Go to your game installation folder (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Need for Speed Underground 2 ) and rename the original speed2.exe to speed2.exe.bak .

If you installed from multiple discs but the game still asks for Disc 2:

: To prevent random crashes, set the game to run on only one CPU core using Task Manager or the Widescreen Fix configuration file ( SingleCoreAffinity=1 ).

If you’re trying to relive the golden era of JDM and import tuning by installing Need for Speed: Underground 2 on a modern PC, you’ve likely hit a wall. You start the installation, it hums along nicely, and then suddenly—boom. A prompt appears:

The quest to fix the Disc 2 error actually gave birth to the massive NFSU2 modding scene we see today. In trying to bypass the DRM, modders discovered how to inject the "Extra Quality" textures and Ray Tracing