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Tony Hawk's Underground 2

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Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 cover
Developers
Neversoft
Windows Beenox Shift
Publishers
Activision
Release dates
Windows NA: October 4, 2004
EU: October 15, 2004
Reception
Metacritic 85
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 on MobyGames
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 on Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
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Main Menu

Key points

Port of the superior Xbox version

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SafeDisc DRM[Note 1].
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions:
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Game\Data\movies\bik\
  2. Delete, rename, or move: ATVI.bik, Beenox_Shift.bik, Dolby_Digital.bik, Intel_intro.bik, intro.bik, introf.bik and NSlogo.bik

Fix for blur bug

Replace script files with patched ones[citation needed]
This solution removes glitchy blur from the game.
  1. Download this archive.
  2. Replace qb_scripts.prd, qb_scripts.prf, qb_scripts.prx in <path-to-game>\Game\Data\pre with dummy files from archive's Data\pre folder.
  3. Replace skutils.qb in in <path-to-game>\Game\Data\scripts\game with dummy files from archive's Data\scripts\game folder.

Tony Hawk's Underground PRO (THUGPRO)

Includes ported levels from THPS3/THPS4/THUG1/THAW, Morning/Day/Evening/Night levels, themes from THPS4/THUG1/THAW, better CAS editor and online play through Openspy.
No story mode or split screen from original game

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Game\Save\[Note 2]

Video

Launcher - Video Settings
Launcher - 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
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Launcher - Keyboard Settings
Launcher - Keyboard Settings
Launcher - Controller Settings
Launcher - Controller Settings

Audio

Audio Settings
Audio Settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and sound can be adjusted separately. Special sounds and music zones can either be enabled or disabled.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Cutscenes only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Versus
Can only be selected in the main menu if a second controller is connected. Split-screen can be changed to horizontal or vertical.
LAN play
8
Online play
8 GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 800 MHz
Pentium III
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 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. 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References