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Neon-soaked nighttime street racing through a sprawling city, paired with deep tuning that lets you rebuild your car inside and out. Iconic licensed music and drift and drag events round out the tuner-culture vibe.
What defines Need for Speed: Underground:
The closest matches for Need for Speed: Underground are Dirt 3, R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 and Race Driver: Grid. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Need for Speed: Underground special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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A rally racing game with a co-driver calling out turns, varied offroad courses and the ability to rewind time after a mistake. Gymkhana events and multiplayer modes add extra variety.
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A stylish late-era PlayStation arcade racer built around precise drifting, rival teams and a legendary acid-jazz and breakbeat soundtrack. Its slick retro look and two driving models make it a cult classic.
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An aggressive, spectacular racer built around wheel-to-wheel battles, drift events and races from San Francisco to Le Mans. Its handling sits between arcade and simulation, and the Flashback feature lets you rewind mistakes.
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A fast, accessible arcade-leaning racer with varied events across street, circuit and city tracks, and a career built around fame and fans. It favors dramatic wheel-to-wheel duels over simulation depth.
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A blistering arcade racer built around ramming rivals off the road with brutal takedowns and staging spectacular pileups in Crash mode. It is still widely seen as a high point of arcade racing.
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