The first time I ever played Need for Speed: Underground 2 was on a demo PS2 in a branch of Comet in Swindon, around Christmas 2004. I recall making a fully murdered-out Escalade, only to be crushed when the lads waiting in line behind me said that I'd ruined it. Perhaps out of a need to repair the hurt feelings of my younger self, or, more likely, due to a summer games drought, I've been replaying Need for Speed: Underground 2 recently.
First impressions were, if I'm honest, mixed. The slang the game throws at you had me cackling, and there's Burger King product placement all over the place, including billboards extolling the deliciousness of a Whopper. It's almost as offensive as Fight Night Round 3 including the King himself as a trainer.
