The need for speed

Many will remember the good old days when the first Need For Speed was officially launch..I know I did.

As a kid, and even now, I've been really in to cars, be it an old mustang, or the new California with more dials and settings on the steering than your home's universal remote control.
But the point is, cars are most guy's, if not all guys, best interest. You will never go wrong talking to a guy about cars.

But this particular post is not to tell you how much I love cars, but a tribute to one of my all time favorite game. Believe me or not, I've played every series since they ever launch the first one, The Need For Speed.

It's those days where you wake up really early, sit in front of the computer, power it up, and play games with graphics worst than many phones today, but that's just what kids want to do. They have no worries about what the day will offer.........

Sorry...Got carried away for a moment there.. anyways, here are some images of how the most wonderful racing game ever evolved...

1. The Need for Speed

If you look clearly, I believe you're thinking that your phone plays better graphics than that right, but that's the good old days, where games are simple, and really fast paced!

2. Need for Speed II/ Need for Speed II SE

One of my most fav pass time..driving through jungles in an F40, flying into Larva caves. Those who played, would very much understand the joy I've experienced.haha

then came along
3. Need for speed III - Hot Pursuit

Graphics got a little better compared to its predecessors, but its also one of the first games which required, graphics accelerator (back in those days) to run.

Well, if you don't have graphics accelerator, it pretty much looked like that...

4. Need for Speed IV - High Stakes


Here's one series that I really find quite poorly built, it's not that fun honestly, apart from the freedom to crash into stuff for the first time.

5. Need for Speed V - Porsche Unleashed


Porsche fans like my friend Chin Fei would have loved this game very much. The game gives tribute to Porsche, and built the entire game purely using Porsche cars.

6. Need for Speed VI - Hot Pursuit II

This game started to give your system a little punch, I remember playing this game freakishly laggy back in those days, but still had great fun with it. Nicer cars + nicer graphics = Happy Tat.

7. Need for Speed Underground

The people at EA figure that modifying cars to the max is the way of future racing games. And they pretty much started the street racing genre. right till date, they still based their Need for Speed series on modifying street cars.

8. Need for Speed Underground 2

Back by popular demand from its successor, Underground 2 has got better graphics, more cars, and hotter chicks...seriously..haha

9. Need for Speed Most Wanted

People at EA again, figured that street racing at night are for pussies, therefore, brought street racing to the daylight, and added a few cops around to bust your ass..lol

10. Need for Speed Carbon

I believe this series was inspired by the show Initial-D, because it involves some really awesome downhil drifting, keeps your adrenaline pumping!

11. Need for Speed Pro Street

Things are getting better and better, the latest M3 is even in the picture, but the game play pretty much sucked, and it really gives your comp a workout.

12. Need for Speed Undercover

The series that I very much love, using next generation photo realistic graphics, this series brings racing to the morning streets and cops are smarter than ever!

13. Need for Speed Shift

Nobody knows when will this be launched, but by looking at the graphics, I really want to get my hands on them..Since Porsche Unleashed, EA have never embeded cockpit view till today, and if shift does it.. I want to play it!

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