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Street Racing Syndicate
Developer Eutechnyx
Street Racing Syndicate is an open world racing video game developed by Eutechnyx and published by Namco Hometek on August 31, 2004, for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, and Windows. A separate version of the game was also released for the Game Boy Advance on October 4, 2005. During its release, it was meant to compete against Need for Speed: Underground 2, the sequel to the critically acclaimed first game… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
194 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Oct 27, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
LovedLoved
151 positive · 28 negative
95% range 78–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 151 | 28 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,497 of 1,784 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 151 yes, 26 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 177 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,715 of 4,397 positive).
Many compare it to Need for Speed Underground 2, calling it a cheaper, clunkier copy. [1][2][3] Some praise its surprising depth and features, while others criticize its dated mechanics and technical issues. [4][5][6]
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- [5]
Takes inspiration from 2000s street racing games so expect lots of drifting, boosting and tuning up your car. Gameplay is mediocre at least, car selection is ok. You can choose from many manufacturers but not as much as in newer racing games. Controls are good and you can feel drifting and cutting corners. Win races to increase rep needed to unlock new championships. Overall tracks are simple as you drive across the …
- [1]
Basically a blatant copy of NFSU2 with a bit of gooner content sprinkled on top. It does some things better like having a damage model, daytime races or police chases (though they are scuffed af to say the least). Then it has annoying parts such as the only way to refill nos is by going to freeroam and performing stunts or the dazziling sun obscuring your entire vision or the engine sounds randomly cutting off, I'm …
- [4]
Bought this game expecting a dated 2005 racing game, but holy shid, I was surprised. 😮 For a game from 2005, Street Racing Syndicate has an insane amount of features. Crew meets, police chases, challenging random NPC racers, car customization, girlfriends, and an actual street-racing atmosphere. It really captures that early-2000s street racing culture and gives you more to do than just race from point A to B. …
- [8]
There was Midnight Club, Juiced and then there was this, Street Racing Syndicate. Back in the mid 2000s after Need for Speed Underground blew up and became an instant hit worldwide a lot of other developers tried to recreate this success or just wanted to ride the hype around the tuner street racing subculture of the time. This game is pure guilty pleasure. Is the game good? Technically speaking, no. - The number of …
- [2]
SRS is the lame game you cannot hate, like a three legs puppy or a kitten with wings. The "We have Midnight Club at home" of racing games. If Tommy Wiseau made a racing game, it would be Street Racing Syndicate; It plays the Pac-Man theme when you boot. It has the heart at the right place and good ingredients, but it's like preparing a chocolate cake and ending with a lasagna. You can hook with some girlfriends and …
Summarised from 34 of the 191 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Street Racing Syndicate talk about deep customization and tuning options for its time; those who didn't talk about clunky physics and handling. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "mixed or average reviews" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 194 · most liked firstwomen with big tatas plus cars makes me go boing boing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Basically a blatant copy of NFSU2 with a bit of gooner content sprinkled on top. It does some things better like having a damage model, daytime races or police chases (though they are scuffed af to say the least). Then it has annoying parts such as the only way to refill nos is by going to freeroam and performing stunts or the dazziling sun obscuring your entire vision or the engine sounds randomly cutting off, I'm sure I could find more if I played the game longer. The graphics have aged…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SRS is the lame game you cannot hate, like a three legs puppy or a kitten with wings. The "We have Midnight Club at home" of racing games. If Tommy Wiseau made a racing game, it would be Street Racing Syndicate; It plays the Pac-Man theme when you boot. It has the heart at the right place and good ingredients, but it's like preparing a chocolate cake and ending with a lasagna. You can hook with some girlfriends and watch some videos of the girls awkwardly shaking. I'm not generous enough to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can select a Pac-Man vinyl for your car in the 2004 game, Street Racing Syndicate. The vinyl is even left intact in the 2014 Steam re-release, which is published by Funbox Media instead of Bandai Namco.
neutral · AI labelView post →trust me bro, the girlfriend dance scenes are ESSENTIAL for achieving full enjoyment from installing a bodykit on your VW Bora
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very early character controller / general vibes test for a Need For Speed Underground 2 + SRS: Street Racing Syndicate + Outrun 2006 inspired open world street racing game #gamedev #godot #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Old classic game that deserves more recognition that tried to beat nfs and juiced series. For the community that reads the reviews (and dev team case they actually read). B4 I quit using steam for my safety, this is the message I want to spread around for the community. I wish everyone an happy new year. Stay safe. <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a horny racing game from the PS2 era, whats not to love?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the real forza horizon 6
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its like need for speed without the EA
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Considering this game is 20+ years old, contains licensed material (real world cars, aftermarket brands, music, etc) it's honestly amazing that it hasn't been delisted yet. Kudos to whoever is paying/renewing the licenses to keep this game available for purchase.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THIS. GAME. IS. AWESOME. IT HAS CARS AND BOOBIES
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Street Racing Syndicate 100% Complete. The Final Boobening has been Boobed. What a strange piece of racing game history
neutral · AI labelView post →A true Steam classic with cool trading cards. Need for Speed on a budget. The online does not work, but still has split screen. Cool brand name cars that you can customize. Career mode with free roam. lots of content for the price. No DLC to pay for. Just play to unlock content and then play more. Soundtrack from the times with a mix of hiphop, and punk. SRS feels good on controller. Games like these are the reason why I left console and have not looked backed. Everything you could ask for from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Goon racing syndicate Very much Y2K coded we will never have style like this again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game on sale for 0,74€ on Steam. This game brought back memories of when I played this on my PlayStation 2 when I was a child... All I remember is that the game was too difficult for me back then 😁. For a game from 2004 its pretty good. Different officially licensed customization and tuning parts for JDM cars. Mind you the game is from 2004, so the cars you have in game were literally at the time new, like the Nissan Skyline and Toyota Supra, which are now considered legendary…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Licenses be damned, this game's still being sold!? For less than a dollar sometimes!?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game expecting a dated 2005 racing game, but holy shid, I was surprised. 😮 For a game from 2005, Street Racing Syndicate has an insane amount of features. Crew meets, police chases, challenging random NPC racers, car customization, girlfriends, and an actual street-racing atmosphere. It really captures that early-2000s street racing culture and gives you more to do than just race from point A to B. Considering the hardware limitations of its time, the developers seriously…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Takes inspiration from 2000s street racing games so expect lots of drifting, boosting and tuning up your car. Gameplay is mediocre at least, car selection is ok. You can choose from many manufacturers but not as much as in newer racing games. Controls are good and you can feel drifting and cutting corners. Win races to increase rep needed to unlock new championships. Overall tracks are simple as you drive across the city, map is not that big so you'll be visiting same locations often. Tuning is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this game first on PS2 so happy its available to play on my laptop and PC. Great street racer a lot of fun and can drive around when your not racing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Street Racing Syndicate is a gritty street racing game from the early 2000s that mixes underground car culture with solid tuning and racing mechanics. While it never reached the polish of Need for Speed Underground, it offered deep customization, real licensed cars, and a surprisingly good soundtrack.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →74 cents for chopped ahh underground 2? why the hell not
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite it's an old game inspired from NFS Underground series, it still holds up to this day. I love the gameplay, soundtrack, everything from it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game sucks.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the finest classic arcade racing trios of early 00s, along with NFS Underground and Juiced. A vivid picture of JDM culture featuring petrolheads, stock rides become speed devils and of course baby shawties and hot gals having little parties. Oh, how trendy it was! Nostalgia aside: in terms of raw gameplay, it's hard to recommend. Game feels just fine until the moment you reach the infamous last series, which will kick your balls and make you question how the game is supposed to be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →during the time game studios make sure the men were straight, I collected all the chicks around the map and watched their videos few times, so im in a relationship with Angelica and i think we're doing good basically the story is done for me
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There was Midnight Club, Juiced and then there was this, Street Racing Syndicate. Back in the mid 2000s after Need for Speed Underground blew up and became an instant hit worldwide a lot of other developers tried to recreate this success or just wanted to ride the hype around the tuner street racing subculture of the time. This game is pure guilty pleasure. Is the game good? Technically speaking, no. - The number of playable licensed cars are too low. The game says it has 50 cars, but in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best street racing game: - Has legendary JDMs - Tune according to your driving style - The city ambient is the way I want it to be in a street racing game - Engaging soundtrack, matches the game's theme. - Beautiful girls Nobody makes racing games as good as this one nowadays.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nostalgia from my childhood. I recommend the wide-screen patch also.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →man this game deserves a remake what a gem! get the eclipse for your first car trust. very fun arcade style racing game with all the early 2000's flair!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ehhh underground vibes
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Street Racing Syndicate is a fascinating time capsule from the early 2000s street–racing boom, a game that clearly wanted to compete with genre giants like Need for Speed: Underground yet approached the culture with its own quieter, more grounded identity. Developed by Eutechnyx and now published on Steam by Funbox Media Ltd, it embraces the tuner scene not as an exaggerated neon fantasy but as a subculture built around reputation, car mastery, financial risk, and community. The resulting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Street racing and hot women, what else do i have to say? would suggest.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought now for 0.62 pound. Runs with no issues on my current PC. Found a resolution patch on github. After seeing the game in 1920x1080... my old save file from 2006 showed up on profiles list... AND IT WORKS
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Need for speed underground but with gooning aspects. what more could you possibly want? 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very bad game. I don't know why I like it so much.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SRS often goes on sale under 1$ which is a steal for what it offers. It has free-roam, a damage model, cops, customization and more. Its a little outdated and not up to standard in many areas in comparison to NFS, but it has a great vibe and offers some stuff NFS of that era didnt. The car selection is limited but very unique, like i cant even remember if i saw a Toyota MR2 or late Celica in a racing game ever. Definetly worth playing, especially since the NFS Underground games aren't availible…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I learned how to run from cops as a kid with this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game immerses you into the street racing culture, with the old 2000s arcade racing style. From the NFSW music, IRL car brands (Toyota, Mitsubishi, Volkswagon, ec.) and modifications, this game's got it all. You can choose the type of transmission, wheels, body kit and man other customizations that's accurate to real-world items. However, the body kit you can't really see because of the large info-box that's covering the car's rear ... The game play is no Mario Kart ride. When racing, you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Poor man's Need for Speed
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a bad game but has many flaws. I don't think it is acceptable in 2026 . Driving mechanics are weird. I couldn't get used to the controls. Better get used to navigating the menu with only the keyboard. Getting in the game and finding a race is pain. Trying to quit the game is another pain. PRO race winning tactic: Go slow the whole race and then force it in the last part. Works every time because the game is designed in a way other racers always match to your speed. Example: Another…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game need to be updated to support higher resolutions and controller correctly
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*2 out of 5* Surprisingly does work on Steam Deck, with some tinkering of the controls. Used to play this game as a kid, never got far at all, despite having plenty of fun. Just spent two days in a row binging it from start to finish for the first time, out of curiosity. Here’s my take after all these years: For $3? Sure, you probably won’t be too put out if you find you’re not pleased with this one. But if my takeaway is anything like yours, you’ll be happy with this one until it’s way too…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better than need for speed
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🚗 Street Racing Syndicate - SRS Street Racing Syndicate is one of those games that randomly ends up in your library, sits there for years, and then suddenly reveals itself as an interesting artifact of its time. The game was released in 2004, and I never actually played it back then, although I remember seeing it somewhere in a magazine. And of course, the first thing that comes to mind when you start it now is comparison with Need for Speed Underground, Underground 2, Most Wanted,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An underground clone from 2005 that you can shockingly still buy and play, in spite of the myriad of licensed brands. For those wanting to play the game on Steam Deck, you’ll first want to configure the back buttons with ‘enter,’ ‘space,’ ‘escape,’ and ‘backspace’ just to navigate the menus. Then, navigate to the options menu and select controls, where you’ll have to switch to an ‘Xbox 360’ option. Even then, the default bindings are jank, so I’ve reorganized the bindings according to the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NFS: Underground 2 from Temu But they have : + 40 cars. +3 smaller cities - Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Miami +Night and day maps +Plenty of tuning options ( But not too much customization of the car) +Nice damage to the car, if you must repair it with in-game currency +You can get a girlfriends and then they dance to the song. (A real woman dances in a video) +The police 's there. - Some maps are boring, they have drag or sprint, but only minimally, most of them are 3-lap circuits. - Car…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok, another installment of Joel Plays Random Old Racing games. Gonna mess around with Hummer Badlands for PS2. It’s from Eutechnyx. Some of you may know that name from Street Racing Syndicate. Some of you may know it from their infamous final game: Ride To Hell Retribution.
neutral · AI labelView post →NEED FOR SPEED BOOBERGROUND
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GREAT GAME WISH THEY DID A REMAKE
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →None of the widescreen patches worked and would only run at 640X480. I also could not get a controller to work properly. It is awesome to have older games on Steam but they should be updated to work on modern systems.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game features bomb*ss radio, atrocious handling, and 18 girlfriends, do what you will with that information
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The absolute best arcade racer to me was always NFS Hot Pursuit 2 for PS2. The physics were so much fun and the cars were a curated selection of cool. Always loved the Project Gotham Racing series, especially 3. Tons of fun to drift in those games. The Kudos system was definitely a unique feature. Been playing through the Ridge Racer games most recently. Damn these are just fun to play. Sega Rally Championship will always stand out as some of the best driving physics early on. Art of…
neutral · AI labelView post →20 smtn yrs later and this game is still absolutely baller. Too many cars (who am I kidding, nowhere near enough), unbelievable (LICENSED) customization, and... women >:)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one of the best racing games i ever played
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →childhood game mwahahahahahha
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →im running this game on a potato and it runs mint, if youre looking for a old open world racing game for cheap that can run on anything this is for you
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pretty much worse than other racing games of the time, such as midnight club and NFS UG1/UG2/MW05/carbon. if you've already played all of those, i could see someone getting some fun out of this for its insanely cheap price, especially in the arcade mode. but with a mediocre map, extremely boring campaign, and overall lack of sense of speed until you get to the very fastest cars in the game (which still aren't very fast), it should 100% be at the bottom end of your racing game backlog.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →brings back the 2005 vibes and was ahead of its time and was competive to other brands
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the best racing games have women with bikinis in them
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