NFS Undercover Preview - Post comments/questions here

[Mike]

Read my preview of NFS Undercover, and post any comments/questions in this thread

[Roadstar]

WHat cars are expected? Is it going to be day or night or both?? :squint:

[ToyotaWish]

WHat cars are expected? Is it going to be day or night or both?? :squint:

For the cars, i can see from the pics:
EvoX
997 Turbo
997 GT2
GT-R
Eleanor (?)
IS-F

and from the production pictures:
TT
R8
LP640 Roadster
Viper GTS



Awaiting the full list though, looks a tempting proposition :p

[Mike]

WHat cars are expected? Is it going to be day or night or both?? :squint:

They are being very secretive about their carlist like usual. All we can speculate is what ToyotaWish listed. Plus I'll add that there is a CLS 600 (I think. Not sure on the exact model)

And it all takes place in the early morning. No time changes.

[Mike]

Just added 3 new screenshots to the NFS Undercover Screenshots section.

Looks like we can add an M6 to the game

[Remko]

First thought that comes to mind after reading this is: "safe". EA seem to be playing it very safe with this release, it seems to have pretty much everything that made NFS Most Wanted good, and - so far - it doesn't look like it will have 'forced' new gameplay additions like the Wing Men thing in Carbon.
So it looks a lot like MW2, and like I said earlier this year, that is not a bad thing; MW is still my favorite NFS since PU, and I'll be sure to try this out.

You mentioned the physics being an evolution from ProStreet, Mike: that sounds interesting, would you say it feels very different from MW's physics, which (I think) felt more arcade-like after NFS U2, probably because of the gameplay with cop cars blocking you/boxing you in?

Also any idea on damage being in this game (aside from the copcars), and, like the last two games, classic muscle?

Loved some of the imagery, by the way, especially the concept art, some of it is very desktop-worthy. Again, those gameplay shots look very MW-ish, except in high res, and with a less dominant color filter.

[Mike]

"Most Wanted 2" was tossed around during the community day. Not by EA, but that is what alot of the fellow NFSers thought. We didn't get too much time to play it, and it was an alpha build, but it did feel more solid than Most Wanted. They call it an "Action driving" game, because it doesn't fall into the sim category, and it doesn't fall into the arcade category. It's somewhere in between.

Damage is in the game, but it is visual only, so smashing into a wall at 180mph will only affect the looks of your car, it will still be able to go 180 again.

[WiLL]

Hey Mike, I really Like the Screen shots and all the Stuff you posted up so Far!
On this Looks Great im Starting to get into the Mood of it now.
Um k, so do we have to have a Pc Like on the Space Shuttle, to Run the Game?
I hope not,i havent seen any Game specs list yet,do you have that by any chance?
I Hope there will be more Video's out soon,later on too see.
Thx

[ToyotaWish]

Just added 3 new screenshots to the NFS Undercover Screenshots section.

Looks like we can add an M6 to the game

Ah, that 5l V10 pufferfish to drive!

Lovely!

[CrownVic316]

No physics damage? that's stupid... I'm kind of interested in whether they're going to reintroduce "be the cop" mode. You know, like get in cruiser and go and bust racers, not just this "infiltration" nonsense, whatever that is. And honestly I'm sick of storylines-It's NOT a movie. What was wrong with NFSHS/HP2 style games I will never know. But it still seems to be an improvement. I'll certainly check it out.

[ROCKPORT POLICE GUY]

EvoX
997 Turbo
997 GT2
GT-R
Eleanor (?)
IS-F

hmmmm, Evo X is great and the IS-F and the others.

TT
R8
LP640 Roadster
Viper GTS

TT is ok, and R8 and Viper GTS, but LP640 roadster?! coupe is much better than roadster.

[Geminiyo]

Bless the Undercover!... NHL09 promise to be funky. Maybe Undercover will be like "You looks like hell!" (says scientist to mr.blood / he were actualy from hell). LAN should be there and as free for all. LAN - online plays with more than 1 real humans from relative distance to each other. You know that "Race Days" (aka "Ill Do my Best") is upset me personaly. Now im beilive that i can choose Diablo, turn ignition, make few slides and turns around garage area and with some crazy whistle jump to lights of the sunny street, that bright and flairs will make a trace in my mind. yo.

[Jaume08]

Yup, I'm eager too to play undercover. And I'm happy they forgot about drifting, since the drifts were somehow not very real.
@Geminiyo: NHL09 sure is going to be awesome, but only for XBOX 360 and PS3, PC version will be, again (since NHL05), a PS2 port.

[bucksavage]

I've seen the PS2 of NHL 09 version available....*drool*

[Oliver Oresic]

I agree with Crownvic.
Some good things in old games which ea forgot are rain and snow.