Part 4

Learn about Bank Rewards, Sponsors, the Garage, and Race Types in Need for Speed Underground 2. Earn up to $400 per reward.

Bank Reward

You'll find a lot of these all over Bayview, it's money. You receive: $50, $100, $200, and $400 depending on your progress through the game.

Sponsors

In Career Mode, after winning some races, Sponsors will offer you contracts. The first time, you have to choose between 4 offers, the second time between 3, the third time between 2, and the last time, you don't choose, you only read the contract.

Each time you sign with a Sponsor, you commit to win many races. You always have to win 3 races of sponsors choice, URL races, and many races of your own choice. The first time is 3 URL and 9 of your choice, the second is 5 URL and 19 of your choice, the third time is 7 URL and 29 of your choice, and the last one is 9 URL and 34 of your choice.

You'll get a free car from the Car Lot after signing with a sponsor, but you don't need more than 2. You'll also receive some Bank for signing, and extra bank on the races of Sponsors choice. Those are the only things that change when choosing between sponsors. The difference between the amount that sponsors pay you is minimal, so I suggest you choose the one that has the easiest race types, or the one with the races that you like the most.

Garage

Here you can select the car you want to drive, if you have more than one. You can also switch your car's body parts, performance parts, interiors and car specialties, and put older parts to your car. You can go to personalize your tuning at Dyno. You can see your Signed Sponsors, Save your game, or use the World map to see what races you have entered, or not, even the hidden races. If you want, you can enter them, even if you've already won them.

If you don't want to search for the hidden races, go to the garage, enter the World Map, select the race you want to enter, enter it, and win it. If it's a race you haven't enter before, and you win it on your first try, you won't get money. If you want to get the money, once on the race, pause the game, select restart and restart the race. You'll get the money, but you will not have the option to return directly to the World Map. Doing this allows you to enter SUV races with any car.

Race Types

There are many race types in the game:

• Circuit: A multi-lap race with traffic, nitro, and shortcuts. It has 2, 3, or 4 laps and 3 visible opponents. General Strategy: Powerslide at the curves, avoid the traffic, and take all the shortcuts you can.
• Sprint: A race from point A to point B with traffic, nitro, and shortcuts. It has 3 visible opponents. General Strategy: Use the same strategy from Circuit.
• Drag: A race from point A to point B, mostly on a straight road, requiring gear shifting. It has traffic, nitro, and 2 or 3 visible opponents. Shortcuts are not available. General Strategy: Accelerate with the Right Analog Stick. At the countdown, push the Right Analog Stick up, and wait for the tachometer needle to turn green. When the race starts, accelerate and shift the gears as perfectly as you can. Use your nitro at the beginning, shifting gears will be harder, but you'll become 1st easily. Watch out for traffic and walls.
• Drift: A short race where the goal is to achieve the highest drifting score, not necessarily to finish first. It has 2 or 3 laps and 3 visible opponents. Traffic and nitro are not used, and shortcuts are not available. Drift scores are qualified on Speed, Angle, and Length. Strategy: Stay behind the other competitors to have more space. Take advantage of the multiplying zones.