Need for Speed: Underground 2 shipped during the twilight era of physical media. The game came on two CDs (or one DVD in later reprints). Disc 1 contained the installer and basic assets, while Disc 2 held the bulk of the game’s data—the car models, the vast open-world map of Bayview, the licensed soundtrack, and the crucial video files.

Note: This method requires the user to manually configure resolution settings via the Windows Registry if they want to play in widescreen.