Underground 2Need for Speed Underground 2 on PC
Release date, two sources
PCGamingWiki dates the North American PC release 2004-11-09. Wikipedia dates it 2004-11-15. Both are cited on purpose. The publisher is EA; the developer is EA Black Box, and both pages agree on that.
Steam and GOG searches on 2026-10-28 did not list this game. A legal PC copy is a retail disc with its serial and all install discs. The 1.2 patch is the version PCGamingWiki recommends. SafeDisc 4.60 often fails on current Windows, which is a known-issue note there, not a crack guide.
After it launches
- Widescreen: ThirteenAG’s pack, dinput8.dll plus a scripts folder. Details are on the widescreen page.
- LAN: UDP 3658, URL mode 6 players, other modes 4.
- Saves: %LOCALAPPDATA%\NFS Underground 2\
- Extra Options and car packs come after 1.2 and the widescreen fix. Order is on the mods page.
I compared Wikipedia’s date with PCGamingWiki’s date and left both. I did not install a disc in this pass.
Questions
Will Windows 11 run the disc?
People do, with the 1.2 patch and the widescreen pack’s compatibility options. Black screens and affinity crashes are on the fix pages, sourced from PCGamingWiki and the pack’s issues.
Can I download it here?
No. Use the acquisition page for shops that were actually checked.
Keep reading: Where to buy a discWidescreenLANCrashes
Last checked . Sources: PCGamingWiki: NFSU2Wikipedia: Underground 2ThirteenAG Widescreen FixSteam search, 2026-10-28GOG search, 2026-10-28. Report a correction.