"This is what I'm talking about"

This is a big step from the underground series. No more speeding without cops looking out. No more you can only do the race one for money and that's it. Finally no more driving to events miles away. Now for the breakdown.

Sound 10/10
One of the best soundtracks since Underground 1. More realistic car sounds. A real favorite when you smack a cop car in a roadblock. Now when in a pursuit you don't have to listen to the soundtrack while in a pursuit, you can listen to the dramatic music while in a pursuit from loud, fast music with cops behind you to slow, calm music when you are hiding. Plus the voice overs are really good, better than the others.

Graphics 10/10
The cut scenes are amazing using real people instead of animation or a comic based story. Damage on the pedestrians, you, or rivals car are amazing with cracked windows and paint coming off. Plus, while driving it really looks like your speeding while going past buildings or cars. Plus how everything the stops when you come to a dead stop.

Content 10/10
This game has a lot of cars to choose from like tuners(Evo VIII, C6, IS 300) to muscles(Mustang, Camero) to Exotics(Gallardo, Murcielago) and Luxury(Cayman S, 911 Turbo S, Carreta S). Plus, more tracks sure you might see the same thing a couple of times, but there is a lot of tracks to ease the repetitiveness. So, it can keep you busy.

Game play 10/10
Pursuits are back and better than ever. Now, they have pursuit breakers to keep the heat off you for a while. Plus, just because you were in a long pursuit doesn't mean it will be easy next time cause they keep track of it by heat levels and if you get busted a lot well you can kiss your car goodbye til you have the money to pay it off. The races take place right on the street not in separated tracks like Underground 2. That's right even the rival races right on the street. They added something extra now, challenge series. This mode really challenges even the best street racer with multiple challenges to really keep you entertained.

Game Time 8/10
The average time it would probably take might be 2 weeks(1hr/day) or 5 days(24 hrs) so that could keep you busy for Career mode. Now for Challenge mode maybe about 2 weeks if you play for a long time each day, So if your waiting for a game to come out in 2 weeks just go through MW 100% to ease the wait.

Difficulty 9/10
It's not the hard even though the cops might give you a hard time later on or even a couple of races. Even the challenges goes from easy to hard in about 30 events. So it could take a couple of tries to get through but not a lot.

Ending

Sound 10
Graphics 10
Content 10
Game play 10
Game time 8
Difficulty 9

Final Score 9

Final words definitely get this game for some good game play or if you need something to entertain you.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 06/26/06