It would be nice if all four games run in Windows XP...

User Rating: 7.3 | World of Need for Speed PC
By linmukai | Review Date:
The World of Need for Speed includes four NFS titles ranging from 1999 to 2003 including High Stakes, Porsche Unleashed, Hot Pursuit 2 and the first version of NFS Underground. Unfortunately, they do not tell you until you open the set and begin installing the games that the oldest title is not supported in any version of Windows other than Windows 98 which is the NFS High Stakes game. This isn't a great loss on a 20 dollar package that still includes three fun driving/racing games but it's worth mentioning as continuing to sell this in 2006 and including a game that isn't going to work for the vast majority of customers is bogus. Nice going EA...

Be that as it may, the other three games are still a great value for the money and look decent, sound good and are fun to play. I had no problem configuring them all to work with my Logitech 2 Rumblepad controller (a device I highly recommend by the way).

Don't waste your time installing High Stakes and don't bother trying to register any of these although the installs tell you to or no support for you! The servers aren't operational for even the lastest game in the set so it's a waste of time trying. This again is rather half baked. I think if they are going to release a set like this the slackers could update the install routine and registration process. I wouldn't even care as I rarely register anything but they offer a cookie of emailed cheat codes which of course are now impossible to obtain since the registration doesn't actually work.

All whining aside, even though EA slapped this together in a half-baked fashion it is a good bargain bin deal. The three games that work are a lot of fun to play and still look half-decent too. So I'd recommend this as a good bargain bin buy if you enjoy these kind of racers. I've always liked the NFS series myself and you'll find these games don't dissapoint.

Enjoy!
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