Where'd she go?

There is a huge difference between the amount of engineering that goes into designing fighter planes that are built to last for half a century while being meticulously maintained at short intervals versus designing mass-produced, disposable cars.

With the amount of computer problems which do or do not actually exist (i.e., unintended acceleration), I can't imagine a car company would be so willing to put its reputation on the line for something a lot more integral to controlling a car than a "faster or slower pedal" that could be easily overriden by turning…

The GTR is a bad example of "feeling connected" without a manual transmission. Bad.

but what do the tires do?

You chose your opponents to race while driving around on the street. Your only indicator of opponent performance and skill was how you visually sized up their car. There were no match-making menus or anything — you chose your opponent by flashing your high beams at them and then it was GO TIME!

No tuning? One of the primary draws of car culture is making an existing car better and more competitive. There are free online Facebook racing games that feature tuning, for pete's sake.

I remember playing a demo of this game. I loved it, but I think the only reason I never bought it was because computers were still pretty expensive to spec for games, and I had to make due with my parents' Best Buy bargain HP (or whatever it was).

NFS Underground launched around 2003, in case that predates the Test Drive games.

I have no idea what's going on here, but a 10,000lb truck hovering 10 feet off the ground is usually pretty entertaining.

I've used mine for all sorts of hauling — probably more than most use their CUVs for. However, mine looks (and functions) best with a pair of surf boards riding on top :)

It's how religion and the justice system works.

This is why we all need to start wearing bras and throwing balloons.

It wasn't much by today's standards, since the game automated the whole process while you watched. But back in 2004 (or 2005?), it was awesome.

Auburn's shaming themselves week in, week out...but West Virginia and their Heisman top prospect went spectacularly down in flames against a very milquetoast Texas Tech. How is that not mentioned?

You're correct, it was Underground 2, which still predates Pro Street by a number of years.

Nice move.

"Dude I almost had you."

Need for Speed Underground did it before Pro Street. It even had a dyno.

G-Shock brand for girls, which is endorsed by Ke$ha. No idea why Jalopnik keeps bringing this up though.