Street Racing Syndicate

by HIP Interactive

Product Features

• Race in both sanctioned or illegal events, while making connections and earning cash for new parts, stickers, paints & vinyls
• Day & night races through the streets of L.A., Philly and Miami
• Watch out for the cops -- the last thing you need is police cars chasing you down, or points on your license
• Customize your machine with the hottest authentic parts, all taken from today's top import magazines
• Realistic damage modeling -- poor racing hurts your car, and that's going to cost you to repair

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0006FZUIG
• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,795 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

Tune it up and turn it looseProduct InformationStreet Racing syndicate is one of the most realistic street racers ever. Modify over 40 officially licensed cars with aftermarket parts from  over15 licensed manufacturers.  Customize your ride with extensiveunder-the-hood upgrades and a variety of real-world decals and graphic upgrades.Every night in cities like LA Philly and Miami crews of import tuners pushtheir nitrous-injected obsessions to the limit.  Whether in underground orsanctioned races on the track or through the wide open city streets highspeeds bring high risks.  And serious rush.  In the Street RacingSyndicate choose your challenges carefully.  Because glory's nice. Money and models are better.  But driving away with your opponent's ride isjust plain sick.Product Features Mix It Up:  Mix it up across Los Angeles Philadelphia and Miami in both closed-circuit and perilous city races. Shake The Cops: Know your side streets and prepare to shake the cops at any moment. Respect: Burn the competition to win cash respect or better yet your opponents wheels. Up the Ante: Up the ante even more by competing in online pink slip races a first for street racing titles. Blow a Turn:  Blow a turn or bump a fellow racer and incur damage in real time. The SRS Girls and Other Glory:  Win money cars and the affections of the import racing scene's hottest models. Underground and Sanctioned Races: Street and track.  Day and night.  Through L.A. Philly and Miami landscapes. Test and Tweak Customizations: Throw it on the Dyno and watch the engine scream real Peak Torque and Horsepower at you! Obey the Rules or Deal with the Police: Patrolling cops road blocks and steep fines can slam the brakes on the action.Windows Requirements Windows 98SE Me 2000 Professional (Workstation) plus SP3 XP (Home and Pro) plus SP1 2 GHz Pentium 4 / Athlon XP 2000+ or above proc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forget about NFSU2, this one beats it hands down ;)!!, April 17, 2005

By 

baka (Finland) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Street Racing Syndicate (CD-ROM)

First off, Street Racing Syndicate is way better than Need For Speed Underground 2. If you haven't still decided which one you should purchase, I recommend you choose this one; it looks better, runs faster and is actually fun to play.

I have only seen a few as good console ports in my entire life..
Game runs real smooth and fast with an up to date computer. The graphics are candy but not annoingly blurry.

The cars are well modelled. The tracks are imaginative and never get boring. SRS is realistic and in many ways, flawless. Unlike NFSU2 the cars suffer visible damage and have to be repaired. Earning tuning- and repair money isn't the only hook there is, however. Respect is an important factor in the game. With respect you can even have real-life models (there's 18 in the game) dance for you in your carage!

The map is great, allowing the player to jump into the destinations straight up if he wants to. I often choose to drive
because by driving around one might spot an eager challenger to drive against you one on one for cash. There are also cops driving around who react to speeding and if you can't escape them and get busted you will have to pay a small fee, which isn't really nothing compared to the fun. Oncoming drivers actually flash their headlights as a sign of warning when cops are nearing as a nice small detail.

Tuning is also more realistic than in NFSU2, since you can buy a turbo when you have the money, as of course you could in real life too..

The game FX are good, nothing to complain about and music fits in the background well enough.

There's three US cities in the game: Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Miami. I haven't seen them all yet, and neither have I tried out on-line playing, but what I have seen already is the best game in its genre.

Summary:

+ Fantastic graphics
+ Imaginative tracks
+ Lots of doing
+ Girls

- Makes you regret the time spent with weaker games of same type
- Basically a rip-off of one weaker game of same type (but who cares!)

Nuff said, I'm back playing it! :)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More realistic than NFSU, July 1, 2005

By 

Raul (Mexico) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Street Racing Syndicate (CD-ROM)

As my title say, this game is too muc realistic than Nedd For Speed Undeground. Here if you crash, your car wil be damage, and you need to repair, and that is gona cost some money.
The graphics are great and the adition of the girls challenge is very good.
There are a lot of parts for your car to chose from, but first ypou have to unock them, and some cases, have to win races wich are very dificult.
Also, and I consider is a very good adition, you can travel for all the city and see your posible oponents.

In all, for me this is a very good game, and if you like the racing games, don't think twice and buy this game, and enyoi.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great game overall, even with rather boring and repetative courses., September 14, 2008

By 

C. J. Embry "gameaholic" (In my own world.) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Street Racing Syndicate (CD-ROM)

Sure there are better games out there like Need fr Speed series, and Juiced 2, but the advantages are this game takes minimal hardware to run a quality game. Terrific ideas like damage, and handling make this a game to get caught up in. The lack of choices of appearance mods from games like Juiced 2 and NFS series do make it very basic, but still very fun. The lack of drifting in this game does put it below some of the other big name titles again, but skill is an intrical part of this game and to win, you much be skillful and FAST!

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