The SECRET Version of Need for Speed Underground

Need for Speed Underground was still one of my favourite racing games ever, but in my Need for Speed Underground retrospective I didn't mention this strange version, as I wanted to give it it's own video. So now, 20 years on, this is Need for Speed Underground J, also known as Need for Speed Underground J Tune, a strange Japanese version of NFSU!

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Chapters:
0:00 What IS Need for Speed Underground J
1:13 Unboxing
1:44 How to Play it
2:35 Key Differences
4:02 Legacy

[avronaworld]

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[Mandarin]

Circle means confirm in Japan, for example on a school test sheet, instead of a ✔️ for correct answer, it would be a circle.

[Ninetails]

reason O is accept and X is back is because O means ok and X means not ok in japan, thats why it feels wrong for most people.

[zentarion.]

its pretty funny to think about that early 2000s JDM culture essentially went full circle going back to japan in the form of movie/game media

[AJZulu]

About the circle as confirm in the Japanese version:
yes. it's one of their things. when Metal Gear Solid was localized for the western release they kept this in.

[True_Darkness]

3:37 fun fact i thought would have been mentiones in this video

all new vinyls come from real cars, that were either famous on japan or were used by TEAM UNDERGROUND to promote UG1, UG-J, UG2, And UG2 SHA-DO in japan

the names also have their own meanings for example AFG-SAM and AFG-HYSSI are the nicknames of the owners of the IRL cars that had those vinyls, SAM drove a modified Toyota Vitz and Hyssi had an imported USDM Acura NSX, both having those exact same vinyls in their respective cars

AFG-SPIDER and AFG-SAMURAI are vinyls used by Kazama Auto (who's logo was a spider/bat) and Weld (who used the samurai livery on their most iconic car)

AFG-DELSL as its name implies, comes from a modified CRX Del Sol owned by Weber Sports, tho finding photos of it could be a bit difficult as with most of these cars

AFG-STREAM is a design used in a 350z made by JUN Auto and Option in 2003, which ended up blowing a tire and rolling over at 300kmh, the name comes from the nickname given to the 350z ''Option STREAM Z''

as for AFG-GL i have yet to see if it was ever used in any car, never seen it IRL unlike all the other vinyls

[spongebobfan]

3:22 As mentioned by others, it's common to have Circle as confirm in Japan (I think EU as well) for Japanese PS consoles. It was actually a little controversial when PS5 forced everyone to adapt to "X to confirm" control scheme.
6:18 In addition, Underground was the first game in the series in Japan that uses the "Need for Speed" name rather than the former localized title "Over Drivin'".

[MxMaxyImpress]

They also did it for Underground 2 even has special version cover and Melissa 350 replaced with that special livery for Japanese

[misternobodysixtynine]

If you worked at the EA Games buliding (back in the 2000's) in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, you might have missed out on buying the game through their workplace kiosk.

[shinposting]

In the future please get PCSX2 Nightly as it is significantly better than the 1.6.0 release and has many more features.

[Raaid]

Wow, as a NFS guru, i never knew this was available to play.
I had some weird crack versions on my pc back in the day .But this takes the crown.

[Sirin.]

4:22 swear ive heard this dude's voice before in yakuza

[vaajpa]

Watching from the Beginning, not skipping a part, I was shocked by seeing a Femboy at 1:49

[saxuri]

OMG WELD AND KAZAMA AUTOSTICKERS IN THE GAME IS INSANE ACTUALLY 😮

[screamingatstars]

Wow I didn't know there was a japanese version of Need For Speed Underground. Super cool! Still my favorite NFS game too. Cool video, I went and gave ya a sub!

[SkaMaRtiSt]

5:07 12 year old me still has PTSD from the drag racing

[Crazyfellow]

Hey, you know another obsure NFS Underground version? It's the arcade version. And, like F&F arcade game, its also similar in style but different HUD, custom tracks, cars with preset customization, a fixed camera movement while you drift, etc. I hope you check that out :)

[AWildRori]

Team Weld Drift Team got a Livery in Need For Well then. o__o The "Samurai" Livery, is a Drift Team or Former Drift Team called "Weld" their Liverys have always been badass.

[xan]

FYI I've ported over the localization over to the PC version. I needed to port over the font and some stuff but it's mostly there.

[jravee]

wonder if anyone has grabbed the data for this version's unique vinyls to be made into a mod, they look really cool!