Is Ford Racing 2 (Xbox/PS2) Underrated? - IMPLANTgames

In today’s video I dive in and take a look to see if Ford Racing 2 really is as average as it’s reputation suggests. Enjoy!

[zaxlorax]

Part of my childhood. I'll always love this game. The offroading is lovely.

[Patrick]

I've played this game a lot when I was a kid and I really liked it. Same thing goes for Ford Racing 3. It's quite ridiculous but both of them have better physics than NFS2015. Nice review btw, it's sad that these games are forgotten.

[Zippy_Zolton]

the FR series deserves way more attention and i will never stop my passion for the games, especially 2 and 3

[fulgenzio]

In 2004 I found this game in the Cheerios!! Best day of my life.

[HybridAngelZero]

I know I've said this before, but I adore these in-depth looks at some of the XBOX's less well known titles. They're not only wonderfully watchable, but for someone who only had a GameCube and PS2 for that era (got an original XBOX for Christmas 2008. Yes, I asked for it specifically, not the 360 xD) learning about this charming system's library is a ton of fun.

[LAZY-RUBY]

Game Mazazine scoring systems were a mess. What the hell does a 4.9 imply? Is it an iota more terrible than a 5.2? Or even a straight 5? Why bother with the decimals? Just use solid numbers!

[bruasGT]

Ford Racing was a pretty decent game. A nice change from the other car games out at the time. Decent controls. Similar to the Gotham Project Racing games. 7 out of 10.

[KhakiCap]

Ford Racing 2 was my very first proper game I knew and recieved (from pack of cereals). Previous games I knew were shareware/freeware games on a disc.
I had it on PC and I never knew about background animations in games back then. So when I saw a plane taking off in the desert, spinning fans in the tunnels or part of the bridge rocking back and forth, i was extremely surprised that I saw this minor detail (because I was a little kid). The racing was really fun to me and the sense of progression was new to me (again, because of those shareware/freeware games i had). It was a really great game of my childhood. I miss PC version and i'm glad I bought PS2 version later as an adult.

[jaymzx]

Wow this actually looks like a great racing game! Will give it a go once I'm able to find it somewhere for a bargain 👍🏻
Love the vid, really in depth stuff.

[NTRFGHTR]

Now these days this would be considered a simulation but this is one of the first games I played with the second being the Spider Man Movie Video Game I loved all of them

This was truly a classic I don't give a shit what Xbox's rates it or what their opinion is this is was a challenging game but it made you feel good to unlock the cars and the different races and what not

I went up against my buddies when I was little and had 3 controls for my PS2 and we would be going nuts and OH DEAR GOD THE SOUNDTRACK that's what made it the best you have to have amazing music to add to a amazing game

[danielhillier]

This and Ford Racing 3 were pretty good games. I really enjoyed them at the time and still do now.

[shaldurprime]

i had ford racing 3 ages ago, it was pretty much my first console gaming experience, and as such i had a very poor grasp of video games in general, (recites drawn out anecdote about squandering the opportunity to properly use an Xbox and N64 game collection before they got sold) the racing games were the only ones i could play with any level of competence, but even then the only way i got my kicks was by setting up 2 player elimination without a second player and watching them explode

[trievoluzione]

you should do a video about squadra corse alfa romeo or corvette evolution gt both are great games but underrated

[luchogonzealaise]

This is actually the most decent game I ever got in a cereals box, with a very satisfying lifetime. Would have I bought it on purpose ? Probably not but it deserves more than being a CD offered in a cereals box.

[TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

Still looks great after all these years.

[austinpost]

Looking back now I can see how average the game really was. But when I was a kid, I thought this was the best game in the world. I still love it.

[ZadakLeader]

FR 2 and TIR are epic racing games that can't really be topped in that time. Sorry.

[brucellosis]

What version of this game are showing here? I ask because I just got the game on PS2 today and it looks like garbage.

[TheRabbitrzzue]

FR2 is basiclly an american version of gran turismo

[Leedleleedle]

you gave me another good reason to dislike ign.