![]() In Underground, Knockout sessions have a maximum of three laps for four racers. It is played on the circuit tracks, and involves "knocking out" the last racer who passes the finish line in each lap until the final leader of the race remains, and wins the race. Knockout Mode is similar to previous Need for Speed titles. That event solidifies the player's status as the best underground racer in Olympic City.Ī circuit race with a Honda Civic Si Coupe, PC version.Ĭircuit is a standard race that involves racing with up to three opponents' cars around a loop track for two or more laps. The player races the 350Z and wins while the others celebrate his victory, the driver of the 350Z is revealed to be Melissa. Samantha rewards the player with a unique body kit choice.Įddie then challenges the player to a sprint race and loses while the player's crew are about to celebrate, a mysterious grey Nissan 350Z challenges the player to a final 6-lap circuit race. He wins the car back and returns it back to Samantha, rekindling their friendship. Deeply saddened by the player's willingness to race her and the loss of her car to T.J, Samantha distances herself from the player, but he continues receiving race offers nonetheless.īuilding up to the endgame, the player faces and defeats Chad, Kurt, Todd and Dirt for the #1 rank of their respective boards, then faces T.J in Samantha's vandalized Civic in a pink slip race. Her car is taken by T.J for himself thereafter. ![]() ![]() She gets infuriated upon the player's acceptance and loses after she totals the engine of her Honda Civic Si during the race. In time, the player develops too much reputation and hype to be ignored by Eddie, who proceeds to challenge the player to race Samantha in order to continue upward in the ranking boards. Eddie is the current best underground racer in Olympic City and unimpressed by the player, berates and bullies him for his racing skills, going as far as throwing cash at him then telling him to "take a taxi home so that he can get home faster", and signaling for a taxi cab to pick up the player in an event. Eddie, the leader of the gang and his girlfriend Melissa take notice of the player. Samantha also issues time trials to the player, her rewards being unique visual modifications instead.Įventually, the player draws the attention of The Eastsiders, after racing their members Chad, Kurt and Todd to climb up the racing ranking boards. In event #7, she introduces him to T.J, a mechanic who rewards him with numerous performance upgrades and parts, provided he wins his time trials challenges. She kickstarts the player by introducing him to local street racers such as Jose (who offers Circuit events), Klutch (who offers Drag events) and Dirt (who offers Drift events). She helps the player buy his first car, although she pokes fun at the player's choice of the car, regardless of the vehicle chosen, saying "ouch, that's seriously weak, dude". Samantha is the player's contact in Olympic City and she tours him across the import culture scene and illegal street racing therein. He dominantly wins the race only to be woken up by Samantha from his daydreaming. The player begins the game in a circuit race in Olympic City in a white Honda/Acura Integra Type R, sporting unique vinyls and a wide body kit. Underground was critically and commercially successful, and was followed by Need for Speed: Underground 2 in 2004. Rather than exotic cars, Underground featured vehicles associated with the import scene. ![]() All races take place in the fictional Olympic City. It was the first game in the series to offer a career mode featuring a storyline, and a garage mode that allowed players to fully customize their cars with a large variety of brand-name performance and visual upgrades. Underground rebooted the franchise, ignoring the previous Need for Speed games which featured sports cars and exotics. Three different games were produced, one for consoles and Windows, and the other for the Game Boy Advance along with a version developed by Global VR for Arcades that was published by Konami with assistance from Electronic Arts. It was developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. Need for Speed: Underground is a 2003 racing video game and the seventh installment in the Need for Speed series. ![]()
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