Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Released as Need for Speed: Porsche 2000 outside North America.
- The game is unplayable without patches on new systems. See NFS5 Essentials.
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
- Adds support for external 3rash API renderers (DirectX Glide and OpenGL), implements proper widescreen support with correct FOV, etc.
NFS5 Essentials
- NFS5 Essentials is essential to play the game on new systems. It also adds the 4 official downloadable cars and enhances graphics.
- Remember to install NFS5 Essentials after installing the game
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
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Delete, move or rename the following files:
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Configuration is stored in each individual profile
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Force windowed[citation needed]
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- Download and run DxWnd.
- Click on File, then Import.
- Import
Need for Speed 5 Porsche Unleashed.dxw from the exports folder.
- Set the path to
<path-to-game>\Porsche.exe .
- Set the window position and size.
- Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
- Click OK, then File and Save.
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Force windowed (using dgVoodoo2)[citation needed]
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- Download and extract dgVoodoo.
- Open the
MS folder and copy the contents to the installation folder.
- Run
dgVoodooCpl.exe .
- Click on "Add" and choose the installation folder.
- Enable "Enumerate refresh rates"
- Set it to "Windowed"
- Uncheck "Capture mouse" (Alt+Tab doesn't work most of the time, so double-clicking out of game's window is the only way to switch apps)
- Check "Center App window" (optional)
- Go to the DirectX tab.
- Set the resolution from the list
- Disable "dgVoodoo Watermark"
- Uncheck "Application controlled fullscreen/windowed state"
- Click OK.
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Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
Use devreorder to force intended device (needs dinputto8)[citation needed]
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- Download briankendall's devreorder and elishacloud's dinputto8.
- For devreorder, extract
devreorder.ini and x86 's dinput8.dll into main game directory.
- For dinputto8, extract
dinput.dll into main game directory as well.
- Edit
devreorder.ini - [order] and [visible] should be set to your controller's name; i.e. "Controller (XBOX 360 For Windows)".
- This was tested with Verok's NFSV patch. Needs more testing, but likely works with other versions.
- Should work even across restarts as it's forcing enumeration order and hiding other enumerable devices from the process.
- There is still minor menu lag.
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Low FPS on modern systems or Crash after click RACE
(DirectX 10.1+) Use dgVoodoo wrapper[citation needed]
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- Download newest dgVoodoo 2.
- Extract it and place it in a convenient place.
- Start
dgVoodooSetup.exe and configure it.
- Select Virtual 3D Accelerated Card under Videocard and set its RAM to 65536 kB.
- Click Apply and OK.
- Now go to
MS folder in dgVoodoo's directory and copy D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll .
- Go to the
<path-to-game>\ and paste the files in there.
- In case of white textures bug, use version dgVoodoo 2.53. In configurator>DirectX set fast memory access, and 1024MB in case of FPS issues.
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Low textures in cockpit view
Instructions[citation needed]
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Running game in vista (no service pack) + administrator compatibility should do the trick.
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Remove save files[citation needed]
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- Go to the save game data location.
- Remove all the files in the folder.
- Start a game.
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Missing file: mrbupd.dll
Copy mrbupd.dll from the CD[citation needed]
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- Go to the root folder of the CD.
- Copy
mrbupd.dll to <path-to-game>
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Unable to open file install.txt
Copy install.txt from the CD[citation needed]
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- Go to the root folder of the CD.
- Copy
install.txt to <path-to-game>
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Random crashes
Add EmulateHeap[citation needed]
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- Go to nGlide compatibility page.
- Find Need For Speed 5: Porsche Unleashed on the list and download a fix for it.
- Extract the fix and run
PatchInstall.bat to apply the EmulateHeap attribute.
Notes
- Do not run
nfs5.reg unless using the nGlide wrapper for this game.
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Normandie crash
Turn off Lens flare[citation needed]
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- In game, go to Options.
- Go to Graphics tab and go to Advanced Settings.
- Turn off Lens flare.
Notes
- If turning off Lens Flare doesn't do the trick, turn off the rear view mirror as well (F6 in race).
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Replace the skybox file[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\GameData\Track\Sky
- Rename
Farmland.bin to Farmland_backup.bin .
- Make a copy of
Forest.bin and name that copy Farmland.bin .
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7 |
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Glide |
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Native support. |
Software renderer |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95, 98 |
95, 98 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium MMX 200 MHz
| Intel Pentium 300 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
150 MB |
625 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
Direct3D compatible 4 MB of VRAM
| Direct3D compatible 8 MB of VRAM |
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]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
, %PROGRAMDATA%
, or %WINDIR%
might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References