It almost goes without saying that the game controls impeccably and sounds great (this is Need for Speed, after all), so the excellent variety of play modes and fresh-feeling historically-oriented gameplay should be more than enough to convince you of the title’s worth.
Actually, this is one of the greatest game of NFS series. Beautiful physics, car inside views, each car has its identity. I will never forget this amazing game.
The in-game menus are terribly slow to load, f’rinstance, and the era-specific theme music in Evolution mode will quickly drive you over the edge.
Unfortunately, the Evolution mode can become monotonous quickly and there is simply no thrill to driving around at a ridiculously slow speed in some of the more classic motors.
A forgettable racer with all the depth of a shallow puddle, better suited for a rental than a purchase. It's more a footnote to the Need for Speed series than a chapter in itself.
Sin duda el enfoque de solo autos de la marca Porsche ayuda a este juego, las pistas son retadoras y los modos de juego has sido mejorados. Pese a las mejoras te sientes como Sonic The Hedgehog, te piden acelerar y luego frenar porque si no, serás penalizado golpeándote con las cuadradas curvas.
The game is a nice ending to the NFS classic era. The game only has Porsche cars (all of them throughout history). You have a great evolution (career) mode where you play through all of them. You have the standard knockout, quick race modes. The biggest downside to the game is trying to get it to run on windows 10 and even when i was able to it was crashing every other race. But if you have an older opearting system or are able to get it to run on windows 10 then you will enjoy the game.
This is not the same experience as NFS: PU on the PC - Gamespot had it right when they rated the PlayStation version 5.9 and the PC version 8.9, though perhaps they were too generous by giving the PlayStation a 5.9 while calling the game "well-intentioned but utterly flawed."
The experience starts on a high note, presuming you're a Porsche fan pumped to experience your favorite cars, and goes downhill from there.
Head to Evolution and the real experience starts. You must buy cars and race to win in various tournaments, using the prize money to buy new cars.
The selection of cars provides an overlook of Porsche cars throughout history. They're pretty presented realistically in the game as far as speed, acceleration, and handling go, which sounds like a positive, but it actually renders the entire selection meaningless, which was a disappointing realization after the initial excitement. Each car has a class and can only apply to races within that class. Cars are also non-upgradeable meaning if you buy a subpar car in that class, you're simply outgunned by the competition with no hope for keeping up. In each class, you simply scroll through the cars and buy the fastest car in the class.
The progression in Evolution is non-existent. Some races will be easy, others will be hard or impossible. In most races, you will crush the opponents and course records. Since some cars in each class are uncompetitive, there will only be 1-3 cars in a single race that actually stand a chance at keeping up with you. By easy, I mean if you race decently without any practice, the player can often beat the CPU by 30 seconds on a 4-5 minute race and course record by 20-30 seconds. You can even set lap records on the first lap where you start from 0 mph. Ridiculous! And then aggravatingly, in the 'Classic' era 356 tournament, the gold medal is unobtainable. After beating those other races handily, even with the fastest 356 available, the CPU stomps the player by at least 5 seconds even if the player makes no obvious mistakes. The CPU, despite having the same vehicle, is simply faster. Oddly, a second place victory is enough to set the "course record", a contradiction that shows the polish of this mode. There's tournaments where you can earn ~30,000 credits after racing for 15 minutes or so, then there's circuit mode where you can easily beat a single 4 minute race for ~60,000 credits.
You will be switching between screens a lot here thanks to the poorly designed UI. Not sure if the used car you're about to buy is the best in class? Go back to the Evolution menu, browse the used cars and scroll through to confirm. Then go back to the Evolution menu and go back to the used cars and find the car you were about to buy. Not sure if you've already beat a tournament? Just look next to the tournament before you start - it will show what medal you have. Oh wait, no it doesn't, because that would be a well-designed game. You must go to your trophy cabinet and look in 3-4 menus to check what events you have left to beat.
Enough with the evolution mode.
The tracks are decent but boring. Why aren't the tracks the same as on the PC? They're very flat and the turns aren't particularly well designed.
The graphics are decent but the short draw distance can be annoying at times. You just have to look at the mini-map in the corner - at high speeds, a turn will just pop up out of nowhere, with not enough time to react. The night races are laughable. Your car doesn't have headlights and will race through dark mountain areas. Your eyes will hurt after that course.
The collision and damage detection are laughable. Crash into a sign that easily breaks off and you'll have a hundred credit repair. Smack a wall and sometimes you'll have no damage. Or, you'll clip into the wall and be stuck permenently. Oops, better hope you weren't in the middle of a tournament you'll need to restart!
The tuning is there but there is no explanation to what the affect of changing different items does. And annoyingly, you can test cars in your garage, but you aren't given the opportunity to tune them before driving! Meaning the only time you can experiment with tuning is in competitive races. Also, despite the gear ratio changing your acceleration and top speed, this is not reflected in your car's stats displayed directly above the gear ratio.
I could probably go on, but I'm not going to waste anymore time on this game. Skip this and head to the PC version that is better in just about every way.
SummaryNeed for Speed: Porsche Unleashed tests your driving skills while you test-drive some of Porsche's most popular cars. In the game, you'll compete in levels that feature twists, turns, and various driving conditions. You can participate in different types of races, including circuit, streetcar, open road, and more. Survive all the crashes...