For years, you needed third-party emulators to use an Xbox One or PS5 controller. The PCGW page details exactly how to enable native DirectInput support and remap the broken axis for the right analog stick—so you can actually use the gas pedal trigger properly.
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If you grew up in the early 2000s, Need for Speed: Underground 2 wasn’t just a game—it was a lifestyle. It was the smell of burning rubber, the bass drop of “Riders on the Storm,” and the endless debate over whether neon underglow was tacky or essential. For years, you needed third-party emulators to use
Remember the infamous "black box" under your car? On modern hardware, NFSU2 often renders shadows as solid black rectangles. The wiki has a dedicated line on editing the Graphics settings config file to turn off "Light trails" and fix this instantly. Which car do you build first