[UP TO DATE] Underground 100% Route

**After Prologue Race** : Pick Peugeot 206

Pick Easy difficulty before event 1 and never change it

**After Event 6**: Upgrade Engine / Transmission / Tires Lv1

Optional: Switch to MX-5

**ACCEPT** all optional TJ and Samantha’s challenges for 100% completion if you 

don’t want your run to be **denied**

**After Event 7**: pick Unique Engine

**After Event 9**: Upgrade ECU / Turbo / Brakes Lv1

Visual upgrades: Both bumpers / Skirt / Spoiler / Hood all Lv1 / Rims (1

st BBS 

set) / Neon

Switch to MX-5 if not done after 6

**After Event 14**: Upgrade Weight Reduction / Suspension / NOS Lv1

**After Event 26**: Pick Unique ECU

**After Event 30:** Upgrade Engine / Transmission / Tires Lv2

**After Event 38**: Upgrade ECU / Turbo / Brakes Lv2

**After Event 48**: Upgrade Weight Reduction / Suspension / NOS Lv2

**After Event 66**: Upgrade Engine / Transmission / Tires Lv3

**After Event 73**: Switch to RX-7

**After Event 80**: Upgrade ECU / Turbo / Brakes Lv3

**After Event 91**: Upgrade Weight Reduction / Suspension / NOS Lv3

**After Event 96**: Pick Unique Weight Reduction

Finish the run

**MISC Notes**:

The game runs slightly faster by playing at 54fps capped instead of 60.

Playing Russian version of the game saves 1 second compared to 

English/French/Spanish/Italian when Samantha talks after Prologue, and 2 

seconds over German version

[UP TO DATE] Underground Any% Route

**After Prologue Race** : Pick Peugeot 206

Pick Easy difficulty before event 1 and never change it

**After Event 6**: Upgrade Engine / Transmission / Tires Lv1

Optional: Switch to MX-5

**ACCEPT** Event 7, pick Unique Engine. DECLINE All further optional TJ/Samantha 

events

**After Event 9:** Upgrade ECU / Turbo / Brakes Lv1

Visual upgrades: Both bumpers / Skirt / Spoiler / Hood all Lv1 / Rims (1

st BBS 

set) / Neon

Switch to MX-5 if not done after 6

**After Event 14**: Upgrade Weight Reduction / Suspension / NOS Lv1

**After Event 30**: Upgrade Engine / Transmission / Tires Lv2

**After Event 38**: Upgrade ECU / Turbo / Brakes Lv2

**After Event 48**: Upgrade Weight Reduction / Suspension / NOS Lv2

**After Event 65**: Visual Upgrade: Both bumpers / Skirt / Spoiler / Hood / Roof 

Scoop all Lv2, Rims (2

nd or 3rd BBS set), Front and Rear Lights

**After Event 66**: Upgrade Engine / Transmission / Tires Lv3

**After Event 73**: Switch to RX-7

**After Event 80**: Upgrade ECU / Turbo / Brakes Lv3

**After Event 91**: Upgrade Weight Reduction / Suspension / NOS Lv3

Finish the run

**MISC Notes:**

The game runs slightly faster by playing at 54fps capped instead of 60.

Playing Russian version of the game saves 1 second compared to 

English/French/Spanish/Italian when Samantha talks after Prologue, and 2 

seconds over German version

Double Steering (DS) Tutorial

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0bKpCz7GOk

How to do Double Steering (DS) in NFS Underground:
1. Have a racing wheel + a wheel rotation of around 180°
2. In the game options have manual transmission activated, and stability control on
3. Map your wheel as the primary steering input, and one button on your wheel as the secondary steering input
4. Drive into the corner with the wheel turned in at around 50° and then tap the secondary steering input
5. If it worked your car will start to drift
6. To get out of the drift, reduce the steering angle of your wheel

Double Tapping (keyboard drift) Tutorial

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMGFfoUwtaQ

How to do Double Tapping (Keyboard Drift) in NFS Underground:
1. In the game options have stability control off
2. Drive into the corner with your keyboard normally
3. Then you need to tap buttons in the following specific order: Tap the gas, tap the brake, and double tap the steering
4. If it worked out correctly, and the timing was right, your car will start to drift

My take on the correct way to quickly progress through career

1. First car should be the Peugeot 206:
It is faster in Sprints and Circuits then Mazda for the first races (it does loose a second in Drifts and Drag, but wins more in Sprints and Circuits)
2. When you reach the 7th race (TJ 1st unique upgrade), do not skip it, drive it and get the Engine upgrade:
This is the one step I'm still not sure about - To get back the time spend in this race, you would need to win back ~1sec every 2.8 minutes of the remaining ~4h 40min of career left to break even, and I think that with this upgrade you are winning back even more.
3. You have to reach specific visual upgrade Stars rating before some of the tournaments - it is possible to do visual upgrades only twice in the whole career:
First time is getting 2-star rating before race 10
Second time is getting 4-star rating before race 66
4. You should switch from Peugeot 206 to Mazda Miata after getting the T1/3 performance parts (before 16th race):
It becomes harder to handle Peugeot after the T1/3 upgrades, car is to quick with not enough handling to dodge the traffic.
5. RX-7, although is faster, does not have enough handling to dodge the crazy traffic:
if there was no traffic, it would be better to use it as soon as its unlocked, but the traffic negates all the RX-7 advantages (this is one point that, based on mudda's run, should be changed, but I have not yet tried this again to make a conclusion)

NFS Underground unlock requirements sheet

Google Sheet has all information in regards of unlock requirements in Underground mode. Originally created from Zazze, updated by me: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qf4R5vXVq_Jzy93_0n7z1GGlQPaLHYrYxW5HeAPKLoo/edit#gid=1237530394

NFS Underground: 100% IC (Ingame Cheatcodes)

Route Doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JWd0d2nfX288U22l5HCnqU8lHQaeomrGGAOI4GcTVkc/edit?usp=sharing

NFS Underground: 100% IC (Ingame Cheatcodes): 
You need to play the full campaign: all 112 events, no skips. 
With these 2 cheat codes you get all lvl 1+2 upgrades early which speed up the mid to early game by a lot! 
You still need to install performance parts level 1 first! 

Level 1 performance upgrades allmylvloneparts 
Level 2 performance upgrades allmylvl2parts 
Level 2 visual upgrades; no vinyls seemylvl2parts 

Watch my Speedrun at: http://www.twitch.tv/kuruhs 

How to use Cheat Codes: (Prior to starting the career!) 
At the main menu, select the "Statistics" option, then press [Delete] or [Backspace] to return to the main menu. Then, type one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function: 

Full code List: (Unlockign cars doesnt work for career) 
http://www.cheatcc.com/pc/needforspeedug.html

Strategy spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12hQbMffMkurPPlpBy6kH1Ffj5HKe8EHIOLsfu9Lxw5Q/edit?usp=sharing

Name	Autor
[UP TO DATE] Underground 100% Route	Cousin 1 year ago
[UP TO DATE] Underground Any% Route	Cousin 1 year ago
Double Steering (DS) Tutorial	ICarterI 5 years ago
Double Tapping (keyboard drift) Tutorial	ICarterI 4 years ago
My take on the correct way to quickly progress through career	Archa4 7 years ago
NFS Underground unlock requirements sheet	ICarterI 4 years ago
NFS Underground: 100% IC (Ingame Cheatcodes)	Kuru 10 years ago
Strategy spreadsheet	HighPriest 9 years ago
Tips to get faster	ICarterI 3 years ago