NFSUG2 Lightweight Handling Mod
This mod aims to make every car in the game more balanced and, at the very least, useful in singleplayer. All vanilla cars, except traffic, have been adjusted in this version. It affects full stage 3 cars the most, but even a full stage 1 setup will behave differently.
Changes:
Weight reduction reduces weight a lot more on every car, particularly cars that have a high stock weight such as the Pontiac GTO, Infiniti G35, Mitsubishi 3000GT, Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R etc.
Tire upgrades and suspension upgrades are also changed, and many cars gain more power from either some or all power upgrades such as Engine/ECU/Turbo.
SUVs gain more power from upgrades, but their handling remains mostly the same.
Minor fixes:
Supra's stock weight adjusted to match the naturally aspirated model's weight (The car is now lighter without weight reduction)
RX-8's stock weight adjusted to be closer to real life (the car is slightly heavier without weight reduction)
Corolla's transmission now stays fully RWD at all upgrade levels
Hummer's stock front/rear power distribution is now the same as the other SUVs for consistency
Hummer's transmission upgrades no longer make the car's AWD power distribution more rear biased
1.04 changes:
Binary install now uses Binary V2
AWD cars are more stable under braking now
Corolla slight engine power upgrade nerf
For changes in previous versions see Readme.txt
Bonus:
All sponsor cars now feature Stage 3 upgrades.
Installation:
You can install the mod using two methods:
a) Simple installation (If you haven't installed any mods yet and /or don't know how to use Binary)
Put the entire GLOBAL folder into your game directory. It contains GLOBALA.Bun and GlobalB.lzc, so make backups of those.
b) Binary installation (If you have already installed mods, for example Olympic Imports, and want to keep them)
1.Get Binary v2.20 or newer by MaxHwoy.
2.Launch Binary as administrator.
3.Select user mode on the left
4.Browse to find main launcher.end and select it
5.Browse to your NFS Underground 2 directory, then click Ok
6.Click Ok when mod installs successfully
7.Click Yes when prompted to save files
Credits:
-MaxHwoy for Binary, making this mod possible.
-gRiMBMW for testing help
Comments
NFSFan199 (March 12, 2025 @ 12:21)
(…i feel the need to retract parts of my previous comment,i realized how bad that statement sounds was immediately after postin' it,bein' used to how snappy the handling is after installed this mod,and bein' able to lappin' opponents in street X races in a maxed out golf ain't a excuse for shit-talkin' OG handling🙇🏻♂️…)
NFSFan199 (March 11, 2025 @ 14:53)
Oh…btw…@elven,if you can see this reply,can u update the mod to accommdate the Underground2.Net mod? I don't wanna lose the cosmetic options UG2.net has to offer(and i don't wanna corrupt some cars by just replacing the GLOBALA.bun & GOLBALB.lzc),but i can't endure the sluggishness of the original handling no mo'😂😅😂
NFSFan199 (March 11, 2025 @ 14:43)
@Zethras About the part where ya said some cars are rendered useless with this mod on…U sure ya ain't got skill issues? 'cause my average with this mod on easy & an maxed out 106 usually goes with my opponents bein' 8~14 sec away from me¹,stuff like bein' more than four secs away from the 1st place opponent shouldn't happen if ya aren't claimin' this mod fucks up your own muscle memory of the shift points whit that reply.(¹no traffic,default gear ratio,catch-up don't matter)
Zethras (January 25, 2023 @ 19:36)
Sadly no, the only way to uninstall this crap is either making a backup of your modded game beforehand and restore that, or to reinstall and mod the game from scratch again
