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.