Need for Speed: Underground 2 - Development Showcase

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[@yegormix]

It's strange that we don't have the earliest builds in youtube of most wanted version from 2004, not even a piece of gameplay prototype, because i saw some videos with cut audio files of police chatter, as proof and screenshot of u2 beta gameplay with orange icon of player and green rivals icon, maybe leftover of mw2004 ?

[@cxlciummmiv]

some of the police chatter that was left in the ug2 files has been uploaded to youtube, but it's just a generic concept of what the police chatter would sound like in mw.

[@Kacpa2]

Closest you get is Core X and snall chunks of the map from portfolios and book on cgi cinematogeaphy by some of the developers. Original map did bot have Rockport at all. It was only Rosewood and Camden, third region was Alpine instead. This is also the reason why license plates said City of Rosesood instead of Rockport on early screenshots. Rockport itself is a hasty rehash of Bayview City core, its incredibly obvious if you look at 2005 beta Map concept. It still has that curvy street where body shop is in UG2. I might cover it at some point when i have some more free time.

[@estebanbello_]

There's a nice showcase of it I'll find the link and paste it here ​@cxlciummmiv

[@cxlciummmiv]

@@Kacpa2 blackbox always sorta kept going back to some of their old maps for their newer titles. one of carbon's canyon shares the same layout as a road on jackson heights and there's a few more interesting small bits like that as you've mentioned regarding early mw's map.

[@lotuwei]

@@cxlciummmiv two roads of the Jackson Heights do share. East - Gold Valley Run, west - Deadfall Junction.

[@uneverknow8154]

As a kid always wondered where is that beautiful bright shop from the photo of CD covers. Spent many hours to find it on a map

[@cxlciummmiv]

same, i would always waste my time looking for spots that i've seen in concept arts or promotional material just to never find it in the game lmfao

[@Lol_Boring]

i really love the ambience in this game, sometimes i listen to it to fall asleep

[@cxlciummmiv]

valid

[@jacobrichardson1952]

I wish modders can bring back car show especially tournaments.

[@cxlciummmiv]

i would've loved to see the addition of cops. not necessarily something smart like say most wanted's cops, but something more like 2015's. just chasing u around for a bit, maybe some roadblocks from here and there and that's it.

[@arandominternetperson4462]

One huge thing that would've been nice is to address the changes done to the map of UG2. A big chunk of the highway around City Core was completely changed. By modding the PS2 demo you can drive on it. It's super cool imo. It's basically a giant stack interchange that used to link the central highway (before it got changed to a tunnel) to the south highway. There were also highway ramps near the Casino area. All of this was scrapped last minute and was simplified in the final map.

[@kapiszon533]

Where can we find more about it? Maybe some video that shows the changes?

[@cxlciummmiv]

@@kapiszon533 its the barrel blockade thingy that's inside the tunnel highway in the middle of the city. they were added to simplify the highway layout as even the final game's highway layout is a bit disorienting. and in response to op, yeah i agree i should've mentioned it in the video, however when making these videos its a bit hard to keep track of each and every detail.

[@arandominternetperson4462]

@@kapiszon533 I think GrandTheftAero had the video originally. It should be reuploaded.

[@AubyIsReal]

Damn thank you for the content, i am really addicted to these stuff

[@cxlciummmiv]

@@AubyIsReal u & me both

[@aleksandr_elkov]

I’ll grab some pop’n’bangs, i mean popcorn and watch this

[@cxlciummmiv]

god imagine if they added antilag in the next nfs

[@aleksandr_elkov]

@ imagine, but imagine if they added in nfs carbon that freeroam street races you have to outdistance your opponent

[@cxlciummmiv]

@aleksandr_elkov we do have freeroam races against other crew members tho. they're such a nice feature

[@aleksandr_elkov]

@@cxlciummmiv carbon really had a lot of potential, but, with a lot of hardware limitations and ea’s retarded 1-year time for development.. everything its lost in time..

[@Blue_Y2K6167]

The firetruck and ambulance remains from the PS2 version of NFS Hot Pursuit 2.

[@entryforce]

I've been waiting for this video more than the release of GTA6!😁🌴

[@cxlciummmiv]

@@entryforce 🤣🤣

[@Jovem_Hotrod]

I don't remember if you could play with traffic vehicles in quick race mode. It reminds me of Burnout 3 (they were released around the same time, with one coming with a demo of the other built in)

[@Vikt-vg8nz]

technically there are tournaments in url races

[@hitune]

Car show sounds dope they should put it in the unreal remake

[@cxlciummmiv]

honestly the remake already included some cut content such as some cut rims [Oasis Gothic] and the Replay Cameras track, so I doubt that they aren't going to be working on some stuff. I'd be surprised if they'd implement car damage.

[@Kacpa2]

Unreal engine is awful and wouldnt benefit the game in the slghtedt and emchsncks would be completely different unless its just for visual layer, then it will be just hedious visual vomit like GTA Definitive Trilogy

[@cxlciummmiv]

@@Kacpa2 ue5 is awful because devs usually don't bother putting their time into learning what the engine is actually capable of. the problem is the developers, not the engine itself. forced taa and upscaling because they're lazy and that's why even a rig with a 4090 runs those games like trash in the first place. 2real5underground is another story though, project made with passion, they never asked for money, and they even ported it over from ue4 to ue5. runs well, will be free, what more could you want from it?

[@Blue_Y2K6167]

​@@Kacpa2 Blame the developers for GTA Triology Remastered, not Unreal Engine which got poorly used at Rockstar remaster.

[@Turbo322]

would've been cool to see the car show mode. i bet it would’ve been like the lowriders mission in gta sa

[@xSpicySaltx]

its because most wanted and ug2 were built at the same time, and i assume ug2 used most wanted engine or whatever. they probably tested cops early early but saved it for MW.

[@DemaxXander6781]

ExtraOptions mod can also restore hood decals

[@cyber6843]

Wake up babe CxlciumMMIV posted another video!!

[@cxlciummmiv]

hell yeah!

[@oliwidaroli4867]

the 10th Underground 2 cut content/beta showcase on yt. GG

[@cxlciummmiv]

more people are devoted to making stuff regarding ug2 since it's one of the most popular nfs titles out there, unlike carbon that got shade at its time or something like pro street.

[@oliwidaroli4867]

@@cxlciummmiv yea, but everyone who got in touch with this Game during their childhood, knows most of those topics. those videos are almost as old as YT.

[@cxlciummmiv]

@@oliwidaroli4867 of course, no one said otherwise. but i for one like to watch each one of these videos because even though everyone talks about the same topic, they all make the video a little bit different by adding their own "special" touch.

[@tangetAsp1]

Very interesting

[@deadkey]

A bit off topic, but man I got to say how hard BlackBox cooked back in the days. Still today we are discussing, modding and playing these games so much. I just played 7 hours of ProStreet nonstop. Not a single game in the last idk. 5 years did that.

[@ElfacheroLK]

Please I want to see more of the car damage from the beta version, it looks too good

[@cxlciummmiv]

unfortunately i couldn't find any more footage of the damage model, it's just that video as far as i'm afraid

[@Blue_Y2K6167]

That was the only damage footage from the pre-release.

[@SeriousSubWoofer]

Puedes encontrar más material de daño en el tutorial de street x underground 2

[@raymondkoledoye9941]

Can you do video about the of developing showcase of midnight club.

[@cxlciummmiv]

@@raymondkoledoye9941 i’ll look into it! thanks for the suggestion!

[@raymondkoledoye9941]

@@cxlciummmiv Thank you also Midnight club is one of my favourite illegal street racing games on Xbox 360 on my nostalgia childhood.

[@lukesgameplay9121]

just reading through all the info in the video, did Most Wanted enter development before UG2?

[@sussyPapa69]

EA Blackbox Vancouver has separate team group each would make there own ideas like need for speed most wanted prostreet and carbon undercover and skate series they share the same engine but some asset and builds are different but the ai is being used on all the games since need for speed hotpursuit 2 ps2 version made by them not the pc version

[@RandomGuy-b3y]

is there a way to restore car damage in nfsu2 on pc

[@cxlciummmiv]

hasn't been done yet, so I doubt honestly

[@rly_spolarium]

Where u get all this footages?

[@cxlciummmiv]

tcrf website, linked in the desc alongside crowned's reupload of the diary video

[@pulagura6099]

Half life 3?

[@hrr597]

Good video. If it is possible could you do development showcases for older NFS titles before Underground.

[@cxlciummmiv]

i'll look into them! i loved hp2 and high stakes. thank you for the suggestion!