Cheat Codes in Need for Speed II affects progression, gameplay, and can unlock secret cars. They are activated in different ways depending on each platform:
- For the PlayStation release, cheat codes have to be entered as a password.
- For PC releases and the Special Edition, cheat codes have to be entered at the main menu screen, with a few exceptions.
Cheats[]
Early Unlocks[]
| Unlock | PlayStation | PC | Special Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monolithic Studios course | shotme | hollywood | hollywood |
| Ford Indigo | lilzip | redracer | - |
| Bomber BFS | - | - | bomber |
| FZR 2000 | - | - | fzr2000 |
| Tombstone | - | - | tombstone |
Secret Cars[]
Various secret cars can be unlocked by activating a cheat code. In the PlayStation release, ending the code with "u" instead of "me" allows it for use in split-screen.
Traffic[]
Course Props[]
Miscellaneous[]
| Effect | PlayStation | PC | Special Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faster Engine | powrup | pioneer | pioneer |
| Camera Views | Hold L1, L2, R1, R2, cross, square, circle, and triangle during a loading screen | Hold C, B, and Right Shift during a loading screen | Hold C, B, and Right Shift at the loading screen |
| Race at night | - | Hold N during a loading screen | Hold N during a loading screen (software render mode only) |
| Slippery Track | - | slip | slip |
| Multicoloured reflections and sky | - | - | kcjones (3Dfx mode only) |
| Horn makes opponents crash | - | - | roadrage |
| Slot mode (Appears at car selection menu) | - | - | Slot (Not in simulation mode) |
| Chase Mode | - | - | chase |
| Rain (Proving Grounds and Mystic Peaks only) | - | - | rain (software render mode only) |
| Animal-shaped smoke | - | - | mad (3Dfx mode only) |
| Outhouse traffic | - | - | madland |
| Limousine traffic | - | - | vip |
| School Bus traffic | - | - | schoolzone |
| Increased traffic | - | - | rushhour |
Trivia[]
- If players are using first person camera with the "rain" cheat code, the droplets can be seen on the car's windshield area.






































