Need for Speed: Underground

Name: Need for Speed: Underground
Availability: InStock
Author: EA Black Box

November 17, 2003

EA Black Box

77/100IGDB

Genres

Racing

Platforms

XboxNintendo GameCubePC (Microsoft Windows)PlayStation 2

Need for Speed: Underground

November 17, 2003

EA Black Box

77/100IGDB

Genres

Racing

Platforms

XboxNintendo GameCubePC (Microsoft Windows)PlayStation 2

Age rating

This game is rated ESRB: Everyone for Mild Lyrics, Suggestive Themes and Mild Language.

About

Need for Speed: Underground is a 2003 racing game developed by EA Black Box, released on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and PC. The seventh entry in the long-running Need for Speed series, it marked a significant departure from its predecessors by abandoning exotic and sports car racing in favor of street racing culture. The game introduced a career mode built around a structured narrative, a first for the franchise, giving players a progression-driven story to follow across its events. A dedicated garage mode allows extensive customization of vehicles, covering both performance tuning and visual modifications using a wide range of licensed brand-name parts and aesthetic options. The combination of narrative career structure and deep car personalization represented a deliberate reinvention of the series, reshaping its identity and setting the template for several subsequent entries in the Underground line.