Need For Speed Underground 2 takes place in Bayview after the events of Need for Speed: Underground. The prologue begins with the player driving in a Nissan Skyline R34 in Olympic City (though the racing scenes are actually in Bayview) the setting of NFS:UG. He then receives a race challenge from a rather ominous personality who offers him a spot on his crew but "won't take 'no' for an answer." The player races off — despite Samantha's warnings — only to be ambushed by a mysterious driver in a rage that totals his Skyline. The driver who has a unique scythe tattoo makes a call confirming the accident and the flashback fades out.