Need for Speed Underground 2 now plays in your browser, no install needed

A fan project lets you play Need for Speed: Underground 2 straight from a web browser. Called “Underground 2 Revived” and hosted at nfsu2.xyz, it is built on the 2004 PC game's code recompiled for the web. Graphics run through WebGPU, audio through Web Audio, and the page advertises up to 120 frames per second. According to the press, the site appeared around 18 October 2026, and an article dated 20 October tested it on an M2 MacBook Air with 8 GB of RAM with smooth results.

Getting started is simple: open the page in Chrome or Firefox (the only two browsers the authors name), wait for the game data to download, then press Play or Enter. No EA account is required and nothing needs installing. The data is stored in the browser to speed up later launches, and a button lets you delete it. You can play with a keyboard, an Xbox or PlayStation pad, a steering wheel, or touch controls on a phone.

Multiplayer, saves and a legal grey area

The project lets you cruise with friends in free roam and race them in Online mode on its own server, with no account to create and crews to find each other. Saves can stay in the browser or go to the cloud with a passphrase. The site says it builds on NFSU2Recomp by Talha Müderrisoğlu, plus language and texture packs from the community, all credited. It presents itself as a fan project unaffiliated with Electronic Arts, which owns the rights to the code: the author advises making a backup of your data with the provided button, since sites like this often vanish after a rights holder complaint.

The project is part of a wave of games recompiled for the browser, like the web version of Halo that Microsoft has so far left online. To play, go straight to nfsu2.xyz: it is both the launch link and the quick start. The site points to a Discord for help and bug reports. Since it is run by an individual, its lifespan is uncertain.

Source: AppleInsider.ru