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Need for Speed: Underground

Enter the world of urban street racing and high performance tuner cars with the latest title in the hit 'Need for Speed' series: Need for Speed: Underground.

Take on today’s most popular tuner cars from Mitsubishi Motors, Subaru, Toyota and many more, building the ultimate street machine by earning cash to pay for custom body kits and a host of licensed car performance mods.

A number of diverse events set in gritty, nighttime environments make up the heart of street competition. Players become complete street racers by perfecting skills in each event by nailing the perfect shift in drag racing and by putting their street cred on the line, racing through the city streets late at night.

Need for Speed: Underground also features a unique multi-player feature that will enable PC and console users to race each other online for the first time ever.

Key Features

Featuring 20 fully customizable, licensed cars are included in the game from Mitsubishi Motors, Subaru, Toyota and many more.

Several unique racing and mission-based events including the following:

Drag Racing - Explode off of the line with three other racers on the verge of losing control—watch out for cross traffic.

Street Racing — Heat up the cold city streets with some high octane, high speed racing, finding the fastest lines through a variety of open city racecourses.

Over 100 unique events give racers the opportunity to earn cash, buy more upgrades, and unlock cars and tracks while increasing their street reputation.

Hundreds of ways to customize your ride. Pick from major aftermarket parts manufacturers including:
- AEM Inc.
- Audiobahn
- Bilstein
- Dazz Motorsport
- DC Sports
- Eibach
- Enkei
- GReddy Performance Products Inc.
- HKS
- Holley
- InjenTM
- Jackson Racing
- MOMO
- Neuspeed
- Nitrous Express Inc.
- O.Z
- PIAA
- Skunk2 Racing
- Sparco
- StreetGlow
- Turbonetics Inc.

A diverse collection of high-octane music keeps the game rolling.

Online support for up to 4 players on the PlayStation 2 (broadband only – Europe TBA) and PC.

Need for Speed: Underground's amazing graphics will immerse gamers in the world of after hours street racing. The diverse urban nighttime environments are modeled after a variety of highly detailed real-world urban landscapes, added to a hyper-realistic sheening and mirror effect on the wet road surface, making this a great looking ride! In addition, a new sensation of speed has been created in the game by the award winning 'Need For Speed' team and an Oscar nominated Hollywood visual effects expert.

Prove you belong in the elite street racing circles, work your way up the underground rankings and take on the best of the best in each discipline. Do you have the bottle?

Need for Speed: Underground is out now for the PS2, Gamecube & Xbox and PC, with a Gameboy Advance version available from 19 Dec, from Electronic Arts.

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