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Revision as of 23:08, 24 August 2021
For the original game from 1998, see Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit. For the remaster, see Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered.
Developers | |
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Criterion Games | |
DICE | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Chameleon | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 16, 2010 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 86 |
IGDB | 90 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing |
Vehicles | Automobile |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, North America |
Series | Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Need for Speed |
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is a 2010 racing game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sixteenth game in the Need for Speed series. A throwback to the original Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (1998) and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002), Criterion's Hot Pursuit returns to the roots of the NFS franchise by having players drive sportscars and exotics as a racer or a cop in beautiful environments, taking place in a region called Seacrest County, which is inspired by places found in the West Coast of the United States. The game is also noted for the introduction of NFS's asynchronous multiplayer system, Autolog, where players can compare their best times in events against their friends.
The game was released for Windows on November 16, 2010.
The game was delisted from all online storefronts in 2020 in favor of its remastered release.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | TAGES Solidshield DRM, Limited Editon & EA Crew Edition also available | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Origin (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) | Origin account and key activation is required for multiplayer. |
- DLC was not released for PC. Some of the DLC content can be accessed by modding the game.[1]
Version differences
- Limited Edition content includes the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione and Ford Shelby GT500, with early access to the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, Ford Shelby GT500, Audi TT RS Coupé, Chevrolet Camaro SS, Porsche Cayman S and Dodge Challenger SRT8.
- EA Crew Edition content includes 7 exclusive vehicles, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition, Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Lamborghini Reventon, Bugati Veyron 16.4, Aston Martin DBS, and Audi R8 5.2 FSI.
- These exclusive vehicles can be modded in, and will work online.[1]
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.0.5.0 (NFSHP_1000_to_1050.exe; PCGW mirror) is the last patch for the game. It is only required for retail version of the game. Digital versions are already patched.
- Changelog (and PCGW mirror of all patches).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Criterion Games\Need for Speed(TM) Hot Pursuit\config.NFS11Save %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Criterion Games\Need for Speed(TM) Hot Pursuit\Save\Default\controls.NFS11Save |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/47870/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Criterion Games\Need for Speed(TM) Hot Pursuit\Save\Default\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/47870/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Menus remain scaled to 16:9 and the in-game HUD extends out of the primary screen, but the FOV scales well. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Menus remain scaled to 16:9. However, both the in-game HUD and FOV scale well.[2] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Racer_S Camera Hack can tweak this; get nfs11camhack103 or nfs11camhack10a if former doesn't work.[3] Doesn't work with the last patch. | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be forced through the Nvidia Control Panel/AMD Control Center. Perhaps due to the game's deferred rendering implementation Super-Sampling-AA seems to have better performance than MSAA, if using a utility such as Nvidia Inspector. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can be forced off through the graphics card control panel (doesn't work on AMD-cards). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Run the game at screen refresh rate
- The game is forced to 60 Hz refresh rate. This results in huge tearing artifact when V-Sync is disabled and huge input lag when V-Sync is enabled.
If your monitor supports more than 60Hz you can set it |
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Windowed
Force windowed[citation needed] |
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No HUD and real lights mod
Download the file from here or here |
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Extract the items to the game's folder.
Run TexMod.exe and click the big folder icon to specify either |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Steering wheel support can be achieved via a Racer_S mod | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Fully remappable, can assign any action to any button. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Keyboard only. |
Input lag issue
Reduce the input lag |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Speech, and Sound Effects sliders | |
Surround sound | 5.1 and 7.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
- The game's sound-mix is bad. The low audio-volume of the player-car-engine was fixed in v1.0.2.0 to only some extent. To improve sound-quality copy DSOAL + HRTF into the game dir to greater enhance car-engine-volume (also option of no HRTF attached). Make sure you have stereo set in audio options for 2.0 configurations (alternatively use IndirectSound (no HRTF) and .ini). In DSOAL the changes are even pushed forward in this aspect. Now you may like to lower SFX volume to hear the music louder. Alternatively you can test out 5.1 setting in game options for better results with IndirectSound if DSOAL doesn't work on your current Windows 10 build.[4]
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 8 | Versus Features three game modes: Hot Pursuit (team based, semi-co-op racers vs. cops race), Interceptor (racer vs. cop head-to-head battle), and Race (classic race). |
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Asynchronous multiplayer | Autolog. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Micro-Stuttering
- By default, the game places its processing load on the first CPU core only, which causes occasional framerate dips on some systems. To fix this, you must change the affinity of the NFS11.exe process to exclude CPU 0; after doing this, it places its load equally across the remaining cores.
Fix for occasional stuttering on modern systems[5] |
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Controls settings not being saved
Edit controls file |
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Open in notepad
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
5 Hardest trials hints
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista SP2, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz AMD Phenom II X3 720 |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8.3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7800 ATI Radeon X1900 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 or Higher support |
Nvidia GeForce 9800 ATI Radeon HD 4850 1 GB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0 compatible | |
Other | 512Kb/s or Faster Broadband connection for Activation and Online Play |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (47870) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 How to get DLC events and DLC cars
- ↑ Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Steam Community :: Screenshot :: 4:3 vs 16:9 vs 16:10 vs 21:9
- ↑ Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit - Dead End Thrills
- ↑ https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Topic:Vkjup0bfpkctcqok&topic_showPostId=vkybftql5rvzyqjr#flow-post-vkybftql5rvzyqjr
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: Reduce Stuttering Tweaking CPU Cores & Hyper-Threading