Editing Need for Speed: Underground (section)

==Development==
''Need for Speed: Underground'' was first announced in April 2003. ''Underground'' features 20 fully customizable licensed Vehicles from thirteen manufacturers, and hundreds of aftermarket parts from no fewer than 52 aftermarket parts manufacturers, including [[ThyssenKrupp Bilstein|Bilstein]], [[Holley Performance Products]], [[GReddy]], [[Sparco]], [[HKS (company)|HKS Power]], [[PIAA Corporation]] and [[Enkei Corporation|Enkei]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/30/ea-goes-underground |title=EA Goes Underground |first=Matt |last=Casamassina |access-date=July 3, 2021 |date=April 30, 2003 |work=[[IGN]] |author-link=Matt Casamassina |archive-date=July 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710223922/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/30/ea-goes-underground |url-status=live }}</ref> The game's visual effects was designed under the supervision of [[Habib Zargarpour]], who previously worked on the pod-racing sequence in ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/need-for-speed-underground-qanda/1100-6073457/ |title=Need for Speed Underground Q&A |author=Gamespot Staff |access-date=July 3, 2021 |date=August 17, 2003 |work=[[GameSpot]] |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190947/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/need-for-speed-underground-qanda/1100-6073457/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Need for Speed: Underground'' was released worldwide in November 2003 for PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube (with the exception of Japan for PlayStation 2 and GameCube on December 25).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/08/nfsu-goes-gold |title=NFSU Ships - Get your dose of street racing now on Cube, PC, PS2 and Xbox |author=IGN Staff |access-date=July 3, 2021 |date=November 18, 2003 |work=[[IGN]] |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184306/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/08/nfsu-goes-gold |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Need for Speed: Underground Releases (Multiplatform) |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/need-for-speed-underground/release-info |website=[[MobyGames]] |publisher=Blue Flame Labs |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117064929/https://www.mobygames.com/game/need-for-speed-underground/release-info |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=IGNRev/><ref name=GSpot2/><ref name=GSpy/><ref name=GamePro/><ref name=EGM/><ref name=Edge/><ref>{{cite web|title=Newtype USA - January 2004 Issue |url=http://www.newtype-usa.com/issues/200401.asp |website=[[Newtype|Newtype USA]] |publisher=[[A.D. Vision]] |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207022832/http://www.newtype-usa.com/issues/200401.asp |archive-date=February 7, 2005}}</ref>

The game had a marketing budget of $5.8 million.<ref>{{cite web|first=Paula|last=Parisi|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA121283480&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=338d29b3|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903113501/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA121283480&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=338d29b3|title=Game points|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archivedate=September 3, 2024|date=August 10, 2004|accessdate=September 4, 2024|via=[[Gale Research]]}}</ref>

The [[Arcade game|arcade]] version was developed by [[Global VR]] and published by [[Konami]] with assistance from Electronic Arts, released in late 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Need For Speed Underground - Videogame by Global VR |url=https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/need-for-speed-underground |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Museum of the Game |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911044927/https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/need-for-speed-underground |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Craig |date=2005-02-16 |title=Need for Speed Underground Heads to Arcades |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/02/16/need-for-speed-underground-heads-to-arcades |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>