Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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This is the 46th part of my no-commentary playthrough covering the World Racing Championship and Hot Pursuit Ultimate Racer modes of the 2002 PlayStation 2 racing game Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, also known as Need for Speed 6. The emulator used is PCSX2 Nightly Release v1.7.4549 (settings are listed below).

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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002) PLAYLIST: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSkRtPrJbf7JO1TIH9GKwNAVCnKFJ-fOw


INFORMATION ON THE GAME:
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"Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is a 2002 racing video game, the sixth installment in the Need for Speed series and the sequel to 1998's Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit. It was developed by EA Black Box for the PlayStation 2, and by EA Seattle for GameCube, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows. It features cars from various high-performance and exotic car manufacturers. Players can compete in races using these cars, or opt to play as a police officer and pursue speeders.

The game features several popular recording artists from its time such as Uncle Kracker, The Humble Brothers and Hot Action Cop. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 received "generally favorable" reviews on the PS2 and Xbox, while the PC and GameCube versions received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. In 2002, the game was awarded Console Racing Game of the Year at the 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards.

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is a racing game with an emphasis on evading the police and over-the-top courses featuring lengthy shortcuts. It draws primarily from the gameplay and style of one of its predecessors, Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit..."

FURTHER INFORMATION: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Hot_Pursuit_2


PCSX2 - DOWNLOAD and SETTINGS:
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PCSX2: pcsx2.net

Speed Control
Normal Speed: 100% [60 FPS (NTSC) / 50 FPS (PAL)]
Fast-Forward Speed: 200% [120 FPS (NTSC) / 100 FPS (PAL)]
Slow-MotionSpeed: 50% [30 FPS (NTSC) / 25 FPS (PAL)]
✅ Enable Speed Limiter

System Settings
EE Cycle Rate: 180% (Overclock)
EE Cycle Skipping: Disabled
Affinity Control: Disabled
✅ Enable Multithreaded VU1 (MTVU)
✅ Enable Instant VU1
✅ Enable Cheats
🔲 Enable Host Filesystem

Frame Pacing / Latency Control
Maximum Frame Latency: 2 frames
🔲 Optimal Frame Pacing
🔲 Scale To Host Refresh Rate

GRAPHICS
Renderer: Direct3D 11
Adapter: Graphics Card (AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT)

Display
Fullscreen Mode: Borderless Fullscreen
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (16:9)
FMV Aspect Ratio: Off (Default)
Bilinear Filtering: Bilinear (Smooth)
Crop: Left: 1px; Top: 1px; Right: 1px; Bottom: 1px
🔲 Enable Widescreen Patches
🔲 Enable No-Interlacing Patches
✅ Anti-Blur
🔲 Integer Scaling
🔲 VSync
🔲 Disable Interlace Offset
🔲 Screen Offsets
🔲 Show Overscan

Rendering
Internal Resolution: 4x Native (~1440p/2K)
Mipmapping: Automatic (Default)
Texture Filtering: Bilinear (PS2)
Trilinear Filtering: Automatic (Default)
Anisotropic Filtering: Off (Default)
Dithering: Unscaled (Default)
Blending Accuracy: Basic (Recommended)
Texture Preloading: Full (Hash Cache)
🔲 Spin GPU During Readbacks
🔲 Spin CPU During Readbacks

Texture Replacement (ALL DEFAULT)

Post-Processing
Sharpening/Anti-Aliasing (ALL DEFAULT)

Filters
✅ Shade Boost - Brightness: 60

GAME PROPERTIES:
Graphics -- Rendering -- ✅ Manual Hardware Renderer Fixes

Hardware Fixes -- Skipdraw Range: 5, 5

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Custom .pnach file for 60fps and widescreen patch:

patch=1,EE,20113E2C,extended,2C420001

patch=1,EE,0010e994,word,46011702
patch=1,EE,0032f6ec,word,3f400000
patch=1,EE,0032f850,word,3f2aaaaa
patch=1,EE,0032F6F4,word,3F19999A
patch=1,EE,002CFD64,word,00000040
patch=1,EE,00330188,word,44555555
patch=1,EE,0010EDEC,short,42F0
patch=1,EE,0010EE0C,short,4384


TECHNIAL INFORMATION:
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Recorded with the PCSX2 built-in recording feature in 1080p and 60 frames per second as .mkv file with the H.264 codec and a bitrate of 100000 kb/s. Edited and rendered with CapCut at a variable bitrate (VBR) of 60000 kb/s and saved as .mp4 file in original resolution/frames per second. #hotpursuit2 #needforspeed #nocommentary