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Need for Speed: Underground

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Need for Speed: Underground
Need for Speed: Underground cover
Developers
EA Black Box
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
EAGL
Release dates
Windows November 17, 2003
Need for Speed: Underground guide on StrategyWiki
Need for Speed: Underground on Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
The Need for Speed 1994
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Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed 2000
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted (series)
Need for Speed: Carbon 2006
Need for Speed: ProStreet 2007
Need for Speed: Undercover 2008
Need for Speed: Shift (series)
Need for Speed: World 2010
Need for Speed: The Run 2011
Need for Speed Rivals 2013
Need for Speed (2016) 2016
Need for Speed Payback 2017
Need for Speed: Edge 2017
Need for Speed Heat 2019
Need for Speed Unbound 2022

General information

Official site (archived)
Need for Speed Wikia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

Skip intro videos

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Download no_intro.zip
  2. Go to <path-to-game>\Movies\
  3. Replace e3_title.mad, na_boot.mad, and PSA.mad with the 3 movie files in no_intro.zip

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %PROGRAMDATA%\NFS Underground\<user-id>.cfg[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %PROGRAMDATA%\NFS Underground\[Note 2]

Video settings

General video settings
General video settings
Advanced video settings
Advanced video settings

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Set windowed/borderless[3][4]
  1. Install ThirteenAG's fix.
  2. Create wndmode.ini in <path-to-game>.

Input settings

Input settings
Input settings

Template:Input settings

A Steam user-made config for DualShock 4

Basically applies full controller support for DS4. Should also work for other controllers. Steam is required.[5]
  1. Download Jodeth's DS4 config for NFSU.
  2. Follow the instructions to install it.

Alternative controller for DualShock 3 and 4

Fix trigger controller ps3/ps4[6]
  1. Install Little-scripts-NFS-GDX.
  2. If you have installed the game on another hard drive you can modify the path Little-scripts-NFS.bat.

Audio settings

Audio settings
Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Console versions only.
LAN play
4 Use NFS U LAN Mod.
Online play
4

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Use NFS U LAN Mod (Windows and Linux).
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix's 3D fix

Issues fixed

Custom bindings lost on game restart

Windows Vista and later lack a file needed for the game to remember custom mappings.
Download dimap.dll[citation needed]
  1. Download dimap.dll.
  2. Extract it into the installation folder.

Can't install both NFS Underground and NFS Most Wanted (2005) on the same PC

This problem occures because both games use the same name for their main executables (speed.exe). After installing one game and attempting to install the other, its autorun program assumes it's already been installed.
Workaround[citation needed]
  1. Install the first game. It doesn't matter whether it's Underground or Most Wanted.
  2. Go to the installation folder.
  3. Change the name of speed.exe to anything else.
  4. Install the other game.
  5. Restore the original name of the first game's speed.exe.

Controller deadzone issues

Fix left stick deadzone[7]
  1. Install ThirteenAG's fix.
  2. Deadzone can be adjusted in NFSUnderground.WidescreenFix.ini.

The game occasionally freezes on loading screen

Install latest patch 1.4 or 1.3.4[citation needed]

Copying proper .exe for EU or US version should enough. Along with it, patcher extracts also filter.efx to the patch folder if proper exe or registry entry is not found. Widescreen patch compatibility not tested.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Modifications

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III
AMD Athlon 700 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB (98, ME)
256 MB (2000, XP)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Direct3D compatible
32 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References