Also, check out the modern patch for playing NFS3 on current hardware:

  • rustyredox@lemmy.worldOP
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    28 days ago

    Yeah, I preferred when the franchise mostly centered around stock super and hyper cars, and performance tuning was done via the settings menu rather than mucking about with in game farming for aftermarket parts.

    The voice over and picture show promos for vehicles in the selection menu was so hype for every model, even if you knew the car wasn’t even top tier in the game.

    • bilgamesch@feddit.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      7 days ago

      NFS 4 was the last one I thoroughly enjoyed. Porsche Unleashed was nice too but way different. But the series from NFSII-SE to PU was what I played with friends from elementary school after we got home so it’s a key memory for me and I might be biased.

      Gaming back then was just different. The games from that era are the only ones I regularly come back to even after it’s been almost 30 years.

      • rustyredox@lemmy.worldOP
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        7 days ago

        NFS PU was the first ever racing game I encountered with a career mode. It was brutal in that I couldn’t drive with the same skill using just a keyboard like I did with prior titles, and that kind of dead locked my progression until I figured how to use an analog controller on PC. It felt like driving on ice.

        Split screen racing was so fun back in the day! Can’t remember the most recent racing title I’ve seen that supported that. I’d take a local LAN multiplayer or self hosted server option as a substitute.