Need for Speed: Underground 2
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| Developers | |
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| EA Canada | |
| Publishers | |
| Electronic Arts | |
| Engines | |
| EAGL 2 | |
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Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
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| 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
Availability
- A compilation of the original Need for Speed: Underground, Underground 2 and Most Wanted is also available.
Improvements
Skip Introduction Movies
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Patches
Latest patch can be found on EA's FTP server
- Patch 1.2. Strongly recommended.
Modifications
Dragozool's texture mod - Many stuff retextured for a better looking city
Switch regions (play with EU-only cars in US version and viceversa)
If you plan to play with the Peugeot 106 and the Vauxhall Corsa in the US version (recommended if you plan to change FoV), just click on the previous link and follow instructions.
For European players here's Honda Civic and Acura RSX.
Then you can use the included pre-made savegame (to play the exotic cars) or you can also switch your game executable. Just remember that the game will often hang if you do the latter option without placing the relative cars files into the game folder.
Game data
Save game butt syncing
Template:Save Game Butt Syncing
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
- You need a no-CD executable -this is the only way- and replace the original exe
- Download UniWS and open it
- Set what resolution you want for NFS:U2 and point it to wherever your game is installed
- Patch it and (in the in-game menu) set 640x480 reslution
Multi-monitor
Same of widescreen
Field of view (FOV)
- You need ReLOADeD US crack, other version will have problems
- Download Racer_S fov changer and set horizontal and vertical FOV
- FOV changer has to be running beside game
Windowed
Wiccaan did a tool to make game run windowed
Download here but be warned: that's a trainer too, so stay away from functions keys of the keyboard if you don't want to cheat
Input settings
Audio settings
Issues and fixes
Controls doesn't stick
From Windows Vista onwards dimap.dll is not included anymore. This make NFS:U2 unable to keep memory of your controls after you have close it. To fix you only need to find this dll and place it in the game folder.
Random Crashing on entering/exiting shops
Can be caused by multiple CPU's. Set affinity for speed2.exe to use only 1 CPU.
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