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Revision as of 11:18, 21 December 2016

Need for Speed: Underground 2
Need for Speed: Underground 2 cover
Developers
EA Canada
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
EAGL 2
Release dates
Windows November 9, 2004
Need for Speed: Underground 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Need for Speed: Underground 2 on Wikipedia
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Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
⤏ Go to series page
The Need for Speed 1994
Need for Speed II 1997
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (series)
Need for Speed: High Stakes 1999
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed 2000
Need for Speed: Underground (series)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (series)
Need for Speed: Carbon 2006
Need for Speed: ProStreet 2007
Need for Speed: Undercover 2008
Need for Speed: Shift (series)
Need for Speed: World 2010
Need for Speed: The Run 2011
Need for Speed Rivals 2013
Need for Speed (2016) 2016
Need for Speed Payback 2017
Need for Speed: Edge 2017
Need for Speed Heat 2019
Need for Speed Unbound 2022

General information

Need for Speed Wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
 DRM: SafeDisc v3 disc check
Windows
Amazon.com
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Retail disc only.
Windows
A compilation of the original Need for Speed: Underground, Underground 2 and Most Wanted is also available.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

Latest patch can be found on EA's FTP server

Patch 1.2. Strongly recommended.

Modifications

Disable regional lock (play with both EU and US exclusive cars at the same time)

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Key bindings are stored in %COMMONPROGRAMFILES(x86)%\DirectX\DirectInput\User Maps (%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\DirectX\DirectInput\User Maps on 32-bit Windows).

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Video settings

General video settings
General video settings
Advanced video settings
Advanced video settings
Advanced video settings
Advanced video settings
Advanced video settings
Advanced video settings

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

ThirteenAG's fix already comes with vertical FOV adjustment.
ReLOADeD US crack is needed. Other versions won't work.[1]
FOV changer may not run on modern systems.[2]
Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings
Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Italian
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Console versions only.
LAN play
6
Online play
6

Issues fixed

Custom bindings lost on game restart

Windows Vista and later lack a file needed for the game to remember custom mappings.
Instructions

Random Crashing on entering/exiting shops

Can be caused by multiple CPUs. Set affinity for speed2.exe to use only 1 CPU.[citation needed]

Instructions

Effects flicker (Windows 10)

Some effects, such as rain, car respawn effect or the nos flames, flicker or glitch. Otherwise, no issues.[citation needed]

Instructions

Particle System Lags (Windows 10)

Particle system causes lag, mostly at start of races, turning it off gets rid of the issue

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 933 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 2
ATI Radeon 7500
32 MB of VRAM

References