Need For Speed: Underground 2

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Explore a free-roaming city divided into five distinct neighborhoods, from suburban hills to an intense downtown grid -- all connected by freeways you can race
• Drive over 30 of the hottest tuner cars on the market, Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan, and Toyota to Ford and Volkswagen
• Tune every aspect of your car?s performance with hundreds of licensed upgrades, for the ultimate ride
• Customize your machine to a whole new level - Add scissor doors, spoilers, headlights, side skirts, roof scoops, hoods, rims, wide body kits, neon and more -- for a truly unique ride
• Realistic racing challenges - Deal with real-time weather effects, environmental hazards, multiple track types and more

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002FGFHU
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,200 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #7 in Video Games > PC Games > Racing & Flying
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

Discover the living, breathing world of Need for Speed Underground 2. Taking place in a massive, free-roaming city featuring five distinct interconnected neighborhoods, Need for Speed Underground 2 delivers an immersive game world where reputation is everything. As you explore the city, you’ll encounter rival racers who will school you in the ways of the underground and tip you off to the hottest racing spots in town. With the most comprehensive tuning options, all-new game modes, and the industry’s most sought-after cars, Need for Speed Underground 2 delivers the most authentic tuner experience ever.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, fun, fun, November 28, 2004

By 

AK (KY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Need For Speed: Underground 2 (CD-ROM)

I don't know what it is about EA Games or whoever writes the Need for Speed series. Others have said that every other Need for Speed release is great and the other half stinks. Anyway, the last Need for Speed Underground (1) was a big disappointment, too much bling, bling, "you go girl" stuff, in addition to the software creators locking you out of tracks and cars until you complete certain tracks, very annoying... Once again, this game is a major improvement to the first of this series. Obviously the creators have listened and have opened up most of the cars and tracks and allow you to just cruise the city in whatever car you want. You can also upgrade the cars with mods to see if they help the performance. The graphics are excellent but at 1600 x 1200, they start to slow down my 3.06 GHZ, ATI 9800pro system. I find the graphics totally acceptable at 1280 x 1024 with max details. I really enjoy the game and find the physics to be very good. I'd say tat they could work on the feedback in the force feedback steering wheels to be more representative of oversteer/understeer, etc. I'd have to say that this game is an equal to Porsche Unlimited and I'm happy I bought it..

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best race game ever, December 30, 2004

By 

Michael H. Mackus - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Need For Speed: Underground 2 (CD-ROM)

First off, the PC version with a decent system simply blows XBox and PS2 away, there simply is no comparism in graphics and gameplay.

Second, I see alot of posts talking about this game in the early stages (Miata, Supra, Hyundai etc). This game has to be PLAYED to be appreciated. Ive played it for weeks, have unlocked ALL parts, ALL cars, and am only about 60% completed with the game, and thats playing every day, and winning very well. The top end cars (Skyline, 350z, WRX, Mustang GT) are absolutely exhilerating. The gameplay makes every car stand out in different ways. Have a front wheel drive car? Its going to COMPLETELY handle different than a rear wheel drive counterpart. Have great handling but no power? You will own on tight courses. Etc etc. Again Ive been playing this for about 3 weeks and its still my favorite game and Ive unlocked all parts and cars.

Its nice that you can customize the looks (or even add different spinner or hydraulics) to your car in a million ways (literally) but the real shine of this game is the racing. Its awesome, its a challenge, and ITS REPLAYABLE (umm I have only picked about 8 cars throughout the game and there are like 30 to choose from)

Stop reading these silly pros n cons, if you have a PC with decent vid card (high end ATI or NVidia), you will no way be dissapointed and you will put the Xbox and PS2 versions to shame.

Truly a superb game if you like racing. BUY IT

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EVERYTHING a sequel should be., November 21, 2004

By 

Robb Roberts - See all my reviews

This review is from: Need For Speed: Underground 2 (CD-ROM)

One of the FEW games actually worth the money.

I have been following the NFS series since "Need for Speed" hit the PC oh-so many long years ago. So I've seen MORE than enough racing games. The good, and the bad. Right now, you're looking at the best.

EA took a lot of criticism for straying from the exotic muscle car genre they created... but now that we're up to the sequel of one the most succesful racing games ever published, it's safe to say they they made a good move. To say the least. THIS is what "Need for Speed" has become.

There's not a whole lot to say that hasn't already been said by so many people... if you've made it this far, then you already know that. And, I agree with them all. If you're looking for an unreal racing game, this is it.

It's been my experience that one of the better changes made from the first Underground is the ability to choose for yourself what event you want to race... they're not picked FOR you. As you drive around Bayview, you can pick and choose your event, and if you don't like drifting for example, then you don't have to drift.

Other new additions are the "Outrun" mode where while driving in free roam mode to say, an event, you come upon other racers who will challenge you to an "outrun" race immediately on the fly, where you're thrust into a quick race against that other racer... the first to lose the other person by 500 feet wins. DEFINITELY breaks up those long drives from one side of Bayview to the other.

Numerous exterior (carbon fiber mirrors, and spinners) and INTERIOR (custom instrument panels and trunk audio layouts) have been added.

As for graphics, and sound, everyone else has already praised them enough... and if you have a choice as to which system you want this for... if you know you're stuff then you already know you want it for PC. I'm not here to offend any XBox or PS2 fans, but it's just simple tech. Neither XBox nor PS2 can do what even a medium-range PC can. NO console ever will. The day they roll off the assembly line technology passes them by. However, a PC just isn't fit for everyone, but then, you probably already know that too.

If you enjoyed the first one, there's only more to love in this one baby. ;)

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