Best one so far
Need for Speed: Underground.
The Good
Cars handle very well. Game looks nice. Course are very good. Nice stuff to unlock.
These cars handle like a dream. Best handling of all the racing games I play. Too bad the the cars in NFS: Hot Pursuit 2 don't handle this well.
The bad
Maybe not for you,but since I am using the 14 inch tv in my bedroom this is bad for me. All that flicker, city lights and reflections make it very tough to avoid the traffic in the Underground mode. The traffic in this mode really gives the Ai an unfair advantage since the Ai controlled cars avoid the traffic all the time. Every single time I follow the correct racing line to corner there is a car or truck. Then the big pointless slow-mo crash scene. By the time I get my car back on track I go from 1st spot back to 4th spot. I can be way out in front of the other cars ,and as soon as I slam into some hard to see car or truck then i am way at the back of the pack even if I am twenty seconds ahead of the second car.
At least the traffic can be turned off in the Quick race mode. Too bad it can't be turned off in the underground mode.
Final Thoughts
This is what I hate about these types of racing games. All that traffic in the way. Who can follow a proper racing line when a car might be around the corner. It is very frustrating to be winning and then suddenly find yourself back in 4th spot due to stupid traffic all over the place.
There is traffic in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2,but that is very easy to see since there are not a ton of reflections all over the place like in NFS: Underground.
I always beat the Ai cars in the quick race mode since I can turn traffic off there,so I guess they need some advantage in Underground mode. At least if the traffic was red, yellow or other bright colors they might be easier to avoid ,but since all the traffic tends to be silver-grey it is very tough to avoid.
This is one thing I like about Gran Turismo 4 better than NFS. No stinking traffic in the way.
It is a fun racing game except for Underground Mode since the traffic messes up the race.
I am happy that I bought NFS: Underground for five bucks.