The only good thing about the game was Autosculpt. The rest was awful and for me, marked the downfall of the NFS series. Only decent games afterwards have been HP and MW remake from Criterion.
Underground 2 was the last NFS game I remember playing and it was a total blast. I *loved* that cheesy shit and I think those movies are really fun popcorn movies. I hope they get back to Underground at some point. I'd totally buy an Underground 3 on my PS4 and I don't usually get into racing games at all.
By far when it comes to Need for Speed...the original 1995 release was the best, I remember I spent hours on that game, so addictive..brought it on the PC was absolutely awesome!