


That said the AI is good enough that a few crashes won¹t put you out of contention.Okay, I have a small problem. However in races we found the controls overly sensitive, steer slightly off course and you spend the next couple of seconds desperately trying to correct it, at which point someone has snuck up behind you and shot past. Gameplay is fairly straightforward you race, you win, you mod. As an extra caveat to make sure you take part in the modding, some races aren¹t available to you unless you have a certain spec on your car, or later on, a different car completely. Depending on how well you do depends on how good your car looks and performs. Everything from the colour of your hubcaps to the performance of your engine can be upgraded and changed. It¹s at this point NFSR shows its true colours over the other racing games available you can pimp that ride. The final mode concentrates on Drag racing and as you can imagine its making sure you shift at the right place to get the most speed out of your engine.ĭo well and you get prizes, points and more races to race.

Tracks are limited so don¹t expect a free reign of the city and there are a number of races that progressively get harder as you go on.ĭrift Attack is where you can hone your drifting skills, while Nitrous Run sees you race as fast as physically possible around tracks so everything goes blurry. Street Cross is a race against others on a city track with other traffic. Those four are Street Cross, Drift Attack, Nitrous Run and Drag. Race Now isn¹t the only quick entry to the game and in fact NFSR offers a further four race modes that promise to give you a quick gaming fix. It is a good way of getting into the game however will only really full your envy when you have to start the proper career mode with a very uninspired Golf GTI. Here you can either set up a custom race or race with a fully loaded car. To get you straight into the action you can opt for Race Now. Aside from pimping your ride there are a number of different gaming arenas to tackle and eventually command. Like previous outings on the PlayStation 2, NFSR is based around racing and modding your car like your sitting in West Coast Customs pimping your ride. So does NFSR have what it takes to pull away from the crowd? We have a go and find out. At launch, including this title there are four driving games available Ridge Racer, Toca Race Driver 2, Midnight Club 3 and Need for Speed Rivals (NFSR). (Pocket-lint) - Racing is obviously a key genre for the PSP.
