Games running slow and some graphic bugs

[jesalvein]

OMG ILY!!

So 2 things. You said NFS:U2 requires the skipdraw. Why is that? Just kind of curious. And I doubt it but is there any way to make the image better? It looks like there is a lot of noise in the image. My screen size is the default 640x480. Is this just how it is? (which is fine, I'll deal) or is there a way to improve the image?

You can try to increase the internal red.
IIRC, the skipdraw hack partially removes a blur effect that ruins emulation performances for this game.