How to Port Forward Need for Speed Underground 2

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

Need for Speed: Underground 2 is EA Games's Driving/Racing game released in 2004.

Need for Speed: Underground 2 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.

How to Port Forward Need for Speed: Underground 2

When you are playing Need for Speed: Underground 2 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 locate your Router's IP Address

The easiest way to navigate to 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

An easy way to do this is use our Network Utilities software. It can open your ports with just a few clicks. Then when you are done you can just was quickly close your ports again. Alternatively you can do it by hand.

The process for forwarding a port is generally:

Which Ports Does Need for Speed: Underground 2 Require

The required ports that need to be forwarded for Need for Speed: Underground 2 are as follows:

Need for Speed: Underground 2 - PC

  • TCP:
  • UDP: 3658, 3659

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Need for Speed: Underground 2 simply follow one of these links:

That's all it takes to forward your ports. For more on how to port forward, check out our list of games and applications.

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