# Keyboard Controls and Gamepad

Find the default driving and menu keys for NFS Underground 2 in your browser, plus where to check gamepad bindings.

- Accelerate · ↑ / W

- Brake or reverse · ↓ / S

- Steer · ← / → / A / D

- Nitrous · Alt

- Handbrake · Space

- Shift up or down manually · Shift / Ctrl

- Change camera or look back · C / B

- Reset the car · R

- Confirm or enter an event · Enter

- Back or pause · Esc / P

- Map or messages · M / Tab

## Keyboard and menus

Click the game first. Use the arrow keys to move through menus, Enter to confirm and Esc to go back or pause. Alt is Option (⌥) on a Mac keyboard.

## Manual gears and gamepads

For a regular Quick Race, select Auto or Manual before the race. For Manual, use the shift keys above. Connect a gamepad, click the game and press a controller button, then check its bindings under Options inside the game.