When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press Down, R(3), Black(3), X to unlock all circuit tracks. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Avoid spins with Mustang GT
In career mode when you unlock The Mustang GT, be careful when you put in the top engine with the top ECU. When going fast, watch out for sharp turns. You might spin out in a race; try to work on your handling.
Being Successful
When you get to choose your car, regardless of the acceleration,handling or top speed stats, I suggest you go with a Honda Civic, or a Nissan 240SX.After this, race constantly and constantly until you have 10,000 bank or more. Make sure to never in any way tune your starter car. After you have your 10,000 bank or more, either trade in your starter vehicle or get a complementary vehical from the car lot. Make sure to press down on the directional pad often when you unlock new areas to see how many hidden shops are left to look for by scrooling all the way down with the left thumbstick. Keep using your untuned starter car until a Honda Celica is unlocked. Then, burn every penny on performance tuning at a performance store(blue sphere on map). While at the performance shop, go to dyno tuning(located all the way to the left of the main toolbar). Once there it will ask what mode you want to tune. Hit drag. Then, it will begin to test. When it is done telling the results go to tune, then pick nitrous. Move the slider all the way to the left. Then exit the performance shop. If you have extra bank left save it or spend it on looks and visual ratings (optional). Remember, Performance comes before looks. This is because the performance will get your car looks later. Looks won't gain performance as fast as performance will gain looks (to put it simplier- you'll need speed to get money-later, money from speed will get your car looking good-but if you chose looks and have no speed, you will never win with your fancy car). After your done spending all your bank, regardless of new performance upgrades you have to save up a ton of money, then when the next cars get unlocked, such as the Audi A3, you'll trade in the old tuned car for it or get it free from sponsors. Now, once again bust all your money on your new car(remembering performance comes first). Repeat this method until you have the best cars such as 350Z or Nissan Skyline GTR.
Best Buy vinyl
Press Up, Down, Up, Down(2), Up, Right, Left at the main menu.
Best cars for the Career
I would suggest that you use only two cars in your Career. One car and another SUV.
For the use of your car Nissan 240sx is sugested by me. Customize it to the top. It should take you about $150000 altotal. Put all of the performance parts on your car. Win many outruns on each level and get the bonus items from other racers. For performance bonus i would sugest that you take the engines, turbo, and the weight reduction kit. For body and visual parts put the one you like. That's it for the car. Time to go to the next stage.
For the SUV take a Cadilac Escalade. Customize it to the top. It should take you about $120000 altotal. Put all of the performance parts on your SUV. Win many outruns on each level and get the bonus items from other racers. For performance bonus i would sugest that you take the engines, turbo, and the weight reduction kit. For body and visual parts put the one you like.Ther you go, your SUV is complete. Take no more cars or it would be a waste of money. Now you should have no problem to win any race.
Burger King vinyl
When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press Up(4), Down, Up(2), Left to unlock the Burger King vinyl. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound. Go to "Quick Race" and press L or R until "Sponsor Cars" appears in the top right corner of the car selection screen.
Carbon fiber the entire car
Carbon your body kit, then put a wide body kit on it. The entire wide body will be carbon fiber. This will also give you a wider wheel base and should result in a lighter car.
Complete career easily
When you begin your career chose a Peugeot 206 or a civic. Install ECU, Engines and suspension. Win the races till you unlock Celica, spend all your money on it and win about 6 outruns. This should get you unique performance and rims. Chose engines 4 acceleration and rims of your choice. Make your ride look and fast. install all the latest parts and even install a unique suspension to max your handling, when you install all level 3 packages, you should maxed your speed, acceleration and handling.
D3 GTO
When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press Up, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right(2) to unlock the D3 GTO. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Drift mode
In drift mode, set your car up using the following this basic structure. Tune the ECU to have as much torque as you can get in the early gears. Make all of the suspension settings as hard as possible to eliminate shock travel. This will help get the back end out. Turn the tire grip to weak. Also, make the cars acceleration as quick as possible. For the toe settings, lower it all the way. Make the aero settings as weak as possible. Set the brake bias towards rear. By doing this, you will greatly increase your score, especially on the downhill. On the straight-aways you can do Choku-Doris (go from side to side) to rack up big points. You can then link them to power over-steer drifts, which is when you will use the torque and acceleration to lose traction in the back tires, then use carefully timed throttle control to get around the corner as sideways as possible. This will help your drifts scores get as high as possible. Throttle control is very important -- do not get discouraged if you spin out a lot. Note: This has not been attempted on FF or AWD cars. FF and AWD cars will most likely have a softer suspension setting but everything else would probably remain the same. FF and AWD cars also need the hand brake to initiate drifts more than a FR car would.
Driving move
Get on a highway of some kind at about 110 mph. When traffic is clear, hold R + Left until your car is spun at a 90 degree angle. Then, release the buttons (make sure your car is still spinning) then hold X. You will be driving in reverse. When you are driving, do a J-Turn (turn back around to the front when in reverse). Then, accelerate to finish the move.
Easier Turns In URL Races
Notice that before sharp turns in the URL Races, there are a set of numbers that countdown to 1. Follow those numbers to perfect your sharp turn into a groove to speed through faster. Keep accelerating until you reach "1", then slam on the breaks and turn. Once perfected, this can help you get through turns with more speed.
Easy drag race wins
Instead of using nitrous by holding it down and wasting it all at once, just keep tapping NOS as fast as you can. You will gain 1 to 3 mph with every tap, which is actually increases your speed faster than if you were to hold it down. Also, you will run out of it about one third as fast. Try this on the hardest difficulty setting.
Easy Drift Points
When you start a drift race when you are trying to go side to side you want to drift on the red and white curbs. by doing that you with rack up some major drift points during the race. keep on doing that until you are on the final lap and that you are in the lead if you are not in the lead keep drifting side to side to get in the lead but you do not have that long in the final lap. you can select a drift race that is a track or one that is down hill. (I personal pick the down hill drift races first then i pick the race course drift to win money} But you can pick either of them to race on. when you have a car make sure that it is low to the ground and really good shocks and a powerful engine with turbo and Noz. also if you put a spoiler on your car it will help you to drift much easier than if you did not have a spoiler. And when you do pick a drift race you are not allowed to use your Noz put you can use your turbo. (NOTE: if you want to get money from these races you NEED to be in career mode or you will not get the money that you have won. Like i Said,"you NEED to be in CAREER MODE to keep the money".)
Easy drift points
Some of the downhill drift races have houses with looping drive ways that you can drive in. Drifting in these driveways gets a lot more points than on the street because you are so far off the road and are not hitting a wall.
Go into Quick Race mode and select the Subaru Impreza with all extreme or level 3 performance parts. You may style the visual as desired, Then, choose Drift Track 6 and 10 laps with easy opponents. Drive through the middle of the track. When you are just before a corner, press the handbrake. Release it after you have slightly slid. Your car will soon almost spin and will drift through easily. Continue through the rest of the track by swerving on the straights and using the handbrake properly on the corners. You can get about 50,000 to 500,000 drift points at the end of the race.
Easy money
In the career mode menu, go to the world map. Select any race that has not been completed in any stage. Once the race has started, pause game play and restart. After you have won the race, a screen will appear showing you how many reputation points and how much bank you have won. You will then go to the menu that asks if you want to return to explore mode, restart, etc. When this appears choose "Return To Main Menu". You do not have to save the game. Then, just go back into the career menu and select the "World Map" option again. Choose another race that has not been completed and start it. If done correctly, all of the races in the world map will be against three Toyota Corollas or a mixture of Hummers, Escalades and Navigators. If you restart these races, you will always get money if you win.
Collecting the little information logos around the city gives you money. You will receive $25 for each one. Additionally, listen to the other racers that periodically talk to you. They will say a general location in the city where you can find hidden races not shown on the map that are worth $850 instead of the usual $300.
As soon as you start the game, ignore Rachel's request to go to the car lot. Instead, try to collect as many information icons as possible. This will give you that little extra money to start modding your car, and will save time as you do not have to look for them in your initially slow car. Also, enter the two races shown on your GPS (circuit and sprint races). Going in these two races will give you at least 500 points in the bank. You should receive a message to get to the car lot now. Do so, and continue playing the game.
Enter career mode and go down to the Burger King and Best Buy area. Drive around and look for a stone wall and alley by the town shops. Go into the alley and turn sharply to the right. There will be a parking lot where an opponent will be sitting. He will not be appear on your navigation map, nor will you. You can challenge this opponent to an easy outrun. He will always drive towards the stadium. After you beat him, return to the parking lot where two red info messages will appear. Get them for $25 each. After you collect them, go into a garage, shop, etc., and save the game. Then, go back to the parking lot. Five green money bags will be there. Collect them, jump to the garage (on the main menu screen) and return for five more. This will get you money much easier than racing.
In career mode, eventually you will get sponsored and there will be purple crosses on the map. If you go to them, they are usually a sponsored circuit race. If you win them, you will get $900.
When you start with Rachel's car, do not take it back immediately. Instead, do some outruns and races to get money. You will then have a boost of money when you get your own car.
Easy NOS Recovery
To get lots of NOS easily when your are standing still, hold the hand break (R). Next, hold the gas button and LEFT or RIGHT. You should spin around and create smoke. This should give you 300 points instantly to recover turbo boost.
Easy Noz recovery
When you start to get low on noz go to the highway and get on it then start driving in reverse while you are driving in reverse you will get style points. Once you stop you will more noz. But if you hit a wall or a car you will lose those style points. So when you are on the highway find an area with a straight line. when you do find it you will need to hold your reverse button ( L trigger) to start going reverse while your are driving in reverse hold down the black button to change the camera view so you can look while you're driving in reverse. there is also aother way to refill your Noz (Note: you much have hyro. first make sure that you are stoped press and hold the a button and move the left thumbstick up and down side to side or any other way to get them to work and if you are against a wall or curb start using your hyro. to get your car airbone that way you will get style points for the air time that your car was in the air before it hit the ground and when you race your Noz get refuel every time you pass the finish line and you can also make your car to do donuts and your car will do a 360 spin without hitting anything so you can get some style points from it.
Easy Outrun Win
Find an opponent to outrun with. Get directly behind him/her until your touching the back of his/her car. When the icon in the top left corner of the screen starts telling you to press UP on the D-pad to start the outrun. Quickly press UP on the D-pad and spin your opponent out. This fairly easy to accomplish.
Easy outrun wins
First before you ask one of the other racers in the game is to make sure that your noz is full where you can see a light blue color. Then you get on the highway and look for someone to race. once you make the race use your Noz to get way out in from of him and you will win. Note you need to be in career mode.
Easy style points
To do this, you will need at least level 1 hydraulics. Drive up against a wall and activate your hydraulics. Then, press the Gas and stay up against the wall. You may need to turn sometimes to keep it straight. You should start to get points on the right side of your screen. Additionally, driving in reverse will give you style points. The longer you drive in reverse, the more points you will receive.
Easy wins
When racing for magazine covers, unique performance or visual parts, it helps if you have both NOS bottles filled. This can help you beat that tenth of a second that you have always missed. It also helps, especially in the more difficult and longer stages, with small time limits, to immediately activate the GPS as soon as you have accepted the challenge. Additionally, to get the best drag times, hold NOS even through shifts. Tapping it does not work. Also, to get best times you must have a perfect launch. Use the Right Analog-stick to hold it in green. Once you tear out, if you need to get your tach up, tap NOS, but once in 2 to 5, hold NOS until you cross the finish line.
Endo
Get any car and put level 3 hydraulics on it. Put on level 3 brakes. You can also use all level 3 engine parts to make it go higher. First, put the rear end up. Then, bounce the back. Next, go about 17 mph (or faster) and hit the brake. If done correctly, you could have the entire back end of the car straight up.
Extra money
When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press Up(3), Left, R(3), Down. You will start career mode with an extra $200. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound. Note: This code has no effect if you have already started a career.
Fast career car
Use the following trick to create an extremely fast and high starred car quickly. When you start career mode, choose a Peugeot 106. Try not to get any upgrades unless you need them. Keep winning races and playing through the game until you unlock the Toyota Celica This can be made into the fastest car in the game. Get it immediately when it is unlocked. This should be sometime in level 2. Play through the game, making sure to take the opportunity to do of any outruns. This will unlock unique upgrades. When you unlock the unique part, you will have to go to a star on the map first. The game will tell you to go to a certain shop, depending on what the unique is. The first one is a unique hood. You must win four outruns for it. Then in stage 3, you need will need three outrun wins for a unique engine, transmission, or tire set. Choose the engine. For unique rims , get six wins in stage 3. The spoilers require four wins on stage 4. The vinyls require six wins on stage 4. The ECU, turbo or brakes require nine wins on stage 4. Select the ECU. The NOS, weight or suspension uniques require six wins on stage 5. Select NOS for an extra long boost. Finally, the wide body kits uniques require eleven wins on stage 5. Put all of these on your Celica, and it will be the fastest car in the game. Note: Do not forget to install the performance upgrades up to level 3.
Final race
The final race is against Caleb (the man that tells Nikki to win, then she loses and joins your team) on a 4.5 mile track and 5 laps. However, he only gets up to about 130 mph.
Finding Hidden Shops
Look at the road signs around the city. They often have colored shapes (yellow triangles ect.) to guide the way to the shops. Also, look for street-lights casting a colored glow. This indicates that there is a shop very close.
Finding more races
If you cannot find any more races on your map, then you need to find all the hidden shops in the city. After you find all the shops, you will be asked to be on another DVD cover. Follow the star to get to the next level.
Get bank for races
There are five stages, and as you complete each of them you can go back and repeat the races again. You may even find that there are some races you missed. These are the ones that you want to race. When you go to these, you are not supposed to get anything for them but you can change that. To access these races, go to your garage, then your world map, and select a race. When the race begins, pause game play and restart the race. Notice that there is an option to return to world map, however after you restart it will not be there. You can now race and get bank for it.
Get car on either side of the wheels
This trick requires all of the level 2 upgrades, and hydraulics upgrade level 2. Get the hydraulics to either side of the car, and only that one side. Then, do a donut to the right if the left side of the car is lifted and vice versa. This only happens for a moment.
Get drift points easy
Some of the downhill drift races have houses with looping drive ways that you can drive in. Drifting in these driveways gets a lot more points than on the street because you are so far off the road and are not hitting a wall.
Have three regular vinyls and a unique vinyl
Fill all four vinyl slots with regular vinyls of your choice, then purchase this setup. Apply a unique vinyl on layer of your choice. Go to change (not remove), add the unique then press Y to go back out. All vinyls and the unique will be applied.
Hummer H2 Capone
When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press Up, Left, Up(2), Down, Left, Down, Left to unlock the Hummer H2 Capone. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hydraulics
After you buy level 1, 2, or 3 hydraulics, come to a complete stop and hold R. Use the Left-Analog stick to move up, down, left, or right. The longer you move back and forth, the more points you will get. To activate your hydraulics, hold the gas, the brake, and the hand brake. While holding those down, move the Analog-stick in the direction which you want the car to move.
Jump off a car
To jump off a car's hood, you must first jump off an uphill road the other way that the car is traveling. Use your NOS, get some air, and when the car approaches, get on its hood, off its windshield, then into the air.
Jumping
Install hydraulics level 2. Kiss the wall, then use your hydraulics (move the Analog-stick Up and Down quickly). Sooner or later, the car will jump, even making flips and 360s.
Level 1 Performance Parts
When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press L, R, L, R, Left(2), Right, Up to unlock the Level 1 Performance Parts. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Level 1 Visual Parts
When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press R(2), Up, Down, L(2), Up, Down to unlock the Level 1 Visual Parts. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Level 2 Performance Parts
When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press R(2), L, R, Left, Right, Up, Down to unlock the Level 2 Performance Parts. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Level 2 Visual Parts
When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press L, R, Up, Down, L, Up(2), Down to unlock the Level 2 Visual Parts. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Lift tire off ground
To get a left rear tire off the ground, go to "Customize Car" and put hydraulics on the Pontiac GTO. Go to free ride mode and put the rear of the car off the ground with the hydraulics. Then, push the gas and hit the brakes. The left rear of the car will comes off the ground. Note: You must have the level 2 brakes.
Magazine Covers
Auto Motor: 20 wins in level 5
AutoMaxx: 16 wins in level 4
Car Audio and Electronics: 6 wins in level 3
Elaborare: 3 wins in level 4
GTI: 11 wins in level 3
GTI: 16 wins in level 5
Hot 4's: 18 wins in level3
Import Tuner: 4 wins in level 5
Maxi Tuning: 7 wins in level 4
Power: 32 wins in level 5
Spoiler: 11 wins in level 4
Sports Compact Car: 8 wins in level 2
Street Car: 2 wins in level 3
Street Car: 9 wins in level 5
Street Tuner: 34 wins in level 5
Stuff: 20 wins in level 4
Super Street: 28 wins in level 5
Swiss Tuner: 25 wins in level 5
Turbo: 4 wins in level 2
Making easy money in career mode
To make easy money in career mode you will need a car Note you need to have Noz instarll in your car. After that get on the highway and start driving in reverse to fill your Noz Meter. After that drive on the highway looking for someone to race. When you find another racer Note: you need to get real closed to them before racing them. after you get really close to them ask them to race when they accept your race hit your Noz Button (button B) to get really really really really really really way out in front of them to win and get the cash if you are lucky they will hook you up with new parts for your car. (Note: you must must must be in career mode for this to work.)
More horsepower and torque
To add more horsepower and torque, go to "Customize", then tune a car up to level 3 parts. Then, go to "Performance Tune/Dyno". Choose for example, "Drag", then go to "Tune Settings". Go to "ECU" and set it so that from 5 rpm to 9 rpm or whatever is the most the maximum amount of torque you can add. Do the same for "Turbo". Then. go to "Nitrous" and set the duration to 4 seconds. This will add both torque and horsepower to your ride.
Navigator Chingy
When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press Up, Right, Up(2), Down, Right, Down, Right to unlock the Navigator Chingy. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Nissan Skyline
When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press Down(2), L, White, L, White, L, Down to unlock the Nissan Skyline. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Original Need For Speed: Underground drift races
Win all Street X races to unlock the drift races from the original Need For Speed: Underground.
Rear wheel drive wheelie
This trick requires a real wheel drive car with level 3 hydraulics. Start with your car in neutral. Double tap then hold the R to engage the hydraulics. Hold Left Analog-stick Up to begin bouncing the front end of the car. In mid-bounce, release R, but keep holding the Left Analog-stick Up. The car will keep bouncing. Press the Right Analog-stick Forward to rev up the engine, then shift into first gear, while still holding Forward on both of the Analog-sticks. Your next hydraulic bounce will be delayed in the air while the car does a rolling burnout, causing your car to do a wheelie. This is great for showing off for the cover shoots of magazines.
This trick requires level 3 hydraulics. Tap A(2), then hold A. Press Left Analog-stick Forward while still holding A. Release A while holding Left Analog-stick Forward. Release the Left Analog-stick and the car should still be bouncing on its front wheels. If so, hold the R to accelerate and the car should pop a wheelie for about 10 to 15 feet.
Recommended cars
One of the best cars in the game is the Toyota Corolla. Once you obtain all level three performance upgrades, you can go online and sup it up. Add whatever desired, including all level three upgrades then go to tuning and set it to drag so that it can take off the line quicker. Then, lower the suspension to the lowest setting. You should now have a car that can beat Celicas and Skylines, and will take off the line faster.
After unlocking all level three performance parts, get a Nissan 240SX and put all of the performance parts on it. If you go online with this car (with performance parts on the car) and get mostly perfect shifts during a drag, you should be able to beat all other car (excluding other 240SX's). If you want to go even faster, you will have to edit the settings of your car on the dyno run.
To get a fast Nissan Skyline that goes up to 227 to -228 on the airport freeway drag race, install all performance parts except for the six speed transmission. If you install the six speed transmission, you will get better acceleration but less top speed.
Refill NOS
To fill your NOS gauge when you have hydraulics, flip any car or SUV and hold A for about two seconds. Then, press any button to activate the hydraulics. Immediatley, the word "Hydro" will appear on the right hand side of the screen with a number underneath. The number should continue to rise and not stop. To stop doing this, release A and press BACK to flip the car back over, starting with a NOS gauge filled to the overflow gauge.
ShineStreet Lexus IS300
When "Press Start" appears at the title screen, press Up, Down, Left, Up, Left, Up, Right, Left to unlock the ShineStreet Lexus IS300. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Start with extra $1,000
Press Left(2), Right, X(2), Right, L, R at the main menu.
Starting Bonus
Press LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, X, X, RIGHT, L, R when "Press Start" apperas on the Title Screen. A sound will confirm correct code entry. You can start career mode with an extra $200. NOTE: This code has no effect if you have already started a career.
Taking a nice photo shoot
Once you are in the photo shoot area, press B, hold your handbrake, then rev the engine and press either Left or Right. The car should do donuts. While it is doing this, take the photo. This will give a smoky look on your wheels in the picture.
Taking a nice photo shoot
Once you are in the photo shoot area, press B, hold your handbrake, then rev the engine and press either Left or Right. The car should do donuts. While it is doing this, take the photo. This will give a smoky look on your wheels in the picture.
Unlock all levels of parts
Choose your car and go to performance and press A Y A X Down Left Up Right Black.
Unlockable Parts
# Hoods: Get 4 wins on outrun level 2.
# Engine, transmission or tires: Get 3 wins on outrun level 3.
# Rims: Get 6 wins on outrun level 3.
# Spoilers: Get 4 wins on outrun level 4.
# Vinyls: Get 6 wins on outrun level 4.
# ECU, turbo or brakes: Get 9 wins on outrun level 4.
# NOS, weight or suspension: Get 6 wins on outrun level 5.
# Wide body kits: Get 11 wins on outrun level 5.
# Magazine Cover Unlocks
# Auto Motor: Get 20 wins on level 5.
# AutoMaxx: Get 16 wins on level 4.
# Car Audio and Electronics: Get 6 wins on level 3.
# Chrome und Flamen: Get 27 wins on level 4.
# Elaborare: Get 3 wins on level 4.
# GTI: Get 11 wins on level 3.
# GTI : Get 16 wins on level 5.
# Hot 4's: Get 18 wins on level 3.
# Import Tuner: Get 4 wins on level 5.
# Maxi Tuning: Get 7 wins on level 4.
# Power: Get 32 wins on level 5.
# Spoiler: Get 11 wins on level 4.
# Sports Compact Car: Get 8 wins on level 2.
# Street Car: Get 2 wins on level 3.
# Street Car: Get 9 wins on level 5.
# Street Tuner: Get 34 wins on level 5.
# Stuff: Get 20 wins on level 4.
# Super Street: Get 28 wins on level 5.
# Swiss Tuner: Get 25 wins on level 5.
# Turbo: Get 4 wins on level 2
Once you have found an opponent to outrun with, get in front of the opponent and get in the lead. Get as far as possible until the distance meter has reached its limit. If the distance meter starts to drop, it indicates that the opponent is catching up. When this happens, do a handbrake skid and turn the car around. Go back the way that you came from. The opponent will follow you as you are the one in lead, but he will take time to catch up, giving you an advantage to win the outrun.
Wrongly unique part name
When you complete the required amount of wins in outrun in level 2 to unlock the unique hoods, it gives you a list of three parts and their carbon-fiber counterparts. When using a Honda Civic, you will get the Speedline, Factor X, and Trap hoods. For their carbon fiber counterparts, there will be Speedline, Factor X and another Factor X. The hoods are the correct counterparts but the name will be wrong.