
It is rumoured that the car manufacturers were very strict in how their vehicles were to be portrayed in this game, especially considering the "illegal street racing" reputation of the tuner culture. Despite this, Underground was commercially very successful, and inspired a sequel. This, plus the increasingly arcade-like controls, became points of controversy for Need for Speed fans. Instead of hundred-thousand dollar exotics, Underground featured vehicles associated with the Import Scene. Its premise (highly tuned, customised cars participating in illegal street races) was likely inspired by the Import Scene and the movies The Fast and the Furious and 2 Fast 2 Furious.Ī complete reimagining of the series' formula, NFSU offered a career mode featuring a storyline, and a garage mode that allowed players to fully customize their cars with a large variety of brand-name performance and visual upgrades. It was created at the EA Black Box studios, located in Vancouver, BC. It is part of the Need for Speed computer and video game series. Need for Speed: Underground (NFSU) is a racing game, developed and published by Electronic Arts in 2003.

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