Need for Speed: Underground

Need for Speed: Underground
Developer(s)	EA Black Box
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	Need for Speed
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA November 17, 2003 EU November 21, 2003 JP December 25, 2003
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GNDD69, GNDJ13, GNDE69, GNDP69, GNDF69
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia Debug Symbol Files

Need for Speed: Underground (NFSU) is the seventh racing game in the Need for Speed video game series developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts in 2003. Underground remakes the series' formula completely with a heavy emphasis on tuner culture and a storyline-driven career mode. All races take place in a generic city at night. Rather than exotic cars, Underground featured vehicles associated with the import scene. Underground was commercially successful, and inspired a sequel.

Problems

No Car Reflections

All reflectivity on the cars is broken. See issue 8072. Fixed by 4.0-5225.

Background Music

The background music while racing fails to play properly in HLE. This was fixed sometime before 4.0-4478.

Configuration

No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Need for Speed: Underground since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r6252

4.0-5225

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5.0-21453 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r6252	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7-930 @ 3.53GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	Playable: BGM music broken/Minor lighting issues
3.0-243	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.5GHZ	AMD Radeon HD 6850	Perfect: FPS sometimes drops below 30 when there are a lot of vehicles on screen. Resolution:1680x1050, Aspect Ratio:Stretch, Internal Res: Auto, AF:16x, Widescreen Hack	Zheka
3.0-499	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.4GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6850	Playable: BGM music broken
4.0.2	Windows 7 x64	AMD FX-8120 @ 3.1GHz	AMD Radeon HD 7970	Audio Broken
4.0-4478	Linux Ubuntu 14.04	Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 650	Not really playable. Jumps sporadically between 80% and 100% speed. It'd be okay if it wasn't so inconsistent. I tried a bunch of different combinations of graphics hacks to make it run 100% and I ended up just making it slower. The emulation though is perfect as far as I can see with default settings, audio works great in HLE, though some cutscenes can fail to update/stutter a bit it doesn't make the game less enjoyable and everything seems fine in-game.	Xerxes

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0-3469 - Need for Speed: Underground (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

Dolphin: NFS Underground - Full Speed HD

Dolphin: NFS Underground Split-Screen - Full Speed HD