10 minutes of dodging bombs, spike strips and literal missiles Cops: this is getting out of hand. Let him go 30 seconds later: 21 county, a racer just blew my doors off, commencing pursuit
That 6 lap final is nightmare I maybe guarantee you'll busted once for dodging those catastrophic pursuit with Helicopter dropping bombs or even worse spike bombs that immediately punctured your tires
Hot pursuit 2 on the PS2 is so damn great I own it for the PS2 it's so high octane but I can't use first person for the ferrari because I haven't beat all the levels because it's hard af but I'm so glad I got the nfs edition of all the cars.
The nostalgia holy shit. They don't make em like they used to. This, Need for Speed Underground 2, and Need for Speed High Stakes are some of my faves of the series. Oh and Porsche Unleashed as well.
I'd love for NfS to come back in a spectacular fashion, but there's no way EA will let that happen. It's kinda like Sonic in a way. I mean that as no matter what the developers want to do, SEGA doesn't care, which is why '06 and Boom exist. So while I'd love the series to come back in a meaningful way, I don't have much hope. Well, there was NfS Heat, which apparently isn't half bad, but it's not there yet.
@@lethauntic I like to believe that I was only one who enjoyed Sonic '06 despite it's massive, and massive flaws & glitches. I have a lot of fond memories about that game, I still got my copy.
The soundtrack is so awesome Especially that Amazing Going Down On It with showdown between Murcielago & Ferrari 360 with goddamn Helicopter chasing on your tail!
Rush was in this game Geddy Lee is an awesome bassist but his vocals sound like a girl but Rush is an awesome Progressive Rock band from Canada also the HSV gts is so nuts to drive it's constantly wanting to drift when playing with stick shift 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@TigerChamp99 the game is literally NFSHP 2010 but without weapons on the cars, there would be absolutely no point in remastering or remaking the game and just a waste of time, its just not worth touching
@@mattc2306 the old games source codes are all gone since Black Box is dead......so sadly, they couldn't do remasters on the older games, even if they wanted to.
Sadly my only NFS was Most Wanted 2005 on PC. I never grew up with any gaming consoles at all, since I don't live in the West. Last time I played it was in July 2018. And I was still stuck with Blacklist #6 Ming.
My favorite nfs game. The cars, beautiful exotic locations, shortcuts were also cool, the music (rom di prisco, pulse ultra, hot action cop, course of nature's wall of shame, buzzhorn's ordinary and many more) cop chases, split screen multiplayer, graphics, the game's intro cut scene with the 360 and the Murcialago, everything was perfection!
@@cheesyeurotrance95 Yes,The PC version looks like a totally different game and the tracks are doesn't have life feeling compared to PS2 Remember in Coastal Parklands with that Burning Forest with Firetruck also Sandstorm with Fog at Desert Hill just add some challenging in it!
When he showed himself holding the Australian case of the game I thought I had a fucking stroke and everything I thought I knew of my childhood was a lie.
Playing this game for the first time on PS2 and it’s honestly one of the very best racing games I’ve ever played. The controls and track designs are so satisfying, it’s a masterpiece.
As a kid I always used to drive through the forest fire! And I remember the one part of that one map that if you took the side road you go under the waterfall… good times
The handling of this game still beats the last 3 released NFS games. The cars have weight, steering it feels you are turning with strength and soundtrack kicks ass.
I used to have split screen torments with friends using DDR dance mats. One of my friends was so bad, he never went fast enough to get chased! You can swerve all over the road and bang into literally every wall and traffic vehicle, but so long as you don't speed or hit one of the parked police cars, they don't chase you!
I heard that the PS2 version was so different because it was originally supposed to be an exclusive title on the PS2 and EA decided that it would not be and handed the other versions over to a different studio so they could get them done in time to be released together.
Read a bit right now after reading your comment, it is the case, well at least for the Desert track and few other adittions, they were firstly done on PS 2 but there wasn't time to be done on other versions too, so guess is the rest were might have rushed just to meet the PS 2 version.
I've actually heard it was the other way around. The PC/XBox/GC version was developed first, with the PS2, being less powerful, handed off to Black Box to make a port. Then they went above and beyond, working their asses off to remake most the game in only a few months. IDK what is true that, we will probably never know.
@@ThatTonnatoTenrec HP2 PC is indeed very unfinished. You see it in several places of the code. They lost a lot of time getting the new engine running. to name a few examples which didnt make it into the game: night driving, weather, traffic density setting, a game mode, one or even more tracks were supposed to be longer, desert is entirely missing, some physics parameters unfinished and some finished but werent used on any stock car, and so on
No, the thing is before Hot Pursuit 2 was developed EA Seattle was developing and mantaining Motor City Online (originally planned as Need for Speed Motor City, 1999 - 2003). When Hot Pursuit 2 was planned to be developed portion of EA Seattle was still on Motor City Online, obviously it being the world's first massive multiplayer Online racing game it needed constant support during its live time. Being from the MCO community we had alot of talk about MCO and NFS and I don't exactly remember what they said how HP2 was affected, however it probably couldn't have full attention because EA Seattle was co-working on other games, for example at least MCO. However, HP2 for the PC/GC/Xbox doesn't play bad and doesn't look bad for its time, in fact the visuals are fairly compareable how the EA Sports titles from 2002 - 2006 looked for the PC). What really couldn't push the PC Version, Xbox and GC was that the PC's at the time were not the most powerful saying that 95% of the people who had a computer was just poweful enough to run games like HP2 as it is, the GC wasn't a wonder neither so the Xbox had to follow the line to be able having multiple systems product. The PS2 luckily got the chance for its exclusive treatment using all its capability for Hot Pursuit 2 with a second devlopment team that was already familar with the console.
@@De-M-oN Yep. They even cut corners when developing their own Alpine region. The most noticable is the WHOLE drivable area in Alpine region is 100% Alpine Trail PS2 course with only 10% of Fall Winds PS2, which make Alpine PC version only accounts to 55% of PS2 version. Note: Alpine Trail and Fall Winds were switched for both version.
This was my first NFS game and I still love it and play it at least once a year. I have a ton of hours into my PS2 version from when I was a kid and it personally got me into racing games. Still holds up to this day, at least for me. All the tracks had something I liked in them and I only played in Hot Pursuit mode. It almost felt like simulation racing with Arcade police thrown in and it was amazing. Bombs, Spike Strips, Missiles, and roadblocks in a race made it amazing. I wish all the NFS games had aggressive helicopters like HP2 had. Awesome game worth playing even to this day.
I didn’t even know the helicopters shot missiles. Some of those races were really a warzone lol. It’s was like racing with 5stars from GTA; Ultimate Racer was such a thrill!! They definitely should remaster this
I remember playing this game on PC when I was about 8 years old. I revisited it recently, and you're right. I had no idea the PS2 version was so much better. Wow!
I personally love NFS HP2 on PS2 it's one of my all time favourite racing games it gets really intense by the end that you'll always come back to it plus the cops in this game are better than MW'05
Had the PS2 version as a kid. easily a top 3 racing game. the soundtrack was full of bangers, challenges were tough but fair, a great sense of track design very brilliant choice of dream cars, (Ferrari F50, 360 spider, BMW M5, Lotus Elise, Lamborghini Murcielago, Mclaren F1 and Aston Martin Vanquish to name a few personal favorites.) Back when EA made games. It's a classic in my eyes. Please get this game by any means necessary! 10/10
First LGR comes up with the NFS 2 video, then Rayveick comes up with the NFS Carbon video and now ColourShed comes up with the NFS Hot Pursuit 2 video. Nice
I should be doing law study, but ehh... This game means so much to me, and to see it reviewed by one of my favourite reviewers is so much more important!
The only acceptable version of this game was on the PS2 tbh. I was blessed to have the PS2 version and never looked back at any other versions because none look half as good lol.
I loved doing that in Midnight Club L.A. You couldn't actually slam the cop with the door, but if you pulled over, you could speed off again while they were walking up to your car!
Local 1v1 on this game holds up surprisingly well, even to this day. They got the catchup + cops formula perfect to keep it interesting the whole race Great review as always! Have you ever considered reviewing Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction? Seems well-suited for your channel
This was the first ever PC game I played. One night in 2006 my mom came home with a CD with this game on it, and my journey began. It brings so many memories.
Fun fact: When I was 5 I was scared of this game, like I couldn't be in the same room as somebody playing it. To this day I have 0 fucking clue why that is, but I can actually enjoy it nowadays.
As a little kid my brother and I rented this from blockbuster and we absolutely loved it and luckily our parents later bought it for us. Yesterday, after 3 hours straight of trying, i managed to beat Championship Event 29, the 6 lap coastal race in the CLKs. Could never ever beat this as a kid but now ive managed to scrape by by 0.10 seconds
Very first need for speed i ever played and absolutely fell in love. Still play it to this day this game is the reason the 2000 mustang cobra r and Lamborghini Diablo are 2 of my 3 all time dream cars!
This was the first game I ever played as a kid, when I got my PS2. This game felt so unreal. I always loved how aggressive the cops were, how great the cars looked and sounded, the aesthetic of the tracks, and just how incredible the game was overall.
The newer Hot Pursuit was okay, but didn't even come close to this one. I thought they did a damn near perfect job here. Great selection of cars, tracks with beautiful scenery, and the AI for both cops & opponents was spot on. I miss driving the Ferrari F-50. PS2 good memories. Appreciate the review!
I have GameCube version and PS2 version. Other things that were never mentioned in this video: Horns- you can honk in all versions but when you look behind you, your headlights flash in PS2 version. McLaren F1 LM- in GameCube and the other 2, the car is only 1 color, the beautiful iconic orange that idk the name of, but PS2 allows you to change the color, orange, red, blue, silver, and black. Points- in PS2 he mentioned you get points over time from racing, in GameCube and the other 2, it’s “bank”, you buy the cars so you can race them in free run or buy better police cars. Coastal Parklands race- They are the same tracks but the scenery is completely different as well as some short cuts. When you start the race, your first short cut is dirt, as in PS2, it’s tarmac, and same with the light house. Before the tunnel, you have a big cliff with some grass and trees maybe, that is basically just a wall, unlike PS2, it’s the beautiful sea/ocean. The chief cut to the left of the tunnel is the same until you reach the bridge. GameCube has a little concrete bridge while PS2 has a broken sewer pipe with a nice little stream going through it for you to splash through. Driving style- GameCube and the other 2 you can go straight into the race and it asked you if you want to use auto or manual. As for PS2, it asked for transmission and handling style. Auto, semi-auto, and manual, handling styles are classic or extreme, which is a more simulation feel if you choose extreme. When you do free run(I’ve never done anything else other that free run outside of career mode as I’ll call it), there’s traffic settings, GameCube and the other 2 offer “on” and “off” while PS2 has off, minimum, moderate, and maximum. Car modeling- GameCube and the other 2 have a different version of the Mercedes CLK GTR than PS2 does. The license plates in GameCube are yellow, while PS2 has actual Europe license plates. **This comment WILL be updated if I have more to add.**
Man, this game hits me hard with nostalgia. Looking back at this time, one of the things I absolutely loved was the soundtrack. My favorites were the two songs by Hot action cop (Feva for the flava, Goin' Down On It ). For me, those two songs really give the game its own personality. I also find it ironic that the two songs in the game are censored versions of the original songs. Which made finding out/listening to the uncensored songs many years later to be really damm funny. But you gotta hand it to them, turning a song about wanting to eat a girl's p***y to a song talking about how badass your car is. Or a song about having sex to a song about outrunning the cops in a fast car.
Amazing review! NFS Hot Pursuit 2 is my favorite one in the franchise, and I never realized there was this version by Blackbox. So I got it and it's every bit as good as you say. Not only am I impressed with the improved graphics, but the physics are on another level too! Thank you so much!
For the longest time, before i even read the lyrics, i always thought those two tracks were written for the game from the perspective of a police officer wanting to get a piece of the action.
@@pourgoi_6100 kinda funny actually....the NFS versions of those songs are so much better and probably would have saved their careers, instead of writing an album about sex and then disappearing into the abyss.
Had all the NFS's during the PS2 days, but always kept coming back to this one. The handling model and tension/sense of speed was awesome. Much better than the brake to drift type of handling of recent NFS's imo
You should message LGR to help you running the old NFS on modern machines. Thank you for this review, ive been on a binge of old NFS videos and this is awesome
Back in the ps2 days, the lack of powerful hardware made developers compensate for a lot of things the more powerful system could do... Black box ingenuity and creativity was rewarded with the keys for the Nfs Franchise, going down as creator of the best NFS Games to this day. 👏❤️ God I miss Black box 😭
I had no idea this game was like this on PS2. I've only ever played the Gamecube version. I loved this game, holy crap, what have I been missing out on
I rented this game multiple time as a kid, but only bought when I was in high school. My typical weekend when I rented that game was: Go to the store at around 4 to 5 pm. Play until midnight. Wake up a 6 am on Saturday, play until midnight. Wake up at 6 am on Sunday. Play until 9 pm, which was my bed time at the time. I play that game so much, I cannot play more than an hour without getting bored.
I absolutely love this game. A TV commercial here in Germany right around christmas was the reason I wanted a PS2 and this game, and thankfully I got it. I probably played it for hundreds of hours. Even the mid-tier cars (Lambos, Ferraris etc) were tons of fun already.
8:31 here's a fun fact. There's a little detail that the police won't chase you if you drive slowly because I did it once when driving around one of the track alone.
Damn the cops in this game can be really ruthless, I tried the game again yesterday and from the first race they were aggressive and constantly trying to push you off.
The cops in NFS Heat at night remind me so much of this game....they are so aggressive and angry.....plus the chatter is funny. Honestly the best part of Heat is the night mode, it's like playing an entirely different game.
My disappointment was immeasurable when I got this for PC after playing my friend's PS2 version. Well, that was an exaggeration but the quality between the versions is painstakingly obvious.
2:08 Similar situation is with NfS4. EA Seattle developed PC version, while EA Canada is responsible for PS1 game. That time PC release wasn't considered as inferior (as it runs with more plausible framerate, have Hot Pursuit tracks and thanks to community, many new cars were added to the game through the mods). 6:02 Neither Elise S2 and VX220 are slow, even with their early engine options. The Z3 and SLK from High Stakes are slower. The issue with Lotus and it's GM twin is the lack of top speed. These would be great for game like Most Wanted, but HP2 requires higher top speed due to its track design. Still, I liked driving these two sport cars more as opposed to the boat CL500 or family sedan TS50. 6:10 E39 M5 and Diablo SV police vehicles are in High Stakes, supported with the last american made Caprice, 993 Turbo and helicopter (which You can't use in pursuit mode, but it's there). The Australian release of NFS4 is supported with HSV VT GTS police vehicle. 7:30 Depends how You put it, High Stakes is the first NfS game to use licensed music. It's there where aside from Rom di Prisco and Saki Kaskas who wrote music for the game, we could listen to Junkie XL, Lunatic Calm, Dylan Rhymes and few other artists. What this review don't mention is certain downside about soundtrack - about how often certain songs were repeated during different races (which made me restart the race in order to shuffle for other song). It was then I realized there's playlist option which is a blessed feature as it allow the player to organize music (got bored of this songs being played too often, while The Humble Brothers and Matt Ragan appear rarely? Not an issue anymore). To be fair, the soundtrack for HP2 is a letdown - only 15 songs (excluding instrumental versions), previous games in the series had more. This is a low number, considering not all of the music slap as opening song or Black Hole (my favorite).
Not only were the graphics horrible on the PC version compared to the PS2 version, but the cops were WAY EASIER to outrun in the PC version compared to the PS2 version. I would run past cops and not see them on my rear view mirror after 3 seconds.... And about 30 seconds later you'd hear something on the radio like "21 County, I've lost the suspect".
I am so nostalgic for this game. I use to play this game for an unhealthy amount of time when I was a kid. I dont think i ever 100% the game but I didn't care, I had a lot of fun playing it. I still listen to the OST to this very day.
I really really love this game. The gameplay, the cars, the feeling, the soundtrack, the tracks, everything. And even though the PS2 version is objectively superior, I played this specific game way more on the PC when I was growing up, because that's what I had, so I have fond memories of the Seattle version. I also played the PS2 version when I was at my uncles place, although a lot less, until I finally decided to pick up a PS2 for this game specifically a year or two ago. So I love both versions. And I think not enough people are talking about it, so thanks for the video. 😁 (P.S.: I also love Undercover though 😜😁)
The first time I played NFSHP2 was on one of those PS2 demo discs that used to come with game magazines. It was only one or two tracks but I played the crap out of it. When the game finally released I decided to get the Xbox version expecting it to be better. At the time Xbox versions of multiplatform games were almost always better. I can't express the disappointment I felt when I got home and tried the game. That same day I went back to Babbage's and exchanged it for the PS2 version. I live in the boonies and this was not a short trip, but it was so worth it. NFSHP2 is my favorite racing game of all time. I still play it regularly. Great job on covering the differences between the PS2 and other versions of this game. Most videos I watch about the game either don't mention it or are unaware of the differences. You always do an amazing job of diving into the backgrounds of the games you review. I always feel sorry for the people that say they played one of the non PS2 versions thinking it was a good game without realizing what they missed out on.
Damn! I remember playing this game for WEEKS ON END. My dad and I would play this for ages! I was 18 when this came out and we played this game well into my 20s!
Fun Fact: If you ram the police as they're sitting there and shunt them while they're stationary, then it will put them out of commission before they start to chase you! I learned this and use it to my advantage when I can sometimes to hold off pursuits as well
The PC version of HP2 (Hot Pursuit 2) had issues. At the time of release, most PC players were still using joysticks instead of gamepads, but HP2 was designed for gamepads and with joysticks, players had to sometimes pulse the steering to emulate a gamepad to get the cars to steer correctly. It was the first NFS to not have saveable replays. The higher performance NFS cars unlocked during career mode could not be used in later career mode events or for online play, rendering them almost useless. There was one very cool feature for online play, a player could join a "lobby" while a race was ongoing, and while waiting, the player could view the current race from any of the currently racing players cars. The voices of the cops and dispatcher sound the same as High Stakes, and they use the same phrasing.
i tend to see people talking up HP2 a lot when discussing NFS history. until now, i had thought it was a weird one to favor, since i had only played the PC version as a kid and thought it was just OK. only now learning of the PS2's unique version through this review. the moment i heard the name "black box," a loooot of stuff clicked in my head. dang does this look great!
Hot Pursuit 2: 5 minutes of running from the police Lamborghini and finally get pulled over, only to get a speeding ticket from the 400lb cop driving it.
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blessed game
Definitely a great game.
Colourshed gave us a treat after school. For us australian viewers.
A blessed sequel
I love both y’all channels. Love from a US viewer who just happened to be up.
Bruh
10 minutes of dodging bombs, spike strips and literal missiles
Cops: this is getting out of hand. Let him go
30 seconds later: 21 county, a racer just blew my doors off, commencing pursuit
but if the race is long enough they do eventually give up. the 6-lap race at the end of the hot pursuit career tree, for example.
@@ianism3 yep. Put a fun of hours into this game when it came out on ps2
They were out here trying to arrest racers by downright trying to kill them 🤣
When illegal street racing is considered terrorism
That 6 lap final is nightmare
I maybe guarantee you'll busted once for dodging those catastrophic pursuit with Helicopter dropping bombs or even worse spike bombs that immediately punctured your tires
To me this is THE Need for Speed game. No other Need for Speed game replicates the aggressive and high octane nature of the police chases
Same, screw that tuner crap!
Ngl Rivals had pretty good police chases
Hot pursuit 2 on the PS2 is so damn great I own it for the PS2 it's so high octane but I can't use first person for the ferrari because I haven't beat all the levels because it's hard af but I'm so glad I got the nfs edition of all the cars.
It's own reboot, NFS Hot Pursuit 2010, is a good aggressive police chase.
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I hated the handling model criterion uses
The nostalgia holy shit. They don't make em like they used to. This, Need for Speed Underground 2, and Need for Speed High Stakes are some of my faves of the series. Oh and Porsche Unleashed as well.
Also NFS most wanted
blessed childhood
And Carbon and Prostreet
I'd love for NfS to come back in a spectacular fashion, but there's no way EA will let that happen. It's kinda like Sonic in a way. I mean that as no matter what the developers want to do, SEGA doesn't care, which is why '06 and Boom exist. So while I'd love the series to come back in a meaningful way, I don't have much hope. Well, there was NfS Heat, which apparently isn't half bad, but it's not there yet.
@@lethauntic I like to believe that I was only one who enjoyed Sonic '06 despite it's massive, and massive flaws & glitches. I have a lot of fond memories about that game, I still got my copy.
The soundtrack is so awesome
Especially that Amazing Going Down On It with showdown between Murcielago & Ferrari 360 with goddamn Helicopter chasing on your tail!
_Ohhh heeyyy heeeyyy heeyyYyyYyuh_
The Buzzhorns Ordinary made me unbeatable in a Race when playing :-)
Build Your Cages was lit 👌🏼🔥
Wall of Shame and Build your cages were the best songs
Rush was in this game Geddy Lee is an awesome bassist but his vocals sound like a girl but Rush is an awesome Progressive Rock band from Canada also the HSV gts is so nuts to drive it's constantly wanting to drift when playing with stick shift 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
My first Need For Speed, still one of my favorites in the series.
Mine as well. I remember when I first got the GameCube I got this, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, and F-Zero GX.
Same here GameCube FTW
@@TigerChamp99 the game is literally NFSHP 2010 but without weapons on the cars, there would be absolutely no point in remastering or remaking the game and just a waste of time, its just not worth touching
@@mattc2306 the old games source codes are all gone since Black Box is dead......so sadly, they couldn't do remasters on the older games, even if they wanted to.
Sadly my only NFS was Most Wanted 2005 on PC. I never grew up with any gaming consoles at all, since I don't live in the West. Last time I played it was in July 2018. And I was still stuck with Blacklist #6 Ming.
My favorite nfs game. The cars, beautiful exotic locations, shortcuts were also cool, the music (rom di prisco, pulse ultra, hot action cop, course of nature's wall of shame, buzzhorn's ordinary and many more)
cop chases, split screen multiplayer, graphics, the game's intro cut scene with the 360 and the Murcialago, everything was perfection!
You are right with everything. Such a wonderful Time to play that was.
@@patrickhein6986 yeah it was a great time
same here, this is my favorite game in the series (PS2 version only)
@@cheesyeurotrance95 Yes,The PC version looks like a totally different game and the tracks are doesn't have life feeling compared to PS2
Remember in Coastal Parklands with that Burning Forest with Firetruck also Sandstorm with Fog at Desert Hill just add some challenging in it!
@@Mx64MaxyImpress yep the PC version looks very bland and it plays worse as well
This game was my introduction to the greatness that was Rush. One Little Victory truly slapped in this game.
Fantastic song to drive to, especially with those sunny tropical courses.
The whole soundtrack was amazing. Bush, The Buzzhorn, I even liked the Uncle Kracker songs
Pulse Ultra had so much potential
When he showed himself holding the Australian case of the game I thought I had a fucking stroke and everything I thought I knew of my childhood was a lie.
Playing this game for the first time on PS2 and it’s honestly one of the very best racing games I’ve ever played. The controls and track designs are so satisfying, it’s a masterpiece.
As a kid I always used to drive through the forest fire! And I remember the one part of that one map that if you took the side road you go under the waterfall… good times
I'm so happy the CLK GTR special edition had an easy requirement. _Clean 8 laps._ And then you're with a nice fast whip early game.
National Forest was the best track for that event
Without hitting a wall
Or any opponents, that was such a pain in the ass to achieve, actually it's the original CLK GTR, not the Need for Speed edition one.
@@tropixx_xlr1549 The NFS Edition You need get 4,500,000 NFS Point
worst challenge ever xD . how can you drive slow xD
The handling of this game still beats the last 3 released NFS games. The cars have weight, steering it feels you are turning with strength and soundtrack kicks ass.
You literally review all the games of my childhood. Thanks bro bro 💯
Fun fact: If you drive below 60mph/100kph, the police won't chase you
I remember doing that when I was 5 years old 🤣
This is the same in NFS Most Wanted. Also in that game, if your heat is low enough you'll only get a fine.
I used to have split screen torments with friends using DDR dance mats. One of my friends was so bad, he never went fast enough to get chased! You can swerve all over the road and bang into literally every wall and traffic vehicle, but so long as you don't speed or hit one of the parked police cars, they don't chase you!
I remember abusing this in championship’s cuz the police catching you took up more time than just slowing down for a couple of seconds.
It doesn't work I already tried
Righteous mate, my first Need for Speed.
that was my first racing game for the gamecube but I recently bought it for the ps2
Eu quero um desse
I heard that the PS2 version was so different because it was originally supposed to be an exclusive title on the PS2 and EA decided that it would not be and handed the other versions over to a different studio so they could get them done in time to be released together.
Read a bit right now after reading your comment, it is the case, well at least for the Desert track and few other adittions, they were firstly done on PS 2 but there wasn't time to be done on other versions too, so guess is the rest were might have rushed just to meet the PS 2 version.
I've actually heard it was the other way around. The PC/XBox/GC version was developed first, with the PS2, being less powerful, handed off to Black Box to make a port. Then they went above and beyond, working their asses off to remake most the game in only a few months.
IDK what is true that, we will probably never know.
@@ThatTonnatoTenrec HP2 PC is indeed very unfinished. You see it in several places of the code. They lost a lot of time getting the new engine running.
to name a few examples which didnt make it into the game: night driving, weather, traffic density setting, a game mode, one or even more tracks were supposed to be longer, desert is entirely missing, some physics parameters unfinished and some finished but werent used on any stock car, and so on
No, the thing is before Hot Pursuit 2 was developed EA Seattle was developing and mantaining Motor City Online (originally planned as Need for Speed Motor City, 1999 - 2003). When Hot Pursuit 2 was planned to be developed portion of EA Seattle was still on Motor City Online, obviously it being the world's first massive multiplayer Online racing game it needed constant support during its live time.
Being from the MCO community we had alot of talk about MCO and NFS and I don't exactly remember what they said how HP2 was affected, however it probably couldn't have full attention because EA Seattle was co-working on other games, for example at least MCO. However, HP2 for the PC/GC/Xbox doesn't play bad and doesn't look bad for its time, in fact the visuals are fairly compareable how the EA Sports titles from 2002 - 2006 looked for the PC). What really couldn't push the PC Version, Xbox and GC was that the PC's at the time were not the most powerful saying that 95% of the people who had a computer was just poweful enough to run games like HP2 as it is, the GC wasn't a wonder neither so the Xbox had to follow the line to be able having multiple systems product. The PS2 luckily got the chance for its exclusive treatment using all its capability for Hot Pursuit 2 with a second devlopment team that was already familar with the console.
@@De-M-oN Yep. They even cut corners when developing their own Alpine region. The most noticable is the WHOLE drivable area in Alpine region is 100% Alpine Trail PS2 course with only 10% of Fall Winds PS2, which make Alpine PC version only accounts to 55% of PS2 version.
Note: Alpine Trail and Fall Winds were switched for both version.
The vehicle gallery with the narrator explaining the specs of the car is literally one of my favourite things about this game.
Yessss
Love your Profile Pic.
Motorstorm is my jam
Thank you for that. I have to listen over and over. Oddly enough rogue squadron has something similar
This was my first NFS game and I still love it and play it at least once a year. I have a ton of hours into my PS2 version from when I was a kid and it personally got me into racing games. Still holds up to this day, at least for me. All the tracks had something I liked in them and I only played in Hot Pursuit mode. It almost felt like simulation racing with Arcade police thrown in and it was amazing. Bombs, Spike Strips, Missiles, and roadblocks in a race made it amazing. I wish all the NFS games had aggressive helicopters like HP2 had. Awesome game worth playing even to this day.
HP 2010 had helicopters that were like HP2. And MW 2005 was supposed to have aggressive helicopters
I didn’t even know the helicopters shot missiles. Some of those races were really a warzone lol. It’s was like racing with 5stars from GTA; Ultimate Racer was such a thrill!!
They definitely should remaster this
I remember playing this game on PC when I was about 8 years old. I revisited it recently, and you're right. I had no idea the PS2 version was so much better. Wow!
I personally love NFS HP2 on PS2 it's one of my all time favourite racing games it gets really intense by the end that you'll always come back to it plus the cops in this game are better than MW'05
This is one of the best NfS games period. Something about how it all comes together is just special, the driving, the action, the scenery, the music.
Had the PS2 version as a kid. easily a top 3 racing game. the soundtrack was full of bangers, challenges were tough but fair, a great sense of track design very brilliant choice of dream cars, (Ferrari F50, 360 spider, BMW M5, Lotus Elise, Lamborghini Murcielago, Mclaren F1 and Aston Martin Vanquish to name a few personal favorites.) Back when EA made games. It's a classic in my eyes. Please get this game by any means necessary!
10/10
I remember being 7 years old and this was always in my ps2. have so much love and respect for this game. Childhood favorite
First LGR comes up with the NFS 2 video, then Rayveick comes up with the NFS Carbon video and now ColourShed comes up with the NFS Hot Pursuit 2 video. Nice
Nice indeed......the older NFS games were so great....I hope NFS 2021 can bring it back.
*Raycevick.
I should be doing law study, but ehh... This game means so much to me, and to see it reviewed by one of my favourite reviewers is so much more important!
Think of your future. Plenty of time to waste on youtube later!
@@infasis This comment right here!
This was my very first video game. The memories come flooding back. This was the game that made me want to become a cop.
The only acceptable version of this game was on the PS2 tbh. I was blessed to have the PS2 version and never looked back at any other versions because none look half as good lol.
My version is luckily still running on my working PS2
I've only ever played the PC version
I loved it but I'm buying a PS2 used soon to get the authentic experience
I played the pc version after having played the ps2 version for most of my childhood. I was so disappointed
PS2 version was developed by Black Box. Naurally it was much better than the EA Seattle version that did the other 3
@@EndlessFunctionality I see
"why can't you just slam the cop with the door and drive away?"
Asking the real questions here.
I loved doing that in Midnight Club L.A. You couldn't actually slam the cop with the door, but if you pulled over, you could speed off again while they were walking up to your car!
@@scottthewaterwarrior surely a feature that NFS devs looked at and said "shit....why didn't we think of that"
Local 1v1 on this game holds up surprisingly well, even to this day. They got the catchup + cops formula perfect to keep it interesting the whole race
Great review as always! Have you ever considered reviewing Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction? Seems well-suited for your channel
This and Most Wanted are my all time favourites. So many memories.
This was the first ever PC game I played. One night in 2006 my mom came home with a CD with this game on it, and my journey began. It brings so many memories.
Fun fact: When I was 5 I was scared of this game, like I couldn't be in the same room as somebody playing it.
To this day I have 0 fucking clue why that is, but I can actually enjoy it nowadays.
Perhaps the person playing raged while playing and that scared you?
I know I got furious playing this game.
Go to therapy bro. The reason is probably very serious and limits other parts of your life. Don't be a hero, get help.
I used to be scared of big ass trucks well because they are big and loud af and could wipe you off the road like a bug
@@robbylebotha imagine someone going to therapy because NFS hot pursuit 2 scared them as a kid
So i spent the last 2-3 days listening to this game’s OST, on a pure nostalgia trip and colourshed decides to upload this. Small world.
As a little kid my brother and I rented this from blockbuster and we absolutely loved it and luckily our parents later bought it for us.
Yesterday, after 3 hours straight of trying, i managed to beat Championship Event 29, the 6 lap coastal race in the CLKs. Could never ever beat this as a kid but now ive managed to scrape by by 0.10 seconds
Very first need for speed i ever played and absolutely fell in love. Still play it to this day this game is the reason the 2000 mustang cobra r and Lamborghini Diablo are 2 of my 3 all time dream cars!
This was the first game I ever played as a kid, when I got my PS2. This game felt so unreal. I always loved how aggressive the cops were, how great the cars looked and sounded, the aesthetic of the tracks, and just how incredible the game was overall.
The newer Hot Pursuit was okay, but didn't even come close to this one. I thought they did a damn near perfect job here. Great selection of cars, tracks with beautiful scenery, and the AI for both cops & opponents was spot on. I miss driving the Ferrari F-50. PS2 good memories. Appreciate the review!
I have GameCube version and PS2 version.
Other things that were never mentioned in this video:
Horns- you can honk in all versions but when you look behind you, your headlights flash in PS2 version.
McLaren F1 LM- in GameCube and the other 2, the car is only 1 color, the beautiful iconic orange that idk the name of, but PS2 allows you to change the color, orange, red, blue, silver, and black.
Points- in PS2 he mentioned you get points over time from racing, in GameCube and the other 2, it’s “bank”, you buy the cars so you can race them in free run or buy better police cars.
Coastal Parklands race- They are the same tracks but the scenery is completely different as well as some short cuts. When you start the race, your first short cut is dirt, as in PS2, it’s tarmac, and same with the light house. Before the tunnel, you have a big cliff with some grass and trees maybe, that is basically just a wall, unlike PS2, it’s the beautiful sea/ocean. The chief cut to the left of the tunnel is the same until you reach the bridge. GameCube has a little concrete bridge while PS2 has a broken sewer pipe with a nice little stream going through it for you to splash through.
Driving style- GameCube and the other 2 you can go straight into the race and it asked you if you want to use auto or manual. As for PS2, it asked for transmission and handling style. Auto, semi-auto, and manual, handling styles are classic or extreme, which is a more simulation feel if you choose extreme. When you do free run(I’ve never done anything else other that free run outside of career mode as I’ll call it), there’s traffic settings, GameCube and the other 2 offer “on” and “off” while PS2 has off, minimum, moderate, and maximum.
Car modeling- GameCube and the other 2 have a different version of the Mercedes CLK GTR than PS2 does. The license plates in GameCube are yellow, while PS2 has actual Europe license plates.
**This comment WILL be updated if I have more to add.**
All European makers have europlates
I love this game. I spent so much time in my childhood playing this and just free roaming around the tracks.
Me too. I would pretend I was driving real car, obey the speed limit, and park in parking spots lol.
*Hands down* the best racing game I've ever played.. the disc rarely left my PS2
It was all downhill from here - this was _peak_ racing game, people
Alright you know what? I appreciate you taking the time to produce this emotional roller coaster. You’re a damn legend!
Man, this game hits me hard with nostalgia. Looking back at this time, one of the things I absolutely loved was the soundtrack. My favorites were the two songs by Hot action cop (Feva for the flava, Goin' Down On It
). For me, those two songs really give the game its own personality.
I also find it ironic that the two songs in the game are censored versions of the original songs. Which made finding out/listening to the uncensored songs many years later to be really damm funny. But you gotta hand it to them, turning a song about wanting to eat a girl's p***y to a song talking about how badass your car is. Or a song about having sex to a song about outrunning the cops in a fast car.
Yep fever for the flava was the best. Speed kills stuck with me but idk how popular it really is
Amazing review! NFS Hot Pursuit 2 is my favorite one in the franchise, and I never realized there was this version by Blackbox. So I got it and it's every bit as good as you say. Not only am I impressed with the improved graphics, but the physics are on another level too! Thank you so much!
I remember the soundtrack so fondly.
this was my very first NFS game. i still play it on my PS2 to this day and i’ll never forget my first time driving the F50 and the F1!
Me (an American): It’s getting late and I’m tired. Time to get some slee....
*Colorshed Uploads*
Me: Wouldn’t hurt to stay up a little longer
You: a typical copy/paste comment from every other RUclips comment thread
Me: gee never seen that one before!
The cop at 9:30 was so dedicated 🤣🤣
Also, solid video! I owned the ps2 version and it was a family game night fave. I’m glad I got that version.
I can't believe this game is 20 years old. Love both PS2 and PC versions to death.
The main song "People That We Love" by Bush was stuck in my head for years. And still listen to this song.
Just found out that Hot Action Cop’s Goin Down On It and Fever For The Flava are actually songs about sex.
My childhood was a lie 😂
yeah the original versions are fucking garbage lmao
For the longest time, before i even read the lyrics, i always thought those two tracks were written for the game from the perspective of a police officer wanting to get a piece of the action.
@@pourgoi_6100 kinda funny actually....the NFS versions of those songs are so much better and probably would have saved their careers, instead of writing an album about sex and then disappearing into the abyss.
Yes, and this song is one of the rare case where the censored, or toned down version is better.
Yep its all a lie.
Can you do a Test drive unlimited 1 and 2 review ?
Whoa. That's a title that's got some dust on it!
I have waited years for the day you would make a video on this classic. My favorite arcade racer on PS2 hands down
Had all the NFS's during the PS2 days, but always kept coming back to this one. The handling model and tension/sense of speed was awesome. Much better than the brake to drift type of handling of recent NFS's imo
Glad to see more NFS vids around, its obvious that a lot of people dearly miss this series, i have 0 hopes for EA making a good NFS game though
You should message LGR to help you running the old NFS on modern machines. Thank you for this review, ive been on a binge of old NFS videos and this is awesome
Back in the ps2 days, the lack of powerful hardware made developers compensate for a lot of things the more powerful system could do...
Black box ingenuity and creativity was rewarded with the keys for the Nfs Franchise, going down as creator of the best NFS Games to this day. 👏❤️
God I miss Black box 😭
You've been incredible with these video releases. They're always great. I appreciate the time you put into making them.
I had no idea this game was like this on PS2. I've only ever played the Gamecube version. I loved this game, holy crap, what have I been missing out on
I rented this game multiple time as a kid, but only bought when I was in high school.
My typical weekend when I rented that game was: Go to the store at around 4 to 5 pm. Play until midnight. Wake up a 6 am on Saturday, play until midnight. Wake up at 6 am on Sunday. Play until 9 pm, which was my bed time at the time.
I play that game so much, I cannot play more than an hour without getting bored.
The handing and game mechanics of the All wheel drive and rear wheel drive is the most accurate in a councle game probably until now (maybe)
I absolutely love this game. A TV commercial here in Germany right around christmas was the reason I wanted a PS2 and this game, and thankfully I got it. I probably played it for hundreds of hours. Even the mid-tier cars (Lambos, Ferraris etc) were tons of fun already.
In the words of Comic Book Guy about the PS2 version of NFS Hot Pursuit 2, "Best. Racing Game. EVER!!!
8:31 here's a fun fact. There's a little detail that the police won't chase you if you drive slowly because I did it once when driving around one of the track alone.
Holy shit, I've been waiting for you review this game. This game was literally my childhood.
Damn the cops in this game can be really ruthless, I tried the game again yesterday and from the first race they were aggressive and constantly trying to push you off.
The cops in NFS Heat at night remind me so much of this game....they are so aggressive and angry.....plus the chatter is funny.
Honestly the best part of Heat is the night mode, it's like playing an entirely different game.
I got Need For Speed 3, Porsche Unleashed and Need For Speed High Stakes to run on Windows 10 very easily. Was fun to relive my youth.
Great review man!! I spent hours on this game as a child, fantastic came on the PS2. Lot of great memories
My disappointment was immeasurable when I got this for PC after playing my friend's PS2 version. Well, that was an exaggeration but the quality between the versions is painstakingly obvious.
The sound track of this game is so amazing🔥
I glad I'm not the only one that sees Hot Persuit 2 and is reminded of Forza Horizon 1
I have such fond memories for the PC version.
And then I found out about the PS2 version.
No regrets.
Yeah I found out the magic of the ps2 version like 10 years ago never playing the inferior versions again
I remember this game, I rubbed out a cop car so bad I went back and the car was inside the cactus. Favourite desert/Canyon map to drive on.
0:41 didn't even know Aussies got their own cover art with the HSV and SVT on it. I thought every copy had the yellow Murcielago
Whoa, that aussie title is cool looking. I've only seen the Ferrari and the Lambo on the front
I know you’ve done different things with your borders in the past but the police lights on this was especially fun. Great work as always
Colourshed is gonna get that Play button from RUclips. Well deserved man! Been watching for a while and really enjoy your content. KEEP GOING
2:08
Similar situation is with NfS4.
EA Seattle developed PC version, while EA Canada is responsible for PS1 game.
That time PC release wasn't considered as inferior (as it runs with more plausible framerate, have Hot Pursuit tracks and thanks to community, many new cars were added to the game through the mods).
6:02
Neither Elise S2 and VX220 are slow, even with their early engine options.
The Z3 and SLK from High Stakes are slower.
The issue with Lotus and it's GM twin is the lack of top speed.
These would be great for game like Most Wanted, but HP2 requires higher top speed due to its track design.
Still, I liked driving these two sport cars more as opposed to the boat CL500 or family sedan TS50.
6:10
E39 M5 and Diablo SV police vehicles are in High Stakes, supported with the last american made Caprice, 993 Turbo and helicopter (which You can't use in pursuit mode, but it's there).
The Australian release of NFS4 is supported with HSV VT GTS police vehicle.
7:30
Depends how You put it, High Stakes is the first NfS game to use licensed music.
It's there where aside from Rom di Prisco and Saki Kaskas who wrote music for the game, we could listen to Junkie XL, Lunatic Calm, Dylan Rhymes and few other artists.
What this review don't mention is certain downside about soundtrack - about how often certain songs were repeated during different races (which made me restart the race in order to shuffle for other song).
It was then I realized there's playlist option which is a blessed feature as it allow the player to organize music (got bored of this songs being played too often, while The Humble Brothers and Matt Ragan appear rarely? Not an issue anymore).
To be fair, the soundtrack for HP2 is a letdown - only 15 songs (excluding instrumental versions), previous games in the series had more.
This is a low number, considering not all of the music slap as opening song or Black Hole (my favorite).
after 12 years , this gentleman said what i felt and i couldn't express it good enough there and then.
Not only were the graphics horrible on the PC version compared to the PS2 version, but the cops were WAY EASIER to outrun in the PC version compared to the PS2 version. I would run past cops and not see them on my rear view mirror after 3 seconds.... And about 30 seconds later you'd hear something on the radio like "21 County, I've lost the suspect".
I am so nostalgic for this game. I use to play this game for an unhealthy amount of time when I was a kid. I dont think i ever 100% the game but I didn't care, I had a lot of fun playing it. I still listen to the OST to this very day.
I really really love this game. The gameplay, the cars, the feeling, the soundtrack, the tracks, everything. And even though the PS2 version is objectively superior, I played this specific game way more on the PC when I was growing up, because that's what I had, so I have fond memories of the Seattle version. I also played the PS2 version when I was at my uncles place, although a lot less, until I finally decided to pick up a PS2 for this game specifically a year or two ago. So I love both versions. And I think not enough people are talking about it, so thanks for the video. 😁
(P.S.: I also love Undercover though 😜😁)
I was 3 when this game came out but it was my first GameCube game when I was about 6-7. The nostalgia for this is insane omg
The first time I played NFSHP2 was on one of those PS2 demo discs that used to come with game magazines. It was only one or two tracks but I played the crap out of it. When the game finally released I decided to get the Xbox version expecting it to be better. At the time Xbox versions of multiplatform games were almost always better. I can't express the disappointment I felt when I got home and tried the game. That same day I went back to Babbage's and exchanged it for the PS2 version. I live in the boonies and this was not a short trip, but it was so worth it. NFSHP2 is my favorite racing game of all time. I still play it regularly.
Great job on covering the differences between the PS2 and other versions of this game. Most videos I watch about the game either don't mention it or are unaware of the differences. You always do an amazing job of diving into the backgrounds of the games you review.
I always feel sorry for the people that say they played one of the non PS2 versions thinking it was a good game without realizing what they missed out on.
ColourShed AND Raycevick video on the same day? Hell yeah!
I always loved listening to the VO for the cars in the menu. Thought that was pretty cool.
Honestly was waiting for so long for you to review this classic!
My first PS2 game, and probably my favourite racing game, I still have a playlist with the rock soundtrack in it and listen it almost everyday.
Damn! I remember playing this game for WEEKS ON END. My dad and I would play this for ages! I was 18 when this came out and we played this game well into my 20s!
Fun Fact: If you ram the police as they're sitting there and shunt them while they're stationary, then it will put them out of commission before they start to chase you! I learned this and use it to my advantage when I can sometimes to hold off pursuits as well
The PC version of HP2 (Hot Pursuit 2) had issues. At the time of release, most PC players were still using joysticks instead of gamepads, but HP2 was designed for gamepads and with joysticks, players had to sometimes pulse the steering to emulate a gamepad to get the cars to steer correctly. It was the first NFS to not have saveable replays. The higher performance NFS cars unlocked during career mode could not be used in later career mode events or for online play, rendering them almost useless. There was one very cool feature for online play, a player could join a "lobby" while a race was ongoing, and while waiting, the player could view the current race from any of the currently racing players cars. The voices of the cops and dispatcher sound the same as High Stakes, and they use the same phrasing.
Yessss more NFS Reviews!!!!! Keep up the good work
This is my favorite racing game in the ps2.
I've been waiting for you to review this forever, so glad it's up! Keep up the great work man✌🏽
Damn right my childhood! Hot action cop the goat
One of the very few games from my childhood that play (and honestly look) just as good as I remember.
This was my favorite racing game before Midnight Club 3
i tend to see people talking up HP2 a lot when discussing NFS history. until now, i had thought it was a weird one to favor, since i had only played the PC version as a kid and thought it was just OK.
only now learning of the PS2's unique version through this review. the moment i heard the name "black box," a loooot of stuff clicked in my head. dang does this look great!
love that one cop "IVE GOT EM AGEEEAAANNNN!"
Hot Pursuit 2: 5 minutes of running from the police Lamborghini and finally get pulled over, only to get a speeding ticket from the 400lb cop driving it.