You would think after creating so many games on the Nintendo platform that EA would be able to wrap the system round its little finger! There are a few nice touches, like with the lighting, weather and neon effects – but you cannot help feeling not as much effort was put in as could have been… It is just a shame that this honestly does not look like it has been modified to take advantage of the GameCube’s extra horsepower.

This really does not bode well for the rest of the game, but thankfully the track designs and the general city of Bayview where you spend a lot of your time roaming around GTA-stylee are visually impressive, with the frame-rate proving to be more than adequate in one-player mode. Thankfully you have some friends, like the lovely Brooke Burke to help you along.Nice!īooting NFS: U2 up and sitting through the annoying loading times you are greeted with some poorly compressed FMV clips, static comic book-esque images that drive the story along and car models that are barely up to PlayStation 2 standards. That is until you are run off the road by some thugs and must gradually build up your reputation from scratch, racing on any of the underground tracks that are offered, all in the hope of finding and inflicting painful revenge on the people who almost ruined your career. The storyline that forms the basis of the main career mode of play is somewhat banal in the fact that you are King of the Underground, a legend amongst legends, simply unbeatable.

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