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Need for Speed Unbound

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Need for Speed Unbound
Need for Speed Unbound cover
Developers
Criterion Games
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Frostbite 3[1][Note 1]
Release dates
Windows December 2, 2022
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing, Open world
Vehicles Automobile, Street racing
Art styles Realistic, Stylized
Themes Contemporary, North America
Series Need for Speed
Need for Speed Unbound on HowLongToBeat
Need for Speed Unbound on IGDB
Need for Speed Unbound on MobyGames
Need for Speed Unbound 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

Need for Speed Unbound is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing and open world game in the Need for Speed series.

The game's Palace Edition was released on November 29, 2022, with a global release on December 2, 2022.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Palace Edition also available.
Windows
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play Pro. Palace Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Origin
Palace Edition also available.
Windows

Version differences

Standard Edition only contains the base game.
Palace Edition includes the base game plus 4 exclusive cars, gassy driving effects, Mashman decals and license plate, exclusive character pose and banner artwork and exclusive clothing pack containing 20 items. It also granted access to the game 3 days prior to the full release date.
All pre-orders grant a driving effect, license plate, banner artwork and sticker and $150,000 Bank for multiplayer use.

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC Free content updates will be planned for the game.[1]
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

No microtransactions information; you can edit this page to add it.

DLC and expansion packs

No DLC or expansion pack information; you can edit this page to add it.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Need For Speed(TM) Unbound\settings
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1846380/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Need For Speed(TM) Unbound\SaveGame
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1846380/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Origin
All cloud sync goes through a linked EA account
Lakeshore Online progress is separate from your singleplayer progress.
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+ gameplay. Story cutscenes seem to be pillarboxed.[3]
4K Ultra HD
Also supports Dynamic Resolution Scaling and static resolution scale.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Texture Filtering
Anti-aliasing (AA)
TAA[Note 3] and FXAA. SSAA through Resolution Scale option.
High-fidelity upscaling
DLSS 2.4, DLSS
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, FSR 2.2
[6][Note 4]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
[6]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
HDR10.[6]
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode
Deuteranopia, Tritanopia and Protanopia.
Some options require a full game restart to apply.

Input

General control settings
General control settings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse actually isn't used in gameplay, but is used in inspection of car or player models.
Mouse input in menus
The keyboard/controller is used to navigate the menu.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Uses presets
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
DualSense support currently suffers from issues the developers are aware of.[8]
Generic/other controllers
Steering Wheels[6]
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
[9]
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Car, Speech, Effects, UI, Cop scanner and Music volumes can be adjusted.[9]
Under Music Master Volume, the volumes for Garage music, Event music, Open world music and Pursuit music can be adjusted, and option Free roam music available to control when music plays while in free roam.
Surround sound
[6]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Many licensed songs from artists feature in the soundtrack.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish

Network

Upon first launch, the game presents you with an option to enable auto-sign in (for online features); the whole game can be played offline, unlike the predecessor Heat where you needed to have an active Internet connection all the time to sync progress.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
Lakeshore Online, supports cross-play with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.[9]

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Dedicated

Issues unresolved

List of official known issues.

Flashing/blinking display while playing game on Nvidia RTX 4090

Update the NVIDIA GPU firmware of the RTX 4090[8]

Issues while using DualSense controller

Workaround: use DS4Windows[8]
Developers are aware of the issue. No official word on an upcoming fix.
Disable DS4Windows after playing to avoid unanticipated conflicts with other programs.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12 [6]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-8600
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 570
DirectX 12 compatible
Other Broadband Internet connection
A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. Engine version is 2021-2.3 - close to Battlefield 2042's[2]
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/1846380/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1846380) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  3. When enabling upscaling, the menu option for anti-aliasing locks to TAA visually, which is most likely a bug as upscaling replaces game's TAA with its own anti-aliasing solution. It should in the menu thus visually lock to "off".[4][5]
  4. DLSS 2.4 is confirmed through the presence of the nvngx_dlss.dll which holds a file version of 2.4.12.0[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Exclusive: Need for Speed Unbound Has Finally Been Revealed, And It Looks Very Different - last accessed on 2022-10-06
    "Titled Need for Speed Unbound, Criterion's long-awaited return to the racing scene will utilize new-gen consoles and the Frostbite Engine to deliver 4K 60fps visuals in a free-roaming open world called Lakeshore."
  2. Verified by User:Fearfulwarpii on 2022-11-29
    in Info_Win64_retail.BuildSettings
  3. Verified by User:Fearfulwarpii on 2022-11-30
    Tested with the intro cutscene at 1920x1017 (game is maximized in windowed mode on a 1080p monitor)
  4. Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-30
    Checked with video and discussed with others on Discord.
  5. Need For Speed Unbound Ultra Settings 4K | RTX 4090 | i9 13900K 6GHz - YouTube - last accessed on 2022-11-30
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Need for Speed Unbound PC Experience - last accessed on 2022-11-30
  7. Verified by User:Fearfulwarpii on 2022-11-29
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Need for Speed™ Unbound - Known Issues - last accessed on 2022-12-01
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Need for Speed™ Unbound: Under the Hood GET READY TO RACE Everything you need to know to get ready for launch. - last accessed on 2022-11-23