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Games like Need for Speed: Underground

2003PEGI 3PC, PlayStation, Xbox

Neon-soaked nighttime street racing through a sprawling city, paired with deep tuning that lets you rebuild your car inside and out. Iconic licensed music and drift and drag events round out the tuner-culture vibe.

  • Driving or flying
  • Strong soundtrack
  • Lavish presentation
  • Strong character progression

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In short: Games like Need for Speed: Underground

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Need for Speed: Underground special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec

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2001PEGI 3PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Need for Speed: Underground: driving or flying, a strong soundtrack and lavish production.

A landmark racing simulator with over 150 detailed cars, many championships, plus endurance and rally events. Driving physics, collecting and tuning cars take center stage, backed by a strong licensed soundtrack.

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Burnout 3: Takedown

Driving or flying

A blistering arcade racer built around ramming rivals off the road with brutal takedowns and staging spectacular pileups in Crash mode. It is still widely seen as a high point of arcade racing.

Burnout 2: Point of Impact

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

An arcade racer that rewards reckless speed and spectacular crashes: dangerous driving through oncoming traffic fills your boost, and the Crash mode turns pileups into a game of their own.

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

Strong character progression

An arcade street racer built around tuner culture, with night-time races, deep car customization and online events. You build up your car and climb the import scene.

Burnout Revenge

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A blistering arcade racer where you weave through rush-hour traffic, take rivals out in spectacular crashes and build boost through risky driving. Modes like Road Rage, Eliminator and Crash keep the action chaotic and fun.

Forza Motorsport 3

Driving or flying

A console racing simulator with over 400 customizable cars and more than 100 track variations. It focuses on realistic handling, tuning and livery design, with racing both online and offline.

Project Gotham Racing 2

Driving or flying

An arcade-leaning racing game with licensed sports cars in world cities, where stylish driving earns Kudos points. Features a strong career mode and online racing on the Xbox.

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition

Driving or flying

Arcade street racing across large open cities where you pick your own route between checkpoints. Deep customization of licensed cars in the DUB tuning style adds to the appeal.

Race Driver: Grid

Driving or flying

An aggressive, spectacular racer built around wheel-to-wheel battles, drift events and races from San Francisco to Le Mans. Its handling sits between arcade and simulation, and the Flashback feature lets you rewind mistakes.

Dirt 3

Driving or flying

A rally racing game with a co-driver calling out turns, varied offroad courses and the ability to rewind time after a mistake. Gymkhana events and multiplayer modes add extra variety.

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