![]() Nailing special precision driving moves like J-turns and 720s at speed requires some surprisingly deft controller massaging, so there's a new depth to the handling model that NFS titles just haven't enjoyed in the past. There's a welcome sense of weight to the cars, and while straddling the gulf between arcade and simulation is usually near impossible, Undercover just about pulls it off. Sure, the new Heroic Driving Engine impresses – Undercover is probably the best handling NFS game we've played. It certainly begs the question: Exactly what's new here? The answer is, hardly enough. We also heard all this three years ago too – the police radio chatter, which is admittedly eerily authentic, sounds more or less identical to the vox pops from Most Wanted. Sure, they're still impressively passionate about stopping you and use a bunch of neat tricks to try and do so, but we saw all this three years ago. We not exaggerating when we say the cops have been plucked directly from Most Wanted. The cannibalisation of former NFS titles doesn't stop there though. While we're on the topic, unfortunately it'll likely come as no surprise that no Australian cars feature either (local rides have been absent, technically, since Underground 2) so you can pretty much stash any hopes of fanging around the streets in the world-class HSV W427 or a classic GTHO Phase III. So it would seem that stuffing Undercover with cars was easy – they're just cloned from last year's version. It's not long, though, before you begin to realise that we saw almost every car here last year, either on the Need for Speed ProStreet disc itself or released shortly afterwards as DLC. Even the much-vaunted Bugatti Veyron, currently the fastest accelerating and decelerating production car in the world, makes an appearance. It's not too shabby, and there's a great range. Run through the selection of cars, for instance. However, when you break Undercover down to its parts the shortcuts begin to show. We don't want to trivialise the amount of work that obviously goes into building a fully functional videogame – it's not our intention to sound like spoilt children asking why the Christmas stocking is only half full. We just can't see what it is about Undercover that has kept Black Box busy for 12 months. The biggest problem with Undercover is located just under the surface sheen, and it strikes at the very core of the game. But here's the rub – the skidmarks from Most Wanted haven't even faded and Black Box are bringing us a carbon copy of it. The racing is fast and fun (freeway races are a real highlight, seriously). It's a simple formula, but it generally works. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.The game itself is fairly straightforward. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time. ![]()
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