Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (Game Cube, 2002)

Burn rubber, fly down freeways at top speed racing for points, crank up the tunes when you're hooked into your home stereo, become a top rated racer!

Received as a gift. What I don't like about it, it seems that the computer aided autos have an edge, 'cause they're computer driven, no human errors. They do get by you at the last second in some cases. But overall, you can beat them.

I have had this game for 2 and 1/2 years now and I am still not bored with it.
It has enough variety and challenges built into it to keep me playing it time after time. You can race another player, race against computer generated components, outrun the cops or be a cop chasing speeders. There are many different challenging tracks and very realistic cars to qualify for. The graphics and driving feel are great. You don't have to (and can't) set up the cars. You don't have to win money to get better cars. You just work your way through the championship and as your skills improve and you learn the tracks you get to race faster cars. As you progress through it the tracks keep growing bigger and more complex. You will recognize sections of tracks from previous tracks and some tracks will be reversed so that you are running them in the opposite direction. Don't bother with cheat codes or you will wind up on a track you don't know, with a car you can't handle. Take the time to work your your way through the championship and you will be rewarded with bonus races and cars. There are no maps to navigate, no characters to listen to, no confusing set ups to deal with and no money to earn. Just turn it on, pick a race style, pick a car and pick a track and RACE! I love this game! No B.S. just racing! There are many shortcuts in all the tracks for you to find.
Some will help you and some will not. It is up to you to decide which ones to use. There also is a way to race against other people online but, I have not tried that yet. This is a great game that will probably take you months to master and get all the way through everything and if you make it, you will have 49 different race cars, 5 different cop cars and many different tracks you can run on at any time. Outrunning the cops is the most challenging and exciting way to race! You can hear the cops talking to each other and the dispatcher. Your radar detector will go off when you approach a cop and if you slow down to about 55 mph and stay in your lane and don't do anything to draw their attention they will not bother you unless they are already looking for you. But where's the fun in that??? It is more fun to blow by the cop at high speed and hear the cop say to the dispatcher "I'm chasing a speeder who just flew by me and BLEW MY DOORS IN!" the chatter between the cops and the dispatcher is entertaining and even helpful at times. The cops will set up road blocks and spike chains and call in a helicopter that drops big bouncing bombs in the road that will explode if you hit them. In the upper stages when you get to faster cars the helicopter can even fire heat seeking missiles at you, that are just about impossible to dodge! Every car in this game has different handling characteristics and you must employ different driving styles to win with every car. Some cars are so powerful that you will have to blip the throttle just to get going or you will just spin the tires. This GAME is amazing! If this sounds good to you, then buy it and you won't be dissapointed.

Its decent, but not really memorable. The graphics are very good, and compared to later NFS games the environment is much more eye-catching. Some of the other NFS games were really ghetto and dark and difficult to navigate - I guess that is the point, but it was more frustrating than fun - I prefer the bright paradise-like environments of this game. Gameplay is not as free as later NFS games - there is no free-roam, career play is very short, and there is no customization on the cars except color, and even that it very restricted - so it is difficult to become absorbed in it, but it is a fun escape game now and then. The one really fun difference is the option to be the police officer. I would recommend it to those who game for fun, but it is not for those who want intensity.

I enjoy playing this game with my son... he really likes the cops chasing him. The very realistic sounds and reactions make it fun to play. I hope he never has to live it in real life, but it is enough fun in pretend.

I bought this for my husband. He loves it. It's a great game. It came in time for Christmas. It is a very good racing game, which is his favorite. It's his number one game right now. His brother is envious and wants us to get him one now.

I bought this game without really knowing how easy or hard it would be to play. The game itself has great graphics and also some cool sounds. The sounds tend to get repetative. This game performs as expected and is fun to play. The only downside is that the game does not respond as well to the handheld controller as well as I would hope. If you move a little to the left or right it tends to drift to far. You then get into a position where you are trying to correct the oversteering and that creates more problems. I have an 11 year old son and a 8 year old son. Neither of them enjoy this game because of this problem. I play this game more than they do. Other than this problem, which can be significant at times, it is generally a good game.

This game I purchased for me. A 40 something adult women. I love everything about the game. My sons have informed me that their are older versions that I should have gotten first. I disagree. I like the graphic, sound, chases, everything about it. When I first played it the graphic made me a little motion sick. Can you believe that. All those hills and curves. But I love it and play it every single day after work.

the game is very fast pace. you can be the speeder or the cop and you can play against other players. i would highly recommend the game.

good game nice graphics challenging enough but not too much to be a pain. nice cars whatever you want it does it pretty well!

Pros- Great grapics, very real


Cons - Does not control well when in any other camera mode on Wii units other than from inside car - slow respone - almost uncontrollable. Maybe OK on Gane Cube Systems. Can drive only a few cars and only a few tracks unless points are accumulated - not everyone wants to spend this much time to see the entire field. Other NFS games did not lock you out.

My child was completely satisfied witht he game Need for speed.I bought it for my child as he didnt have alot of games for the game cube and he loves anything to do with racing or demolition durby.

I like the need for speed games and have since they first started coming out over 10 years ago for PC. thanks alot.

We bought this for my 7 year old son, and he LOVES it! It seems to be a great game, but the "MOMMY GENE" is me is kinda troubled by the fact that after playing this he was under the impresion that you're SUPPOSED to try to get away from police! Just a heads up if you're buying for a young one - have a little chat! :)

what i like most about this game is when my husband is home it gives him and my daughter play time they love to race and wreck and it gets them out of my hair for a while. my daughter really wanted this game for awhile and a lot of the time i just do not have time to go to the store and search for a game. we get on ebay and look up games and watch them and then i decide how much i am going to spend then i bid. at a store you do not get a choice on the price so i love ebay shopping.

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This product represents the pinnacle of GameCube game development for driving games. Amazing graphics and game play collide with highly personal and interactive single player modes against the AI based Police Cruiser and other drivers at the same time as allowing for head to head competition. The fast pace of game play as well as the level of skill required make an engrossing game endearing - but more importantly - the game maintains is playability over long periods of time. This is one of the few games that you will want to play over and over, never feeling like you have "finished" it, and isn't that what a "great" game is really about?

Since the Game Cube and this title are both getting rarer - this is one to grab now and play on your Wii (Yes the Wii plays all your Game Cube games)

I am retired so I only purchase these items for my very young grand kids. They are alsways very satisfied with the discs but I am unable to rate the items on their peformance. Thank you in advance. Earl

my son seems to like it. It is the most annoying game to be around ever. Sirens and revving, constantly.

well is the best game i haven ever because was 1sr game can i handle w passion very nice the grafics tha time pass so fast when play it and liked so much i recoment it on any platafor

love this game great buy,will buy more items from this seller he/she most definitely sell good items not junk

The game is alright. I don't love it. There is no free-roam, and a limited selection of tracks. The car selection is not as good, and there is no inter-character interaction. All in all, it's a good game...but NFS: Most Wanted is better.

Run from cops, wreck into cars, roll your car, attempt to drift and do plenty of other stuff. You could be the cop and give tickets, call in roadblocks and spike strips, or even call in a chopper. If you are familiar with new NFS games, the turning on this is hard to get used to, but I managed. It's a fun game and worth the cash.

wanted g-rated racing game, bought as christmas present, easy to find, price was right, seller appeared to be honest