Need For Speed: Underground 2

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Three new gameplay modes are added to last year's circuit, drift and drag competitions, challenging gamers to hone their skills in a number of driving disciplines
• Tune every aspect of your car's performance with hundreds of licensed aftermarket performance upgrades and then fine-tune everything from the gear ratio to the suspension for the ultimate ride
• Tuner cars are available from the hottest manufacturers--from Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan, and Toyota to Ford and Volkswagen

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002HRN3I
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 1 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 17, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,538 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Game Boy Advance

Game Informer Review

I would love to give this game some bonus points for technical wizardry, of which it displays quite a lot, but ninja coding does not a fun game make. Instead, this is a pockmark on the face of driving games everywhere. Because of the extremely bizarre physics, the drift and drag modes are the only ones that feel even remotely predictable, except that it says I'm pulling a 300-foot serpentine drift at 95 miles per hour – that seems close to reality, right? Well, it doesn't, and this weird ass-end swing out makes circuit racing all but impossible until you re-learn the concepts of physics, weight distribution, and even gravity. Little touches are there, but this is a package that, overall, should be Bondo-ed, buried, and left for future generations to get a chuckle out of.

Rated: 3.5 out of 10
Editor: Lisa Mason
Issue: February 2005




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Product Description

Discover the living, breathing world of tuner culture in Need for Speed Underground 2, the sequel to the best-selling racing game of 2003, and the latest blockbuster installment in the legendary Need for Speed franchise. Taking place in a massive, free-roaming city featuring five distinct interconnected neighborhoods, Need for Speed Underground 2 delivers an immersive game world where the streets are your menus. As players explore the city, they'll encounter rival racers who will school them in the ways of the underground and tip them off to the hottest racing spots in town. Deep new performance tuning allows gamers to fine-tune every aspect of their ride's handling and performance, while hundreds of new visual customizations guarantee players can create their own personalized, totally unique car.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not as good as the first, February 7, 2005

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john bob sam van johnson "sunny" (istanbul) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Need for Speed Underground 2 (Video Game)

this game, while having some great improvements added, is not as good as the first. Its a great game but it just isnt as addicting as the first. need for speed underground 1 is still the best racing game for the gba in my opinion although its not as advanced as this. However it is still a very good game, although somewhat short.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the game rocks!!!!!!, July 21, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Need for Speed Underground 2 (Video Game)

This is a great game, the car selection is awesome even though you have to race alot to get diffrent ones i say its worth it. Also after you win a track you open a new one and theres about 15 tracks to every thing like drift,drag,circuit,etc. Theres also alot of shortcuts in the tracks its cool. This game is awesome!!!!!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Part 2 of the Underground, December 26, 2004

A Kid's Review

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Need for Speed Underground 2 (Video Game)

When I got this game, I found that it was pretty much the same as Underground 1, except the graphics were a bit different. But as I got farther on, I noticed new things. The drags are much more involved this time, with jumps and traffic. The drift is the same. The circuit levels get better as you go. There are 3 parts of circuit racing. Part one of Circuit takes place in the outskirts of the city, part 2 takes place in twilight on the outskirts, and part 3 takes place at night in the dead of the city. The levels that are the best to play are Financial, Docks, and Freeway. In this game, you don't get money when you win, you get points, which are the same as money. The cars are the same, but the twist is that when you win a certain number of races, you get one of the cars again, but his time it's already pimped out for you. Say you have a regular Skyline. If you win a certain amount of races, you get another Skyline that's pimped out EA GAMES style. The parts for the cars are better, too. There's neon lights to put under the car this time. The game is pretty good. I've had it for 2 days and I'm already 86% done with it.

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