The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    What's da best NFS series? Vote it

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by bigspin, Nov 11, 2007.

  1. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

    Reputations:
    632
    Messages:
    3,952
    Likes Received:
    566
    Trophy Points:
    181
    It's all about Need For Speed Series

    NFS-ProStreet is around the corner & we already played the demo

    Now please Vote what's your best NFS series???


    Reply your comments
     
    Last edited by a moderator: May 8, 2015
  2. Zoidberg

    Zoidberg Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    7
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Yeah gotta say I had a lot of fun with NFSU. I'm not that keen on the free roaming on all the new ones.
     
  3. unknown555525

    unknown555525 rawr

    Reputations:
    451
    Messages:
    1,630
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I say NFS hot persuit 2, but ONLY for the PS2, the other versions sucked, playing as a cop on the PS2 meant that you actually had to pull people over, or make it so they were stuck and couldn't move, on others like Xbox and PC you just rammed them which was boring.

    Then underground 1 & 2 mainly because of the online drifting down hillsides, it was really fun..

    Pro street is a turn back imo, the demo wasn't that great, graphically, and gameplay wise.
     
  4. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

    Reputations:
    632
    Messages:
    3,952
    Likes Received:
    566
    Trophy Points:
    181
    I Like NFS-Most Wanted .It's the best I played so far.
     
  5. Twolfie

    Twolfie Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    10
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    i liked nfs underground as well , but nfs porsche unlimited was pretty nice back in the day also ..
     
  6. Zoidberg

    Zoidberg Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    7
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Oh yeah Porsche Unleashed was pretty good. Just started playing Most Wanted. Is it me or have they made turning so much easier than it should be.
     
  7. Miths

    Miths Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    20
    Messages:
    145
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    It's been downhill since Porsche Unleashed :), though I did enjoy Most Wanted somewhat for a short while. Unfortunately it started crashing on me left and right after a handful of hours on the desktop I had at the time.
    Hot Pursuit 2 was decent as well if I recall correctly.

    Though I guess the thing that has really killed the series for me has been the focus on the tuner culture and the utterly annoying morons it apparantly attracts - if the in-game NFS characters are anything to go by at least :).

    That and I generally feel the driving physics are a tad too dumbed down for me - and I otherwise tend to enjoy assorted arcade racers played with a gamepad on my XBox 360, just as much as I do hardcore PC sims like GTR2, GTL, RACE, rFactor etc., played with my Logitech G25.

    I imagine I may still give Pro Street a try - though with the substantial list of fantastic 360 and PC releases in October and this month (PGR4, Virtua Fighter 5, Assassin's Creed on Friday, Mass Effect the week after, and now that I'm getting a Vista PC - I was otherwise stuck on Windows 2000 which has lost most developer support this year - I think I'll be picking up Hellgate London, The Witcher plus a few other PC titles as well), I guess I've got my hands full at the moment. And then some :).
     
  8. RovingCalypso

    RovingCalypso Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    4
    Messages:
    244
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Voted for NFS2, played that the most among the NFS series back in 1998
     
  9. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

    Reputations:
    3,886
    Messages:
    11,104
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    456
    NFS Porsche Unleashed, I loved the whole concept...too bad that they haven't done something similar,like BMW Unleashed or...Mitsubishi Unleashed...etc
     
  10. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

    Reputations:
    172
    Messages:
    1,403
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    old but still great ie nfs 2
     
  11. xXSerjXx

    xXSerjXx Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    23
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    NFS 5: Porsche is the best of the best .. it has the most realistic driving experience and that's what i enjoy! I also liked the NFS U and NFS U2 .. :) .. they were also good .. :)
    P.S. You forgot to put NFS 5: Porsche Unleashed ;)
     
  12. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

    Reputations:
    632
    Messages:
    3,952
    Likes Received:
    566
    Trophy Points:
    181
    Sorry! I forgot it.BTW what's the release year?
     
  13. foosa123

    foosa123 adsfjldsajflkajsdfa

    Reputations:
    210
    Messages:
    1,784
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    i think the best NFS were the older ones back in the day when the company making the game (cant remember who it was back then) actually gave complete stats about the cars and the whole game was just so great. nowadays they are more arcady sort of, with the exeption of ProStreet cause thats not out yet so we cant rly judge it right now
     
  14. Element

    Element Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    192
    Messages:
    537
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Yeah, NFSU was the best one in my opinion.
     
  15. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    827
    Messages:
    2,004
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    im gonna have to go with NFS Underground (even though ive beaten it like 80 times already)
     
  16. xXSerjXx

    xXSerjXx Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    23
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    The release year for NFS Porsche is 2000 :D
    v3loc1ty2.0 - i've passed the game about 30-40 times until i couldn't create any more profiles :))
     
  17. link1313

    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    596
    Messages:
    3,470
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    I voted Need for Speed II, I remember having a lot of fun with that game.
     
  18. simonfzhao

    simonfzhao Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    142
    Messages:
    673
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    i'm liking prostreets so far..it's the most realistic one yet :D i tried to hood mode look, and it shows it from the left side, and before, it was shown in the Center, and i wasnt even driving a McLaren xD..and ofcourse, the damage counters :D
     
  19. Age of wind

    Age of wind Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    206
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I have pretty much played almost each one of them. Generally speaking I prefer NFS Most Wanted.
     
  20. fifafreak18

    fifafreak18 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    188
    Messages:
    654
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Underground has to be my favorite, but carbon for the Wii is pretty fun with the motion-sense-driving.
     
  21. Jeff

    Jeff Notebook Retard

    Reputations:
    3,106
    Messages:
    2,501
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    i thought it was called NFS porche 2000?????? not unleshed????/ although that just might have been in australia. i don't know. that was my favourite one my far.
     
  22. dcp

    dcp Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    40
    Messages:
    165
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    it was called PU in the US

    NFSPU +1

    [​IMG]
    (yea I still have the disc lol.)
     
  23. Jeff

    Jeff Notebook Retard

    Reputations:
    3,106
    Messages:
    2,501
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    from a google search, but it is the same as my box

    [​IMG]
     
  24. simonfzhao

    simonfzhao Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    142
    Messages:
    673
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    lol we should have a NFS :pS Racing Team for NBR if we can ever set it up :D
     
  25. jessi3k3

    jessi3k3 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    211
    Messages:
    520
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    High stakes (I still own the PC game) because it had user created vehicles and real-time car damage. It was awesome driving a beat up corvette just for the heck of it. Damage actually affected your cars performance too.
     
  26. icecubez189

    icecubez189 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    218
    Messages:
    1,305
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    i remember playing NFS :porsche Unleashed on my old PSOne. Horrible graphics, but good times....
     
  27. ShinAkuma135

    ShinAkuma135 The King of Beasts

    Reputations:
    88
    Messages:
    1,618
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    i don't get in what ways nfs:carbon is good...it never turned day....i even left the game running for two straight days and even woke up in the middle of the night and no day. most wanted rules
     
  28. sasanac

    sasanac Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    144
    Messages:
    456
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    For me it was Porsche Unleashed too. Most of the others aren't too difficult and it's relatively easy to complete the game. Porsche was a real challenge, some of the tests (handbrake within cones etc) were really tough and there was a sense of achievment when you nail a high speed manouver perfectly. :D
     
  29. simonfzhao

    simonfzhao Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    142
    Messages:
    673
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    LOL..are you serious? xD
    good job on killing your screen :D
    MW never had nights though :confused:
     
  30. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    2,011
    Messages:
    2,777
    Likes Received:
    15
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I voted Underground 2 and Hot Persuit (NFS III).
     
  31. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    1,326
    Messages:
    7,137
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    The original NFS bcoz thats the only one I seriously played!!! LOL
     
  32. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    2,011
    Messages:
    2,777
    Likes Received:
    15
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I added Porsche Unleashed and gave it 2 votes as there have been a couple of users post that it's their fave.
     
  33. simonfzhao

    simonfzhao Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    142
    Messages:
    673
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    lol mods can do that :eek: owellz..still for prostreets :D

    i just pre-ordered it and supposedly i can pick it up tmr :D and i got my Impreza code :cool: woot..
    and anyone taking my idea about a NBR Race team? :confused:
     
  34. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

    Reputations:
    632
    Messages:
    3,952
    Likes Received:
    566
    Trophy Points:
    181
    Thanx Moon :D

    I Forgot to add it when i post this poll
     
  35. icecubez189

    icecubez189 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    218
    Messages:
    1,305
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Porsche Unleashed gets my vote. note necessarily the best out of the series, but the one i remember playing the best. Carbon was pretty entertaining on the PSP as well.
     
  36. Jeff

    Jeff Notebook Retard

    Reputations:
    3,106
    Messages:
    2,501
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    yay for the /2000 :D :D :D :D :D :D
     
  37. ShinAkuma135

    ShinAkuma135 The King of Beasts

    Reputations:
    88
    Messages:
    1,618
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    how is prostreet? i haven't played it yet, nor know when it comes out...if it didn't already
     
  38. T-Hawk

    T-Hawk Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    27
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I enjoyed the Underground ones. Most Wanted was alright, but I never could figure out the whole "losing the cops" trick.
     
  39. chesieofdarock

    chesieofdarock Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    314
    Messages:
    1,156
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    see they kind of keep getting better and better, but i still remember chasing my friends int he cop car in nfs undergroung was fun, but then nfs carbon on my 360 was my favorite game for a couple mothns so its a hard pick.
     
  40. simonfzhao

    simonfzhao Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    142
    Messages:
    673
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    it's officially out today :D
    EB lied to me and said that it was gonna be out yesterday :(
    but i'm picking it up later this afternoon..hopefully..i'll tell you how it goes :rolleyes: but from the Demo..it looked pretty nice :p
     
  41. Jalex

    Jalex Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    11
    Messages:
    112
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I think Need For Speed II, Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit (Doing 190 mph plus in Atlantica! and trying on Aquatica with all the bunch of extra tracks, lol..) my personal favorite was Need For Speed IV: High Stakes, I mean you could signal while driving!! how awesome is that, lol.
     
  42. Gotei 13

    Gotei 13 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    15
    Messages:
    439
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Most Wanted/Carbon for me was the best. I have played prostreet and it shocking. The graphics haven't changed much and the gameplay has poor
     
  43. cynozure007

    cynozure007 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    191
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Well my vote is for MOST WANTED......tghe best NFS that i have played.....

    but i also loved NFS Underground.....was really addictive....especially the music...was really good......

    older versions High Stakes was fun.....used to be a time when i used to play that a lot back in '99.... :)
     
  44. Exodemia

    Exodemia Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    136
    Messages:
    637
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Need For Speed Porsche 2000 was the best for me :D
     
  45. Redline

    Redline Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    1,213
    Messages:
    4,482
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    High Stakes had brilliant gameplay, Porsche Unleashed was far ahead of its time and had a very realistic physics engine, and Most Wanted is the closest that they have come to matching High Stakes since then. Everything in between those has sucked.
     
  46. AmazingGracePlayer

    AmazingGracePlayer Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    236
    Messages:
    1,737
    Likes Received:
    12
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I have to go with ProStreet... I'm can't stand playing games that do not have good graphics =)