Game entry

Need for Speed: Underground

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

GameForever voters place Need for Speed: Underground no. 672 in the world ranking, with 1,640 ELO points and 65% of wins across 409 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. 12 out of 126 (2003).

World rank

no. 672 =

ELO score

1,640

Wins

65%

Duels played

409

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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.

The community says

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.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,640 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

against Grand Theft Auto V 28% 18 duels played · 140 points behind
against Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 33% 15 duels played · 168 points behind
against Grand Theft Auto IV 50% 10 duels played · 160 points behind
against Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 50% 10 duels played · 171 points behind
against Mario Kart 8 38% 8 duels played · 241 points behind

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Around this spot

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

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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: 12 out of 126 (2003).

Where Need for Speed: Underground ranks
Ranking	Position	Games competing
World ranking	672	5,110
Racing	26	259
2000s	192	1,304
2003	12	126

The community

The debate

8 comments

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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.
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
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
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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