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Need for Speed Underground 2

Need for Speed: Underground 2
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North American cover art featuring a Nissan 350Z
Developer(s) EA Black Box
Pocketeers (GBA)
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Composer(s) Tom Salta
Series Need for Speed
Engine EAGL
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Mobile
Release Microsoft Windows
  • NA: November 9, 2004
  • EU: November 19, 2004
Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2 & Xbox
  • NA: November 15, 2004
  • EU: November 19, 2004
PlayStation Portable
  • NA: March 14, 2005
  • EU: September 1, 2005
Nintendo DS
  • NA: May 10, 2005
  • EU: May 27, 2005
Mobile
  • NA: July 15, 2005
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings (PC) 83.50%
(Xbox) 82.61%
(PS2) 80.77%
(GC) 79.98%
(PSP) 76.44%
(GBA) 69.45%
(NDS) 65.44%
Metacritic (Xbox) 83/100
(PC) 82/100
(PS2) 82/100
(GC) 77/100
(PSP) 74/100
(GBA) 72/100
(NDS) 65/100
Review scores
Publication Score
Edge 6/10
EGM 8.33/10
(PSP) 7.83/10
Eurogamer 6/10
Game Informer 8/10
(GBA) 3.5/10
GamePro 5/5 stars
(PSP) 4/5 stars
Game Revolution B
(GC & PSP) B−
GameSpot (GBA) 8/10
(PSP) 7.9/10
7.4/10
(NDS) 7.2/10
(GC) 7.1/10
GameSpy 4.5/5 stars
(PSP) 3.5/5 stars
(NDS) 3/5 stars
IGN 9.1/10
(PS2) 9/10
(GC) 8.3/10
(GBA) 8/10
(PSP) 7.9/10
(NDS) 7/10
Nintendo Power (GC) 3.8/5
(NDS) 6/10
(GBA) 2.8/5
OPM (US) (PS2) 5/5 stars
(PSP) 3.5/5 stars
OXM (US) 8.9/10
PC Gamer (US) 88%
Detroit Free Press 4/4 stars
The Times 4/5 stars

Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a cross-platform racing video game and the eighth installment in the popular Need for Speed driving game series published and developed by Electronic Arts. Released in 2004, it is the direct sequel to Need for Speed: Underground, and is part of the Need for Speed series, available on Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and Mobiles. Like its predecessor, it was also commercially successful, and sold eleven million copies worldwide.

The game entails 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"). The City Center was based on Philadelphia, Beacon Hill was based on Beverly Hills and Coal Harbor was based on Camden, New Jersey, and Bayview as a whole is a microcosm of the west coast of the United States. Underground 2 also introduces several SUVs, which could be customized as extensively as other Underground 2 vehicles and used to race against other SUV racers. Brooke Burke is the voice of Rachel Teller, the person who guides the player throughout the game.

The game has been ported to PlayStation Portable, under the title of Need for Speed: Underground Rivals. The Nintendo DS port introduces a new feature in which the player is able to design custom decals to adorn any vehicle in the game.


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