Split-screen on PC

Need for Speed: Underground 2

Up to 6 players on one PC, with controllers.

6Verified handler

Handler “Need for Speed: Underground 2” by Zensuu, version 2

P4+2 more players

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 6 players can play Need for Speed: Underground 2 together on one PC, each in their own part of the screen, with controllers. The free community handler “Need for Speed: Underground 2” by Zensuu does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 2, updated 1 May 2024. Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a racing game from 2004.

Players6
ControllersSupported
Keyboard and mouseNot supported
Several keyboards and miceNot supported
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play Need for Speed: Underground 2 split screen on PC

Get Nucleus Co-op
Download Nucleus Co-op, free for Windows 10 and 11, and unzip it into its own folder, for example C:\NucleusCo-op. There is no installer.
Keep it out of Program Files, your user folder and OneDrive.
Download Nucleus Co-op
Install the Need for Speed: Underground 2 handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Need for Speed: Underground 2 and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Need for Speed: Underground 2 is installed.
Download the handler file (.nc)
Take a seat
Each player presses a button on their own controller to join and takes a spot on the screen. Pick a layout that fits your players.
Launch and connect
Press Launch: Nucleus opens one copy of Need for Speed: Underground 2 per player and lays the windows out on your screen. Then link them in game, usually one player hosts a LAN or online session and the others join it. The handler notes say how.

What you need

A Windows 10 or 11 PC
Nucleus Co-op runs on Windows only. System requirements
Need for Speed: Underground 2 for Windows
Installed on that PC. Nucleus starts every player's window from that one install.
Nucleus Co-op, free
With .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later and the Visual C++ 2015–2022 runtimes (x86 and x64). Download
Something to play with
One controller per player: Xbox, PlayStation or generic pads. Controllers
A PC that can run 6 copies
Each player runs their own copy of Need for Speed: Underground 2, so the PC carries several times the usual load. Lower the graphics settings if it struggles. Performance tips
A multiplayer mode
Nucleus links the windows through the game's own LAN or online mode; the handler takes care of it.

Handler notes

Abandonware. Download the game here.

◦ Supports xinput gamepads.

◦ Read the handler notes in the UI carefully.

◦ Authors and Contributors of this handler: Zensuu. A special thanks to the Nucleus Co-op and Split Screen Dreams communities.

About Need for Speed: Underground 2

Need For Speed Underground 2 takes place in Bayview after the events of Need for Speed: Underground. The prologue begins with the player driving in a Nissan Skyline R34 in Olympic City (though the racing scenes are actually in Bayview), the setting of NFS:UG. He then receives a race challenge from a rather ominous personality who offers him a spot on his crew, but "won't take 'no' for an answer." The player races off — despite Samantha's warnings — only to be ambushed by a mysterious driver in a rage that totals his Skyline. The driver, who has a unique scythe tattoo, makes a call confirming the accident, and the flashback fades out.

Summary from IGDB

Need for Speed: Underground 2 screenshots

Version history

v2Current
Added script mod support.
1 May 2024VerifiedDownload (2.4 MB)
v1
First release.
1 May 2024VerifiedDownload (2.4 MB)

Version details, files and scripts

Comments 1

meyeber_passos2 years ago
I tested it and it worked perfectly, I just have to say that it is a small problem. I also tested with six people and unfortunately the last two accounts were unable to enter the server, the last two accounts or the last two instances remain in a kind of Limbo that cannot connect, But despite this small problem, it works perfectly for four people. I highly recommend rating 10/10