Need for Speed Underground 2 fan adaptation launches in browsers
The project adds multiplayer capacity for 6,000 racers, while its distribution of game files and licensing remain unresolved.
A fan-made browser edition of the 2004 racer Need for Speed Underground 2 is now available from developer th0mk. Named Need for Speed Underground 2 Revived, it offers a single virtual LAN server with room for 6,000 players and works through Chrome or Firefox.
Free-roam driving in Bayview displays as many as 32 other racers nearby. Built by recompiling the PC game into WebAssembly, the adaptation does not use emulation. It supports widescreen graphics and 120 FPS, along with game controllers, steering wheels and on-screen touch input.
Playing through a browser still requires game data to be downloaded. Progress is stored locally in the browser unless players enable cloud saving. The GitHub repository says game code and data are excluded and directs users to provide their own copies, yet the public site supplies game files from its server.
Licensing questions also concern the project's origins as a fork of Talha Muderrisoglu’s Apple Silicon version. Muderrisoglu’s repository says permission is necessary for ports or forks and describes itself as not open source; th0mk’s adaptation uses an MIT license. The project site says Electronic Arts neither endorses it nor has any affiliation with it. EA has not commented.
