Need for Speed: Underground 2

Need for Speed: Underground 2

NTSC-U cover Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-21065 SLUS-21065GH (Greatest Hits) SLUS-29118 (Demo) Release date: November 15, 2004 October 1, 2005 (Greatest Hits) CRCs: F5C7B45F Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-52725 SLES-52725/P (Platinum: The Best of PlayStation 2) SLED-52736 (Demo) Release date: November 19, 2004 July 27, 2005 (Australia) 2005 (Platinum) CRCs: CFB873AD Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLKA-25241 (Korea) SLPM-65766 SLPM-66051 (EA Best Hits) SLPM-66960 (EA:SY! 1980) SLPM-60250 (Trial) Release date: December 16, 2004 (Korea) December 22, 2004 July 14, 2005 (EA Best Hits) February 28, 2008 (EA:SY! 1980) CRCs: 06FF4F2F Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): EA Canada
Publisher(s): Electronic Arts
Genre: Racing
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 82/100
Game description: The next installment in the Need for Speed: Underground series takes you to a free-roaming city comprised of five neighborhoods. As you explore the city, you'll encounter rival racers who will show you all the hot spots in underground racing. After each race, you can improve your car's performance with various upgrades, ranging from the gear ratio to the suspension. The game includes more than 30 tuner cars from a variety of manufacturers, such as Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and more. You can even challenge racers from around the world in the game's online mode.
The game is based around tuning cars for street races, resuming the Need for Speed: Underground storyline. Need for Speed: Underground 2 provides several new features, such as a broader customization, new methods of selecting races, the "explore" mode (just driving around freely, like the Midnight Club series, in a large city known as "Bayview").
Underground 2 also introduces SUVs to the Need for Speed franchise, which could be customized as extensively as any other vehicls and are used to race against other SUV racers.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U/PAL	?	Core i7 950 D0 @ 3.07GHz GeForce GTX 480	0.9.8 {{#invoke:String|find|0.9.8|1.7}}	GSDX r4600	SPU2-X r4600 Lilypad r4510	BIOS: USA v02.00, 50-60FPS	Machina
PAL	Windows	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66 Ghz Nvidia GTX 260 896MB	1.1.0 r5576 {{#invoke:String|find|1.1.0 r5576|1.7}}	GSdx r5464 SSSE3	SPU2-X 2.0.0 r5460 LilyPad 0.11.0 r5403	Patches not required now. You will need to use skip draw = 1 to make it playable in gsdx HW mode. Some effects seems to be missing/messed up but doesn't effect gameplay.	prafull
PAL	Windows	AMD Athlon II X3 440 @ 3.0 Ghz Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1024MB	r5927 {{#invoke:String|find|r5927|1.7}}	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	Europe v02.00(14/06/2004), Recommended + MTVU, Automatic Game Fixes, You need set skipdraw to 1, otherwise you'll get 5-10 FPS in-game. Enabling 8-bit textures increases speed by 5 FPS. With it and recommended speedhacks I get 40-50 FPS in-game. The only way to get constant full speed is to crank up VU Cycle Stealing to the max but this will cause slight sound crackling. Some special effects appear incorrectly.	Nik1895
NTSC-U	Windows 8.1	Intel i7-4910MQ @ 4.0GHz Nvidia GTX880M	1.3.1 - r539a176 {{#invoke:String|find|1.3.1 - r539a176|1.7}}	GSdx32-AVX2	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Using "Balanced" Preset; Solid 60FPS. Skipdraw has to be set to 1.	NexusAU
NTSC-J	Windows 10	Intel i3-4330 @ 3.5 Ghz Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4096MB	1.4.0 {{#invoke:String|find|1.4.0|1.7}}	GSdx 2016010513202	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Settings preset 2 (Safe), Frameskip Disabled, Skipdraw 0, DirectX11 Hardware, Resoultion 5x Native. Ingame 60fps, main menu 45-55fps. Some special effects (smog) appear incorrectly.	Bembee

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
PAL	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo @ 2x cores 3.0 GHz NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT	1.4.0 {{#invoke:String|find|1.4.0|1.7}}	GSdx OGL SW	SPU2-X + SDL 1.2 plugin, ALSA w/o PulseAudio	Default. GSdx OGL SW plugin with skipdraw = 1. FPS is 100% when game boots, you can listen music when game show "Load successful". FPS is 30% in menu and in game	Zenitur
PAL	SteamOS Holo 3.3.2	AMD Custom APU 0405 @ 2.8 GHz AMD Custom GPU 0405	1.7.3505 {{#invoke:String|find|1.7.3505|1.7}}	Renderer: Vulkan	?	Steam Deck ; Runs smoothly	CptAdhoc

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	? {{#invoke:String|find|?|1.7}}	?	?	There are no test results for this game on this OS. 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2 (SLPM-65766), ニード・フォー・スピード アンダーグラウンド2 車道 (SLPM-66051) & (SLPM-66960), 니드 포 스피드: 언더그라운드 2 (SLKA-25241)

Known Issues

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

Fixed Issues

Heavy VRAM usage

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Major
• Description: When using GSdx, VRAM usage can cause very low framerates.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Broken lighting

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: Causing something like a color filter effect. fixed in 1,7
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Exaggerated Motion Blur

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: Motion blur in races appears exaggerated.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Gallery

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  Need for Speed Underground 2 (SLES 52725)

	Need for Speed Underground 2 (SLUS 21065) (U) Need for Speed Underground 2 (SLES 52725) (E) Need For Speed: Underground 2 Sha_Do - Special Edition (SLPM 66051) (J)