How to Port Forward Need for Speed Underground

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September 19, 2018 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

Need for Speed: Underground is a Driving/Racing game published by EA Games released in 2003.

Need for Speed: Underground is a driving / racing style of game. Most driving / racing games are some sort of competition, and can be on land, sea, air, or outer space. In some racing games the is either 1st person in the cockpit or 3rd person such as a chase cam, while other games allow you to switch freely between the two views. Racing games are considered sports games.

Port Forward Need for Speed: Underground

When you are playing Need for Speed: Underground you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is a useful trick in gaming because it can really help to make your network connection most stable and frequently even faster. Routers were not designed to allow incoming network requests and some games can play tremendously better if an incoming connection is forwarded through the router to the game.

Before You Forward a Port

Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:

How to find your router's IP Address

The easiest way to locate your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.

How To Forward Ports

Our Network Utilities software makes port forwarding a breeze. You can be done in just a few minutes.

The usual process for forwarding a port is:

Which Ports Does Need for Speed: Underground Require

The ports that need to be forwarded for Need for Speed: Underground are as follows:

Need for Speed: Underground - PC

  • TCP:
  • UDP: 3658, 3659

We have guides that are custom tailored for Need for Speed: Underground that will show you the required incoming ports.

That should do it; your ports are now forwarded. Need something else forwarded? Check out our list of games and programs.

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