Default store
This browser, for this site address. Another address keeps a different store.
Source: PLAYING.md · checked 2026-10-28
Play
Underground 2 Revived saves
Profiles stay in the browser for the site address you play on. Cloud saves are optional: the page locks them with a keyphrase that starts with nfsu2-xyz- plus eight words, and there is no account. Download a zip backup before you clear site data. A PC profile can be restored from a zip of the local NFS Underground 2 folder. Issue 33 on the project repo records a case where a cloud choice deleted progress.
Cloud phrase
nfsu2-xyz- plus 8 words. The server stores ciphertext. Only the project docs describe the format.
Source: PLAYING.md · checked 2026-10-28
Backup
Saves, Download a backup. Zip of profiles, registry.txt, settings.ini, and F12 shots.
Source: PLAYING.md · checked 2026-10-28
Known loss
GitHub issue 33 discusses a cloud mis-click that dropped a save. Still treat the zip as the safety copy.
Source: GitHub issues · checked 2026-10-28
Evidence note: figures attributed only to one publication or to the project's own documentation are single-source reports. The project site, README and playing notes count as one source group. Sources and checked dates are shown with each fact.
What I checked
I read the Saves section of PLAYING.md against a Reddit thread where a player asked how to load a 100% career and was told to use Restore. VRacer’s 22 October video also shows a save restore. I am not publishing anyone’s keyphrase, and I cannot recover one. The project says nobody can look a lost phrase up.
What syncs, and what stays on the device
Profiles and settings.ini go to the cloud. F12 screenshots, magazine covers, graphics options, fullscreen, resolution scale, frame cap, and controller settings stay in each browser. A phone and a PC keep their own device settings. If two browsers both changed a profile, the page asks which copy to keep and does not sync until you choose.
Before a cloud copy replaces the local one, the page keeps your local profiles for 30 days and offers Put back. A keyphrase unused for two years is deleted from the server. That retention line is only in the project notes.
Bring a PC career across
Zip %LOCALAPPDATA%\NFS Underground 2, or one profile file inside it, and use Restore a backup. A same-named profile is replaced after a prompt. A profile from another game version is skipped. A save editor or a mod car triggers a warning because the browser build may crash or show the car wrong. Only restore a zip you made or trust.
Clearing the browser
Chrome may drop a site’s storage when the disk is nearly full. The page cannot see that. Firefox asks in the address bar; the Saves section mentions the prompt. Delete the game data on this PC frees the streamed files and leaves saves. Clearing site data, or the whole browsing history, is the action that removes local profiles.
Video
VRacer walks through the nfsu2.xyz start page, a save restore, and an online race on 22 October 2026. Uploaded 2026-10-22. The player loads only after this click.
Questions
Where is my Underground 2 Revived save?
In the browser storage for nfsu2.xyz, unless you turned on cloud saves.
I lost the keyphrase. Can support reset it?
The project notes say no. There is no account and no lookup.
How do I load a 100% save?
Restore a backup zip. A Reddit reply on r/NFSU2 pointed at the same Restore control. Do not download a save from a random file host.
Does autosave run?
The page sets each profile to Autosave once. If you switch the game back to Prompt or Off, it stays there.
Are two tabs safe?
One browser runs one game. A second tab says Open elsewhere and keeps Settings read-only.
Related pages
Sources
Last checked: 2026-10-28. Where only one source states a number, the sentence says so.