"Neon is dead. The Batmobile is in.” So says Jesse Abner, producer on Need For Speed Undercover. Apparently, customisation culture is no longer about Tango-coloured dragon decals and flashing fibre-optic wheel lights. Duly, Need For Speed has exchanged the vulgarity of car-park doughnuts for police intrigue. Maggie Q brings a touch of Hollywood to the proceedings, playing a sultry federal agent, issuing orders to you from stern, minimalist interiors in which light is so scarce it has to be sparingly portioned into smoky beams.

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