Believe it or not, as much as i hate arcade physic racing games (not GTA, but onces that are supposed to be racing), i actualy had a lot of fun with NFSU2 and the first juiced. NFSU 1 was just lame, and so was most wanted. I didnt even bother with carbon.
I like NFSU2 because of the level of freedome to drive from highways, to mountain passes, to streets with intersections. Whats annoying is the fact that the physics suck, you HAVE to rice your car to complete the game, and in free run mode, theres always annoying speeding ricers around, that you cant get rid of.
What i like doing in the game for some reason, when i feel like escaping reality is setting up the DFP to the PS2, and just driving a bone stock S13 through the mountain pass in that game. If you drive bone stock cars, its not TOO bad, but its still bad. Selection of cars wasnt bad either.
Juiced, idk why i liked it... you didnt have to rice your car, and there was actualy a lot of fun things you could do with the game, and it was pretty relaxing.
Whats sad however, is that now every new racing game has to be either about being a dorifto master, or being a street racer, and ricing out your car. Its a shame.
Racing games used to be for either enthusiasts, or people who just wanted to have fun racing. Now its focused on 12 year olds, and immature 18 year olds who watch FnF, and want to be a street racer, and fly through streets at 700 mph. I dont see the fun in that?
At first i wished TDU was more "normal" cars than exotics, but now im kinda glad that theres a lot of exotics, because with normal cars, there would probably be RICE. Every freaking car video game now has to include an option to rice your car. Take San andreas for an example. Thats not even really a car game, but you can still take your car to shops, and add big mufflers, wings, bodykits, and hood and roof scoops. Sure its fun to be able to make a fun offroading truck, or take a beater car and make it look clean, but like... the rice?
We should all sue the fast and the furious company. Whos with me?