Need For Speed Undeground 2: Types of Races Part 2

The last 3 types of races available in this game are:



Drift Racing

Drift: Drifting is all about sliding your car at high speeds through a track without hitting any walls or other obstacles such as cars. The racers get points for each slide "drift" that is made. The more combinations of drifts that are made the greater your points increase but don't get too carried away or you will lose it all. Points are calculated by speed and angle of the car and track. The points are then multiplied by a multipier which increases as you get points and decreases as you hit obstacles. In drift Nitrous Oxide is also unavailable.

URL(Underground Racing League):  These are circuit races but on closed tracks. Here there are up to 7 opponents while in other races there are only up to 3. URL's can also be tournament races in which case there is more than one race to compete in. The player will recieve points after each race depending on their ending position. After the races are over the player with the most points is the winner. Each URL race will unlock a new car in the car lot.

Sprint: Sprint racing is the same as circuit, first to the finish line wins, but the racer has to travel in a path from one point to another and there are no laps.

Need For Speed Underground 2: Types of Races

Within the game there are 6 different types of races that will be available to gamers. The variety of races allows for each individual to express their own personal feelings towards the game and totally dominate on the track. These are the first 3 types of races:



Drag Racing

Drag: This is my personal favourite as you reach top speed and if you miss the right timing its all over and you can kiss first place goodbye. Drag is possibly the simplest but most difficult race in the game. The player races through a short and relatively straight track. In this race the gamer will have to use manual transmission and move from side to side on the track to avoid from hitting obstacles. Hitting obstacles will cause your car to become "TOTALLED" automatically eliminating you from the game. Also if the right shifts are continuously missed this will result in a blown engine also eliminating you from the rest of the race. To win you need perfect shifts and Nitrous Oxide will also do the trick.

Circuit: These are the types of races that everyone is familiar with. In circuits you will drive around a track over a several amount of laps and attempt to finish in first place. The easiest way to win in these races are to find the shortcuts. This truly plays a part in placing first and winning the top cash prizes. 

Street X: This is very similar to a cicuit but the tracks are smaller and you can't use Nitrous oxide so get in first and stay there till the end or its tough to come back and win.

Need For Speed Underground 2: The Beginning

Need For Speed Underground 2 is a racing game which involves the gamer driving as a character in their chosen car and completing a variety of races througout the map to eventually reach a final race against the best cars. The gamer is trying to gain enough money in the game by completing races in the top three places to customize their car. Periodically throughout the game new parts will eventually be unlocked and also new places on the map will appear. In the career mode you begin by being placed on the map in the airport location. You first recieve a message on your phone by a woman named Rachel and a message shows up on how to open it. Depending on the sytem that is being used then the controls will be different. Once you open the message there is a short tutorial on how the game works and the story behind it all. It will show you how to access your GPS system and how to use it. Once you have gone through the short tutorial your game will begin.



My Car of Preference: Honda Civic



You will first recieve a green Nissan 350 Z. This is just a temporary car that you are loaned to drive to a Car Lot and pick your car of choice. You are given the choice of 6 different cars. The six cars that can be chosen from are the Peugeot 206, the Ford Focus, the Toyota Corolla, the Nissan 240SX, the Mazda Miata , and the Honda Civic. This car will be the car which you begin your career mode with and will also be the car in which you compete in races with. My peference of car was the Honda Civic as I believed it had the best Handling which would play a crucial part in races. After you have purchased you car you are set to follow the instructions you are given. At this point in the game there are no available races yet because you need to go to the garage. Once you leave the garage you are now able to begin racing and start making some cash.

Introduction

On average my current level of gameplay is moderate. I am not a hard time gamer but do enjoy my video games very much and love a challenge. My preference in genres really applies to my personality. I enjoy playing many sports games such as Fifa, NBA, and NHL. I am also very interested in shooting games as well as racing games. I have been playing video games since when I was about 4 years old. In those days I played lots of saga and gameboy. Now I am very interested in Sony's Playstation systems as i have owned all three of there generations of gaming consoles and not once have they failed to fulfill my gaming needs. I am not a big fan of the X-box as it was a new console that came out and there was much talk of many gliches and problems with the software in the sytem itself. At the moment I enjoy playing Fifa 2011, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and Rock Band 2. I believe that video games can be a very educational form of understanding new concepts to solve problems and how they cause the minds of gamers to think ahead and makes gamers realize that their actions will determine how their character will be affected. This comes to an advantage because this can be applied to life and determine the making of better decisions. I also believe that playing video games comes with a disadvantage because it causes young teens to get addicted and also causes their grades in school to drop and sometimes plays a role in their attitudes changing as well. With this in mind video games are a very cool and entertaining invention but there must be some limits.