Need for Speed Underground 2 Strategy - Racing tips
Circuit Racing Tips:
Be sure to save some of your NOS for your final lap. This will ensure you have that final boost if you need it.
Look for shortcuts, but don't always use them! In some races, shortcuts are actually longer, or have sharper turns requiring you to lose speed!
Sprint Racing Tips:
On Sprint races be sure to stay close to the turns and stay away from traffic that could cost you the game. Also don’t be afraid to spin the computer out from the back.
This will work in any race that allows NOS. Right before the start of the race, during the countdown, tap the NOS button. This will give you some style points thus refueling your NOS and giving a little extra. Its not a lot but its something to get off the line with.
Drag Racing Tips:
When in a drag race against AI, watch their movements during the race if they are ahead of you. They will be more aware of upcoming obstacles and traffic.
If you're first during the drag race and enemy is right behind you, he will surely want to get ahead of you. To avoid this, you should often look behind and if enemy try to change the line, quickly drive on the same line.
If you can't finish a drag race, because you blow you're engine, try to change Final Drive Ratio scrollbar nearer Top Speed. (Performance Tuning -> Tune settings -> Drivetrain).
When drag racing on the PC, try using a steering wheel or joystick, anything that'll get you analog control of the throttle. That way, it's easier to get perfect shifts right on 1st, then 2nd gear, which helps dramatically in getting the early lead and hopefully, winning the race.
Many of you already had the problem of blown engine because of using nitro. If you are in the 4th level of transmission (I don't know the exact word for this, sry) do a short shift so the arrow comes low in the 5th level, now you can use nitro before blowing up your engine and your still going fast.
Later in the game, on the longer courses, you will need car with a 6-speed gearbox to avoid blowing your engine.
In one of the drage races in the second sponsor level, there are a lot of traffic cars which makes it almost impossible to finish. Just do it slowly, the other cars will get totaled and you can just slowly do it and dodge the traffic.
When you are racing in quick race or multiplayer online, after unlocking all the peformance upgrades. The best way to win a race is to stay behind the first opponent and try to be very close to him. in that way, you are earning Style points which will be an extra nitros to your car. through the race, in about 1/2 to 3/4 to the finishing line, tab the nitros or keep pressing the nitros button which will last longer.
Drift Racing Tips:
Choosing the right car is essential when preparing for a Drift race. All wheel, rear wheel and front wheel drive cars all perform differently.
If you can control your car exceptionally well, then go tune it to have the front moderately "loose" or so that it loses traction easy, and the rear as "loose" as you can get it, if you experiment with what works best one your car via the test track then you will have a car that drifts easy, yet still controllable, another thing is to use handbrake sparingly due to the fact that it burns to much momentum and speed reducing chances of chaining it.
If you have a rear will drive car with lots of power, sit on about 30 to 40 km then gas it as soon as you turn this is more effective then pressing the handbrake but if you want to keep it going just zig zag. I find this more effective with an Audi TT with all level one upgrades or higher. If you do have higher performance then you may find it hard to finish in time but the scoring is taken care of.
When you see you're about to loose control of you're car and going to hit a wall or traffic cars, push the brake/reverse trigger and the hand-brake at same time and hold'em until you see the points go in the bank, usually, you'll get the points before the car completely stop or hit the wall!
On open course drifts that have turn-around driveways, you can see these on your map as a separate road that goes off the main road and reconnects. Take the driveway and slide around and back onto main road for "Insane" drift points, 60,000+.
Street X Tips:
A tip for racing on Street X is to make sure that you hit the other cars out of the way. Hit them as though you are playing dodge 'ems, and hit the back corners of their cars and launch them into a spin.
You can either hit them out of they way, by hitting their back corners (aka the P.I.T. maneuver) or you can try to take the inside corner of every turn. This gets you around the course faster, and also prevents the opponents from trying to spin you.
In order to have great performances in Street X racing, just tune your gear ratios for acceleration, therefore you have to concentrate all your transmission on acceleration. Therefore all the bars have to been set for optimum acceleration, cause you need no top speed for Street X.
URL Racing Tips:
When you're racing a URL race make sure when you fill the N2O as much as you can via: Drafting, Fastest lap, Leading lap and Power slides, but don't overdo it with the powerslides. NOS can help you to get in first, creating and maintaining a gap. Depending on opponents strength you can get a gap from 3 or 4 seconds and if you're lucky even 12 seconds. When starting at the back, rev as high as possible to get a good burnout score. Then draft until you reach between 500 and 900 points this should give you enough NOS for the next two laps if used sparingly i.e. on the exit of the apex of turns for acceleration and long straights.
Outrun Racing Tips:
To beat an opponent the fastest come up on him at near top speed and right when you get near him press the button to start the outrun. He will flip over your car or be hit to the side and you will win in seconds.
The tip is when racing outrun races do it on the highway it makes things a lot easier and don't accept the race until your right up on them so you can spin them out first thing and almost always win with in ten to twenty seconds as opposed to two or three minutes. This will not always work but does most of the time, works like a charm for levels 1&2.
If you are far enough ahead of your opponent and on the motorway turn a hairpin into an off ramp and you opponent will overshoot it and take a long time to recover.
When racing in Outrun mode get as close as you can before challenging them. Then challenge them and press the nos and try to ram the side of your opponent causing them to lose control and crash. Another tip is when racing try to go towards a place where you can make a u-turn, if you do it right then you will get a big lead while they try to turn around.
There are two good ways to easily win an Outrun. The first is to come up behind the opponent and do what is called a PIT Manoeuvre. To do this you must go to the side of your opponent and with the front of your car lean sideways into the back of their car. If done correctly then their car should spin round but remember to press up to start the outrun just before they spin because this will make then stop and they take ages to turn round. The second way is to drive through to 5 fountains in the City Core. It takes a lot of practice to do it but when learnt you will be able to do it with ease and your opponent will always crash trying to follow you.
If you are enough ahead of your opponent, use shortcuts. Opponent may not use shortcut, but he can use it and he will crash on it.
To load up NOS real quick, drive backwards until you hit max RPM and then steer hard left or hard right. This will let you do a J-turn for a massive 500 points! This is easiest on the highway, if you start out facing the oncoming traffic, but parking lots work well too.
For some nasty Outrun action, allow your opponent to close in behind you, as you approach an off ramp of the highway. Try to push him into the concrete at top of the junction, where the roads split. If this works - he'll be standing still and you'll be rocketing away to victory. If this doesn't work, you'll spin around; grab your handbrake to control the spin, and shoot NOS to chase after your opponent; he'll be slowed down enough to let you draft from his rear. try to push him into a spin while he's still figuring out what happened.
If you have the lead and cannot seem to lose your opponent, head towards the Fountains at the City Center and weave through them. Your opponent is most likely to crash into the fountains. Easier done using a small car, e.g. A3 or 206 because of their size. Or using an SUV, due to their "lack of Speed". Practice makes perfect.
Be sure to save some of your NOS for your final lap. This will ensure you have that final boost if you need it.
Look for shortcuts, but don't always use them! In some races, shortcuts are actually longer, or have sharper turns requiring you to lose speed!
Sprint Racing Tips:
On Sprint races be sure to stay close to the turns and stay away from traffic that could cost you the game. Also don’t be afraid to spin the computer out from the back.
This will work in any race that allows NOS. Right before the start of the race, during the countdown, tap the NOS button. This will give you some style points thus refueling your NOS and giving a little extra. Its not a lot but its something to get off the line with.
Drag Racing Tips:
When in a drag race against AI, watch their movements during the race if they are ahead of you. They will be more aware of upcoming obstacles and traffic.
If you're first during the drag race and enemy is right behind you, he will surely want to get ahead of you. To avoid this, you should often look behind and if enemy try to change the line, quickly drive on the same line.
If you can't finish a drag race, because you blow you're engine, try to change Final Drive Ratio scrollbar nearer Top Speed. (Performance Tuning -> Tune settings -> Drivetrain).
When drag racing on the PC, try using a steering wheel or joystick, anything that'll get you analog control of the throttle. That way, it's easier to get perfect shifts right on 1st, then 2nd gear, which helps dramatically in getting the early lead and hopefully, winning the race.
Many of you already had the problem of blown engine because of using nitro. If you are in the 4th level of transmission (I don't know the exact word for this, sry) do a short shift so the arrow comes low in the 5th level, now you can use nitro before blowing up your engine and your still going fast.
Later in the game, on the longer courses, you will need car with a 6-speed gearbox to avoid blowing your engine.
In one of the drage races in the second sponsor level, there are a lot of traffic cars which makes it almost impossible to finish. Just do it slowly, the other cars will get totaled and you can just slowly do it and dodge the traffic.
When you are racing in quick race or multiplayer online, after unlocking all the peformance upgrades. The best way to win a race is to stay behind the first opponent and try to be very close to him. in that way, you are earning Style points which will be an extra nitros to your car. through the race, in about 1/2 to 3/4 to the finishing line, tab the nitros or keep pressing the nitros button which will last longer.
Drift Racing Tips:
Choosing the right car is essential when preparing for a Drift race. All wheel, rear wheel and front wheel drive cars all perform differently.
If you can control your car exceptionally well, then go tune it to have the front moderately "loose" or so that it loses traction easy, and the rear as "loose" as you can get it, if you experiment with what works best one your car via the test track then you will have a car that drifts easy, yet still controllable, another thing is to use handbrake sparingly due to the fact that it burns to much momentum and speed reducing chances of chaining it.
If you have a rear will drive car with lots of power, sit on about 30 to 40 km then gas it as soon as you turn this is more effective then pressing the handbrake but if you want to keep it going just zig zag. I find this more effective with an Audi TT with all level one upgrades or higher. If you do have higher performance then you may find it hard to finish in time but the scoring is taken care of.
When you see you're about to loose control of you're car and going to hit a wall or traffic cars, push the brake/reverse trigger and the hand-brake at same time and hold'em until you see the points go in the bank, usually, you'll get the points before the car completely stop or hit the wall!
On open course drifts that have turn-around driveways, you can see these on your map as a separate road that goes off the main road and reconnects. Take the driveway and slide around and back onto main road for "Insane" drift points, 60,000+.
Street X Tips:
A tip for racing on Street X is to make sure that you hit the other cars out of the way. Hit them as though you are playing dodge 'ems, and hit the back corners of their cars and launch them into a spin.
You can either hit them out of they way, by hitting their back corners (aka the P.I.T. maneuver) or you can try to take the inside corner of every turn. This gets you around the course faster, and also prevents the opponents from trying to spin you.
In order to have great performances in Street X racing, just tune your gear ratios for acceleration, therefore you have to concentrate all your transmission on acceleration. Therefore all the bars have to been set for optimum acceleration, cause you need no top speed for Street X.
URL Racing Tips:
When you're racing a URL race make sure when you fill the N2O as much as you can via: Drafting, Fastest lap, Leading lap and Power slides, but don't overdo it with the powerslides. NOS can help you to get in first, creating and maintaining a gap. Depending on opponents strength you can get a gap from 3 or 4 seconds and if you're lucky even 12 seconds. When starting at the back, rev as high as possible to get a good burnout score. Then draft until you reach between 500 and 900 points this should give you enough NOS for the next two laps if used sparingly i.e. on the exit of the apex of turns for acceleration and long straights.
Outrun Racing Tips:
To beat an opponent the fastest come up on him at near top speed and right when you get near him press the button to start the outrun. He will flip over your car or be hit to the side and you will win in seconds.
The tip is when racing outrun races do it on the highway it makes things a lot easier and don't accept the race until your right up on them so you can spin them out first thing and almost always win with in ten to twenty seconds as opposed to two or three minutes. This will not always work but does most of the time, works like a charm for levels 1&2.
If you are far enough ahead of your opponent and on the motorway turn a hairpin into an off ramp and you opponent will overshoot it and take a long time to recover.
When racing in Outrun mode get as close as you can before challenging them. Then challenge them and press the nos and try to ram the side of your opponent causing them to lose control and crash. Another tip is when racing try to go towards a place where you can make a u-turn, if you do it right then you will get a big lead while they try to turn around.
There are two good ways to easily win an Outrun. The first is to come up behind the opponent and do what is called a PIT Manoeuvre. To do this you must go to the side of your opponent and with the front of your car lean sideways into the back of their car. If done correctly then their car should spin round but remember to press up to start the outrun just before they spin because this will make then stop and they take ages to turn round. The second way is to drive through to 5 fountains in the City Core. It takes a lot of practice to do it but when learnt you will be able to do it with ease and your opponent will always crash trying to follow you.
If you are enough ahead of your opponent, use shortcuts. Opponent may not use shortcut, but he can use it and he will crash on it.
To load up NOS real quick, drive backwards until you hit max RPM and then steer hard left or hard right. This will let you do a J-turn for a massive 500 points! This is easiest on the highway, if you start out facing the oncoming traffic, but parking lots work well too.
For some nasty Outrun action, allow your opponent to close in behind you, as you approach an off ramp of the highway. Try to push him into the concrete at top of the junction, where the roads split. If this works - he'll be standing still and you'll be rocketing away to victory. If this doesn't work, you'll spin around; grab your handbrake to control the spin, and shoot NOS to chase after your opponent; he'll be slowed down enough to let you draft from his rear. try to push him into a spin while he's still figuring out what happened.
If you have the lead and cannot seem to lose your opponent, head towards the Fountains at the City Center and weave through them. Your opponent is most likely to crash into the fountains. Easier done using a small car, e.g. A3 or 206 because of their size. Or using an SUV, due to their "lack of Speed". Practice makes perfect.
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