Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21247 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2002-05-22
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
• Format: CD-ROM

Features

• Racing game featuring Porsche cars
• Includes over 80 models over 50 years of racing
• Multiple gameplay modes
• Exquisite physics engine
• For one or more players with LAN or Internet connection

Amazon.com Review
Satisfying the fantasies of envious driving fans everywhere, the latest Need for Speed focuses exclusively on the popular exotic car, the Porsche. In Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, players are immersed in over 50 years of Porsche history and cars.

Focusing on just one company limits vehicle-selection type, but the game offers variety by reaching into Porsche's past. With Porsches ranging from the 356 Coupe Ferdinand (1950) to the state-of-the-art 991 Porsche Turbo (2000), car aficionados will have plenty of luxury joy-ride choices. Diverse game modes and a crisp physics model complete yet another winning driving experience from Electronic Arts.

One of the most exciting new modes is called Evolution, where drivers purchase an early-model Porsche and compete in races to earn money so they can acquire upgrades, repair damage, and tweak performance. The contrast in both look and feel, from the antique models to present-day roadsters, is captured magnificently by the graphics engine and physics model. Each vehicle handles differently and offers a unique driving challenge.

Graphics are simply breathtaking, though not a significant enhancement over last year's impressive version. Realistic weather effects, rolling hills, and animated scenery all add to Porsche Unleashed's near visual perfection. Over a dozen tracks take you through grassland villages, autumn forests, and mountain roads. A wealth of Porsche historical information makes Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed a well-rounded package that should excite those looking to sample the open road in dozens of exotic sports cars. --Doug Radcliffe

Pros:

• Striking landscape graphics make each track a feast for the eyes
• Focus on Porsche delivers a large and quite interesting historical section
• Addictive Evolution mode spans the early years of Porsche to the present day
• Still the best arcade racing game on the market

• Not a significant enhancement over its predecessor
• Omits some gameplay modes included in earlier versions of Need for Speed

Amazon.com Product Description
The latest in the Need for Speed series delivers the next level of open-road racing experiences with an extensive collection of cars from the 50-year history of the most storied performance-car manufacturer in the world--Porsche. Push every boundary to unleash the potential of these incredible vehicles while weaving through traffic, racing against fierce competition, and escaping the police to ultimately discover your own limits. Experience the thrill of piloting the historic and future lineup of road and racecars in ways only you could dream of.

Customer Reviews

From a (real) Porsche Racer
The 356's and early 911's "feel" like the actual cars.

Oversteer, drifting, throttle control, braking, all are so realistic I can "drive" the game car as if it were an actual car, and it responds like the car it represents.

In a 356 or an early 911, you "drive" the rear end of the car, feeling for breakaway and oversteer. With other cars, you drive the front end of the car, because they understeer.

The game is good enough to be a trainer. It probably disappoints the average race gamer, because speed and physics are kept real-world.

Get it and drive it.

It's Crap
The game has some really cool porches in it. But the grapichs and steering suck.

I recommend not buying it.

Bad
The game is OK. Now your thinking i'm a retard since I gave it 2 and said it was OK. It is OK and the reason I gave it 2 was because it was slow with choppy graphics.

Fun:B-
Graphics: D+
Excitement: B
Landscape: C
Overall: D

I don't recomend it