Need For Speed Underground Complete 100% Working DG41TY Installation Tutorial
Hi,
Don't waste your time trying to hack drivers on an existing hard drive. Fresh installation steps below:
It's going to cost you some $ in disks from Global VR, but you'll be able to install from scratch anytime you need. And you will be able to link up to 4 NFSUs if you have them.
Currently cloning drives will not allow you to link. Don't ask me for disks. I payed full price for mine, and you should to. I'm happy they make them available, and am not going to contribute to them upping the price due to peeps giving them away for free.
You will need to purchase Software Recovery Disk #050-0225-01 and Version 1.1 of Need For Speed Underground (2 disk set). The Software Recover Disk if for NFS Carbon, but don't worry about that. It will work fine for NFSU.
Here's the hardware I used:
DG41TY ($40.00 shipped on ebay with processor and ram)
120GB SanDisk Solid State Drive ($55.00 from Best Buy)
BFG 9600 GT Video Card ($25.00 Shipped on ebay)
Nytric Controller (stock in NFSU PCs)
4 port NEC USB care (stock in NFSU PCs)
*Removed modem
Installation steps.
1) Run SRD #050-0225-01 (power cycle machine after install).
2) Let the install package do it's auto configuration.
2.5) *If video driver install prompts appear don't install until after OS configuration is done and game disks prompt appears.
3) When asked to insert NFS Carbon game disks, wait, and install any video card drivers if needed. Do not reboot after any video driver installations. just proceed to next step.
4) Insert NFSU v1.1 installation disk 1. follow on screen prompts until installation is complete.
Post installation notes:
Since this is a combination of the NFSC and NFSU process, there are a couple of cosmetic issues that won't impact the game.
1) You will see the Windows XP splash screen for a few seconds upon boot up.
2) The "Waiting For Components To Install" splash screen will no longer appear, so you will get a blank screen until the steering calibration screen appears.
Possible Video Card issue.
Some of the Geforce card brands have an issue with clock speed with NFSU. If you have problems with the game freezing with infinite sound loop, that only a power cycle will fix, there are 2 possible culprits.
1) Power Supply
2) GeForce clock speed issue.
Make sure you have a good working minimum 550 watt power supply. If you're certain your power supply is good, you will need to install a free app called RivaTuner. Use RivaTuner to lower the clock speed of your video card. You will need to do a search online for instructions. I'm not going into that here, or anywhere for that matter. That's on you to figure out. It's not difficult. Most won't even encounter this issue, but here's the fix just in case.
When you're all done installing. Practice. Cause I'll kick all y'alls a$$e$ at this game.
Later,
Salt
Hi,
Don't waste your time trying to hack drivers on an existing hard drive. Fresh installation steps below:
It's going to cost you some $ in disks from Global VR, but you'll be able to install from scratch anytime you need. And you will be able to link up to 4 NFSUs if you have them.
Currently cloning drives will not allow you to link. Don't ask me for disks. I payed full price for mine, and you should to. I'm happy they make them available, and am not going to contribute to them upping the price due to peeps giving them away for free.
You will need to purchase Software Recovery Disk #050-0225-01 and Version 1.1 of Need For Speed Underground (2 disk set). The Software Recover Disk if for NFS Carbon, but don't worry about that. It will work fine for NFSU.
Here's the hardware I used:
DG41TY ($40.00 shipped on ebay with processor and ram)
120GB SanDisk Solid State Drive ($55.00 from Best Buy)
BFG 9600 GT Video Card ($25.00 Shipped on ebay)
Nytric Controller (stock in NFSU PCs)
4 port NEC USB care (stock in NFSU PCs)
*Removed modem
Installation steps.
1) Run SRD #050-0225-01 (power cycle machine after install).
2) Let the install package do it's auto configuration.
2.5) *If video driver install prompts appear don't install until after OS configuration is done and game disks prompt appears.
3) When asked to insert NFS Carbon game disks, wait, and install any video card drivers if needed. Do not reboot after any video driver installations. just proceed to next step.
4) Insert NFSU v1.1 installation disk 1. follow on screen prompts until installation is complete.
Post installation notes:
Since this is a combination of the NFSC and NFSU process, there are a couple of cosmetic issues that won't impact the game.
1) You will see the Windows XP splash screen for a few seconds upon boot up.
2) The "Waiting For Components To Install" splash screen will no longer appear, so you will get a blank screen until the steering calibration screen appears.
Possible Video Card issue.
Some of the Geforce card brands have an issue with clock speed with NFSU. If you have problems with the game freezing with infinite sound loop, that only a power cycle will fix, there are 2 possible culprits.
1) Power Supply
2) GeForce clock speed issue.
Make sure you have a good working minimum 550 watt power supply. If you're certain your power supply is good, you will need to install a free app called RivaTuner. Use RivaTuner to lower the clock speed of your video card. You will need to do a search online for instructions. I'm not going into that here, or anywhere for that matter. That's on you to figure out. It's not difficult. Most won't even encounter this issue, but here's the fix just in case.
When you're all done installing. Practice. Cause I'll kick all y'alls a$$e$ at this game.
Later,
Salt
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