#Ps2 roadblock game series#
#Ps2 roadblock game ps2#

If the police manage to stop you three times, you will be arrested. Even if a police vehicle is directly in your path, you can drive into it, basically shoving it out of the way. One of the reasons it’s easy to avoid roadblocks and spike strips is because you can see them on your minimap. They’re more of a nuisance than anything else. If you can’t shake them they will knock your vehicle around the road which can be a nuisance. I think the biggest challenge is evading the police because they are usually right on your tail until they crash or stop you. The events do get more challenging as you progress but I do think the game leans more towards the easy side. They will go after opponents as well which can sometimes make it easier to get ahead during events. However, they can be immobilized which will temporarily give you some peace. Police vehicles will try to block you and run you off the road. Driving into a bomb or getting hit with a missile only slows you down. As awesome as that is, your vehicle will never be destroyed but will show visible damage.

They drop bombs all over the road and even fire missiles. I found evading roadblocks and spike strips to be pretty easy but the helicopters can be a bitch. The cops are aggressive and will call for roadblocks, spike strips, and helicopters. I found that the faster vehicles make it easier to get ahead and outrun police. If you’re being pursued by police, cop cars are usually always up your ass and opponents are usually not too far behind you. Unique to Hot Pursuit is the You’re The Cop sub-mode where you can choose any unlocked police vehicle and arrest racers. You can set the skill level, amount of traffic, enable or disable catch up and visible damage, and even select the time of day and/or weather conditions when choosing the track. Both World Racing and Hot Pursuit come with a Challenge sub-mode where you can set up a race or event. Hot Pursuit is about racing, evading police, and arresting racers. You’ll participate in standard races, tournaments, knockouts, and time trials. You’ll earn NFS Points for participating in events and completing certain ones unlocks additional events, vehicles, and tracks.

#Ps2 roadblock game series#

Both consist of a series of events to complete. The Championship is the meat of World Racing and Ultimate Racer is the meat of Hot Pursuit. There is a nice selection to choose from but most need to be unlocked by winning certain events in certain game modes and by accumulating enough NFS Points. You’ll get to drive vehicles from different manufacturers including Aston Martin, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche among others. You can activate a boost to help you catch-up to racers and you can call for roadblocks and helicopters. When driving a cop vehicle, you must activate your siren to target a racer. You can accelerate and brake and when selecting your vehicle, you can choose the color, transmission type, and handling type. You can be a racer or cop and drive different vehicles. The main draw of Hot Pursuit 2 is all the police stuff and if you’ve played some of the previous games like III or High Stakes, you should be somewhat familiar with how the mechanics work.

#Ps2 roadblock game ps2#

There are significant differences between the PlayStation 2 version and the other versions and from what I’ve researched, the consensus seems to be that the PS2 version is the best so that’s the one I played for this review. The PC, Xbox, and GameCube versions were developed by EA Seattle and released that same month. Developed by EA Black Box and published by EA, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 was released for the PlayStation 2 in October, 2002. The funny thing is I’ve acquired copies for multiple systems over the years but was never in the mood to play them. CDs need a good 10+ seconds to load so the laser isn't in the best condition anymore either.Out of all the Need for Speed games, Hot Pursuit 2 is the one I’ve wanted to play for a long time and that’s because it’s the successor to Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit, the game that got me into the series and the racing genre in general. Also both PS1 PAL and NTSC boot screens have the same alignment issue that is seen on the example picture above. I also tried a NTSC PS2 game and got a corrupted boot screen ( ), ingame it looked fine though. (don't mind the LCD, I just used it for the photo, it's the same on a CRT) NTSC PS1 game: part of the image isn't displayed. PAL PS1 game: needs the two reset button presses when it really shouldn't, but image appeared fine. I bought it used a while ago and haven't opened it up, so I don't know what exact modchip it has, but it from the instructions on it I know that it needs one reset button press for PS1 copies/NTSC originals and two presses for PS2 copies/NTSC originals.

I have a modded SCPH-70004 here that has some problems.