Called "hot pursuit," this career mode is composed of 33 individual racing events that force you to beat a number of opponents, while contending with the police, through a handful of different race types. Unlike other racing games, this one has two equally large championship modes, only one of which involves the police. Actually, Hot Pursuit II is two games in one. Nonetheless, like all of the previous games in this series, Hot Pursuit II has a number of highly coveted licensed cars from American and European manufacturers like Lotus, Lamborghini, Dodge, Chevy, BMW, Mercedes, and the two most prestigious car makers, Ferrari and Porsche.Īs its name implies, Hot Pursuit II largely focuses on the illegal art of outrunning the law. This game is all about arcade-style racing, where car-handling properties are wildly exaggerated, and physics are more like loose suggestions than strict laws. It's not the next Gran Turismo, nor does it set out to be. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit II is no driving simulator. As its name implies, Hot Pursuit II largely focuses on the illegal art of outrunning the law. But comparisons can't help but be made to its PlayStation 2 counterpart, especially when the difference in quality is so glaring. In fact, it's a very competent driving game in its own right. To be sure, Hot Pursuit II for the GameCube is by no means a poor game. Electronic Arts opted to have EA Seattle develop Hot Pursuit II for Microsoft and Nintendo's consoles, while Black Box handled the development chores for Sony's system, and the differences are quite evident. While the Xbox and GameCube iterations of Hot Pursuit II are in fact exact ports of one another, they're markedly different from their PlayStation 2 cousin, and in this case, "different" doesn't mean "better." In short, the Xbox and GameCube versions of Hot Pursuit II have slightly detuned graphics and mushier controls, and, inexplicably, they omit a variety of minute but tangible features found in the PlayStation 2 game. You'd expect the console versions of this game to be identical, but strangely enough, they're not. This fast-paced driving game is currently available for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube, with a PC version to follow at the end of the month. Electronic Arts recently released three versions of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit II, the sequel to the 1998 arcade-style racing game Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit.
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