Need For Speed - Powerhouse Takahashi

Four cars lined up side by side at the start of a race in Burnout 2: Point of Impact. They are about to drive across a dam at the Crystal Summit Lake track.

BRGoF25

BRGoF25 - The Honorable Mentions

Both this game and the game it got one-upped by left nothing on the table when it comes to expressing the racing condition it wanted to express.

Need For Speed

There's a Need For Speed Carbon Arcade Cabinet?

At it's core, it is still Need For speed Carbon and it fulfills one of the basic principals for a console racing game to nail in the port to the arcades: the base game should be good in the first place.

Need For Speed

Taking The Wrong Way in Need For Speed Undergound

There is an immediate satisfaction the times they choose 9th & Frey or 7th & Sparling when you played Need For Speed Underground for the Gameboy Advance as a kid that stands the test of time for those who now Speedrun the campaign to completion.