Need for Speed Underground 2 holds a special place in the hearts of fans of the Electronic Arts series. The title in question is so beloved by fans that the latter has been clamoring for a remake for years, and even if the licensing issues surrounding Underground 2 would likely make it a hypothetical makeover. prohibitively expensive for EA.
Given the actual impossibility of seeing an official remake of the title, a fan is creating one with their own hands. 2Unreal4Underground is the name of this fan made remake of Need for Speed Underground 2, developed using the graphics engine U.
The user had initially set up a remake of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, but Take-Two stopped the project. So the German programmer decided to develop a remake of the aforementioned Underground 2.
The user started with the construction of the test track, the GUI and the import of the Underground 2 car models. Then the collision box, the sound effects and the iconic colonna sonora, which in the case of 2Unreal4Undergroun has grown to include Need for Speed Underground, Underground 2 and Most Wanted.
On the YouTube channel dedicated to the project there are constant updates that reveal how far this project has come. Lighting, atmospheric effects, reflections and textures I reach impressive levels thanks to the Unreal Engine 4 game engine.
However, 2Unreal4Underground is still far from being a remake of the original. In fact, the game menu, car customization, campaign mode and multiplayer. Despite these shortcomings, the work done so far by the fan is without a doubt commendable, and the hope is that EA do not decide to close this amateur project.
As for the Need for Speed saga, insider Tom Henderson has revealed that, probably, the new game in the series could arrive by the end of the year.
