| | |  | Racing, Driving | Home » » » Need for Speed: Underground Rivals | | | | | | | Description: | | Need for Speed Underground: Rivals takes you to the neon-lit streets of the big cities, for super-fast racing action. You're after control of the "tuner" scene by taking on all the major racers and beating the best. Build a racing machine that can beat the rest, then put it to the test on the streets for dangerous, exciting street racing action. | | | Features: | |
• Get behind the wheel of the racing world's most popular machines
• Hundreds of options for customizing your tuner - from engines to rims
• Multiple game modes and wireless multiplayer action
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 7.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.25 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.75 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.31 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.15 pounds | | Release Date:
| June 19, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 44 reviews |
| | | Game Information: | | | Platform:
| Sony PSP | | Media:
| Video Game | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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32 of 37 found the following review helpful:
 Awesome starter game for the PSPApr 21, 2005
By M. Boone
"DaClint"
This is an awesome game. It's like Need for Speed: Underground, with some features from Need for Speed: Underground 2. This graphics are AWESOME!!!! They are just like PS2 graphics and I was amazed when I saw this game.
You choose a car and you can tune it out with visual and preformence upgrades. You can own up to 20 cars and four bonus cars so there's a lot of cars to choose from.
There are also many new game modes. All the modes include: Drag, Drift, Street X (off road racing), Circuit, Lap Knockout, Rally Race (race with two different cars), and a mode where you race a random tricked out car.
The last thing to say about this gam,e is the soundtrack, it's AWESOME!!! They are songs from Need for Speed: Underground 1 and 2 plus new songs. Some of the artists include: Spiderbait, Skindred, My Chemical Romance, Xzibit, Snoop Dogg and The Doors, Chingy, and a lot more. There are also some music videos to watch.
This game is a very fun game and a very easy game to learn how to play so I recommend it for new PSP players and racing fans. This game is a lot of fun but some people might want to rent it before they buy it (gamefly.com *Please Refer Me).
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 More Fun Than i Thought It Would BeNov 22, 2005
By Aaron L. Shaw
"Casual Reviewer"
OK, so it is more fun than I thought it would be. The raceing is different than burnout in more ways than just slower. It is definately slower. However, these races have tons of turns, drifting and jumps. For me this is an advantage over Burnout. Burnout is more fun, but i do appreciate the variety in racing tracks by having lots of jumps. Probably the perfect game would be a Burnout game with jumps. Anyway. Bottom Line: Get this game if you are now in the market for a bargain bin psp game that is still a pretty good racer. I Like this way better than Ridge Racer.
9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Rock solid racerMar 25, 2005
By Jose Sierra
"Emperor Monkey"
This is definitely the best 'conventional' racer released thus far for the PSP (personally, I prefer Wipeout Pure, but that's a different kind of racer). Let's break it down:
Graphics: pretty unreal. Smooth animations, no frame-dropping, very high-poly, great colors, the whole nine. Graphically very rich and finished.
Audio: practically the same as the original. Maybe not as many tracks, but all high-quality. In-game audio is also very well done with plenty of excellent sound effects.
Control: At first, it's a little awkward, but that's not the game's issue, it's the learning-curve for the analog stick on the PSP. Trying to use the d-pad with this game is like picking your nose with heavy gloves. After a little bit of play, though, you start to realize that the game designers really put a lot of thought into adapting the gameplay to this analog stick, and things go fairly smoothly from there. Button layout otherwise is well thought out.
Gameplay: Definitely a lot of fun, I wish it had the same 'open' gameplay that the big brother has, but it was very clearly designed for fast one-off type games and the portable console (an excellent decision on the part of the designers.) There's 20 cars (plenty for everyone), there's the usual customizations and an interesting system of vehicle customization that simplifies things immensely and is actually pretty cool, and there's a healthy number of tracks.
The graphics definitely compare to Ridge Racer, but I think the gameplay is overall better. Different kinds of game, even though they're very similar. Thing is, how many racers can you really buy?
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Good...but is it need for speed?Apr 25, 2006
By Tommy Morais
Longtime racing game need for speed came up with a new title exclusively on psp last year.The game isnt that much of great but still its the first game i got for my psp and i liked it.I think it could have been way better i dont know what they were trying to prove with this game but it isnt the need for speed i once played.
But it also has its goods as the graphics are very nice and there is many cars.The enviroments arent great i dont like the desings for racetracks they just lost the edge they had.You can upgrade many parts of your car and choose many things.The cars are looking really good once you change them and you have paint,vinyls and more to customize your car.
I was a bit disapointed i tough this would be a great game but it turned out to be a commercial game and i dont really recomend it.If you want good games try the burnout game and the most wanted
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Great Foundation For The NFS line for the PSPApr 16, 2005
By David Langsett
"langbanger"
First, I'm a huge fan of the NFS line. This game was the second game i bought for the Sony PSP and was a bit sceptical about it after buying Ape Escape. But this game changed my mind. The Upgrade system is probably the best system ever, having rollover system upgrades, and the visual upgrade system you really dont have to buy. The fact that in the end you can have every car and every upgrade is a definate plus. The only things I don't like about it are the few tracks you have to run on, the annoying drift mode, and the music from NFSU2. Overall this game is a good one and is (in my honest opinion) better than Ridge Racer.
PS. The Wi-Fi ability is VERY entertaining between friends.
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