Need for Speed: Motor City Online

Need for Speed: Motor City Online (2001)

Genres:Racing
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This was the first and last time when all of the elements I was in love with came.together in a racing game. A catalog of real world parts that worked the way they would in real life, classic American cars from the 30s.to the 70s, and a.damage model that accurately reflected performance hits. The online play was secondary for me, but it did make for some incredibly fulfilling moments when my correctly balanced 71 Duster smoked six figure Corvette builds.
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February 18, 2025
Played it back in 2001/2002 via my dads credit card in the Netherlands... Shortly after that that they gave it all up and after that they released nfs underground 1. (they experimented with the supra and eclipse, equipped with a v8 lol)
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