# th0mk/nfsu2-web

> A fan project that runs the PC version of Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004) in the browser: the game's x86 code is statically recompiled to C and compiled to WebAssembly, Direct3D 9 runs on WebGPU and sound on Web Audio. You need your own copy of the game patched to v1.2.

- Magnitude: 4.3 out of 10 — Early signal
- Stars: 119 total · +2 stars measured 2026-10-23, 00:37–04:07 UTC, ≈ 35 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Games & graphics · Language: C · Created: 2026-10-19 · Last push: 2026-10-23
- GitHub: https://github.com/th0mk/nfsu2-web · Homepage: https://nfsu2.xyz/ · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/th0mk/nfsu2-web

## Useful for

- Build the WebAssembly module from your own SPEED2.EXE copy and run the game in Chrome or Firefox
- Deploy the server on a VPS with Docker and HTTPS to play free roam with friends
- Install language packs from mods to play in one of thirteen languages or Brazilian Portuguese

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-23 (UTC), 00:37–04:07: 117 → 119 stars (+2). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +35 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 4 days old and already has 119 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Top new repositories this week: #194.
- Hacker News: “Need for Speed Underground 2 ported to WASM” — 6 points, 2 days ago.
- About 15 forks a day — people are taking the code.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 21
- Issues and pull requests: 4
- Watchers: 2
- Average over the last week: 31 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 0

## Stars per day, last 5 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-10-19 … 2026-10-23: 15, 35, 22, 47, 2

## Hacker News

- Need for Speed Underground 2 ported to WASM — 6 points, 0 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50170209

## Spotted in now

- Top new repositories this week: #194

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