Need for Speed: Underground 2
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…
Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a racing developed by EA Black Box, released 9 November 2004 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 20 cheat codes for it.
What Need for Speed: Underground 2 is
Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a racing game developed by EA Black Box and released in 2004. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on EAGL 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shortly after becoming the top racer in Olympic City, the player is ambushed and their car is destroyed by an unknown assailant. Six months later, they relocate to the city of Bayview to start over, guided by a contact named Rachel Teller who introduces them to the local racing scene. As the player earns sponsorships and builds a reputation, they draw the attention of Caleb Reece, the leader of a crew called The Wraiths who is attempting to control Bayview's racing scene by manipulating sponsorship deals. Rachel reveals that Caleb is the same person responsible for the attack in Olympic City. After turning one of Caleb's crew members to their side and surviving multiple attempts to sabotage…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Need for Speed series
Need for Speed: Underground 2 is the 16th of 84 entries we hold in the Need for Speed series. It arrived 8 months after Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed. The next entry was Need for Speed: Underground 2 in 2004. Its critic score of 79 is 5 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Limited Edition at 92.
How it was received
Need for Speed: Underground 2 holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 69% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 885 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 16 hrs.
What it launched against
Need for Speed: Underground 2 launched on 9 November 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and World of Warcraft. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, World of Warcraft.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 20 cheat entries for Need for Speed: Underground 2 — 20 cheat codes. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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Every code labelled
Need for Speed: Underground 2 cheat codes
200 bank in career mode
Adds 200 to your bank in career mode.
Type the code at the title screen.
1,000 bank in career mode
Adds 1,000 to your bank in career mode.
Type the code at the title screen.
20,000 bank in career mode
Adds 20,000 to your bank in career mode.
Type the code at the title screen.
Performance parts level 1
Opens the first level of performance parts early.
Type the code at the title screen.
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