Heat's release.

With NFS Heat completed 100% weeks ago, I'm back to playing it. lol

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ZeroMcDol wrote:

Yep it's sad to say, but I'm finding the older racing games to be a lot more appealing these days

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It's the same for me as well (along with having lower expectations with older racing games playing a factor for me).

It's not really a bad thing to find older racing games more appealing. It's simply because newer racing games have been garbage so far.

The older racing games have a lot more "charm" to them, like the devs poured their souls into them. Not to mention these can be played offline with no microtransactions.