I recently went back, and played the GameCube version on my Wii which has an HDMI adapter for 480p 16:9 output, and it still looks nice to me, and unlike my copy of NFS Carbon Wii I don't have to use a Wii mote, and Nunchuck to play it lol!
+Aurimas Bruzas Yes but consider this: Burnout Paradise ramp jumps were dependent on how well you took the ramp, MW12 on the other hand no matter how bad you enter the ramp the car will jump perfectly and it only relies on the speed you enter to it. that's not an advancement if you don't count graphics.
+jangelelcangry In this fast-growing technology period we want perfection so you always looking for disadvantages in latest games. After that you are choosing old games because its your nostalgia, you lived in that period, its historically important as the beginning of 3d games era, but not more. There is no doubt that latest games with advanced physics and graphic makes compensation for other weak disadvantages.
When it comes to the blue GPS arrow it wasn't always showing the fastest route. Once you've gotten to know the city very well it was much faster to drive by yourself, without the arrow.
Socky Noob i remember reviews back then criticizing underground 2 more harshly than the first one,they found the open city to be gimicky and to have less interesting races than the first underground and also slightly worser graphics because its open world
This game is my childhood, I remember buying in the store with my father like the end of 2004 (I was 9 years old) I were stuck a lot of tome because I went to the car lot but i didn't know you had to press enter to enter in (lol) y discovered that like 2 years laters. Btw I downloaded the game again, it's still awesome, even better than others nfs series of today. Great video
Awesome video! I love how you edit these so smoothly and your voice is top on! Btw what is your intro song? Hearing it everywhere but dont knowing the name really sucks. Haha.
What I hated about the GC version was that downgrade needed due to the limitation of disk space in those Mini DVDs that the GC used, was graphically inferior and some of the music was edited to fit in the final version. What I loved about was the control scheme, it was more easily to drive than the PS2 version.
Esses Discos que a Nintendo usou realmente limitou o console em alguns jogos. A Nintendo repetiu o erro das fitas do Nintendo 64, onde o console não mostrou todo seu poder por limitação das fitas.
"Do you think you can guess the correct console based off these screenshots?" No, I didn't think that, but I took a guess and somehow nailed it. I've never even seen the handheld versions before, but I guess the graphics are varied enough to be able to tell.
You forgot that PS2 (and maybe GC, not sure about Xbox) is a bit darker than the PC version (same with the original NFSU), especially in the airport, which I prefer, because PC always was a bit too bright for me (I know it's in a city with many bright lights, but seriously, I shouldn't be able to perfectly see absolutely everything at night time).
PS2 loaaaads .. forever ! I remember several playthroughs only getting stuck on 99% ={ But one of them I hit the 100% mark but game didn't congratulate me shit Get it for PC the reloaded torrent and fire up Gameranger and play over global LAN =} EDIT: Dawh yeh how I smoked the game , all 240SX =} Riding on the stock hubcaps and kept the fliplights with one of the upgrades still 10 star whip
This is a very interesting video I had no idea there were this many ports of Need For Speed Underground 2 I used to have this game and I think I will get it again.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who prefers Underground 1, but I've only played the demo for 2 on a low performance PC a long time ago so maybe I should try again sometime. Great video as always :)
If you can find a cheap copy in good condition and have a wheel, then I strongly urge you to give it a try. I sunk a lot more hours into UG2 than I ever did in MC3, and I sunk a shitton of time into MC3
I still have this game on my laptop. It's a newer laptop, but definitely not for gaming. I could still run this game close to max settings which was pretty cool.
I used to play the GameCube one until I got the pc one. I was blown away by how much better it looked and I played the game nonstop until I got to the end. Then my pc broke right as I got to the last area of the game
back then, i had a pentium 4 HT, Radeon 9800 XT, 2GB DDR1 ram, and two maxtor 80GB hard drives xD ahhhh the good ole 2000 - 2004 days playing this at 1280x1024 with 4x anialiasing and 4x anisotrophic.. before that, i had a Pentium 3 933mhz Slot 1, Dual voodoo 2 video cards 1.5gb SDRAM. both computers played games so damn smooth though.
3:14 Nintendo DS's version of NFS Underground 2 also uses the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection in order to play Underground 2 with friends online. However, it got shut down in 2014 thus the online services ceased to exist just like other games like Pokémon and Mario Kart DS.
Great vid, and surprising results. I mean obviously the Xbox was gonna be the best of the console versions. It was a lot more powerful. But I expected the GC version to look a bit better than the PS2 version, not worse.
Tes, the game with the mods that make the game look like real life but struggle on beaffy machines designed to render 3D movies and beyond. I guess you should have multiple PC versions showcase for it, just to showcase different layers of mods, there are a tone.
I haven't played it myself, but just looking at what's shown in the video, I kind of prefer the low graphics setting on the Windows version. The higher setting has a little too much neon for my taste. It kind of looks like you're racing through a Tron landscape.
my history of nfs came first was nfsu2 i knew how great it was... it changed my taste in racing games... then most wanted 2005 then carbon... undercover prostreet and rivals... nfs made a name in the racing history
RookerVision - Gaming Videos it was remastered for the ps3 and 360. looks drastically different. everything is more colorful and better textures along with smoother frame rate.
Good Graphics Comparison video like always^^ You put more information in it like in other comparison which is nice. You should also check out "Cel Damage" maybe, its a great Game and also got a HD Remake
I stil playing this game on my modern PC and putting graphics overhaul mods on it. Play this game greater using my Xbox One S Controller. I read at the comments as some people struggle to set up this game with XInput controller. You can use XInput plus and remap the key to avoid conflict between left and right trigger. Your welcome!
I got 6/8. That nds and android one were a lil tough to tell. Well it was for me. Anyways awesome video dude. Also I recommend you check out turok evolution for a side by side.
You probably get this question a lot, but what's with all the privated videos under your Side-by-Side playlist? A certain company trying to mass flag your videos or something?
GC is blurry because of tiny storage on the mini dvds it's just 1,5gb. PC and PS2 game is around 3-4gb. They had to scale down all textures, while GC is more powerful than PS2. PS2 has better textures because it isnt so restricted, GC has better hardware but for no reason is limited to mini dvd's....
How did you make the PC version look in true 16:9? I used the widescreen patch but it only shows an expanded 4:3 at 1366x768. Full screen, but still, not 16:9 like in the video
The XBOX version's widescreen mode is not properly implemented. It's FOV doesn't change when in widescreen mode, so all the 3D Rendering looks zoomed in. This quirk can be replicated by changing the FOV setting in the thirteenag widescreen fix config file. The gamecube version's widescreen mode is also not 100% Correct. For a 16:9 aspect ratio, the 3D rendering is a bit wider than it should be while the HUD is correct, so no matter how the image is stretched in either 4:3 or 16:9 mode, the HUD and 3D rendering are never going to match the PS2 or PC version in widescreen mode or Xbox in 4:3 mode. The PS2 version and thirteenag widescreen fix are the only two versions of the game that implement widescreen correctly. PC version is superior in basically every way. PC version is recommended.
Tip: Don't get any of the handheld NFS games ( except Carbon: Own the City ). Unlike the PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PS3, and Gamecube versions where you can free roam, the handhelds restrict the game to ONLY racing, and no free roaming.
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I hope this game realised in mobile phones in 2021 because a mobile phone better than 2004
It's funny how a 2004 game can still be graphically impressive until today, at least for me. Nice comparision!
It still looks good to me too
Please - Ninja Gaiden 2 | Graphics Comparison | (XBOX 360, PS3, PS Vita)
I wish. I don't own any of them.
I recently went back, and played the GameCube version on my Wii which has an HDMI adapter for 480p 16:9 output, and it still looks nice to me, and unlike my copy of NFS Carbon Wii I don't have to use a Wii mote, and Nunchuck to play it lol!
None of these look playable except the pc version
This game represents the Peak of good EA games before the DLC BS and cutout content began.
Good o'l times. 199?-2005-6 = best gaming days ever IMO.
Nope, its subjective opinion, its just your own personal nostalgia, games today are very advanced
jangelelcangry You do know that there are a lot of cut contents in BlackBox's NFS because of EA want to rush it out.
+Luqman Hisyam bin Johari Not exactly but i suspect it.
+Aurimas Bruzas Yes but consider this: Burnout Paradise ramp jumps were dependent on how well you took the ramp, MW12 on the other hand no matter how bad you enter the ramp the car will jump perfectly and it only relies on the speed you enter to it. that's not an advancement if you don't count graphics.
+jangelelcangry In this fast-growing technology period we want perfection so you always looking for disadvantages in latest games. After that you are choosing old games because its your nostalgia, you lived in that period, its historically important as the beginning of 3d games era, but not more. There is no doubt that latest games with advanced physics and graphic makes compensation for other weak disadvantages.
NFS Underground 2 along with Most Wanted (2005) are one of my most favorite racing games ever, let alone compared to the other NFS games.
Don't forget Carbon too!
ToyGTone i would Argue that Even ps2s undercover is better than mw
Takeshi carbon my favorite
Hot pursuit 2 ?
@@santiifmit's like saying segregation is the best thing to happen (cucker, is that you?).
NFSU2's graphics were really impressive for their time. Even today, the game still looks pretty nice.
The first one still looks quite good today as well
The most memorable part of the game is the song riders on the storm
When it comes to the blue GPS arrow it wasn't always showing the fastest route. Once you've gotten to know the city very well it was much faster to drive by yourself, without the arrow.
the mobile version got the highest score lol
Its Fast and Furious Fugitive with moded textures.
KuruHS: FAK Yea
You're the only person I've heard say they prefer the first Underground
lol. It's also possible because I played Underground 1 a ton, and only played this one for 1 hour on each console.
RookerVision - Gaming Videos as a midnight club fanboy it took me alllllong time to like UG2
Socky Noob
i remember reviews back then criticizing underground 2 more harshly than the first one,they found the open city to be gimicky and to have less interesting races than the first underground and also slightly worser graphics because its open world
Socky Noob I prefer the first Underground as well.
Socky Noob i prefer first game too,because same reason i played it for hours and hours,it was incredible.
PC, obvious better version by far, framerate, resolution, graphics.
Yup. agreed
But can't play with modern controllers
Oscar Vallejo-Krul you can with mods
Oscar Vallejo-Krul you can with a contoller that is used with a usb wire or stick
nada fitri Not X-Imput controllers
This game is my childhood, I remember buying in the store with my father like the end of 2004 (I was 9 years old) I were stuck a lot of tome because I went to the car lot but i didn't know you had to press enter to enter in (lol) y discovered that like 2 years laters.
Btw I downloaded the game again, it's still awesome, even better than others nfs series of today.
Great video
These are always worth the wait
Thanks dude
I recently played this on my PC @ 4K - it's actually pretty amazing. Glad it's still compatible with Windows today.
The first NFS game I played. Ever. ahhh nostalgia
this is the best racing game to ever fuckin exist , ive been playing this since realease . STILL NOT BORED BY IT
I love how the lights look on the ps2
Awesome video! I love how you edit these so smoothly and your voice is top on! Btw what is your intro song? Hearing it everywhere but dont knowing the name really sucks. Haha.
Thanks dude. Also I can't remember the song. I lost it awhile ago. Sorry man
What do you know? brought me back memories playing this on PS2 as a kid
All of the versions are awesome,cuz this game is the best.I had the pc and mobile versions back in the day.
2:00 FWD drifting
That dark green nissan 350 z brings back so many memories.
i remember playing it on my ps2, it was my favorite game beside gta sa and gran turismo 4
This man drove a Focus for nearly every clip.He has my seal of Focus fanatic approval!
I have underground, underground 2, carbon, most wanted, and undercover all on PS2 and I love the controls on all of them
Undercover on PS2 was such a rip off, what were they thinking?
What I hated about the GC version was that downgrade needed due to the limitation of disk space in those Mini DVDs that the GC used, was graphically inferior and some of the music was edited to fit in the final version. What I loved about was the control scheme, it was more easily to drive than the PS2 version.
Esses Discos que a Nintendo usou realmente limitou o console em alguns jogos. A Nintendo repetiu o erro das fitas do Nintendo 64, onde o console não mostrou todo seu poder por limitação das fitas.
Best nfs EVER! Still play it till today! Good memories man!
I always remembered when it took forever for the map to load on the PS2
Not really. Just takes about 30 seconds.
You played the PS2 version, but the graphics you remember are the PC version.
I remember when I thought it looked amazing on PS2!
This dude talking in the game is the whitest person ever
Yeah, I thought it was funny so i added it in.
RookerVision - Gaming Videos its just like the guy talked in the game awesome touch men
He probably used to work at MTV in the 90s and now he's doing anything to make money
I'm not sure to understand what "whitest" means here ?
Rocknlive
Yes you do. Get over yourself. lmao
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i guessed the ps2 screenshot, nice :D i loved that console, back in that day there was more of a reason to own a console
just played this for the first time yesterday. nice timing with the comparison video! great job too
Well perfect. lol. Glad you enjoyed the video
"Do you think you can guess the correct console based off these screenshots?" No, I didn't think that, but I took a guess and somehow nailed it. I've never even seen the handheld versions before, but I guess the graphics are varied enough to be able to tell.
You forgot that PS2 (and maybe GC, not sure about Xbox) is a bit darker than the PC version (same with the original NFSU), especially in the airport, which I prefer, because PC always was a bit too bright for me (I know it's in a city with many bright lights, but seriously, I shouldn't be able to perfectly see absolutely everything at night time).
This should be in PS3 and Xbox 360, childhood in one game
PS2 loaaaads .. forever ! I remember several playthroughs only getting stuck on 99% ={ But one of them I hit the 100% mark but game didn't congratulate me shit
Get it for PC the reloaded torrent and fire up Gameranger and play over global LAN =} EDIT: Dawh yeh how I smoked the game , all 240SX =} Riding on the stock hubcaps and kept the fliplights with one of the upgrades still 10 star whip
That's because the PS2 was hard to program
Seeing Rachel move after all these years... I'm actually proud of myself. Never googled her once.
The psp version was so dope, I remember that I hadn't any console than psp and it was so great, it remember a lot of my childhood
This is a very interesting video I had no idea there were this many ports of Need For Speed Underground 2 I used to have this game and I think I will get it again.
Do midnight club 2 next plz!! pc and ps2 looks different
Yet another briliant addition to this series hell yeah!
Thank you very much
I'm glad I'm not the only one who prefers Underground 1, but I've only played the demo for 2 on a low performance PC a long time ago so maybe I should try again sometime. Great video as always :)
If you can find a cheap copy in good condition and have a wheel, then I strongly urge you to give it a try. I sunk a lot more hours into UG2 than I ever did in MC3, and I sunk a shitton of time into MC3
Nice comparison. I liked the music on the back ground as well.
+AliFOJ5 thank you very much
I still have this game on my laptop. It's a newer laptop, but definitely not for gaming. I could still run this game close to max settings which was pretty cool.
I got ever single one right except for the PS2 and Gamecube.
I used to play the GameCube one until I got the pc one. I was blown away by how much better it looked and I played the game nonstop until I got to the end. Then my pc broke right as I got to the last area of the game
Thank you very much for making oblivion the next side by side, I really appreciate it.
No problem. Couldn't leave you hanging
RookerVision - Gaming Videos i use keyboard on the pc version
NFSU2 is still my favorite NFS game. PC version with mods and widescreen support that's all i need.
That map cursor can retire. We all know that map perfectly.
Not for new players.
I grew up playing it on the gamecube. Always knew the graphics were better on xbox, ps2 and pc but not by much.
back then, i had a pentium 4 HT, Radeon 9800 XT, 2GB DDR1 ram, and two maxtor 80GB hard drives xD ahhhh the good ole 2000 - 2004 days playing this at 1280x1024 with 4x anialiasing and 4x anisotrophic.. before that, i had a Pentium 3 933mhz Slot 1, Dual voodoo 2 video cards 1.5gb SDRAM. both computers played games so damn smooth though.
Back then, I didn't know much about the hardware of the computers.
Idealworks3D also made some of the better 3D n-gage games like Tony hawk pro skater 1 and pendulium (probs spelt it wrong)
Oh nice. thanks for sharing
Ninjastar Compass sky force, glimmerati and others cant remember them now
Dude, your videos are amazing, good job! and here is the like!
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haha, Thank you very much
3:14 Nintendo DS's version of NFS Underground 2 also uses the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection in order to play Underground 2 with friends online. However, it got shut down in 2014 thus the online services ceased to exist just like other games like Pokémon and Mario Kart DS.
another great video.this channel is like a water fountain in the middle of desert.
LMAO. Thank you my man
The reflections on the gamecube are awesome
1st PC
2nd Xbox
3rd Ps2
4th Cube Game
Great vid, and surprising results. I mean obviously the Xbox was gonna be the best of the console versions. It was a lot more powerful. But I expected the GC version to look a bit better than the PS2 version, not worse.
Great stuff dude, i hope you continue to make more of these amazing vids.
PSP version of U2 is probably one of the best racing games made for PSP
The one thing I wish they gave you in this game is Caleb's GTO ar the end because that GTO is underrated and beautiful as hell.
Tes, the game with the mods that make the game look like real life but struggle on beaffy machines designed to render 3D movies and beyond.
I guess you should have multiple PC versions showcase for it, just to showcase different layers of mods, there are a tone.
My childhood game i used to play this game for 6 hours a day
Guessed all except for mobile correctly. Didn't knew which version the mobile one was before the result came up
Yay! Now i have something to watch at midnight!
lol.. Yeah I'm a late uploader haha
The NDS Version looks so underrated.
Too soon to be released on that platform. It was even too soon for the NDS to be released.
I haven't played it myself, but just looking at what's shown in the video, I kind of prefer the low graphics setting on the Windows version. The higher setting has a little too much neon for my taste. It kind of looks like you're racing through a Tron landscape.
Keep making these videos, sir! they're great :)
PC on low settings looks like a crappy Flash game
ParasectGaming teh only way to play it on potatoes back in 2000s
You obviously never played a flash game, they look far worse, DS graphics level at best
@@olzhas1one755 Alien Hominid
@@olzhas1one755 more like GBA level graphics
my history of nfs came first was nfsu2 i knew how great it was... it changed my taste in racing games... then most wanted 2005 then carbon... undercover prostreet and rivals... nfs made a name in the racing history
Customizations were way more in this than the original Underground
I Actually Liked The PSP Version. It Has The Soundtrack From Underground 2, But Has Engine Sounds From The First Underground.
is there gonna be a Side by Side of GTA San Andreas?
Eventually
If you make a side by side dont forget the PS3 remake
There's no ps3 remake. It's just the PS2 digital copy. It's titled as the PS2 Classic.. Nothing new added to it.
I think he ment the enhanced re release for the Xbox 360 and PS3
RookerVision - Gaming Videos it was remastered for the ps3 and 360. looks drastically different. everything is more colorful and better textures along with smoother frame rate.
great comparisons👍 what song playing at the end of the video? name please
From youtube Audio Library, it's called Demise I believe
Good Graphics Comparison video like always^^ You put more information in it like in other comparison which is nice. You should also check out "Cel Damage" maybe, its a great Game and also got a HD Remake
Wait. UG2 is in Gameboy advance?!
Nice. I have MyBoy
I stil playing this game on my modern PC and putting graphics overhaul mods on it. Play this game greater using my Xbox One S Controller.
I read at the comments as some people struggle to set up this game with XInput controller. You can use XInput plus and remap the key to avoid conflict between left and right trigger.
Your welcome!
I remember renting this from Blockbuster. Gewd thymes.
The thing is, if you played the consoles versions on CRT SD tv's, you wouldn't notice any aliasing... That's how the games were meant to be seen.
I got 6/8. That nds and android one were a lil tough to tell. Well it was for me. Anyways awesome video dude. Also I recommend you check out turok evolution for a side by side.
Thanks for watching and the suggestion.
it isn't android it's java you know back in the day of nokia and blackberry.
video is great, music was awesome too
Thank you! Finally someone that also thinks the original was better!
You probably get this question a lot, but what's with all the privated videos under your Side-by-Side playlist? A certain company trying to mass flag your videos or something?
GC is blurry because of tiny storage on the mini dvds it's just 1,5gb. PC and PS2 game is around 3-4gb. They had to scale down all textures, while GC is more powerful than PS2. PS2 has better textures because it isnt so restricted, GC has better hardware but for no reason is limited to mini dvd's....
Kacpa2 F-Zero GX puts into a shame this game.
Sadly that the performance has tanked because of it.
Could you do a WRC 5 graphics comparison?
(PS4, PS3, PSVITA, XBOX ONE, XBOX 360, PC)
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I loved this game back in the day:)
That feel when you got all right when guessing the consoles
How did you make the PC version look in true 16:9? I used the widescreen patch but it only shows an expanded 4:3 at 1366x768. Full screen, but still, not 16:9 like in the video
thirteenag.github.io/wfp#nfs
Hahaha the translation of the title in Spanish is so bad 😂 Just keep Need For Speed Underground 2, thanks.
Good video!
You can drive SUVs on normal race, but best is to drive them on Drag :-D Ugr 1 and 2 are my fav NFS games.
This game looks beautiful on PC to this day.
Why your ps2 graphic looks terrible while my ps2 graphic looks like a xb360?
The XBOX version's widescreen mode is not properly implemented. It's FOV doesn't change when in widescreen mode, so all the 3D Rendering looks zoomed in.
This quirk can be replicated by changing the FOV setting in the thirteenag widescreen fix config file.
The gamecube version's widescreen mode is also not 100% Correct.
For a 16:9 aspect ratio, the 3D rendering is a bit wider than it should be while the HUD is correct, so no matter how the image is stretched in either 4:3 or 16:9 mode, the HUD and 3D rendering are never going to match the PS2 or PC version in widescreen mode or Xbox in 4:3 mode.
The PS2 version and thirteenag widescreen fix are the only two versions of the game that implement widescreen correctly.
PC version is superior in basically every way.
PC version is recommended.
And trying to fix the game will have to mod/jail break the consoles.
good work bro, any idea about the music in the video, I mean the guitar solo ^^
This is awesome this video is so good it makes me want to buy underground 2
I have a question
How did you manage that 16:9 aspecte ratio on pc?
i thought these games only had 4:3
or is it modded?
I wouldn't say the game is modded, but I did download a widescreen mod. lol. I know I said mod. All it really does is extends the screen
@@RookerVision Also allows for higher resolutions.
Imagine this game remastered, if this game doesn't get remastered I got you guys in the future .
Tip: Don't get any of the handheld NFS games ( except Carbon: Own the City ). Unlike the PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PS3, and Gamecube versions where you can free roam, the handhelds restrict the game to ONLY racing, and no free roaming.