
There is hardly any slowdown, the cars drive utterly well, and the voice chat is as good as it gets. You are able to get online with your custom racers and compete with up to five other players simultaneously. For the PS2, the online game is solid and addictive. These all contribute to your Visual Rating, so customizing your ride serves more of a purpose than just being aesthetically pleasing. Almost all parts are unlocked as a reward for winning races, with the latest and best versions becoming available deeper in the game.

The variety of parts includes hoods, spoilers, mufflers, siding, spinners, rims, window tinting, speed dials, trunks, neon under colors, and five layers of decals, just to name a few. You will find hundreds of custom exterior parts to apply to your ride. One of the most exciting parts of playing NFSU2 is its carefully developed customization sections. Coal Harbor, City Core, Beacon Hill, Jackson Heights, and the Airport all offer unique driving opportunities for players seeking the similar types of race variations presented in the prequel. Comprised of a five-part city, the fabricated urban center known as Bayview is the imaginative model for midnight speedsters. Rather, it is a complete re-imagining, derived from the open model made famous by free-roaming, racing action games.

It's not a sequel in the usual sense of the word. Publisher Electronic Arts profoundly expanded Need for Speed: Underground 2.


An arcade racer by its very nature, NFSU2 results in a startling 40 hour-plus engagement that is well-packaged, composed with aggressive AI, and loaded with thrills around every corner. A deep experience from the beginning, the play only improves over time. 2003's PlayStation 2 racing title Need for Speed: Underground 2 lets loose everyone's inner ambition to trick out a vehicle and hit the road as part of an outlaw street racing circuit.
