Release Date: November 12, 2004
A sequel to Need for Speed: Underground, a best-selling 2003 game from Electronic Arts, which changed the shape of one of the most popular car racing franchises. The game takes you to a virtual metropolis that thrives after dark. For the first time in the history of the franchise, the city is completely open for exploration.
Need for Speed: Underground 2 for PC, PS2 and etc. is a sequel to the feisty racing game that sold in over five million legal copies within six months of its official market release (November 2003) worldwide. The game refers to the widely known phenomenon of car customization and films such as The Fast and the Furious and 2 Fast 2 Furious.
The gameplay has been efficiently modified, turning it more towards the Grand Theft Auto and Driver series. The players can now freely explore the metropolis that consists of five large, distinctive districts. The entire gameplay takes place after dark. During the exploration, the players may encounter other drivers, who serve as a source of information about the events concerning the enthusiasts of high speed races. However, the players may also challenge those drivers for races starting at a nearest intersection. Virtual conversations overheard by the player will also deliver information about the locations of different shops that specialize in car customization. Thirty licensed cars, mainly from brands such as Mitsubishi, Nissan, Honda and Subaru, and a massive number of parts such as rims, neon lights, and spoilers provide the players with a combined number of seventy billion unique combinations.
The graphics in Need for Speed: Underground 2 are still stunning, depicting realistically shining car exteriors, water reflections on the streets, and characteristic blur effects when reaching extreme speed thanks to the Nitrous Oxide implementation. The magnificent and dynamic soundtrack, synchronized with atmospheric three-dimensional visuals, offers suggestive acoustics.
Platforms:
PC Windows November 12, 2004
PlayStation 2 November 17, 2004
Xbox November 17, 2004
Game Boy Advance November 16, 2004
GameCube November 17, 2004
Nintendo DS May 27, 2005
Developer: Electronic Arts Inc.
Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
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One of the oldest and most popular racing game series in the history of the industry. Need for Speed is one of the most valuable brands in Electronic Arts' portfolio, with the US company's in-house development studios, such as EA Black Box, EA Gothenburg, and Criterion Games, usually responsible for its subsequent installments. The series started in 1994 with The Need for Speed, designed for fifth-generation consoles (3DO, PlayStation, Sega Saturn) and PC. The production was prepared by the team from EA Canada studio, created as a result of the acquisition of Distinctive Software (devs of Test Drive and Test Drive II).
The first demo of the fan-made „remake” of Need for Speed: Underground 2 has been released, which ported this classic racing game to Unreal Engine 5.
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January 22, 2025
One fan of the Need for Speed series has breathed new life into the iconic Underground 2. This was helped by a new tool developed by Nvidia. The results are impressive.
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May 23, 2023
The creators of a fan-made trailer did a great job in their Need For Speed: Underground 2 Remake video. The Russians showed how the game could look like.
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System Requirements for Need for Speed: Underground 2 Video Game:
PC / Windows
Recommended System Requirements:
Pentium III 933MHz, 256MB RAM, graphic card 32MB (GeForce 2 or better), 2 GB HDD.
PlayStation 2
s:
Network Adaptor; steering wheel
Xbox
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Xbox Live!; steering wheel
Game Boy Advance
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link-cable
GameCube
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steering wheel