Wet neon on the asphalt, the hiss of a turbo spooling up, and that itch to push one more lap.

Need for Speed: Underground rides on one simple promise, and it keeps it. Fun goes off, ahead of 91% of games, the kind of title you boot up for five minutes and put down at sunrise. Rediscovery follows, above the average, like a nostalgia that never quite fades. But careful, all of this rests on very few votes. Connection and the visual style land lower, in the bottom third, on just one or two duels each, so nothing is settled. To confirm.

In the racing landscape, Underground holds a special place. It turned the series into a culture of night, tuning and showing off, where its rivals leaned on pure simulation or luxury supercars. Its fun is no accident, it's in the DNA.

So, who's it for? For you if you want instant adrenaline, the session that slips away before you notice, arcade racing that just wants to entertain you. Much less if you expect a game that marks you emotionally or with its beauty, the early signals there run cooler.