Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Developer	EA Seattle
Year	2002

About

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is the 6th installment in the Need for Speed series and is the last of the "classic-era" NFS games. The PC version was developed by EA Seattle, while the PS2 version was the first of the series to be developed by BlackBox, who then took over developing the next several titles in the series. This page primarily covers the PC version.

Guides

Installing NFS: Hot Pursuit 2 on modern hardware with essential mods

Playing NFS: Hot Pursuit 2 online (or hosting a dedicated server) in 2024

Creating car mods for NFS: Hot Pursuit 2

Modding Tools


Car model files
Name	Description	Download link	Required?	Recommended?
ZModeler v1.07b	3D modeling software that can import/export HP2 models with plugins		Yes	Yes
- OIF Plugin for Zmodeler	Import/export models between ZModeler 1 (.z3d) and OIFTool (.oif)		Yes	Yes
- O Skeleton plugin for Zmodeler	Import/export skeleton.o files for positions of wheels, lights, etc.		Yes	Yes
ZModeler 2	3D modeling software, can import/export models between ZModeler 1 (.z3d) and .obj format		No	Yes
OEdit	Old tool for directly editing .o model files. Doesn't work well (if at all) on modern systems. Not recommended.		No	No
NFS Model Viewer	Can view (but not edit) HP2 models. Useful for verifying models are exported correctly, etc.		No	Yes
Textures
Name	Description	Download link	Required?	Recommended?
fshEd	Graphical tool for packing and un-packing .fsh texture files		Either FSHTool, fshEd, or EAGE	Yes
FSHTool	Command-line tool for packing and un-packing .fsh texture files			Yes
EA Graphics Editor	Old graphical tool for editing .fsh texture files			No
File packing/unpacking
Name	Description	Download link	Required?	Recommended?
VIVEdit			Either VIVEdit, VIVMagic, or BigGUI
VIVMagic
BigGUI
Misc tools
Name	Description	Download link	Required?	Recommended?
INICarEditor
CarConfigurator
A Sac v2091 Hot Pursuit 2 Stats recorder