Need for Speed: Underground

Need for Speed: Underground

NTSC-U cover Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20811 SLUS-20811GH (Greatest Hits) SLUS-29073 (Demo) Release date: November 17, 2003 2004 (Greatest Hits) Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-51967 SLES-51967-P (Platinum) SLED-51975 (Demo) Release date: November 21, 2003 July 9, 2004 (Platinum) 2003 (Australia) CRCs: FDA10318 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPM-65471 SLPM-65614 (EA Best Hits) SLKA-25136 (BigHit, Korea) Release date: December 25, 2003 June 24, 2004 (EA Best Hits) October 7, 2004 (BigHit, Korea) Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): EA Black Box
Publisher(s): Electronic Arts
Genre: Racing
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 85/100
Game description: Enter the world of urban street racing with the latest title in the hit Need for Speed series: Need for Speed: Underground. Take on today's most popular tuner cars from Mitsubishi Motors, Subaru, Toyota and many more, earning cash for car mods. Test your skills against the computer or online against up to 4 players. But creating a custom street racing machine will not get you to the top; it takes a certain amount of attitude and razor sharp driving skills to compete in the tough world of urban racing.
Underground completely rebooted the franchise, ignoring the previous Need for Speed games. It was the first game in the series to offer a career mode featuring a storyline, and a garage mode that allowed players to fully customize their cars with a large variety of brand-name performance and visual upgrades, as well as new game modes like 'Drifting' and 'Drag racing'.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
PAL	?	Core i5 2500k @ stock settings MSI GTX 470 Hawk @ 758 core	r4600	GSDX r4643 0.1.16	SPU2-X r4600m 1.4.0 LilyPad r4510 0.10.0	BIOS: SCPH70004, FPS: ~50	Lagahan
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz Nvidia GTX 285 768MB	1.1.0 r5492	GSdx 5464 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Runs above full speed.	General-Plot
?	?	Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz (Stock) nVidia GeForce GTS 250	r5670	GSDX r5674 0.1.16 SSE2	SPU2-X r5559 2.0.0 LilyPad r5403 0.11.0	FPS 50-60, HACKS: Compatible with "Aggressive Plus" preset for all tested gameplay. MTVU hack provides 5-10 FPS on quad core system. , Slower framerate with 2D elements on screen (such as main menu) but gameplay runs well.	Rossco
PAL	Windows	AMD Athlon II X3 440 @ 3.0 Ghz Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1024MB	1.1.0 (r5682)	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	Europe v02.00(14/06/2004), Recommended + MTVU, Automatic Game Fixes, Works, but painfully slow (20-25 fps)., Motion blur is too strong in Hardware mode.	Nik1895
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66 Ghz Nvidia GTX 260 896MB	1.1.0 r5800	GSdx r5800 SSSE3	SPU2-X 2.0.0 r5800 LilyPad 0.11.0 r5800	Game works fine, a lil slow but you can try skip draw 1 for bit of speed up., Slightly blurry graphics, a lil bit of flickering (and the game doesn't like vu cycle stealing at all).	prafull
NTSC-U	Windows 10 64-bit	11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11600 @ 2.80GHz Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	v1.7.2183	GSdx 1.2.0-AVX2	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.12.1	No noticeable bugs. Plays fine, framerate is solid.	Hemporus01
NTSC-U	Windows 10	Intel Core i7-4790k Nvidia GTX 1060 3Gb	2.1.72	D3D11, 3x native res	Cubeb	Similar results to the modern listing for linux, no graphical errors. Found Vulkan causes slowdown with 60 fps patch. mostly eliminated with D3D11. slowdown was around 10% on my system.	Boonett Forever

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	GNU/Linux Manjaro Wynsdey 24.0.6	Intel Core i5-13600KF AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (Mesa 24.1.5-manjaro1.1)	2.1.83	Vulkan, 2x native res	PipeWire v1.1.2 \ Cubeb	Runs mostly OK. OOtB frametimes are inconsistent. 60 FPS patch works OK, but I had to limit the resolution to 900p in order to avoid FPS dips. Motion blur and overall "grainyness" are excessive when using renderers other than software.	giantplaceholder

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on macOS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Trivia

• Original names: ニード・フォー・スピード アンダーグラウンド (SLPM-65471) & (SLPM-65614), 니드 포 스피드: 언더그라운드 (SLKA-25136)
• Also known as Need for Speed Underground J-Tune (JP)

Known Issues

There are currently no known, active issues for this title. If you find one, please add it here.

Fixed Issues

Broken motion blur

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: Motion blur in races appears exaggerated.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.
• First tested on: v1.1.0 r5682
• Last tested on: v1.7.5946 (by JordanTheToast)

	Need for Speed: Underground (SLUS 20811) (U) Need for Speed: Underground (SLES 51967) (E)