Difference between revisions of "Need for Speed: Underground"
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Revision as of 06:47, 22 June 2020
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| Developers | |
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| EA Black Box | |
| Publishers | |
| Electronic Arts | |
| Engines | |
| EAGL | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 17, 2003 |
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Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
| Need for Speed: Underground | |
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| Subseries of Need for Speed | |
| Need for Speed: Underground | 2003 |
| Need for Speed: Underground 2 | 2004 |
General information
- Official site (archived)
- Need for Speed Wikia
Availability
Essential improvements
Patches
Skip intro videos
| Instructions[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %PROGRAMDATA%\NFS Underground\<user-id>.cfg[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %PROGRAMDATA%\NFS Underground\[Note 2] |
Video
General video settings
Advanced video settings
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Can be forced in GPU control panel. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be forced, but on AMD cards, supersampling must be used or various objects will not render (wheels, leaves, fences, driver, etc.). Disable Motion Blur. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can be forced in GPU control panel. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Locked at 60 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Windowed
| Set windowed/borderless[3][4] |
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Input
Input settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Use ThirteenAG's fix to adjust deadzone. | |
| Full controller support | Use ThirteenAG's fix. | |
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts | Use ThirteenAG's fix for Xbox/DualShock prompts. Set in NFSUnderground.WidescreenFix.ini |
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | For XInput controllers see here. | |
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
A Steam user-made config for DualShock 4
| Basically applies full controller support for DS4. Should also work for other controllers. Steam is required.[5] |
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Alternative controller for DualShock 3 and 4
| Fix trigger controller ps3/ps4[6] |
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Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | Only Stereo and Mono available. Optimized for Dolby Pro Logic. | |
| Subtitles | Only available in certain language edition | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | Although not advertised as such the game does support EAX, at least reverb effects, but without surround sound. It can be restored with ALchemy. |
- DirectSound is possible to be restored by wrappers (DSOAL recommended, e.g. w/o HRTF - specific low quality engine sounds).
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| German | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | Console versions only. | |||
| LAN play | 4 | Use NFS U LAN Mod. | ||
| Online play | 4 | Online has been shutdown[7] | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | Use NFS U LAN Mod (Windows and Linux). | |
| Direct IP |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix's 3D fix | ||
| vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see important setting hints in the vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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Issues fixed
Custom bindings lost on game restart
- Windows Vista and later lack a file needed for the game to remember custom mappings.
| Download dimap.dll[citation needed] |
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Can't install both NFS Underground and NFS Most Wanted (2005) on the same PC
- This problem occures because both games use the same name for their main executables (
speed.exe). After installing one game and attempting to install the other, its autorun program assumes it's already been installed.
| Workaround[citation needed] |
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Controller deadzone issues
| Fix left stick deadzone[8] |
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The game occasionally freezes on loading screen or after race
| Install latest patch (or binary) 1.4 or 1.3.4 |
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Copying proper .exe for EU or US version should enough.[9] Although patcher also extracts filter.efx (possibly NOS black screen effect fix) to the patch exe folder if proper game binary or registry entry is not found. Widescreen patch compatibility not tested. If all above fail, reinstall the game, and use e.g. 1.0 version (afterwards, replacing exe and filter.efx should enough). The problem can happen e.g. after Samantha Time Trial 2:07 (hard), on 1.4 binary version, and is gone on 1.3.4. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Modifications
NFSU HD Reflections
- Adds higher quality reflection.
Need for Speed Underground Extra Options
- Adds many useful features.
Dragozool's texture mod
- Changes textures to high-quality equivalents.
Need for speed Underground - Redux 2017 (Graphics mod) AMTxDRxRL
- It adds new lighting so that it better reflects the atmosphere of street racing at night.
Nightbreath Mod by BojanV03 (SweetFX + texture & FX mod)
- High quality reshade.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon 700 MHz |
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| System memory (RAM) | 128 MB (98, ME) 256 MB (2000, XP) |
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| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Direct3D compatible 32 MB of VRAM |
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Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ GTAForums - [GTA|NFS|MP|OTHER] Widescreen Fixes Pack - last accessed on September 2017
- ↑ GitHub - ThirteenAG/Ultimate-ASI-Loader: ASI Loader is the tool that loads custom libraries with the file extension .asi into any game process. - last accessed on September 2017
- ↑ [missing title] - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ [missing title] - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ ONLINE SERVICES SHUTDOWN - EA
- ↑ Need for Speed - Analog sticks deadzone · Issue #165 · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack - last accessed on 2017-04-05
- ↑ Similar bug in UG2 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/683430-nfsu2-stuck-on-loading-screen-forever-help-needed/