Xbox : Need for Speed Underground 2 Cheats

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Mustang GT: Avoid spins
In career mode when you unlock The Mustang GT, be careful when you put in the top engine with the top ECU. When going fast, watch out for sharp turns. You might spin out in a race; try to work on your handling.

Get bank for races
There are five stages, and as you complete each of them you can go back and repeat the races again. You may even find that there are some races you missed. These are the ones that you want to race. When you go to these, you are not supposed to get anything for them but you can change that. To access these races, go to your garage, then your world map, and select a race. When the race begins, pause game play and restart the race. Notice that there is an option to return to world map, however after you restart it will not be there. You can now race and get bank for it.

Pimpmobile
Take a Nissan Skyline, Ford Mustang or anything else with the same body shape. Put on any desired body parts, apart from "CF" items. Then, set everything that can have its color changed to a light gold. Leave it like that with no vinyls or decals and cruise the city.

Easy drag race wins
Instead of using nitrous by holding it down and wasting it all at once, just keep tapping NOS as fast as you can. You will gain 1 to 3 mph with every tap, which is actually increases your speed faster than if you were to hold it down. Also, you will run out of it about one third as fast. Try this under the hardest difficulty setting.

Get bank for races
There are five stages, and as you complete each of them you can go back and repeat the races again. You may even find that there are some races you missed. These are the ones that you want to race. When you go to these, you are not supposed to get anything for them but you can change that. To access these races, go to your garage, then your world map, and select a race. When the race begins, pause game play and restart the race. Notice that there is an option to return to world map, however after you restart it will not be there. You can now race and get bank for it.

Unlockable cars
Depending on the order that you choose the URL races within a stage the following results may vary slightly.

Unlockable:	How to Unlock:
Acura RSX Type S, Audi A3	Complete URL #06
Audi TT, Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX	Complete URL #07
Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator	Complete URL #01
Ford Mustang GT, Nissan 350Z	Complete URL #13
Hummer H2, Hyundai Tiburon GT	Complete URL #02
Infiniti G35 Coupe	Complete URL #09
Lexus IS300, Toyota Supra	Complete URL #05
Mazda RX-7	Complete URL #12
Mazda RX-8	Complete URL #08
Mitsubishi 3000GT	Complete URL #10
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII	Complete URL #14
Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V, Toyota Celica	Complete URL #03
Nissan Skyline R34 GTR	Complete URL #16
Pontiac GTO	Complete URL #11
Subaru Impreza WRX STi	Complete URL #15
Volkswagen Golf GTI	Complete URL #04

Recommended cars
One of the best cars in the game is the Toyota Corolla. Once you obtain all level three performance upgrades, you can go online and sup it up . Add whatever desired, including all level three upgrades then go to tuning and set it to drag so that it can take off the line quicker. Then, lower the suspension to the lowest setting. You should now have a car that can beat Celicas and Skylines, and will take off the line faster.

Two wheel donut
Use an RX-7 with level 3 hydraulics. Put the right side up all the way, but keep the left side down. Get the left side bouncing. Then, steer left the entire time. At first you need to get the speed in the turn up to 20 mph for about three seconds. When on two wheels, keep it at 15 mph to stay in a nice donut on two wheels. It can also be done the other way-- just put the left up instead of the right.

More horsepower and torque
To add more horsepower and torque, go to "Customize", then tune a car up to level 3 parts. Then, go to "Performance Tune/Dyno". Choose for example, "Drag", then go to "Tune Settings". Go to "ECU" and set it so that from 5 rpm to 9 rpm or whatever is the most the maximum amount of torque you can add. Do the same for "Turbo". Then. go to "Nitrous" and set the duration to 4 seconds. This will add both torque and horsepower to your ride.

Get to top speed faster
To get to your top speed faster, go into your garage then go to "Tune up/Dyno". After that, go to "Circuit" and select the ECU. Make levels 3, 4, and 5 as low as possible; with 3 the lowest. Do a dyno run and look at your speed. Compare this to the first time you did it. It should increase a lot, helping in all your races.

Easy money
Collecting the little information logos around the city gives you money. You will receive $25 for each one.

Start a cruise
To start a cruise, find an Outrun opponent on the highway. Do not start the Outrun. Instead, just drive along with him or her and stay on the same road. After about two or three minutes, another car will join you. Eventually you will end up cruising with four cars. You must go the same way as the other drivers, as they will not follow you due to the CPU's AI.

Easy Street X wins
When you are in Street X, change your car's transmission to manual and use a low gear through most of the race. It will help you cut your speed for better turns.

Going off jumps in URL races
Start driving slow to get in fourth place. Then, drive up in front of the third, second and first place cars to get extra points for nitro. You can use it when you are getting close to the four lights hanging on the bar. You will go off the jump and see a short intermission sequence of your car going off the jump.

Catwalk
To catwalk a car, you must have stage three hydraulics and have stage 3 performance parts. Try using a Mazda RX-8 or a Ford Mustang. To start your catwalk, bounce the front of your car then release the emergency brake but continue to hold Forward. Then hit the gas at the top of the bounce. You car should catwalk. Note: This will now work with AWD and FWD cars.

Recover NOS
You can recover NOS by doing one of the following things.

Unlockable:	How to Unlock:
360	Perform a 360 or a doughnut while driving.
Avoid Accident	Almost get in a wreck with another car.
Best Lap	Score a best lap during a race.
Burnout	Spin the tires.
Clean Lap	Make it through an entire lap without hitting anything.
Clean Section	Make it through an entire race section without hitting anything.
Head Start	Get off the starting line the quickest.
Hydro Bounce	Bounce your car using level 3 hydraulics.
J Turn	Drive in reverse and swing the car around to drive away forwards.
Lead Lap	Lead a lap in the race.
Leap Frog	Jump your car over a traffic accident.
Shortcut	Take a shortcut.
Sprayshow	Purge your nitrous
Traffic Hit	Penalty from hitting traffic.

Easier turns in URL races
Notice that before the sharp turns during the URL races, there are a set of numbers that countdown to 1. Follow those numbers to perfect your sharp turn into a groove to speed through faster. Keep accelerating until you reach "1", then slam on the brakes and turn. Once perfected, this can help you get through the turns with more speed.

Get Nitrous quick
To quikly fill up you Nitrous meter before a race, simply turn while holding down the handbreak and accellerate and you will do a 360, which give you 400 points. You can do this up to three times

Keep other vinyls plus unique
Enter the graphics shop and put whatever vinyls you desire on the car and leave one space open. Exit and pay for it, then renter the shop. Put the unique vinyl that you desire in the empty slot. The shop will only show the unique, but when you leave the shop all the other vinyls will still be on the car, plus your unique.

Easy wins
When racing for magazine covers, unique performance or visual parts, it helps if you have both NOS bottles filled. This can let you scab that tenth of a second that you have always missed. It also helps, especially in the more difficult and longer stages, with small time limits, to immediately activate the GPS as soon as you have accepted the challenge.

Magazine Covers
Need for Speed Underground 2 Magazine Covers:

Unlockable:	How to Unlock:
Auto Motor	get 20 wins in stage 5
AutoMaxx Magazine	get 16 wins in stage 4
Car Audio and Electronics	Get 6 wins in stage 3
Chrome und Flamen	Get 27 wins in stage 4
Elaborare	Get 3 wins in stage 4
GTI Magazine	get 16 wins in stage 5
GTI Magazine	get 11 wins in stage 3
Hot 4's	Get 18 wins in stage 3
Import Tuner	Get 4 wins in stage 5
Maxi Tuning	get 7 wins in stage 4
Power Magazine	Get 32 wins in stage 5
Spoiler	Get 11 wins in stage 4
Sports Compact Car	get 8 wins in stage 2
Street Car Magazine	get 2 wins in stage 3
Street Car Magazine	Get 9 wins in stage 5
Street Tuner	Get 34 wins in stage 5
Stuff Magazine	Get 20 wins in stage 4
Super Street	Get 28 wins in stage 5
Swiss Tuner Magazine	Get 25 wins in stage 5
Turbo	get 4 wins in stage 2

Unique upgrades
How to Unlock Uniques with Outrun races

Unlockable:	How to Unlock:
ECU, turbo or brakes	9 wins in outrun level 4.
Engine, transmission or tires	3 wins in outrun level 3.
Hoods	4 wins in outrun level 2
NOS, weight or suspension	6 wins in outrun level 5.
Rims	6 wins in outrun level 3.
Spoilers	4 wins in outrun level 4.
Vinyls	6 wins in outrun level 4.
Wide body kits	11 wins in outrun level 5.

Final race
The final race is against Caleb (the man that tells Nikki to win, then she loses and joins your team) on a 4.5 mile track and 5 laps. However, he only gets up to about 130 mph.

Hydraulics
After you buy level 1, 2, or 3 hydraulics, come to a complete stop and hold R. Use the Left-Analog stick to move up, down, left, or right. The longer you move back and forth, the more points you will get.

Cheat Mode
Press one of the folowing cheats when "Press Start" appears at the title screen.

Code:	Result:
Down, R(3), Black(3), X	All circuit tracks
Up, Down, Up, Down(2), Up, Right, Left	Best Buy vinyl
Up(4), Down, Up(2), Left	Burger King vinyl
Up, Left, Up(2), Down, Left, Down, Left	Capone Hummer H2
Up, Right, Up(2), Down, Right, Down, Right	Chingy Navigator
Up, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right(2)	D3 GTO
Up(3), Left, R(3), Down	Extra money
L, R, L, R, Left(2), Right, Up	Level 1 Performance Parts
R(2), Up, Down, L(2), Up, Down	Level 1 Visual Parts
R(2), L, R, Left, Right, Up, Down	Level 2 Performance Parts
L, R, Up, Down, L, Up(2), Down	Level 2 Visual Parts
Down(2), L, White, L, White, L, Down	Nissan Skyline and Mazda RX-8
Down, Up, Down, Left, L(3), Down	Open contest vinyls
Up, Down, Left, Up, Left, Up, Right, Left	ShineStreet Lexus IS300
Left(2), Right, X(2), Right, L, R	Starting bonus

Finding more races
If you cannot find any more races on your map, then you need to find all the hidden shops in the city. After you find all the shops, you will be asked to be on another DVD cover. Follow the star to get to the next level. Note: Use the shops map featured below.

Jump off a car
To jump off a car's hood, you must first jump off an uphill road the other way that the car is traveling. Use your NOS, get some air, and when the car approaches, get on its hood, off its windshield, then into the air.

Easy drift points
Some of the downhill drift races have houses with looping drive ways that you can drive in. Drifting in these driveways gets a lot more points than on the street because you are so far off the road and are not hitting a wall.

Go into Quick Race mode and select the Subaru Impreza with all Extreme or Level 3 performance parts. You may style the visual as desired, Then, choose Drift Track 6 and 10 laps with easy opponents. Drive through the middle of the track. When you are just before a corner, press the handbrake. Release it after you have slightly slid. Your car will soon almost spin and will drift through easily. Continue through the rest of the track by swerving on the straights and using the handbrake properly on the corners. You can get about 50,000 to 500,000 drift points at the end of the race.

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Xbox : Need for Speed Underground 2 Cheats