How close is this game to NFS2?

[7empest]

I remember playing NFS2 on xbox and loving it. No other racing game felt like it to me. how close is this one to it?

[almagnus1]

No police chases, so definitely a completely different vibe... still a solid game and worth checking out. IMO worth the EA cost, but YMMV on that point.

[Joe Mama]

It's more like NFSU2, but without all the race modes and leaving only the outrun race/battle. Still a great game nonetheless, going full speed on highways and racing other rando cars you see on the road.

[7empest]

I assume it’s like an open world type game? You drive around and find races to do?

[Lardo]

It's nothing like any NFS, except both are arcade racing games.

[Etienne]

Originally posted by Lardo:

It's nothing like any NFS, except both are arcade racing games.

I would say Prostreet is most close to it only because of legal racing theme and also "speed" events on highways(It even has Tokyo map), yup.

[Lardo]

Originally posted by Etienne:

Originally posted by Lardo:

It's nothing like any NFS, except both are arcade racing games.

I would say Prostreet is most close to it only because of legal racing theme and also "speed" events on highways(It even has Tokyo map), yup.

This is such a stretch, it's hair thin. Also, just because TXR has no cops, doesn't mean the racing is even remotely legal.

[Etienne]

Originally posted by Lardo:

Also, just because TXR has no cops, doesn't mean the racing is even remotely legal.

Did you even read the preview on store page of this game?
If it was even barely illegal, then inclusion of Honda cars would be out of question.

[turbogum]

Originally posted by Etienne:

Did you even read the preview on store page of this game?
If it was even barely illegal, then inclusion of Honda cars would be out of question.

Yeah, that's precisely and only because they wanted to secure car licenses, did you even read what you wrote yourself?

The series is based around the Japanese expressway racing and touge scenes. All the nonsense explanations for why it's not illegal in-game (like the "futuristic enclosed mountain roads" in TXR Drift games) were always just a way of getting around car manufacturers who didn't want their vehicles associated with street racing.

Comparing a street racing series to a game about official closed track racing, just because "technically both are legal in-universe", is dumb. These are two completely different flavours of racing games.

[Lardo]

Originally posted by Etienne:

Originally posted by Lardo:

Also, just because TXR has no cops, doesn't mean the racing is even remotely legal.
Did you even read the preview on store page of this game?
If it was even barely illegal, then inclusion of Honda cars would be out of question.

I don't know what you're talking about, there's no mention of Honda on the store page. Racing on a highway with traffic is highly illegal and Honda is in NFS Unbound, so IDK what are you smoking.

[Etienne]

Originally posted by turbogum:

Yeah, that's precisely and only because they wanted to secure car licenses, did you even read what you wrote yourself?

The series is based around the Japanese expressway racing and touge scenes. All the nonsense explanations for why it's not illegal in-game (like the "futuristic enclosed mountain roads" in TXR Drift games) were always just a way of getting around car manufacturers who didn't want their vehicles associated with street racing.

Well it's all cool and all but you both don't even own the game, so i'm already receiving different signals here from this whole arguing point.

So what you are saying about how "nonsense" is all that, actually doesn't matter at all. Why? Because it's here, and it stays here. It's a thing afterall, it's a part of game. And just because you perceive it as something "different" or "illegal" from your perspective, doesn't make it any different in general and for game itself. Do you see where i am coming from?
I'm talking about games, yeah. Not about reality itself, Prostreet itself wasn't totally legal in all regards(Shocking, right? I don't think someone will ever allow going >=250mph/400km/h on general public roads).
Even if previous entries of this series didn't had it so EXPLICITLY shown and were different(And even so, if you remember Yellow Official Vans from TXR3...it was again a thing), it's all technically considered legal. And nobody in right or power can change it, except for developers themselves.

It not about the theme itself, it's about the state of things. And if they somehow convinced someone who doesn't allow something in one thing, to somehow allow it in it...then it's only because it's an entirely different thing. They still didn't changed their stance on previous thing.

I said all what i wanted already, you're free to prove me wrong or whatever...everyone is always right in their own. Cya.

[Lardo]

Originally posted by Etienne:

Well it's all cool and all but you both don't even own the game, so i'm already receiving different signals here from this whole arguing point.

Oh yes, the good old "you don't own the game" argument. I'm not clicking on any more of your ridiculous "spoilers", since you obviously have nothing worthwhile to say, anyway.

[Mille]

Actually the kind of feeling is similar to the first nfs games.
Lot of speed, few technical turns, traffic to avoid. But there's no police and you play 1vs 1 instead of doing lap races.

But honestly it's a kind of game for who liked the nfs games (at least until the 3)

[HardBoiledWonderMan & Knuckles]

In TXR You race 1v1 on japanese highway until You or your enemy will lost its "health" gauge. You can race with everybody, but only certain drivers counts. Flash Your lights, watch unskippable animation, race, repeat it few hundred times and its the whole game. If compared to NFS2U, its just outrun mode with health bars, that drop down after 25m of distance difference between racers.

[kirkiboi]

About as close as me and my ex...

havent seen her for 18 years!