Street Racing Syndicate

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%2014

$2.99

US Steam price, checked 1 h ago

The verdict

A cheap, quirky early-2000s Need for Speed Underground clone with licensed tuning, damage, betting and dancing-girl videos. Skip it if you want modern polish, good handling, or hate grinding.

Great for

Nostalgic PS2-era street racing fans who want licensed JDM tuning, open-world cruising and cheesy charm cheaply

Main risk

Dated 4:3 port with poor controller support, weird physics and a late-game respect grind that blocks the final race

What players love

Nostalgic early-2000s street racing vibe

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“It really captures that early-2000s street racing culture and gives you more to do than just race from point A to B.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗

“great game from my childhood, never thought it could look this good and play so well.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗

“Incredibly nice to go back to the past... I once had SRS on PS, I remember coming home from school and playing it.”
Steam review · translated · 1.2 h played ↗

Girlfriend collection and dance videos

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“I collected all the chicks around the map and watched their videos few times”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗

“This game has everything for a good racing game: cool cars, boobs, open world, boobs, tuning, boobs, races, boobs.”
Steam review · translated · 14.7 h played ↗

Licensed cars and deep tuning

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Customisation is licensed, featuring well known brands such as VeilSide, C-West, Wings West, Streetglow and more.”
Steam review · 31.2 h played ↗

“Parts don't just sit on the car, they really affect how it behaves on the track.”
Steam review · translated · 18.9 h played ↗

“they are actually affected by the mods you put on your car (for example, tires make a big difference)”
Steam review · 24.9 h played ↗

Damage, betting and risk mechanics

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Your car doesn't fix itself, requiring repairs after you've taken damage, improving immersion.”
Steam review · 31.2 h played ↗

“NFS Underground with consequences for crashing”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗

Extremely cheap price

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“SRS often goes on sale under 1$ which is a steal for what it offers.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗

“for the dollar or so that it goes for nowadays, no reason not to get it.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗

Runs on anything, Steam Deck friendly

Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews

“im running this game on a potato and it runs mint”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗

“Plays well on the deck no issues”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

What players complain about

Inferior clone of NFS Underground

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“There's nothing SRS does that the two previously mentioned games don't do better.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗

“A poor man's Underground 2, very boring, very clunky, stuffy in places.”
Steam review · translated · 1.2 h played ↗

Awkward, unrealistic driving physics

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“The cars are all too light, there is no feeling of weight, no feeling of power”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗

“Car physics are made of cardboard. Take a corner wrong and the car spins 360.”
Steam review · translated · 13.5 h played ↗

“the moment you try out something like a Supra or Skyline the driving turns more into fighting the abysmal physics engine”
Steam review · 30.2 h played ↗

No widescreen or modern resolution support

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“The game lacks support for any modern gaming display resolutions (or widescreen monitors)”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗

“there's no reason to not have at least a 1920x1080 option”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Respect grind blocks the final race

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“The last set of races required to beat the game need 77k points to unlock.”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗

“I tried to reach the final and ended up with 75,800, but 77,000 is needed, and that's where I burned out.”
Steam review · translated · 14.2 h played ↗

“the game it;s bad with the design of reputation, because you need to get all of them max out”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗

Won't launch or run properly on modern PCs

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“The game only launches on Steam Deck; on two PCs a small black window flashes and closes.”
Steam review · translated · 2.3 h played ↗

“there doesn't seem to be a clear way to exit the game.”
Steam review · 41 h played ↗

Poor or missing controller support

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“Cannot use Xbox controller for this game. You will have to use a mouse and keyboard.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“it works up to the start screen then goes with back to keyboard”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 7/8

Processor1 GHz Processor

Graphics32 MB DirectX 9.0b compatible video card

OSWindows 7/8

Processor1 GHz Processor

Graphics32 MB DirectX 9.0b compatible video card

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