Poor framerate in Undercover

This may be an issue related to the Origin version of Undercover. You may consider buying a new DVD version (USA / North American version), which sells for about $10 (USA) and is still available at some online stores. Note that the DVD is only used during install and is activated using a key included with the DVD version. There's a patch 1.0.1.17 that helps with the frame rate and a patch 1.0.1.18 that adds a challenge series which rewards 3 special tier 1 cars. You'll have to do a web search to find and download the 1.0.1.18 patch (it doesn't show up on the ea download server anymore). You don't need the 1.0.1.17 patch in order to install the 1.0.1.18 patch.

Part of the issue with the frame rate is the fast pace of the cars, and the game has trouble keeping up with rendering background objects, such as the buildings in Palm Harbor, resulting in the screen turning bluish (not a crash, just a bluish tint on the screen) and slowing down of the frame rate. The patches mostly fix this.