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Description
This installment in the Need for Speed series, Underground 2 is a racing game based on illicit, night time races, with the player gaining street credit, cash and access to unique tuner parts by schooling the competition.Taking place in a massive, open city, NFS Underground 2 allows players to explore the city at will, engaging random challengers and moving into the coveted Underground Racing League. Once in the Underground Racing League, the player advances first by race wins, then with building up their tuner car and taking on tougher opponents. The objective is to win all Underground Racing League engagements and trick out your car to the max.
The PC version is the only version that allows the user to save magazine screen shots of your tricked out car to disk.
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Alternate Titles
- "极品飞车: 地下狂飙2" -- Need For Speed: Underground 2 translated to Chinese
- "NFSU2" -- Common abbreviation
Part of the Following Groups
- Automobile: Audi A3
- Automobile: Audi TT
- Automobile: Ford Focus
- Automobile: Ford Mustang
- Automobile: Honda Civic
- Automobile: Mazda MX-5
- Automobile: Mazda RX-7
- Automobile: Mazda RX-8
- Automobile: Mitsubishi Eclipse
- Automobile: Mitsubishi GTO
- Automobile: Mitsubishi Lancer
- Automobile: Nissan 350Z
- Automobile: Nissan Skyline
- Automobile: Peugeot 206
- Automobile: Subaru Impreza
- Automobile: Toyota Celica
- Automobile: Toyota Corolla
- Automobile: Volkswagen Golf
- EA Classics releases
- EA Most Wanted releases
- EA Value Games releases
- Genre: Open world driving
- Need for Speed series
- NFS Underground series
- Nintendo Player's Choice releases
- PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits releases
- PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
- Technology: amBX
- Xbox Best of Platinum Hits releases
- Xbox Classics releases
- Xbox Platinum Hits releases
User Reviews
A great racing game - infinitely customizable... | Windows | Chris Martin (1204) |
Critic Reviews
IGN | Windows | Nov 12, 2004 | 9.1 out of 10 | 91 |
PC Games (Germany) | Windows | Dec 26, 2004 | 89 out of 100 | 89 |
Next Level Gaming | PlayStation 2 | Dec 04, 2004 | 89 out of 100 | 89 |
4Players.de | GameCube | Nov 30, 2004 | 88 out of 100 | 88 |
JeuxVideoPC.com | Windows | Nov 20, 2004 | 17 out of 20 | 85 |
1UP | Windows | Nov 15, 2004 | 8.5 out of 10 | 85 |
GameStar (Germany) | Windows | Nov, 2004 | 84 out of 100 | 84 |
UOL Jogos | Windows | Nov 12, 2004 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
80 |
Game Revolution | PlayStation 2 | Nov, 2004 | B | 75 |
Jeuxvideo.com | GameCube | Nov 18, 2004 | 15 out of 20 | 75 |
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Trivia
Server shutdown
In early August 2006, EA closed their servers for multiplayer games, for the Xbox, and Windows (demo) versions. The PS2 and Windows servers were closed on 1st November 2007.Awards
- GamePro (Germany)
- February 2005 - Best Console Sports Game in 2004 (Readers' Vote)
- GameSpy
- 2004 - PC Racing Game of the Year
- 2004 – PC Sports / Racing Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
- GameStar (Germany)
- February 2005 - Best PC Sports Game in 2004 (Readers' Vote)
- Spike TV Video Game Awards
- 2004 - Best Performance by a Human Female (for Brooke Burke)
Related Web Sites
- Developer Interview (Xequted interviews producer Stefan Wessels about NFSU2. (Nov. 17, 2004))
- Need for Speed Underground 2 (Official game website)
- Wikipedia: Need for Speed: Underground 2 (Information about Need for Speed: Underground 2 at Wikipedia)
Contributed to by Herkimer Chicanery (149)
Windows Credits (656 people)
585 developers, 71 thanks
Programming Team:
Ryan Bedard, Mike Vlad Cora, Spencer Craske, Euan Forrester, James Grieve, Robinson Huff, Philip Ibis, Nenad Jankovic, Mike Kiernan, Cliff Kondratiuk, David Lam, William Leach, Ted Middleton, Scott Patterson, Chris Robertson, Wes Santae, Martin Sikes, Lawrence Sparling, Jon Spencer, Steve Tolin, John Twigg, Greg Vance, Jason Verhiel, Phillip Weeks
Additional Programming:Aaron Arndt (credited as Arn)