Template:Infobox game/row/osxporterWarnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
- Need for Speed Wiki
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
- Latest patch can be found here. Select the version more suitable to your version.
Mods
- NFSC Extra Options - adds various new settings and fixes vanilla game bugs.
- NFSC Enhanced Visual Treatment - enables an unused graphics option and other tweaks.[3]
Skip intro videos
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
- ThirteenAG's fix may require the latest patch. See Patches.
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Input settings
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Audio settings
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Template:I Though game doesn't support EAX, Creative Alchemy still can be used to enhance sound quality. It will just enable hardware acceleration and 3D positional audio. Difference can be easily noticeable when music is off. For non-Creative cards users see here Run in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode to avoid crashing career mode then. Sometimes whole career need to be started again with compatibility mode and Alchemy enabled. It's to avoid disapearing car in career menu and crash after attempt to race.
Subtitles
Localizations
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Traditional Chinese |
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Czech |
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Danish |
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Dutch |
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Finnish |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Italian |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Spanish |
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Separate 'Mexican' translation also exists in game files. |
Swedish |
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Russian |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Controller deadzone issues
Unable to load save game
Stuttering in Windows 10
Crashes in Challenge Series
Game can't be uninstalled
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eauninstall.exe
error: "The program can't start because EAInstall.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Operating system (OS) |
2000 SP4, XP SP2 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz
| Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
4.7 GB (Retail) |
11 GB (Download) |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 3 Series/4 Ti Series ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon 9800 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
References