For the 2005 game, see Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
Key points
- Also known as Need for Speed: Most Wanted – A Criterion Game.
Availability
- All versions require Origin DRM.
Version differences
- Limited Edition content includes:
- 4 hours of Double Speed Points in Multiplayer
- Satin Black livery and Early access to the Porsche 911 Carrera S and Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale in Multiplayer [1]
DLC and expansion packs
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Complete DLC Bundle |
Includes Terminal Velocity, Movie Legends, Heroes and Ultimate Speed |
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Deluxe DLC Bundle |
Includes Terminal Velocity, Movie Legends and Heroes |
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Movie Legends Pack |
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NFS Heroes Pack |
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Terminal Velocity Pack |
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Ultimate Speed Pack |
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Premium Modification Unlock |
Includes Mod Unlock 1, Mod Unlock 2 and Mod Unlock 3 |
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Mod Unlock 2 |
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Mod Unlock 3 |
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Multiplayer Booster Pack |
Includes all satin black liveries originally only attainable by pre-ordering |
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Time Saver Pack |
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Essential improvements
- Increases quality of reflections, shadows, draw distance, and other various effects.
- Re-enables Cinematic Mode, a setting which improves the level of detail and quality of various effects.
- Fixes a bug regarding vegetation not rendering until the resolution was changed.
- Adds a toggle for drawing HUD and screen dirt.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System |
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Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Criterion Games\Need For Speed(TM) Most Wanted\Save\ |
Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1262560/pfx/[Note 1] |
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Native |
Notes |
Origin |
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OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
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Video
Instructions to disable[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
config.NFS13Save with a text editor.
- Find the following line, and set it to this value.
VsyncInterval=0
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- The game is forced to 60Hz 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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- Download Special K.
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SpecialK32.dll into the game folder.
- Rename
SpecialK32.dll to dxgi.dll .
- Start the game and exit.
- Open
dxgi.ini in the game folder.
- Change
RefreshRate=-1.0 to RefreshRate=0.0 under [Render.FrameRate] .
- It is recommended to also disable V-Sync otherwise, you will get stuttering.
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Framedrop issue
- Mostly happening when smoke effect is on the screen.
Disable Ambient Occlusion effect.
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Input
Prompt given if using unknown DirectInput controller without button binding.
Input lag issue
Reduce the input lag
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- Disable V-Sync
- Set low latency mode to Ultra in graphics control panels.
- Racer_S realistic plugin makes input more responsive (also adds new cameras and some other options).
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Audio
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Separate volume controls |
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Music and effects. |
Surround sound |
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5.1 and 7.1 supported. |
Subtitles |
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Setting located in Gameplay settings. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Does not pause the game. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Czech |
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Dutch |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
VR support
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
10, 11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Mods
- Three cars has been removed during development, but thanks with these mods they can be restored.
- They are not accessible by the easydrive menu or jack spot. A vehicle spawner is needed.
- Restores a cut bodykit for the Porsche 911 GT2.
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista SP2 |
7 SP1 |
Processor (CPU) |
2 GHz Dual Core
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System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
20 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6950 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1262560/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1262560) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References