Xbox 360 Review

This is a sub-page of Proto:Need for Speed: Undercover (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows).

This demo appeared in the 2008 Leipzig Games Convention hosted between 20-24 August 2008. This demo is dated between 16-19 August 2008.

General Differences#

The Electronic Arts logo is reused from ProStreet. As a result, the Black Box and Need for Speed logos and PSA are absent.
The title screen is different.
- The "EA | HD Compatible for Optimal Gaming Experience" subtitle at the top is absent.
- No music plays in the background.
- The lens flares are almost completely grayscale and animate differently, slowly, and smoothly.
- No sound effect plays when you press START.
The loading screens are different.

Sounds often glitch.
Some interface sounds are different.
Some interface sounds don't play or are absent.
The sound fanfare that plays when a cop car sees you is reused from Most Wanted and Carbon as a placeholder.
The cop radar sound is different.
The countdown sounds are different.
The tyre screeching sounds are reused from ProStreet.
The job complete sound is a slow version of "Slow Burn" by Paul Haslinger, which is used on the map menu.
"Electrotumbao" by The Pinker Tones is present in this build, but it was cut from the Black Box version. It still exists in the PS2 and Wii versions, however.

Some elements are reused from Carbon as a placeholder.
The HUD has a more prominent shade of light blue similar to the one used in Carbon, compared to a shade of turquoise in the final game.
Credits are missing.
Race statistics are different.
Opponent markers are semi-transparent.
The countdown seems to be reused from Carbon, albeit slightly altered.
The HUD used in highway battles is slightly different.
Some pop-ups are not in all caps.
Icons for pursuit breaker and cooldown spots are reused from Carbon.
The race finish and driving skill screens are different.
The busted screen is different.
The rank bar and level up screens were very unfinished.
The floor of the garage menu is white instead of blue.
- Additionally, car logos don't rotate.
The heat icon was different.
Some words use Canadian/British spelling, like "colour" instead of "color".
The vinyl selection menu was slightly different.

Damage model was more detailed.
Some of the cars' stock colours are different.
Some cars' statistics are different.
Some cars are Tier 0, like the Chevrolet Camaro Concept.
The logo for both Corvettes is the same.
Some of the car names have (R) and TM symbols.
Some cars have missing badging.
The Aston Martin DB9 was originally a Tier 1 car.
The wheels of the Audi R8 4.2 FSI quattro (Type 42) are slightly larger.
The Porsche 911 GT2 (997) is slightly lower.
The Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997) is missing its side decals.
The Renault Mégane Coupé and Nissan 370Z (Z34) do not exist in this build, as they were added late into the game.
The Volkswagen Golf R32 (Mk.V) was simply known as is rather than Volkswagen R32.
The Nissan 240SX (S13) is spelt as Nissan 240 SX(S13).
The Nissan Silvia Spec-R Aero (S15) had no chassis code.
The chassis code of the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (R34) had no brackets.
Zack's vinyl is different.

There were more vinyl categories in the game, but some of them were cut. Some vinyls were also cut, too.
Manufacturer vinyls were simply known as two tone vinyls.

Wheel names were lowercase.
Rear wheels are missing on some cars.
The ADR Sokudo 8 wheels are misspelt as "ADR Sokuda 8".
Concept Hayes wheels are known as Concept Olson.
BBS LM-R wheels were cut from the game.
Center Line Convo Pro and Convo ET wheels were cut.
The Enkei RC-G4 was replaced by the Enkei WDM.
HRE 597R and C20 wheels were cut.
IForged Emotion and Equip wheels were cut.
König Coastal and Hotswap wheels are not present.
Löwenhart LE1, LSR, LT5, and XIR wheels are not present.
The Racing Hart CS wheel's string is missing, and RS 521 and RS CP-510 wheels were cut.
The Volk CE28 was known as the CE28N, and GTS and GT7 wheels were cut.
Work Emotion XT7, Equip 01, Equip 03, and VS XX wheels were cut.
Kinesis, O.Z., Team Dynamics, and Weld wheels were planned to appear in the game, but they were cut.

Sunset Hills was originally going to be known as the City of Riverton. Riverton is one of the playable areas in the Nintendo DS version, however.
Palm Harbor, Port Crescent and Sunset Hills are playable; Gold Coast Mountains will crash the game.
MetroCity is the codename for Palm Harbor.
There used to be a banner that says "PALM HABOUR" at some points on Palm Harbor. It was removed due to the incorrect spelling. A corrected version of this banner is viewable in a promo image featuring Rose's 911 GT2 (997)
Pursuit breakers in the game world are not marked as such.
The smokes of the finish line are grey instead of blue.

The Audi RS 4 (B7) is the only playable vehicle in-game outside of challenges. You cannot buy any other car, as your balance is unavailable.
Only two races and one job are available in Palm Harbor and Sunset Hills.

The intro cutscene and PSA were reused from ProStreet and Carbon, respectively.
Many FMVs and cutscenes are unfinished, like no sound effects, filters, and background music. Some of the cutscenes also use footage from a TV show made by CTV, a Canadian television broadcasting network.
A few cutscenes show footage from very early versions of the game, as evidenced by debug and camera information on them.
Some cutscenes are placeholders, with one of them revealing one of the game's development titles, The Chase.

All three challenges have debug names.
Southeast I-20 is known as Southeast Causeway.
Sheridan & Hillside appears to be cut from the final game. It may also have been an earlier version of Sheridan & Willow.
Some jobs were cut, some others don't work correctly, and some are different.
Some jobs have different cutscenes, but don't have audio.

"Altamont Auto Showroom, 8:58 AM" is instead "Palm Harbor, 07:00hrs" here.
The intro sound is different.
The cutscene has slightly different camera angles.
Instead of a Renault Mégane Coupé in the final version, you drive a Porsche 911 GT2 (997) in this version, similar to the PS2, Wii, and PSP versions.
The path to the chop shop is not marked on the minimap, therefore you have to rely on a GPS arrow which is almost semi-transparent, making the mission slightly harder.
Evading the cops is easier in this version.