Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004)

4.04 from 2280 ratings

4156 members have it in their collection · 56 playing now · 273 backlogged · 183 wish listed

How long? Main story 15h · 100% 30h (from 3 logged playthroughs)

Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a street racing game and the first entry in the series to feature an open world environment. Set in the fictional city of Bayview, players drive freely between events while building their reputation through circuit, sprint, drift, drag, and Street X races, as well as outrun challenges and Underground Racing League tournaments. The game … Read more

Details

Developers: EA Black Box
Publishers: Electronic Arts
Genres: Racing
Themes: Action
Franchises: Need for Speed
Series: Need for Speed, Need for Speed: Underground
Events: G-Phoria 2004: The Award Show 4 Gamers, Xbox E3 2004 Press Conference

Release dates

Nov 09, 2004 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 15, 2004 (North_America) Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Nov 19, 2004 (Europe) Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2, Xbox
Dec 22, 2004 (Japan) Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2

Also available on

Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004) · GBA
Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2005) · DS

Rating distribution

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Community All Reviews Statuses

Status ApramPepo Feb 2, 2025

Quick update on my playthrough so far:

the game is a very solid improvement over the original with lots of things that were resolved over the original. I can't describe how great it was to not flip flop throughout the track because of a traffic bump or from other cars. the customizations were greatly expanded upon and the 'Underground' feel …

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Status whalee Nov 12, 2022

Never finished this back when I was younger, time to smash it out again.

God damn the music is great

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Status 112percent Aug 12, 2022

Completion Status:

Beat every event in the game. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

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Status histidia Nov 20, 2019

I'm really biased about this game because I grew up playing this game and revisiting it was nothing but a pleasure. Even though there were some bugs I still lover every bit of this game. Even though I'm a huge fan of story based games and the fact that you couldn't really feel that you were following the certain story …