Need for Speed Underground 2 playable online in browser
The gist
Developer th0mk released Underground 2 Revived, a free browser port of Need for Speed: Underground 2 with online free roam.
Thousands now play together in Bayview, but publisher EA has not commented on the fan project.
How it unfolded
- Oct 22, 2026At 3 am ET, over 1,000 players were roaming Bayview in the browser version's online Free Roam server.
- late October 2026Underground 2 Revived launched officially as a free browser port of Need for Speed: Underground 2 with online free roam.
- Nov 4, 2026About 5,000 people were playing on the server, with roughly 2,000 in free roam and around 400 in races and lobbies.
Key terms
- browser port
- Adapting software to run on a different platform, such as bringing a console game to PC.
- WebGPU
- A web standard and JavaScript API that gives efficient, cross-platform access to a device's graphics processing unit for graphics and computation.
- ROM file
- A computer file containing a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip, such as a game cartridge or firmware.
Source: Wikipedia