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Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

  • Summary: 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. Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 35
  2. Negative: 2 out of 35
  1. 100
    Simply put, Underground 2 is an outstanding sequel in all aspects. It offers a lot of new and fun features, yet the game doesn't move away from the core gameplay that made the first Underground so popular, which is pure adrenaline street racing.
  2. I was positively crestfallen when I exited the menu to find that my car design didn't stay put.
  3. The original Need for Speed Underground is still better than its sequel, which speaks for the great quality of the first game or the lack of it in the sequel.
  4. Tries to roll driving and role-play into a neat little package, but through ham-fisted design and execution the game's faults continually blot out any true sense of immersion within the game's atmosphere.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. JoseD.
    10
    This game is awesome, one of the best customizations, good graphics for Gamecube and etc.
  2. ChadA.
    10
    Sweet!!
  3. MatthewV.
    7
    I enjoyed playing Need for Speed Underground 2. The car customization was excellent with hundreds of car combinations. Driving to the races was a great improvement from NFSU. The graphics are excellent. Although the URL races are too long and it doesn't have much replay value. Expand
  4. I.Lynch
    3
    Message to EA: please stop making games tht take 2 months too finish and slap a chav-known name so chavs will buy it. it's wrong. make more good games like timesplitters and SSX. Collapse

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