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Released in April 2000, NFS Porsche Unleashed (aka NFS 5) takes full advantage of EA's new license deal with Porsche, which gave EA exclusive rights to make Porsche cars for racing games. It features a good percentage of the Porsche models from the 1950 356 to the new 2000 911 Turbo. Being the first all new NFS since NFS3, it features graphics that are nothing short of spectacular, backed up by a car physics mode that is probably the best compromise between easy to drive arcade and realistic simulation.
The career mode in NFSPU is called Evolution Mode, and it is much more in depth than the career mode in NFSHS. It starts out in 1950, with two car choices, a 356 coupe or convertible. Win races, and you advance in time. Of course, there is also the usual monetary prize for winning races, which can be used to buy and modify new cars. Cars depreciate as they get older, than come back up in value as they become rare classics. Speaking of modifying, each car has many individual parts which can be bought and installed on the car. Everything from high proformance carbs, to rain tires, to carbon fiber hoods. And best of all, the cars you own and modify in Evolution Mode are available to drive in Single Player mode.
There is also a mission based mode called Factory Driver, which is a series of 34 missions with a specific goal, ranging from delivering a car to a customer or performing a test drive.
However, it is not without problems. Hot Pursuit is basically missing, though there are cops in the Factory Driver mode, and cops can be turned on with a cheat code. They don't give out tickets, can't stop you, and generally do a lousy job of chasing. The traffic model, though more realistic than the robot like NFS3/NFSHS model, is hillarious, with traffic cars pulling off painfully slow passing maneuvers around blind corners, which usually results in a head on collision. This is usually not so funny when you are involved in a serious race.
In addition, there are some glaring gaps in the Porsche line up. For example, the Porsche 917 and 962 are missing, both of which were the most successful Porsche race cars until the 911 GT1 of the mid '90s. Also missing is the original 1948 356, 912, 914/6, 924, 968 and all of the '60s race cars.
System Requirements:
Operating System: Windows 95 or 98 (Windows NT and 2000 are not supported)
CPU Type & Speed: 200 MHz Pentium or compatible (Intel, Cyrix, AMD)
Hard Drive Space: 150MB free space for game plus space for save games (additional space required for DirectX installation)
Memory: 32MB Ram
Graphics: Hardware Accelerated D3D compatible 4MB video card with DirectDraw compatible driver
CD-Rom Speed: 4x CD-ROM drive (600KB/second transfer rate) with Windows 95/98 CD-Rom driver
Other: DirectX 7 or higher; Keyboard; Mouse; 16-bit sound card with DirectSound compatible sound driver
The career mode in NFSPU is called Evolution Mode, and it is much more in depth than the career mode in NFSHS. It starts out in 1950, with two car choices, a 356 coupe or convertible. Win races, and you advance in time. Of course, there is also the usual monetary prize for winning races, which can be used to buy and modify new cars. Cars depreciate as they get older, than come back up in value as they become rare classics. Speaking of modifying, each car has many individual parts which can be bought and installed on the car. Everything from high proformance carbs, to rain tires, to carbon fiber hoods. And best of all, the cars you own and modify in Evolution Mode are available to drive in Single Player mode.
There is also a mission based mode called Factory Driver, which is a series of 34 missions with a specific goal, ranging from delivering a car to a customer or performing a test drive.
However, it is not without problems. Hot Pursuit is basically missing, though there are cops in the Factory Driver mode, and cops can be turned on with a cheat code. They don't give out tickets, can't stop you, and generally do a lousy job of chasing. The traffic model, though more realistic than the robot like NFS3/NFSHS model, is hillarious, with traffic cars pulling off painfully slow passing maneuvers around blind corners, which usually results in a head on collision. This is usually not so funny when you are involved in a serious race.
In addition, there are some glaring gaps in the Porsche line up. For example, the Porsche 917 and 962 are missing, both of which were the most successful Porsche race cars until the 911 GT1 of the mid '90s. Also missing is the original 1948 356, 912, 914/6, 924, 968 and all of the '60s race cars.
System Requirements:
Operating System: Windows 95 or 98 (Windows NT and 2000 are not supported)
CPU Type & Speed: 200 MHz Pentium or compatible (Intel, Cyrix, AMD)
Hard Drive Space: 150MB free space for game plus space for save games (additional space required for DirectX installation)
Memory: 32MB Ram
Graphics: Hardware Accelerated D3D compatible 4MB video card with DirectDraw compatible driver
CD-Rom Speed: 4x CD-ROM drive (600KB/second transfer rate) with Windows 95/98 CD-Rom driver
Other: DirectX 7 or higher; Keyboard; Mouse; 16-bit sound card with DirectSound compatible sound driver
