Need For Speed II - 24 Years Later: An LGR Retrospective

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  • čas přidán 18. 02. 2021
  • A review of Need For Speed 2 from 1997, focused on the Special Edition presented in all its 3dfx Glide mode glory. And it is a downright goofy game when compared to its predecessors! A dozen supercars and one-off concept cars to drive, plus dinosaurs and outhouses. Superb.
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    ● Background music is from the NFS2 OST:
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  • @LGR
    @LGR  Před 3 lety +418

    Ahh dang it, I wish I'd seen this before... I was wondering how they went about filming the game's intro cinematic and well, here's a making-of video from 1997 that shows some behind the scenes stuff regarding exactly that. Fantastic: czcams.com/video/ucIG1ANRCJE/video.html

    • @nvrndingsmmr
      @nvrndingsmmr Před 3 lety +3

      This is incredible, thank you for sharing!!!

    • @DanielTheFreak
      @DanielTheFreak Před 3 lety +8

      Very interesting! Incredible how ambitious EA were back then..

    • @masternobody1896
      @masternobody1896 Před 3 lety +1

      do age of empires 2 de and max payne and commando

    • @masternobody1896
      @masternobody1896 Před 3 lety +1

      which games were famous in 1990s

    • @therealsnow
      @therealsnow Před 3 lety +2

      Those car videos in the game have to be the most 90s thing I have ever seen! Lol

  • @thecyanide
    @thecyanide Před 3 lety +338

    RIP Saki Kaskas, the creator of the old NFS games music. Still have the soundtracks of the games in my playlists

    • @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa3728
      @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa3728 Před 3 lety +10

      Yeah, I'm so glad he mentioned him. Kudos.

    • @ronin84
      @ronin84 Před 3 lety +16

      Oh man, High Stakes had such an incredible soundtrack.

    • @arbutusunedo2069
      @arbutusunedo2069 Před 3 lety +15

      One of his tracks ended up in Mass Effect 2. His music was truly timeless. RIP

    • @halofreak472
      @halofreak472 Před 3 lety +6

      Check out his posthumous album called Theodosius! Before he passed, he was working on new music; a lot of the old musicians that worked on NFS with him came back together to finish it.

    • @NCC-0000
      @NCC-0000 Před 3 lety +16

      @@arbutusunedo2069 The mentioned track is "Callista". Original from NFS High Stakes showcase, which somehow it reached ME2 too

  • @psivewri
    @psivewri Před 3 lety +276

    3:42 As an Australian, I can confirm this is a regular occurrence in our day to day life.

  • @mrnicktoyou
    @mrnicktoyou Před 3 lety +182

    That main menu music just gave me shivers. I didn't realise how burnt into my brain it is and I haven't heard it since the 90's.

    • @TekTrekgamer
      @TekTrekgamer Před 3 lety +8

      I just had the same experience

    • @gav240z
      @gav240z Před 2 lety +4

      Same lol

    • @sidejua
      @sidejua Před 2 lety +5

      just shed grown ass man tears, more than I'd like to admit.

    • @stevenrussell5937
      @stevenrussell5937 Před rokem +1

      Me too!!

    • @bar1s
      @bar1s Před rokem

      There was a music with destorsion electro guitar. Anyone remember the name?

  • @aerotekmusic
    @aerotekmusic Před 3 lety +54

    that soundtrack by Rom Di Prisco is unique and on point.

    • @purwantiallan5089
      @purwantiallan5089 Před měsícem +1

      And many say that Rom di Prisco songs are all GOATED.

  • @guimello_silva
    @guimello_silva Před 3 lety +336

    As a kid, I remember buying this game and finding out later at home that my pc could not run it. Oh man, those were sad times.

    • @waynemangan9925
      @waynemangan9925 Před 3 lety +21

      I feel your pain. No pain like not enough MHZ back then.

    • @eccIefechan
      @eccIefechan Před 3 lety +17

      I had the PC version but it ran slowly on my PC and kept crashing. I then bought a used copy of the PSX version which although lower resolution was pretty close to the PC version. The difference between the PSX and PC versions of NFS3 and 4 (High Stakes) were much bigger though. That was the era when technology was advancing at an incredible pace and the old Playstation seemed so primitive against new 3DFX technology on PCs.

    • @FabricioEGiovanni
      @FabricioEGiovanni Před 3 lety +7

      Same issue here! I had a Cyrix processor 133 Mhz equivalent to Pentium 75 Mhz and 16 MB of RAM... actually it barely could run at 320x240 but I played anyway... I was FAR away from a Pentium 200 Mhz with a 3dFX card... it was the best PC at that time and my dream as a child... well...

    • @neoshirako5520
      @neoshirako5520 Před 3 lety +18

      Only us from 90s decade (or lower) knows how it feels, buying a game thinking if our pc can run the game even on lowest graphics, fortnite generation will never know the feeling of our era

    • @machina_spirit
      @machina_spirit Před 3 lety +7

      Same, my dad got me the game as a gift, i remember waiting patiently as he tried installing it on the super slow and super underpowered family computer that took ages to finish. And when it finally did and fired up the game, i had to watch the menu options on the left load in at like 1 fps. Legit took 10 mins just to load the main menu... but hey at least that awesome menu music was playing fine the whole time!

  • @Therock24188
    @Therock24188 Před 3 lety +38

    5:55 That Mouse Cursor jumping killed me XD Thanks for the memories!!

    • @MaartenvanHeek
      @MaartenvanHeek Před 3 lety +3

      I could swear he said "63% of my happy endings come from that song". Had to check twice.

    • @purwantiallan5089
      @purwantiallan5089 Před měsícem

      Mouse Cursor seemingly is quite broken.

  • @MasterGGG
    @MasterGGG Před 3 lety +43

    One of the first games I tried on my Voodoo 4MB card, all my friends that had a playstation and an N64 were all amazed beyond belief, the 90s were the best!

  • @staticchoir
    @staticchoir Před 3 lety +420

    I only ever played this on software render at a stupid slow framerate. Seeing it in 3dfx mode at full speed looks like a different game.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  Před 3 lety +124

      It honestly still looks "wrong" to me, the entire aesthetic is different than the NFS2 I most remember!

    • @Phynix0228
      @Phynix0228 Před 3 lety +13

      My words. We only had the ability to run the game in software mode since we didn't had a 3d accelerated GPU at the time. Was still fun beside the choppy FPS.

    • @BillLambert
      @BillLambert Před 3 lety +15

      It looks very different indeed. I remember being very disappointed in this one, figured they had struggled to adopt the Glide API and decided to phone it in to meet some arbitrary deadline. TD5 came out barely a year later and blew it out of the water.

    • @AlexCreemers
      @AlexCreemers Před 3 lety +5

      Good old days. I feel really old now.

    • @charlesdorval394
      @charlesdorval394 Před 3 lety +4

      @@AlexCreemers You and me both mate.

  • @drewbocop
    @drewbocop Před 3 lety +140

    Lost my shit at the T-rex tumbling end over end and letting out the stock sound effect scream

  • @FallenJustice
    @FallenJustice Před 3 lety +19

    I loved NFS 2. Still have the box and CD. That menu music is legendary.

  • @FlashMan16NG
    @FlashMan16NG Před 3 lety +14

    It's crazy seeing the subtle similarities between this and my personal jam, Need for Speed III Hot Pursuit. Would be great to see a retrospective on that one!

    • @vero0992
      @vero0992 Před 11 měsíci

      100% agree! I loved that game and still think of the dispatcher guy's voice when I pass through certain tunnels or other areas in real life that remind me of the game. Get me a Diablo!

  • @Chatboy91
    @Chatboy91 Před 3 lety +90

    Holy shit, when the menu music kicked in I got goosebumps. NFS II was one of the first racing games I ever played, I remember being obsessed with the McLaren F1. Thank you for the nostalgia LGR.

    • @tilda140
      @tilda140 Před 3 lety +2

      I'm 33, this was one of the best early PC games, right around the time it was this and Age of Empires! MSN Gaming Zone krew 4 life!

    • @siddharthakvr5154
      @siddharthakvr5154 Před 2 lety +1

      Saaaaame dude...I played this game around 2004-5 at my cousin's house and it was amazing

    • @purwantiallan5089
      @purwantiallan5089 Před měsícem

      ​@@tilda140Age of Empires 1 and 2 are still the KING.

  • @caodesignworks2407
    @caodesignworks2407 Před 3 lety +102

    Still blows my mind that there's an actual GT90 in existence that actually runs.

  • @santisven
    @santisven Před 3 lety +23

    Mom: Daaad, your son is gonna be driving like a maniac when he grows up, playing that game all day.
    Present day: can't even manage a stick. Fearful of driving auto.

  • @camotech1314
    @camotech1314 Před rokem +17

    These games were the pinnacle of my youth

  • @fitnesswithsteve
    @fitnesswithsteve Před 3 lety +183

    The menu music is where a young Clint fell in love with electronic music which eventually lead to his synth-lord status today!

    • @whiism
      @whiism Před 3 lety +13

      Hehe, back in times u could have random techno or psytrance party just hanging in the menu

    • @whiism
      @whiism Před 3 lety +12

      11:50 like dude, u could play this at psy party and noone would notice its from 25 y old game

    • @carltonleboss
      @carltonleboss Před 3 lety +2

      Dark lord of the synth

    • @eldorado3523
      @eldorado3523 Před 3 lety +4

      I can say NFS3's techno soundtrack influenced my music style, when I started making it 10 years later..

    • @markisaki979
      @markisaki979 Před 3 lety +4

      He even name-dropped Rom Di Prisco. That makes him a true fan in my eyes.

  • @Notorious40z
    @Notorious40z Před 3 lety +164

    This game was my life as a kid , it’s what made me a car guy to this day! That music and those cars oh man what a throw back. The Nazca C2 was my favourite.

    • @mesharial-malki5721
      @mesharial-malki5721 Před 3 lety +8

      Same dude. I swear to god if this game didn't exist I wouldn't love cars at all.

    • @skidak541
      @skidak541 Před 3 lety +2

      fzr2000 best car :D

    • @JV64
      @JV64 Před 3 lety +1

      His grill looks liie BMW

    • @KaneDennisWilliams
      @KaneDennisWilliams Před 3 lety +1

      Ahhh yeah. This game and the December 1997 issue of Road & Track set my life down the gear head path. Mclaren F1 forever.
      Thanks the nostalgia trip!

    • @felipefernandes9053
      @felipefernandes9053 Před 3 lety +2

      ​@@JV64 It is a prototype made by Italdesign at the request of BMW. And Calà is a Lamborghini prototype (baby Lambo) made by Italdesing that became inspiration for Gallardo.

  • @hsy831
    @hsy831 Před 3 lety +8

    Extremely well-planned and articulated video. Thanks for the memories! :')

  • @PunkNDisorderlyGamer
    @PunkNDisorderlyGamer Před 3 lety +30

    I still remember when my mom brought this home out of the blue for me when I was a kid. I never even asked or knew it existed but she saw how much I loved the first game, so she picked it up.

  • @SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim
    @SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim Před 3 lety +86

    Your cursor has more dance vibes than most of us

  • @firebrand36
    @firebrand36 Před 3 lety +298

    DANCING CURSOR IS ALL THAT I NEED NOW

    • @alexsilva28
      @alexsilva28 Před 3 lety +6

      10 hours loop when?

    • @firebrand36
      @firebrand36 Před 3 lety +1

      @@alexsilva28 ITS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW

    • @lcmiracle
      @lcmiracle Před 3 lety +3

      Check out Kevin MacLeod specifically on CZcams, where you fullfill all your dancing cursor needs.

    • @firebrand36
      @firebrand36 Před 3 lety

      @@lcmiracle YESSSSSSSSSSSSS LIKE MOTH TO FLAME

    • @thawkade
      @thawkade Před 3 lety +1

      He has a small one with the Sims 1 Autorun Jungle.

  • @victorlgcarvalho
    @victorlgcarvalho Před 3 lety +23

    Fun fact: When playing on 3d accelerated mode, the textures were actually lower resolution, because of the limitations of the Voodoo1 cards...

  • @jasper_saberwolf
    @jasper_saberwolf Před 3 lety +6

    I love that you made this tribute to the game! This and the other classic NFS games will always be special to me for a lot of the same reasons you mentioned. Would love to see a video on NFS III and High Stakes!

  • @bastien-
    @bastien- Před 3 lety +100

    "...after the Dodge Viper, of course."
    Ah, Clint, I see you are a man of taste!

  • @PowerInOne22
    @PowerInOne22 Před 3 lety +74

    When I’m an old man my line will be “back in my day we had cheat codes!”

    • @Madsy9
      @Madsy9 Před 3 lety +9

      "Back in my day, 'game hacks' were called trainers and we used them to absolutely break single-player games!"

    • @adventureoflinkmk2
      @adventureoflinkmk2 Před 3 lety +2

      OK boomers 😂

    • @XMguy
      @XMguy Před 3 lety

      Yep. I was a THPS fan for the consoles. Cheat codes and game winners was my jam. lol

    • @Madsy9
      @Madsy9 Před 3 lety

      @@XMguy reddit has a gamewinners subreddit if you want to meet old GW forum members. Just a tip :)

    • @Madsy9
      @Madsy9 Před 3 lety +1

      @@adventureoflinkmk2 ..I'm not even mad. 😂

  • @NikhilBlr
    @NikhilBlr Před 3 lety +3

    Hi, Thank you LGR. This was the very first game I played on my cousin's PC. I still remember every single moment of it. Thanks for bringing more memories back :)

  • @b.c.2281
    @b.c.2281 Před 3 lety +4

    The car showcase videos in this game were literally my favourite thing in the world for a time. The F1 and GT90 in particular. That menu music still hits deep for me.

  • @SjoerdvanGestel
    @SjoerdvanGestel Před 3 lety +87

    My first ever racing game, still remember it fondly.

    • @PplsChampion
      @PplsChampion Před 3 lety

      same here, first playstation game, and got the same maisto model of the gt90 too lol (except in white)

    • @TheJunky228
      @TheJunky228 Před 3 lety

      this was the first one I played a ton of. I think the actual first one I played was NFS shift maybe? I just remember it being on a proper race track, it being incredibly difficult for child-me to control the car and keep traction. I never got more than 15 seconds in before ruining the race lol (I did play with a wheel and pedals too)

  • @Raycevick
    @Raycevick Před 3 lety +1329

    Hello there

  • @uilleannaddict
    @uilleannaddict Před 3 lety +1

    I played all the NFS games up to Hot Pursuit 2, and this video brought back so many memories. I really love your content and your voice. I think I could listen to you speak all day!

  • @RacingVideoGames
    @RacingVideoGames Před 3 lety +61

    Man, 90's Need For Speeds were something special. Countless memories.
    Hoping for a return to this style of NFS game sometime in the future!

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 3 lety

      in my opinion the best need for speeds got made from 2003-2007

    • @thisemptyworm4677
      @thisemptyworm4677 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jammygamer8961 for me, last good nfs was 2011, the run

    • @Grandmastergav86
      @Grandmastergav86 Před 3 lety +3

      @@jammygamer8961 Not a chance, 3 was the best, all downhill from there.

    • @WayOutGaming
      @WayOutGaming Před 3 lety +1

      Can't agree more. NFS3's soundtrack and raceways are still burned into my memory, as well as NFS High Stakes. Always enjoyed that one.

  • @valeriosanna5381
    @valeriosanna5381 Před 3 lety +26

    The FMVs of the intro, and the single ones for the Italdesign and the Jaguar, that's definitely Sardinia, my homeland... Since I had a pirated copy of the game as kid, without the videos, this is totally new for me

    • @LeopoldoRamirez888
      @LeopoldoRamirez888 Před 3 lety +2

      Oh yess. I like the location they used. Seems like somewhere in Mediterranean. I love the Mediterraneo map.

  • @akaki202
    @akaki202 Před 3 lety +19

    To this day I think NFS II SE is my most played racing game, hours wise.

  • @whatr0
    @whatr0 Před rokem +4

    I gotta say, the futurism of the GT90 has aged surprisingly well. Like it looks like a supercar someone could have designed and made *today*, which is impressive considering how of its time so much 90s futurism was.

  • @Superphilipp
    @Superphilipp Před 3 lety +65

    It's crazy how much better the Glide graphics are. People back then must have been blown away by the new Voodoo cards.

    • @sonykroket
      @sonykroket Před 3 lety +21

      Yes, we were.

    • @matel855
      @matel855 Před 3 lety +1

      MK4 and NFS2se were my first glide games, I was playing on 486 dx4 with voodoo2 and it was jaw dropping back then

    • @nezimar
      @nezimar Před 3 lety +5

      can confirm. Voodoo 1 changed everything for me. This, Quake, MechWarriror 2...

    • @ryan8488
      @ryan8488 Před 3 lety

      Yep

    • @williamphillips24
      @williamphillips24 Před 3 lety +2

      Yep. And this game showcased them so well. Better than the games that came bundled with them, that's for sure. The first time you saw the lava in NFS2SE was mind blowing.

  • @anthonyhusiak
    @anthonyhusiak Před 3 lety +135

    I feel like the entire LGR channel is deserving of its *own* Retrospective.

    • @johnmills5106
      @johnmills5106 Před 3 lety +2

      I agree 100%

    • @Nuskrad
      @Nuskrad Před 3 lety +7

      He did one for the 10 year anniversary czcams.com/video/WRb6heH4LOI/video.html

    • @undeadtotheend6420
      @undeadtotheend6420 Před 3 lety +1

      @@johnmills5106 I think your post should have its own retrospective.

    • @hahathatsgreat2
      @hahathatsgreat2 Před 3 lety +1

      Why wouldn't you just watch all the episodes? No recap needed.

    • @SahiPie
      @SahiPie Před 3 lety

      It really messed me up having not been caught up on his channel for years and coming back to see that he had hit well over a million subs.

  • @jakhazardzn9862
    @jakhazardzn9862 Před rokem +1

    Just binge watched your channel haha!!! Dude the nostalgia, specifically this video when the Music started... Opened op some prided memories for me!!

  • @moses4188
    @moses4188 Před 3 lety +6

    Man, those memories! I remember playing this after school at my friend with other classsmates. Those cars, racetracks and great soundtracks... Just pure fun! 🏁

  • @LiquidTurbo
    @LiquidTurbo Před 3 lety +35

    GOOSE BUMPS. THANK YOU for making this video.. just brought tears to my eyes, no joke. the nostalgia. the good feelings. thank you LGR.

  • @StuMan85
    @StuMan85 Před 3 lety +19

    Proving Grounds' "Headless Horse" is still my jam to this day.
    Such a great soundtrack.

    • @basillicus3959
      @basillicus3959 Před 3 lety

      Yeah the soundtrack made a lasting impact for me also. EA games in general had such a great standard for such things in the 90's although the games themselves were not always that great.

  • @meta7gear
    @meta7gear Před 3 lety +3

    I loved the video showcases in the game as a kid. Was absolutely thrilling to see clips of cars like the McLaren F1 and Ferrari F50 on the road

  • @Whatbow1238
    @Whatbow1238 Před rokem

    HAHAH that cursor bobbing along with the menu music. That’s a picture worth a thousand words. Thank you for this amazing review!

  • @danielmad
    @danielmad Před 3 lety +36

    EA really needs to remake/remaster these games and bring them back to the market. In a golden era bundle, or something.
    NFS3 Hot Pursuit and Highstakes were always my favourite. Oh man, the music... that 90s techno. Especially “Callista”

    • @JohnSmith-xq1pz
      @JohnSmith-xq1pz Před 3 lety +11

      After the mess they made of the Most Wanted "reboot" no thanks

    • @rompevuevitos222
      @rompevuevitos222 Před 3 lety +6

      @@JohnSmith-xq1pz Yeah, online requirement, invasive DRM, trimmed down on mechanics
      If i wanted that BS i would get a console

    • @JohnSmith-xq1pz
      @JohnSmith-xq1pz Před 3 lety

      @@rompevuevitos222 lol

    • @ZX3000GT1
      @ZX3000GT1 Před 3 lety +2

      We don't need that. NFS2 to 5 already have custom renderers for them to make it run at modern resolutions and widescreen with proper FoV.
      In fact, you can use the DirectX 8 renderer, use d3d8to9, then use Reshade to enhance the graphics (and possibly add software raytracing through RTGI, although I haven't tested it myself, so I don't know if it's possible).

    • @JohnSmith-xq1pz
      @JohnSmith-xq1pz Před 3 lety

      @@ZX3000GT1 Ohh that sounds cool

  • @Hagunemnon
    @Hagunemnon Před 3 lety +50

    The cheats were still the best in any racing game, and damn near the best in any game not called Ultima VII. Seriously, you could be a T-Rex, an outhouse, a log, a rock, and just about any object you could see on the map that wasn't terrain. I remember being quite fond of the log for its insane acceleration, even if the outhouse had objectively better handling.

    • @vladdx
      @vladdx Před 3 lety

      Cheating in this game is a sin, probably the easiest NFS game to beat in single player mode.

    • @SoilentGr33n
      @SoilentGr33n Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks for saving me the time to type this exact comment.

    • @vinesauceobscurities
      @vinesauceobscurities Před 3 lety +9

      The T-Rex with Pioneer performance is legit fun. You get to ram everything out of the way like it's nothing. I miss when we have so much control in a retail game.

    • @wta1518
      @wta1518 Před 3 lety +10

      "The outhouse had objectively better handling"
      that is the strangest phrase I have ever read.

    • @SuperFriendBFG
      @SuperFriendBFG Před 3 lety +1

      I forget, were you able to race as a bush too?

  • @sysakPL
    @sysakPL Před 3 lety +1

    You capture the essence of this game so well! What a pleasure to watch, can't wait for the next part

  • @Quarker
    @Quarker Před 3 lety +1

    This is a pretty thorough and insightful analysis, with lots of respect given to the game both in its original context and how it stacked up today. Nice job!

  • @layerp
    @layerp Před 3 lety +17

    I never thought I would feel so represented by a mouse cursor
    5:54

  • @HachiMiura
    @HachiMiura Před 3 lety +21

    Oh man, the menu music. Totally remember it now hearing it again.

  • @kovicivan
    @kovicivan Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you very much for this review. You drove me back to my childhood and I went digging through my boxes to find NFS2 CD.

  • @MightySavagE
    @MightySavagE Před 3 lety +2

    Ah yes, another NFS episode :D Wish you would cover 3 and 4 as well, these were my favorites. As for NFS2, strange you didnt mention FZR 2000 - a car too fast to handle in this game, but that enabled all sorts of shenanigans

  • @Ar1AnX1x
    @Ar1AnX1x Před 3 lety +147

    LGR has more fun with this than sims 4, and I don't blame him.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  Před 3 lety +121

      If EA makes a GT90 Stuff Pack though...

  • @legice
    @legice Před 3 lety +83

    I cant wait for the NFS 3 review. That game was something else!

    • @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa3728
      @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa3728 Před 3 lety +4

      oh god you're right

    • @Madsy9
      @Madsy9 Před 3 lety +15

      Still the best game in the franchise in my opinion. With NFS: Hot Pursuit II being second :)
      The police chases, rain/weather conditions, the interesting tracks, the uplifting trance/techno music..
      Not going to lie, some of it is nostalgia. But NFS 3 Hot Pursuit is still the best NFS experience I had. And Hot Pursuit II was the last game in the franchise before EA ruined it by appealing to the hiphop/pimp my ride/street racing culture. Not my cup of tea.

    • @FalconPaladin
      @FalconPaladin Před 3 lety +4

      @@Madsy9 NFS: Hot Pursuit was AMAZING. Still remember running from the cops in the pouring rain. 1998 doesn't seem that long ago. :D

    • @Lordpickleboy
      @Lordpickleboy Před 3 lety +1

      It had a charm a good mix of classic arcade racing circuit tracks but with so many cars and tracks to pick you had hours and hours of fun the snow maps like summit and then desert maps like red rock ridge man they balanced it for every fan silly jumps but serious track lay outs to split high ways

    • @cougar2k720
      @cougar2k720 Před 3 lety

      I have all the track music on CD, and listen to them depend on the weather when driving. I remembered I had my old Cougar 2000 back in the days, gave my friend a ride with NFS 3 playing, she thought it was rave music.
      Of course, always Aquatica on rainy days.

  • @cgasparetto
    @cgasparetto Před 3 lety +2

    Holy nostalgia! Pure '90s feeling. I played NFS II SE so much when I was around 15 yo, and I didn't have many games to play. I still have the CD and fond memories of the time I spent playing it. Awesome video.

  • @MarkMeadows90
    @MarkMeadows90 Před 2 lety +4

    I grew up loving this game so much as a kid. My dad and I played the heck out of this game back then. This also prompted my mind to start loving fast cars.

  • @queenkjuul
    @queenkjuul Před 3 lety +30

    As a fellow late 90s car kid, the Dodge Viper was truly untouchable.

    • @Wheresthepepsibismol
      @Wheresthepepsibismol Před 3 lety +1

      Me as a truck kid the Chevrolet Silverado 454SS was the ultimate dream truck of they 90's

    • @andresvalverde5182
      @andresvalverde5182 Před 3 lety

      For me, a European kid it was the BMW Z3, always took it to school, until some kid brought a Lamborghini Diablo and the other brought a Countach. After playing NFS Carbon though, i always wanted a Aston Martin Vantage model.

    • @armchairgeneralissimo
      @armchairgeneralissimo Před 3 lety +1

      @@Wheresthepepsibismol The Dodge Ram was the truck to have in the 90s!

    • @Wheresthepepsibismol
      @Wheresthepepsibismol Před 3 lety +1

      @@armchairgeneralissimo yeah James Hetfield from Metallica was driving an single cab Dodge RAM 1500 when making the load and reload albums.

    • @mid-s_to_earlysViBEZ
      @mid-s_to_earlysViBEZ Před 3 lety +2

      @@armchairgeneralissimo Red 1997-'98 Dodge Durango...Ho-LY S#!T!!!!

  • @TheBurg229
    @TheBurg229 Před 3 lety +200

    The game I miss most is NFSIII: Hot Pursuit

    • @Corkoth55
      @Corkoth55 Před 3 lety +19

      HP2 was my first one. The music is still nostalgic to me today.

    • @dutmala
      @dutmala Před 3 lety

      I miss nfs X

    • @yumann
      @yumann Před 3 lety

      X2

    • @MegaMoonse
      @MegaMoonse Před 3 lety +5

      playing as a cop was something. Deploying spikes and setting roadblocks

    • @LexoAstonov
      @LexoAstonov Před 3 lety +4

      I still play NFS3 to this day. Still my favorite.

  • @andreidmny
    @andreidmny Před 3 lety +2

    That menu music! This was my first 3D accelerated racing game ever! (I've started gaming on the NES, but this was truly revolutionary)

  • @OctavChelaru
    @OctavChelaru Před 3 lety

    What an awesome retrospective, thanks for making this man, really brings back memories.

  • @keiiko
    @keiiko Před 3 lety +42

    NFS2:SE is playable on Windows 10. Just google for verokster patch (on his blogspot) or Zaps166 wrapper (on his GitHub). There is also Discord community for first 6 NFS titles with multiplayer sessions. Yeah, you can play NFS2SE online! Invite is on needforspeed3(dot)racing ;)

    • @Hyvelez
      @Hyvelez Před 3 lety +7

      I highly recommend this Classic NFS community!

    • @mic1482
      @mic1482 Před 3 lety +2

      +

    • @NCC-0000
      @NCC-0000 Před 3 lety

      Does exist some kind of Widescreen/HD patch for NFS High Stakes too?

    • @keiiko
      @keiiko Před 3 lety

      @@NCC-0000 sadly not... ( Widescreen )

    • @spark198rus
      @spark198rus Před 3 lety +3

      I was a member of it for the past 5 years if i am correct

  • @kr19569
    @kr19569 Před 3 lety +30

    NFS 5 : Porsche also please, maybe in the later videos.
    In my opinion, it still remains the best NFS in the entire franchise.

    • @RacingVideoGames
      @RacingVideoGames Před 3 lety +3

      Totally agree

    • @juanignacioaschura9437
      @juanignacioaschura9437 Před 3 lety +5

      Agree. NFS Porsche was by far the best one ever, and the swansong for the original franchise to me.

    • @cyruscuckler3495
      @cyruscuckler3495 Před 3 lety +1

      If I remember correctly, he has expressed dislike for NFS 5. But I suppose that doesn't mean he won't look at it!

    • @DaggerThrasher
      @DaggerThrasher Před 3 lety +2

      Agreed - I LOVED Porsche Unleashed. It made me become obsessed with Porsches (with all its detail and models), and it was graphically the most gorgeous game I'd played until then.

    • @youngThrashbarg
      @youngThrashbarg Před 3 lety

      Once you played through the different time periods in NFS5 and got yourself the Porsche 911 1995 turbo with the right settings, it was just crazy fast and accurate to drive.

  • @At0micPunk90
    @At0micPunk90 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Commenting on a three-year-old video here, but I just recently watched this and it compelled me to try NFS 2 SE via MyAbandonware. And I've had a blast with it; this game from 1997 has given me more than most AAA racing games from the past ten years. And I'm someone who has no nostalgic connection to it. The bangin' soundtrack, the chance to control cars I'll never drive in real life (always welcome), and the wacky physics even on "Simulation" mode, so much comes together to bring me a joyful experience. I actually really love the crazy physics, bopping an opponent off the road and watching them tumble like a Hot Wheels car down the stairs brings such a goofy smile to my face and it gives me the vibe of a proto-Burnout, just not as violent. Good stuff.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  Před 4 měsíci

      Ahh I am happy to hear that! I've always thought that this game retains a special kind of silliness that holds up to today, so long as you're not expecting anything "realistic." It's just raw late 90s fun, and I'm glad that came across to you too. _Hot Wheels tumbling down the stairs_ is a great way to describe it.

  • @NathanGibb
    @NathanGibb Před 3 lety +1

    AMAZING!!! This was actually the first game I purchased when I was 15!! Incredible memories, thanks so much for this video dude ❤️🔥👌🏻

  • @Lucas_Fidalgo
    @Lucas_Fidalgo Před 3 lety +3

    This was the first racing game I've ever played and those videos are really a nostalgia trip. Love to see people are still enjoying it

  • @tylerdejohn4414
    @tylerdejohn4414 Před 3 lety +9

    Crazy how its been 24 years! Remember it like it was yesterday. Great video man.

    • @drewbocop
      @drewbocop Před 3 lety

      What is the "retro" year cutoff? I always wondered that about classic rock radio stations too. I noticed they play 90s grunge since several years ago.

  • @Xahn777
    @Xahn777 Před 3 lety +108

    LGR and Raycevik both talking about a Need for Speed game, released within a minute of each other?

    • @MooseheadStudios
      @MooseheadStudios Před 3 lety

      Now i gootta go check his

    • @Natana3lis
      @Natana3lis Před 3 lety +5

      Now that is perfect timing !

    • @JoshuaJacobs83
      @JoshuaJacobs83 Před 3 lety +2

      I thought the same. Very weird

    • @billschannel1116
      @billschannel1116 Před 3 lety +2

      I love coincidences, assuming it was one. Raycevik had great graphics for his opening credits.

    • @stuff31
      @stuff31 Před 3 lety

      Insert incredibles meme here

  • @Gy1mb0w
    @Gy1mb0w Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you LGR! This video bring up so many good memories! Goosebumps everywhere! :))

  • @clarku4
    @clarku4 Před 3 lety

    Fantastic video. Really enjoyed it. Just been playing the first Need For Speed on Saturn so was curious about the sequel. Thanks for the great content.

  • @dvdkolk
    @dvdkolk Před 3 lety +11

    The joy in your voice talking about need for speed makes me happy.

  • @rgb8289
    @rgb8289 Před 3 lety +19

    I’d pay top dollar for a classic NFS collection on modern platforms. 90s goodness with modern support, sounds great to me.

    • @memeplayer1923
      @memeplayer1923 Před 3 lety

      Or get then on internet without need to pay. I tried it and it's dang smooth.

    • @leruty
      @leruty Před 3 lety +1

      NFS1-4 with better netcode and native Windows 10 support, then yes

    • @LeopoldoRamirez888
      @LeopoldoRamirez888 Před 3 lety +2

      I can finally install this game on Windows 10 after *10 years* . Albeit the sound is not perfect.

    • @RAA12586
      @RAA12586 Před rokem

      @@LeopoldoRamirez888 I've noticed it's kinda scratchy sounding. I'll trying messing with sound setting on my desktop.

  • @KellyHoyPhoto
    @KellyHoyPhoto Před 3 lety

    Awesome video! Looking forward to your High Stakes video, that's the one I played the most but haven't tried it in years.

  • @PaddyFullyRandom
    @PaddyFullyRandom Před 2 lety +3

    Greatest memory of my childhood, sitting with my brother in front of a 14 inch CRT and racing in split screen mode. When you pressed too many keys at once, the system would lock up for a brief moment. Hearing NFS2 or NFS3 music today still goes right to the core for me and I can barely contain myself.

  • @Frankenburger
    @Frankenburger Před 3 lety +30

    0:20 "...Half a year earlier. That was an irrefutable eternity in kid time"
    As a fellow 90's kid - 😭
    Time moves so slow as a kid, but so fast as an adult. Whyyyyyyyyy?!

    • @MaD0MaT
      @MaD0MaT Před 3 lety

      Relativity is a bitch.

    • @ACTNRPLY
      @ACTNRPLY Před 3 lety +4

      I read something about how
      When you’re 10 half of your entire life and memories was 5 years ago
      As an adult, half your entire life and memories was 15 years ago
      It’s not about time moving fast, it’s about our perception being skewed because we remember so much of it

    • @Frankenburger
      @Frankenburger Před 3 lety

      @@ACTNRPLY I would argue that there's more milestones as a kid - things that bookmark your memories. As a kid, there's always something new going on, always something to absorb. We meet new people on the regular, learn new things, explore different activities, and partake in different events. As an adult though, we have a routine, and most of the time we rarely deviate from it. We learn less than when we were kids, and simply repeat our day to day actions until a major change comes about.
      But still, Clint's comment makes me feel old lol

  • @LaidbackLost
    @LaidbackLost Před 3 lety +30

    Even in the 90s EA still has ways to charge you extra just to get an extra color

  • @cealarcons1
    @cealarcons1 Před 3 lety

    Ohh man such a nice video! Feels like time travel! Well done!

  • @legendarydragoon
    @legendarydragoon Před 3 lety +3

    My brothers and I had NFS2 on Playstation and we loved it; we were all under the age of 10 so we didn't know any better when it came to driving models or it's competitors, but none of that matters. We sunk a ton of time into it and loved every moment of the goofyness. Those cars are also legendary to me, especially the McLaren F1, even to this day. Thanks for reacquainting me to that McLaren FMV, I use to watch it so many time lol.

  • @iz2006
    @iz2006 Před 3 lety +6

    I do miss when people had to game TOGETHER in the same house. Great video!

    • @nickwallette6201
      @nickwallette6201 Před 3 lety

      Oh yeah. My college roomie and I had NFS III and a LAN. Play for a couple hours, order some pizza, slam a Mtn Dew, get back to playing. :-) Those were simpler times.

  • @cmmmmmmmw
    @cmmmmmmmw Před 3 lety +11

    Clint, you are a masterful reviewer. Thanks so much for making these videos. We're about the same age and I get much more out of watching a 20-minute overview of a game from my childhood than digging up a copy of the game somewhere and playing it. You are the perfect guide for a walk down memory lane.

  • @GamerGee
    @GamerGee Před 3 lety +1

    12:42 lovely “interactive music” when you get to first places it would ramp up and when you hit sections it would changed. I loved that feature.

    • @purwantiallan5089
      @purwantiallan5089 Před měsícem +1

      The interactive and dynamic musics in NFS II also is a noticable highlight.

  • @sakuraharukamelody
    @sakuraharukamelody Před 2 lety +2

    My first racing game that introduced me more deeply to video games and racing games specially.
    And yes, that soundtrack, THAT MAGNIFICENT SOUNDTRACK I remember all time; cars, showcases, tracks, races, traffic, etc, etc, etc..., for me, the NFS more interesting, through of its curious (and little bad) details.
    Some day this NFS (and all classics) should comeback, they deserve be remembered and, again, THAT EXCELLENT SOUNDTRACK!!!

  • @FRoZeN_ACiD
    @FRoZeN_ACiD Před 3 lety +4

    This game brings back memories... I still can hear the sound of the announcer talking about the cars with specs and background!

  • @darcybowyer5743
    @darcybowyer5743 Před 3 lety +5

    This brings back the childhood memories! I remember the reversing trick into the stands for the wild jumps over the rails to the "Pioneer" cheat making everything that little bit faster and more insane. Used to drive the Unimog heaps just to obliterate the traffic 2CV! The game that also introduced me to the XJ220 which in my eyes is the prettiest car ever made. :)

  • @henriquelobianco6536
    @henriquelobianco6536 Před 3 lety

    This video made my day! Pure nostalgia. Thanks for that!

  • @Ferrarilover108
    @Ferrarilover108 Před 2 lety +2

    My first ever NFS. Thanks for the nostalgia hit. This game made me a car nerd which i am to this day. I remember i used to watch the irl images of the cars in the game and now this video just hits different. Again, thanks for this

  • @Chris-uh5vv
    @Chris-uh5vv Před 3 lety +15

    Damn, the live action intro and menu were even more nostalgic than I thought they'd be.

  • @Jeroenoman
    @Jeroenoman Před 3 lety +7

    That menu song takes me back, my brother and I loooved this game!

  • @HypnoticSuggestion
    @HypnoticSuggestion Před 3 lety +1

    Man, so much of your discussion around NFS SE and the GT90 ring absolutely true for me; I hadn't owned a PC yet but played it on PS1, then by '99 I was building a gaming rig and rebuying all my fav games for PC. Man oh man good times.

  • @arashjahn
    @arashjahn Před 3 lety

    Thank you @LGR for keeping the faith and doing these NFS segment videos. Looking forward to more chapters of this franchise in retrospectives to come.

  • @theshadowknows6969
    @theshadowknows6969 Před 3 lety +43

    Starts up game: makes the mouse an equalizer. That made me lol.

    • @RohanSanjith
      @RohanSanjith Před 3 lety +2

      🤣🤣😭

    • @maighstir3003
      @maighstir3003 Před 3 lety +1

      And I followed it... until I got thrown out of the loop entirely.

    • @jasonbrown467
      @jasonbrown467 Před 3 lety +2

      equalizer is , or rather was used to trim certain frequency bands. some of them had a visual affect with leds, is that what you were referring to?

    • @RohanSanjith
      @RohanSanjith Před 3 lety +1

      @@jasonbrown467 you don't get it, isn't it

    • @RohanSanjith
      @RohanSanjith Před 3 lety

      @@jasonbrown467 at 6:00

  • @joshuasharrock466
    @joshuasharrock466 Před 3 lety +34

    McLaren F1 and Lamborghini Diablo is %94 of that game for me

    • @joshuasharrock466
      @joshuasharrock466 Před 3 lety

      @Neoand12 that car was badass. Not gonna lie

    • @NJTCOMET
      @NJTCOMET Před 3 lety

      I don’t think NFS 2 had a Diablo, there was the Italdesign Cala which was a Lamborghini prototype but the Diablo was absent from this one.

  • @CrayZtwin1
    @CrayZtwin1 Před 3 lety

    So glad found this channel. Your reactions to the music and gameplay is very similar to my own. I still have my NFS 2SE CD! Have no idea how to make it work...though.

  • @RCWatson
    @RCWatson Před rokem

    Superb video and the sort of channel I hit subscribe about 30 seconds in to the first ever upload I come across.

  • @DiabolikalRA
    @DiabolikalRA Před 3 lety +8

    The viper is perfect. When it was released and up until this day, it manages to look futuristic, retro and current, all at the same time.
    It's an amazing vehicle.

  • @advang4820
    @advang4820 Před 3 lety +38

    I take this silly physics over the new NFS games. It just more fun seeing the cars just rolling, flying and tumbling around when crashed.

    • @millie9814
      @millie9814 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah, cruisn exotica is my favorite racing game for that reason

    • @Maximus20778
      @Maximus20778 Před 3 lety +1

      But most wanted🙁

    • @Toxic2T
      @Toxic2T Před 2 lety +1

      @@Maximus20778 this is miles better than Most Wanted. The replay value with this one is insane.

    • @Maximus20778
      @Maximus20778 Před 2 lety

      @@Toxic2T I respect your opinion but no your wrong

    • @Toxic2T
      @Toxic2T Před 2 lety

      @@Maximus20778 I am not wrong, I played Most Wanted too. Has nothing to begin against NFS I, II, III and High Stakes. Most Wanted gets stale after 40 minutes of replay.

  • @agustincabrera3551
    @agustincabrera3551 Před 3 lety +8

    These are not tears... My eyes are just sweating...

  • @dantton1987
    @dantton1987 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow, that brought some great memories back. That menu music was just so atmospheric, it screamed 90's high tech supercars.

  • @ggj1987
    @ggj1987 Před 3 lety +114

    Need for Speed needs to go back to its roots instead of trying to come up with movie-like storylines and NOS tuner cars. NFS 2 was a lot of fun, pure ‘90s goodness

    • @icky_thump
      @icky_thump Před 3 lety +22

      Hot Pursuit 2 on PS2 was the last of the great non-tuner era NFS games

    • @generalgeneral616
      @generalgeneral616 Před 3 lety +8

      Look, we love tuners, but we also love non tuner cars too!

    • @Juan-gt7ro
      @Juan-gt7ro Před 3 lety +4

      I really hope that one day EA relaunch an old-school NFS.

    • @maitele
      @maitele Před 3 lety +8

      @@Juan-gt7ro Hot Pursuit 2010 is exactly that, and it even *just* got a remaster...

    • @iansteelmatheson
      @iansteelmatheson Před 3 lety +3

      @@maitele I replayed the PS3 version not so long ago. it's good, but the cars handle like absolute bricks. I prefer Rivals.

  • @jotdot
    @jotdot Před 3 lety +40

    Need for Speed: High Stakes was my all-time favorite

    • @Solarnova
      @Solarnova Před 3 lety +4

      Me and my friend used to call it Need For Speed - Hot Steaks. It was that good!

    • @videolookertube
      @videolookertube Před 3 lety +2

      Objectively the best retro nfs unlike Porsche Unleashed no police mode and only Porshe cars was rely disappointed back then.

    • @EDFCentral
      @EDFCentral Před 3 lety +1

      I got to valet an XJ220 at the North Ky/Cincinnati Airport during the WINTER WITH ICE AND SNOW! Car actually got frozen in place in our parking lot. Good times.

    • @El_ACG
      @El_ACG Před 3 lety +4

      High stakes on ps1... oh boy the memories start lighting up

    • @ggj1987
      @ggj1987 Před 3 lety +2

      I loved that one too! There were A LOT of mods available for it. New cars, tracks, they were so much fun!

  • @bokidusanic7084
    @bokidusanic7084 Před 3 lety

    what a presentation, you hit all angles, love it!

  • @AmuroRae
    @AmuroRae Před 3 lety +1

    This is definitely one of those games in my past that I remember looking far, far better than it really did. Still, those showcase videos were highlights of my childhood. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.