Need for Speed: Undercover (Game)

Need for Speed: Undercover

GAME » on November 18, 2008

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Need for Speed: Undercover returns the franchise to the arcade-style open world gameplay found in NFS: Most Wanted and NFS: Carbon.

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Need for Speed: Undercover puts players in the role of a undercover police officer looking to bust the street racing scene in the Tri-City area. This instalment returns to the illegal street racing oriented gameplay that most associate with Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

Gameplay

Need for Speed: Undercover utilizes several gameplay mechanics that were the staple of NFS: Most Wanted and NFS: Carbon. This includes but is not limited to; open worlds, police pursuits, pursuit breakers, nitrous, and of course, street racing. A

Cop dodging action returns to Need for Speed

damage system is present in game, but it is limited to aesthetic damage. The main race modes are circuit racing, sprint races, elimination, time trials and a new highway battle mode. Highway Battle mode is the only mode where a player's car can be totalled. Players have to win races to earn money for various car upgrades, which can be either aesthetic or performance enhancing. They also have to win races and challenges to move forward in the story. Police pursuits once again are based on the player's heat level. The higher the heat level, the tougher the cops get. The Tri-City Police Department consists of regular cop cars, SUV's, helicopters and police cars derived from high performance cars. They will employ tactics such as setting up roadblocks, spike strips, and the PIT manoeuvre. This instalment of Need for Speed also introduces a levelling system. At the end of a race or event, the player profile has several driving characteristics that experience points are added onto. These different characteristics include braking, top speed and handling. When these skills or characteristics are levelled up, a slightly noticeable increase in performance is seen in all cars the player drives. The multiplayer component of the game includes several game modes:

Circuit - A race mode where players have to race each other in a lapped race
Sprint - A race mode where players race from a starting point to a finishing point
Cops N' Robbers - A game mode where two teams of four either have to deliver or stop the delivery of an item
The Heist - A game mode where players have to steal cash and evade the police

Plot

A member of Tri-City's Underground

Need for Speed: Undercover takes place in Tri-City, which consists of four distinct boroughs. These are Palm Harbor, Sunset Hills, Port Crescent and Gold Coast Mountains. The game begins with the player, an undercover police officer in the police department's street racing unit, evading cops on the interstate. The player is then introduced to their handler, Det. Chase Linh (Character). Tri-City is currently a major hotbed of illegal street racing and car smuggling. The player is tasked with infiltrating the criminal underground in order to take down the criminal kingpins. Starting out in the borough of Palm Harbor, the player has to earn the confidence of the local crime boss by stealing and delivering different cars. Once that is done, the player can move onto the other three boroughs to work for other members of the criminal underground, eventually reaching a point where the player can break the case wide open and culminates in a final car chase throughout the Tri-City area.

Car List

2006 Aston Martin DB9
2008 Audi R8
2007 Audi TT
2006 Audi RS4
2009 Audi S5
2003 BMW M3
2008 BMW M6
2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4
1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS
2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
1971 Dodge Challenger
2007 Dodge Charger SRT8
2006 Dodge Viper SRT10
1996 Ford Escort Cosworth
2006 Ford Focus ST
2006 Ford GT
2006 Ford Mustang GT
2006 Koenigsegg CCX
2006 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560
2006 Lamborghini Murcielago LP640
2008 Lexus IS-F
2006 Lotus Elise
1995 Mazda RX-7
2006 Mazda RX-8
2006 Mazda Speed3
1994 McLaren F1
2008 Mercedes CLS 63
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX MR
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO
1989 Nissan 240SX (S13)
2009 Nissan 370Z (Exclusive Debut)
2007 Nissan GT-R (R35)
1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34)
2006 Pagani Zonda F
1970 Plymouth Barracuda
1965 Pontiac GTO
2006 Pontiac Solstice GXP
2005 Porsche Carrera GT
2008 Porsche 911 GT2
2006 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
2006 Porsche 911 Turbo
2008 Renault Mugane Coupe
1967 Shelby GT500
2008 Shelby GT500KR
1998 Toyota Supra
2008 VW Scirocco
2006 VW R32

PC System Requirements

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

OS: Windows XP/Vista
CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 3500
RAM: 1GB MB RAM or higher (Windows Vista requires 2 GB RAM)
HDD: 10 GB free disk space or more
Graphics: 256 MB or higher (Pixel Shader 3.0, PCIe only)
DirectX: Version 9.0 c

RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS

OS: Windows XP/Vista
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD 64 X2 5200 or AMD Phenom
RAM: 2GB MB RAM or higher (Windows Vista requires 3 GB RAM)
HDD: 10 GB free disk space or more
Graphics: 512 MB or higher (Pixel Shader 3.0, PCIe only)
DirectX: Version 9.0c

SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS

ATI Radeon X1600, X1800, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600, HD 2900, HD 3000, HD 4000 Series
NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 8500, 8600, 8800, 9500, 9600, 9800, 200 Series

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