Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is a 2002 racing video game, serving as the debut Need for Speed (NFS) title of Black Box Games and the first Need For Speed for the "next-generation" of consoles.
Hot Pursuit 2 draws primarily from the gameplay and style of Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit; its emphasis was on evading the police and over-the-top tracks featuring lengthy shortcuts. Even though the game allowed gamers to play as the police, the pursuit mode was drastically less realistic than preceding versions of NFS, as players merely needed to "tap" a speeder a certain number of times to arrest them.

While well-received by the press, it lacked the realism and sheer depth of Porsche Unleashed. Strangely, different versions of the game were produced for each system; the best version, according to the gaming press, was the PlayStation 2 version, with the Xbox, GameCube and PC versions generally considered inferior. (EA Seattle did those versions, and they were not ports of the PS2 version which was developed by Black Box Games.)

Codes

Main Menu Codes
At the Main Menu, press the following:

R2, Right, R2, Right, Triangle, Left, Triangle, Left - Aston Martin V12 Vanquish

Square, Right, Square, Right, R2, Triangle, R2, Triangle - BMW Z8

R2, Triangle, Triangle, Triangle, R1, Square, Square, Triangle - Carrera GT NFS

L1, Square, R2, R2, R2, R1, L1, Square - Championship Event 31

L2, R2, Left, Square, Left, Left, Left, R2 - Chrome Cars

R1, Square, Square, Square, R2, left, left, Square - F1 LM NFS

Left, Square, Square, Square, R1, L2, L2, Square - Ferrari 360 Moderna

L1, Triangle, L1, Triangle, Right, L2, Right, L2 - Ferrari F50

Right, Left, Right, Left, R2, Square, R2, Square - Ford TS50

Triangle, Square, Right, R2, Right, Right, Right, Square - Heavy Fog

L1, L2, L1, L2, R1, Triangle, R1, Triangle - HSV Coupe GTS

Right, R2, Right, R2, R1, L1, R1, L1 - Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 VT

Square, L1, Square, L1, Triangle, Right, Triangle, Right - McLaren F1 LM

L1, Right, L1, Right, L2, Square, L2, Square. - Mercedes CL55 AMG

R2, R1, R2, R1, Left, Triangle, Left, Triangle - Mercedes CLK GTR

L1, R2, R2, R2, Left, Square, Square, R2 - Murcielago NFS

Left, Right, Left, Right, R1, R2, R1, R2 - Porsche Carrera GT

Left, Square, Left, Square, R2, R1, R2, R1 - Pursuit Mustang Cobra R

Right, Triangle, L1, R1, L1, L1, L1, triangle - R/C Car

Right, Square, Left, Left, Left, R2, Right, Square. - Racer Bonus Event

Left, R2, Left, R2, L1, R1, L1, R1 - Unlock Corvette V06

R2 Square R2 Square Triangle L2 Triangle L2 - Unlock Ferrari 360 Spider

Square, L1, L2, L1, L2 - Unlock Porsche

Triangle, R2, Triangle, R2, Left, Square, Left, Square - Unlock the Lotus Elise

Triangle, L1, Triangle, L1, R1, Left, R1, Left - Unlock the McLaren F1

L1, R1, Right, Square, Right, Right, Right, R1 - Viedo Mode

Glitches

No Opponent in Challenge Mode
To race no opponent in 1 player Challenge mode you will need two controllers for this. Make sure to set the race as Single Race, it will not work in any other mode. Then set the Race Options to 1 opponent. Then switch the setting to 2 players. Go thought the car setup and pick the track. After that the race loads. Quit the race before it starts. Now go back to Challenge Mode and Switch the Players Option from 2 to 1. After that go to car Select, for this to work you have to pick the same car and do the same at the track select. After the race loads you will have no opponent.

Secrets

Zone Cam Start/Finish Line Cheat
In any lapping race (not point to point events) as you cross the start/finish line press the Zone cam button. (L2 on my setup) That is the one that makes the camera circle your car. If you time it right for your rear wheels to be on the checkered line, you will receive 180,000 NFS points. This won't work at the very start of the race but it will work at the end of the first lap and every lap after till the end. It won't work at the end of the last lap because the race will be over as soon as your front wheels cross the line.

Lamborghini Murcielago in action! One neat video to watch: