My Discs

The simple answer is no. Sims 2 was abandonware until Legacy came out. There's no support, no patches, programs conflict because of its age, etc.

But, the complicated answer is maybe. There's a lot involved in that maybe and no one here on the forums is going to be able to help you. However, if you google Sims 2 disks discussions on Reddit, there are some that may be able to help you. 

Personally, I think it was worth shelling out the money for Legacy even though I have Ultimate Collection simply because it's supported. Not everyone IS having issues with it. I had some in the beginning, but I'm not having any now.

What do you mean by it's supported? Do you mean because it just exists or is it because EA services the game? I think only Legacy Collection is the only version of Sims 2 right now that is being serviced/supported

That's basically exactly what I mean. The Sims 2 servers that the disks and original downloadable versions used don't exist anymore and EA doesn't offer any kind of support if they don't work, or the patches that they originally released for them. For Legacy, they are actively taking bug reports and releasing patches.

But, as I said, I did find a Reddit thread about using the disks that may help you.

It depends: if trying to use the old dics with a new/newer computer/laptop, then there might be issues and it might not be possible at all. But, if still having an old computer/laptop, which has been previously used for playing The Sims 2 with the discs, then, yes, it might very well still work perfectly!

This is the case for myself now: my gaming laptop - that I bought 2017, and which I have been playing The Sims 4 on since 2017, broke last week, and I had to bring it to a repair Shop. So, long story short, I'm not able to play The Sims 4 now, so I took my old laptop computer (it's a HP laptop, bought 2007 - Windows Vista system), which I used to play The Sims 2 (with discs) on, before I bought that new gaming laptop in 2017 and moved on to play The Sims 4; I didn't continue to play The Sims 2 since that, in between (for nearly 8 years), because I wanted to fully focus on The Sims 4.

But now, after a long time, I took my old laptop and tested if my Sims 2 still works, and yes - it does work perfectly! 😊 So I've been happily playing The Sims 2 again recently. The only issue I have is, that even though I own almost all of The Sims 2 packs with discs, I can't use them all with this old laptop, because it has limited space and memory etc. - In the early times of The Sims 2, I had a different computer which had more space etc. so I was using all of my packs back then. With this old laptop I have only 3 Expansion packs + 7 Stuff packs. But I'm very happy to be able to have those few packs at least and to still be able to play the game. 

So, if still having an old computer with the older system, then it still works with the discs. And the big plus is also that when playing with the discs, there is no need to have an internet connection. When it's installed, and when putting the relevant disc in, the game starts when clicking the icon on desktop (and then clicking the "play" which appears after clicking the icon).

Some people might have issues with trying to play with the discs, but for some it still works perfectly 😊 I don't have that digital version of The Sims 2. I have always had The Sims 2 with discs, so I don't know anything about the digital version. (The Sims 4 I mainly have as digital).

Sorry about the very long post and if my explanations were complicated, I sometimes struggle to write in a simple and short way 😄