Great game, best NFS for PS2, and probably the best of the whole series.

User Rating: 9.7 | Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 PS2
Although NFS:HP2 is an old game, it’s the best NFS for PS2, the later titles changed the series into a different thing, and I prefer the old school NFS.

Graphics
Very good, great car models and beautiful backgrounds, the only thing is that some textures aren’t smooth.

Sound
SFX are good, the music is good, but some songs I got bored of.

Gameplay
Great, the ultimate racer mode (the one with cops chasing you) is crazy, yet not hard as hell like in Most Wanted. Really fun, even with no cops, but the ultimate racer mode is much better.

Replay value
There is a no-cops mode with 31 events, and a cops-chasing-you mode with other 32 events (or were they 33?), so it’s hours and hours of fun! I got this game in October 2003, and until today I grab it once in a while to run a couple of 4 or 8 lap hot pursuit races.

Tilt
I have played NFS 1, NFS: High Stakes, NFS 5: Porsche Unleashed, NFS: Hot Pursuit 2, NFS Underground, and NFS: Most Wanted, and I think HP2 is maybe the best one of these, I can only compare it to the great NFS: High Stakes, which I loved, but HP2 is more fun. HP2 doesn’t get old, and if you liked old school 3DO and PS need for speeds, get this one, it’s great, and the only old school NFS for PS2, the only one true to its title.