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EA has released a demo for the anticipated next title in the Need for Speed series (#7). NFS Underground isn't about classic race cars like Ferrari and Porsche like the last games. This time round its hi-tech tuned Japanese cars out of The Fast & The Furious.
So find your bottle of NOS and buckle up for some serious street racing!

The demo is 220 MB and can be found here: 3D Gamers

El_Coyote Senior Member Posts: 555 Joined: 2002-12-18

#49203 Posted on: 11/04/2003 08:12 PM i found that the torrent has a corrupt speeddemo.exe most of the internet seems slow right not :-/

Veky Junior Member Posts: 6 Joined: 2003-01-01

#49204 Posted on: 11/04/2003 08:15 PM What are the sys requirements and is it a DX9 game?

JimJimJim Unregistered

#49205 Posted on: 11/04/2003 08:26 PM *Big sigh* As usual it's only the graphics that count in this game....and not the driving experience and realism.....Fancy graphics don't make a good car game..... I was hoping this would be something to keep me occupied during this winter, but this game is plain boring.

El_Coyote Senior Member Posts: 555 Joined: 2002-12-18

#49206 Posted on: 11/04/2003 08:45 PM registration needed? yea well.. it never sent me the confirmation email :-/

El_Coyote Senior Member Posts: 555 Joined: 2002-12-18

#49207 Posted on: 11/04/2003 09:07 PM MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS =========================== Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, ME, 2000 Professional, XP Professional, or XP Home operating system Intel Pentium III (or compatible) CPU running at 700Mhz or higher 32MB DirectX 9 compatible video card (Geforce2 or higher) using a supported chipset (see below) 128MB of RAM (256 MB using Windows 2000 or XP) DirectX compatible sound card Hard Drive Space: 450 MB free Hard Disk space, plus space for Direct X9 installation. Sound: DirectX compatible Sound Card8X CD-ROM

PhuzzyDay Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: 2002-04-14

#49212 Posted on: 11/05/2003 05:31 AM I agree partially with this, as in Hot Persuit 2, the realism was traded for an arcadish speed rush. Porsche Unleashed was by FAR the most realistic of them all... But NOW, Microsoft holds the crown for being realistic with Rallisport Challenge. But THIS game is NOT BORING either. That is the thing - realistic IS boring to many.... This goes beyong real for those who just want the HUGE SPEED RUSH. The Graphics are INSANE - and the frame rates are UNHEARD of! My TI4200 at 1024/768 is TOTALLY smooth! And I am FUSSY! Real? Nah. FUN?? The FUNNEST EVER! PD

owa Unregistered

#49213 Posted on: 11/05/2003 07:38 AM Don't think they were going for the sim crowd with this one. More along the lines of Midnight Club II (i.e. arcade racer). Taken as such, I'm enjoying the demo.

Tekkanano Unregistered

#49214 Posted on: 11/05/2003 08:55 AM Well, this isn't what the MCO crowd wanted, but at least it's kinda kewl. I found it to be fun. I was hoping for better graphics and physics than NFS: HP2, which is true. Also, they got some of the cars I wanted to drive IRL; but not too many cars, 20 isn't enough, 50 would be great! I'm definately gonna get this game when it comes out!

jmke Unregistered

#49217 Posted on: 11/05/2003 09:52 AM MidnightClub II sux compared to this game

sak500 Unregistered

#49221 Posted on: 11/05/2003 11:20 AM > 32MB DirectX 9 compatible video card (Geforce2 or higher) using a supported chipset (see below) Since when does Geforce2 become DX9 compatible? I thought GF3 was not even DX9 compatible.

sak500 Unregistered

#49222 Posted on: 11/05/2003 11:27 AM I enjoyed NFS:HP2 on PS2 much more than the slow response PC version. Hope they made the controls better otherwise it wil be PS2 for me again. Anyway, IMHO, FPS/Flight and other Sims/RPG/RTS r better on PC and racing/sports/fighting on the consoles

realityescapeartist Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: 2003-04-05

#49223 Posted on: 11/05/2003 11:43 AM There's a big difference between DX9 compatibility and whether a card can use DX9 shaders. The entire Geforce range is DX9 compatible, as well as most of the Radeon's (if not all). You're thinking of whether a card can use DX9 shaders or not. The only cards that can use DX9 shaders are the Radeon 9500 and up and the GeforceFX range. Hope that clears that up for you sak500.

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