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Revision as of 19:20, 22 November 2022

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Need for Speed: World
Need for Speed: World cover
Developers
EA Black Box
EA Singapore
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
EAGL 3
Release dates
Windows July 27, 2010
Reception
Metacritic 62
Taxonomy
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres MMO, Racing
Vehicles Automobile, Street racing
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Series Need for Speed
Need for Speed: World on IGDB
Need for Speed: World guide on StrategyWiki
Need for Speed: World on MobyGames
Need for Speed: World on Wikipedia
The Need for Speed 1994
Need for Speed II 1997
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (series)
Need for Speed: High Stakes 1999
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed 2000
Need for Speed: Underground (series)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (series)
Need for Speed: Carbon 2006
Need for Speed: ProStreet 2007
Need for Speed: Undercover 2008
Need for Speed: Shift (series)
Need for Speed: World 2010
Need for Speed: The Run 2011
Need for Speed Rivals 2013
Need for Speed (2016) 2016
Need for Speed Payback 2017
Need for Speed: Edge 2017
Need for Speed Heat 2019
Need for Speed Unbound 2022

Key points

Official servers were shut down on July 14, 2015.[1]
To play the game, a server emulator is required.

General information

Official EA Forum

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
[2]
Windows
Not available anymore to play on official servers, but it's possible to play on community servers.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Need for Speed World\Settings\UserSettings.xml

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
The HUD/GUI elements will be very small.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Borderless Windowed can be achieved by putting the resolution to desktop resolution and windowed on.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is unlimited when the in-game v-sync option is disabled.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
The official multiplayer service was shut down on July 14, 2015.[4]

Issues fixed

Playing offline

To play the game after July 14, 2015, a server emulator is needed.
Server emulator[citation needed]
  1. Download the game files and Soapbox Race World from this website. This is an unofficial open-source project that currently has functioning online servers and also allows offline play.
  2. Extract the game files (Need for Speed World folder) anywhere (Documents or Program Files recommended).
  3. Extract the Soapbox Race World launcher inside the installation folder, run the launcher and follow the instructions.
  4. Run the launcher, create an account and play.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6800
ATI Radeon X1300
Intel GMA 950


References

  1. Battlefield Heroes - Support ending for free-to-play PC games
  2. NEED FOR SPEED™ WORLD (INCL. $20 OF SPEEDBOOST) - last accessed on 7 June 2022
  3. World™ version of XtendedInput may not always work - last accessed on 8 June 2022
  4. [missing title] - last accessed on 2022-11-12
    "July 14, 2015

    Need for Speed World
    "