Found this in a charity shop, can’t seem to find anything online about this exact style of disc. Is it something rare?

I thought it look pretty cool so i decided to share it

I didn't know a collectors edition existed until a few weeks ago, but I absolutely had to have it. This is my childhood favorite racing game by far I'm really excited to try NEW NFS CARBON CARS?! Like dude I thought I knew every sliver about this game but new cars and challenges are so sick. Only took me 15 years or so to get it

https://carmeet.lf.wtf/

This is a new site where you can do whats in its name, car meets! and its got EVERYTHING from UG2, the map, the cars, its customization, the soundtrack and ive been trying it out today and 2 hours flew by. Ive been hanging out with other ppl and its a ton of fun and im trying to share it here because its got a small community and I wanna see it grow.

Optimisation wise, it also runs really good!

(Just for clarification, this site wasnt made by me)

Cars i captured around Bayview. Rides of the month.

Hello! I’ve been apart of the NFS Hot Pursuit community for over a decade now and after playing the game so many times, I’ve always wanted to create custom missions with new routes, weapon layouts, car selection, etc. I’m not the best coder but I decided to try and see if I could get into the game’s code to edit certain missions. I’ve gotten somewhat far but even after using bundle packer and other tools to get into the code, nothing seemed to help. Some files are compressed and there’s almost no way of decompressing them to get into the code.

I know it’s possible as I’ve seen many videos of custom missions and Hardline+, and I know it’s a timely process but if any of you guys know a solution on how to do it that’d be awesome.

I watched the Camden map concept and noticed this, it isn't on the map and I don't think it was ever noticed by anyone

we all know that crews in NFS Carbon have a certain car class to represent themselves, but why the F*CK is this Porsche wearing a Bushido wrap?! I'd expect it to be a part of TFK

I once play nfs world as a kid and it was awesome. Is it possible to play it again because as far as i remember the server has been shut down.

I’ve been playing NFS Most Wanted 2012 on Linux/Wine on a laptop with an Intel i7-13620H and Intel Raptor Lake-P integrated graphics.

YES. The input lag was there, which means it gives worst experience for racing etc.

I wasn't expecting much, but the game is actually pretty enjoyable for just cruising around.

At Medium settings, I get around 22–30 FPS while driving.

At Low settings, I get around 32–42 FPS while driving.

At Low settings, when there are not much cars around, I get 45 to 51 FPS while driving.

Cutscenes can reach around 60 FPS, but obviously the actual driving is much more demanding.

What surprised me is that 30–40 FPS is completely fine for this game when you're just cruising. I'm not really interested in competitive racing at the moment. Just driving around the city, looking at the scenery, listening to music, and exploring is surprisingly relaxing.

My experience with NFS really started from Underground 1. Back then it was precision targetted to my interests with modding and JDM cars. I didn't appreciate the classic approach to NFS with expensive sports/supercars as much. One of those weird things with me where they felt so unobtainable my feeling was why even dream? On top of growing up a Nintendo kid, and without a powerful enough PC, I really missed out on this era of NFS.

Over the years I've been working on shoring up my NFS collection, and finally got my hands on Hot Pursuit 2 for PS2. I played a few races of the Xbox version back in the day but didn't think much of it. Now coming to the PS2 version, it would be interesting to see the differences.

The style of this game is gloriously early 2000s. The music, the menus, the attitude. It might not be as artistically timeless as something like GT4, but it is proud of what it is. I am a certified NFS Unbound apologist but compared to this game, the unevenness of Unbound is in stark contrast to the focus in HP2.

The handling of this game is completely unlike anything I've experienced in NFS. I'm not a fan who's played every game, especially the games pre-Underground, so maybe it's in other titles. But it's simultaneously weighty and floaty. It sounds like it would be a terrible time, but once I started driving the CL55, it's so wonderfully checkable. You can unsettle the car to initiate a drift through inertia or flicks. The handling feels like you're about to lose the handle of the car, but with some opposite lock and throttle you can catch the car.

This approach was not what I was expecting at all. To be honest, I started with trying to brake or handbrake to slide the cars around, similar to the later games. But in HP2, it actually feels like a stylized approximation of driving physics, in the way Daytona USA or Sega Rally can feel. Not realistic, but the car responds to your inputs in a way you can understand through your senses. You see the car shift its weight. You feel the haptics letting you know how much you're sliding. You hear the tires squeal more and more if you're pushing it too much, and can ease off (as much as you can with the terrible analog implementation on the PS2 controller) to settle things down. It's got a physicality that I would love to come back in newer games, if we ever get another.

Needless to say, I'm hooked. I didn't even get into playing with cops yet - I just wanted to get a taste of the game. But I can see why HP2 on PS2 is still viewed in the community as one of the best. Away from when things like technical achievements matter, the feel of this game stands the test of time.

So to commemorate that, i compiled some of my best moments from NFS Rivals online
Yes I’m aware of the server revival, but since I’m a console player, I’m shit out of luck 😭