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Need for Speed: Underground

2003 racing video game
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Summary

Need for Speed: Underground is a video game[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 41 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: Underground — instance of (P31): esports discipline[3]
  • Publisher: Underground — publisher (P123): Electronic Arts[4]
  • Genre: Underground — genre (P136): racing video game[5]
  • Developer: Underground — developer (P178): EA Black Box[6]
  • Part of the series: Underground — part of the series (P179): Need for Speed[7]
  • Software version identifier: 1.4[8]
  • Platform: Underground — platform (P400): Game Boy Advance[9], Underground — platform (P400): Xbox[10], Underground — platform (P400): PlayStation 2[11], Underground — platform (P400): Microsoft Windows[12], Underground — platform (P400): PlayStation Portable[13], Underground — platform (P400): Nintendo GameCube[14], Underground — platform (P400): arcade video game machine[15]
  • Game mode: Underground — game mode (P404): multiplayer video game[16], Underground — game mode (P404): single-player video game[17]
  • Language of work or name: Underground — language of work or name (P407): English[18], Underground — language of work or name (P407): Russian[19]
  • Software engine: Underground — software engine (P408): EA Graphics Library[20]
  • Distribution format: Underground — distribution format (P437): compact disc[21]
  • Review score: 88/100[22]
  • Input device: Underground — input device (P479): gamepad[23]
  • Country of origin: Underground — country of origin (P495): United Kingdom[24]
  • Publication date: November 17, 2003[25]
  • Distributed by: Underground — distributed by (P750): Electronic Arts[26]
  • Narrative location: Underground — narrative location (P840): United States[27]
  • ESRB rating: Underground — ESRB rating (P852): Everyone[28]
  • CERO rating: Underground — CERO rating (P853): CERO 12[29]
  • PEGI rating: Underground — PEGI rating (P908): PEGI 3[30]
  • USK rating: Underground — USK rating (P914): USK 0[31]
  • Main subject: Underground — main subject (P921): street racing[32], Underground — main subject (P921): car tuning[33]
  • Nominated for: Underground — nominated for (P1411): British Academy Games Award for Racing[34]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Underground — takes place in fictional universe (P1434): Need for Speed universe[35]
  • Title: Need for Speed: Underground[36]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[37]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[38]

  • First release date: 2003-11-17[39]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, big beat, breakbeat, electronic, hard rock, hip hop, merengue, nu metal, rock[40]

  • Community tags: alt metal, alternative rock, big beat, breakbeat, electronic, electronica mainstream, games, hard rock, hip hop, merengue, nu metal, rock[41]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1ce6e8df-f272-3923-816a-ebba8c5019bc[42]

Why It Matters

Need for Speed: Underground is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [41] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [42] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Abandonware-france game id → 3407
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Abandonware-france game id: 3407, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275230|batch #275230]]"
  2. 5w ago · Jakub Vrána · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Databáze her video game id → 809
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54523|batch #54523]]: Databáze her representative"
  3. 17w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 88/100
    Lki id → NFSUnderground
    Narrative location → United States
    Esrb game id → 9517, 9569
    + 90 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Games/Need_for_Speed_Underground, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293343238|Need for Speed Underground (#293343238)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-"
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