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Game entry

Need for Speed: Underground

2003 · Racing · PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox · Electronic Arts

GameForever voters place Need for Speed: Underground no. 300 in the world ranking, with 1,754 ELO points and 65% of wins across 376 duels settled. Against Grand Theft Auto V, the opponent it meets most often, the tally stands at 5 wins to 13 losses in 18 duels. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 6 out of 127 (2003).

World rank

no. 300

ELO score

1,754

Wins

65%

Duels played

376

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About Need for Speed: Underground

Need for Speed: Underground is a 2003 racing video game and the seventh installment in the Need for Speed series. It rebooted the franchise, ignoring previous Need for Speed games that featured sports cars and exotics. Underground is the first game in the series to offer a career mode that features a comprehensive storyline, as well as a garage mode that allows players to fully customize their cars with a large variety of brand-name performance and visual upgrades.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,754 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Need for Speed: Underground sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 297 Baldur's Gate 1,756
  2. 298 Metro: Last Light 1,755
  3. 299 A Hat in Time 1,755
  4. 300 Need for Speed: Underground 1,754
  5. 301 Euro Truck Simulator 2 1,754
  6. 302 LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga 1,754
  7. 303 Command & Conquer 1,754

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The standing

Where Need for Speed: Underground ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Need for Speed: Underground stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 6 out of 127 (2003).

Where Need for Speed: Underground ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 300 5,035
Racing 10 258
2000s 85 1,308
2003 6 127

The community

The debate

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  1. Ervin_94

    I never finished the career mode honestly, just messed around with the vynils and drag races, and I still don't get why it beats GTA in these duels.

  2. CoopKnight4

    Rented it every weekend just to customize cars for hours.

    daniel_launay

    mdr nostalgie facile, ct pas si fou que ça

    Frame_Rippin

    same here, garage mode ate my whole evening more than once, that alone earns it a spot this high

  3. GlitchPilot

    Il a lancé toute une mode de tuning à l'écran mais les tracés se répètent vite (je parle des courses en ville surtout) et ça pèse sur la durée.

    FrameKid

    uf yo tampoco pasaba de las primeras carreras pero el garaje me tenía horas ahí sin hacer nada más

  4. Samuel_75

    No entiendo por qué sigue tan alto, el manejo es tosco y las carreras se sienten iguales todo el rato.

    Ghost_Botsford

    Fair point on the handling, it's rough. But the customization still holds up better than the racing itself.

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