Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
| Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed | |
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| Developer(s) |
Eden Studios (PS) EA Canada (PC) Pocketeers (GBA) |
| Publisher(s) |
PlayStation & Microsoft Windows Electronic Arts Game Boy Advance
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| Designer(s) | Sylvain Branchu |
| Programmer(s) | Bertrand Felicite Pierre-Arnaud Lambert Sébastien Tixier |
| Composer(s) | Thomas Colin Manuel Lauvernier |
| Series | Need for Speed |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance |
| Release |
PlayStation Microsoft Windows Game Boy Advance |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (PC) 84.36% (PS) 74.50% (GBA) 59.25% |
| Metacritic | (PS) 78/100 (GBA) 62/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| AllGame |   |
| EGM | 7.5/10 |
| GamePro | (PS)  (PC)
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| Game Revolution | D |
| GameSpot | (PC) 8.9/10 (PS) 5.9/10 |
| IGN | (PS) 8.3/10 (PC) 7.9/10 (GBA) 6/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 3.4/5 |
| OPM (US) | |
| OPM (UK) | 8/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 94% |
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, released as Need for Speed: Porsche 2000 in Europe, Need for Speed: Porsche in Latin America and Asia, is a racing video game released in 2000. It is the fifth installment in the Need for Speed series. Unlike other NFS titles, Porsche Unleashed centers on racing Porsche sports cars, with models ranging from 1950 to 2000. The game is noted for its extensive information regarding Porsche and its cars. Unlike the previous four Need for Speed games, Porsche Unleashed was not released in Japan.
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed gives the player the opportunity to race Porsche cars throughout a range of tracks located in Europe. The cars were studied in detail in terms of driving mechanics in order to create a realistic simulation. The premise of the game remains largely the same compared to previous games in the series: driving and racing sports cars. However, the game only offers Porsches. The handling of the cars was improved, and the player can customize their cars drawing from an in-depth catalog of different Porsche-parts. Although the game retains the police chases from Hot Pursuit and High Stakes, the feature is relatively minor and is only seen in the Factory Driver mode (see Modes).
In terms of game concept, Porsche Unleashed is often hailed for the unusual effort of focusing on a single car brand, thus allowing greater depth and acting as a platform of information on the Porsche brand. Apart from the vast number of cars and spare parts, the game also features many historical videos and pictures of Porsche vehicles, as well as written information.
Players can create custom races, alter the difficulty level, change the number of opponents (up to seven or three on the PlayStation version), the cars the opponents are driving, traffic density, and driving direction in a similar style as Need for Speed: High Stakes.
Players can participate in Multiplayer modes across the Internet, LAN, or peer to peer (modem or IP) games.
Factory Driver puts players in the role of official Porsche test drivers. Players are given various simple tasks such as performing 360 degree spins before being able to sign with Porsche. Players will need to deliver cars and take part in races after being signed on to Porsche. They also need to beat challenges from other test drivers, such as slaloms through parts of tracks, or test cars from the team's mechanic. The Factory Driver in the PC version greatly differs from the PS1 version.
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