Need for Speed Unbound
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| Developers | |
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| Criterion Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Electronic Arts | |
| Engines | |
| Frostbite 3[1][Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 2, 2022 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 73 |
| OpenCritic | 76 |
| IGDB | 79 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service |
| Microtransactions | Boost, Unlock |
| 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 |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| 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 open world racing game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. It is the twenty-fifth entry 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.
The game received its first massive update Volume 2 which fixed tons of issues such as save file corruption, freezes/crashes, number of graphical and audio issues, improved UI/UX and more.[3]
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epic Games Store | |
Palace Edition also available. | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play. | |
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| Origin | |
Included with EA Play. Palace Edition also available. Manual link for EA App purchase. |
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| Steam | |
Included with EA Play (Steam). Palace Edition also available. | |
- All versions require Origin and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.
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 |
|---|---|
| Cross-game bonus | Having played Need for Speed Heat will add a custom McLaren F1 into garage and an additional $250,000 of bank into Lakeshore Online account.[4] |
| DLC | DLC includes new cars, customization, clothing, driving effects and other items. |
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
| Subscription gaming service | Available via EA Play (EA App only). |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Boost | EA Play members receive the BMW M3 GTR Legends Edition (2005) , Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec (1993), Nissan 180SX, Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 (2021), Mercury Cougar (1967) vehicles both in singleplayer and multiplayer modes.[5] |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Palace Edition Upgrade | Upgrades the standard game to Palace Edition. | |
| Keys to the Map | Reveals all collectibles and activities and unlocks the "Fury & Zen" clothing pack. | |
| Vol.6 Premium Speed Pass | Grants access to Audi RS 6 Avant (2020) and its bodykits, along with 3 Rare Custom versions of the new Audis, and more. | |
| Vol.3 Customs Pack | Unlocks 3 Custom Builds for the VW Golf GTI Clubsport, Volvo 242DL and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. | |
| Vol.4 Customs Pack | Unlocks Eddie’s NISSAN Skyline GT-R V-spec from NFS Underground, Rachel’s NISSAN 350Z from NFS Underground 2 and Joe’s Polestar 1 from NFS Heat | |
| Vol.5 Customs Pack | Unlocks 3 Custom Builds for the Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport (2017), BMW i8 Coupe (2018) and Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupe (2018). | |
| Robojets Swag Pack | Unlocks a Legendary Custom for the Mazda RX-7 Spirit R, a clothing pack, driving effects and other items. | |
| Hip Hop Origin Swag Pack | Unlocks a Legendary Custom for the Mercedes-AMG G 63, a clothing pack, a driving effect and other items. | |
| Ford Mustang GT Legendary Custom Pack | Unlocked a Legendary Custom for the Ford Mustang GT and a 10-level Speed Pass boost. DLC removed from store since August 12, 2023 and later superseded by Vol.3 Catch-Up Pack |
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| Lotus Exige S Legendary Custom Pack | Unlocked a Legendary Custom for the Lotus Exige S and a 10-level Speed Pass boost. DLC removed from store since October 12, 2023 and later superseded by Vol.4 Catch-Up Pack |
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| Volkswagen Beetle (1963) Legendary Custom Pack | Unlocked a Legendary Custom for the Volkswagen Beetle (1963) and a 10-level Speed Pass boost. DLC removed from store since February 27, 2024 and later superseded by Vol.5 Catch-Up Pack |
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| Trick or Street Swag Pack | Unlocks a Legendary Custom for the MINI John Cooper Works Countryman '17, a clothing pack, a driving effect and other items. | |
| Vol.3 Catch-Up Pack | Unlocks items from Volume 3 Speed Pass, including the Ford Mustang GT Legendary Custom | |
| Vol.4 Catch-Up Pack | Unlocks items from Volume 4 Speed Pass, including the Lotus Exige S Legendary Custom | |
| Vol.5 Catch-Up Pack | Unlocks items from Volume 5 Speed Pass, including the Volkswagen Beetle Legendary Custom | |
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 singleplayer progress within one account. |
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| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
Video settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ gameplay, centered HUD. Story cutscenes seem to be pillarboxed.[6] | ||
| 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) | Off, TAA[7] and FXAA. SSAA through Resolution Scale option. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 3.1, FSR 2.2, XeSS 1.1 |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | [8] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | HDR10.[8] | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | Deuteranopia, Tritanopia and Protanopia. | ||
- Some options require a full game restart to apply.
Input
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 |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | Via Steam Input DualSense support currently suffers from issues the developers are aware of.[9] | |
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| PlayStation button prompts | Use this mod. | |
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | Wired, Wireless (DualShock 4 USB Wireless Adapter) |
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| Generic/other controllers | Steering Wheels[8] | |
|---|---|---|
| Button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | [10] | |
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Keybinds 1
Keybinds 2
Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Car, Speech, Effects, UI, Cop scanner and Music volumes can be adjusted.[10] 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. |
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| Surround sound | [8] | |
| 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 | ||||
| Russian | Fan translation, download. | |||
| 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.
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | Lakeshore Online, supports cross-play with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.[10] | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated | Hosted by developer. |
Issues unresolved
Flashing/blinking display while playing on Nvidia RTX 40-series GPU
| Update motherboard system BIOS[9] |
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Issues while using DualSense controller
| Workaround: use DS4Windows[9] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 12 | [8] |
| 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 |
Intel Core i7-8700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti AMD Radeon RX 570 DirectX 12 compatible | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 AMD Radeon RX 5700 8 GB of VRAM |
| Other | Broadband Internet connection | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Engine version is
2021-2.3- close to Battlefield 2042's[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.
References
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ Verified by User:Fearfulwarpii on 2022-11-29
- in
Info_Win64_retail.BuildSettings
- in
- ↑ VOL. 2 PATCH NOTES - last accessed on 2023-03-21
- ↑ Need for Speed™ Unbound: Under the Hood — VOL. 4 UPDATE - last accessed on 2023-08-18
- ↑ EA Play - EA Video Game Membership - EA Official Site - last accessed on 2024-01-20
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Need For Speed Unbound Ultra Settings 4K | RTX 4090 | i9 13900K 6GHz - YouTube - last accessed on 2022-11-30}}
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Need for Speed Unbound PC Experience - last accessed on 2022-11-30
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Need for Speed™ Unbound - Known Issues - last accessed on 2022-12-01
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 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
