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Revision as of 23:24, 23 April 2022
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A faithful, higher quality icon can be found on SteamGridDB.
Monetization
Type |
Notes |
Sponsored
| Game is sponsored by multiple real life brands |
Essential improvements
Patches
Skip intro videos
Instructions[3]
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- Download no_intro.zip
- Go to
<path-to-game>\Movies\
- Replace
e3_title.mad , na_boot.mad , and PSA.mad with the 3 movie files in no_intro.zip
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Modifications
- Adds 4K world textures, 8K skyboxes, rain puddles, improves the lighting, etc.
- It adds new lighting so that it better reflects the atmosphere of street racing at night.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Forcing Anti-Aliasing on AMD cards
Instructions[citation needed]
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- Supersampling must be used, else various objects will not render (wheels, leaves, fences, driver, etc.). Motion Blur might also have to be disabled.
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- High frame rate may be very difficult to achieve due to the game only using a single processing thread. This can be alleviated by using dxvk to wrap D3D9 API calls to Vulkan. This reduces overall CPU usage and overhead but increases GPU usage. Texture mods using TexMod and anisotropic filtering settings forced through GPU control panel will not be applied.[6]
- Normally, this may cause the car's steering to suddenly stop responding to controls if the car reaches a certain speed at higher frame rates but some controller setups might workaround this issue. At 144 FPS for example, cars will not respond to arrow keys on the keyboard or the directional pads on controllers but will respond to the analog stick of a DualSense controller using newer versions of DS4Windows emulating XInput (DualShock 4 controllers may still experience issues). The game is entirely playable at 144 FPS using this setup on even the fastest vehicles but at 360 FPS the same issues will occur.[6]
- The intensity of motion blur and the light trail post-processing effects are reduced at higher frame rates.
Modify with hex editor[7]
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- Open
speed.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Replace all instances of
89 88 88 3C (60 FPS) with one of the following,
0E 74 5A 3C for 75 FPS.
61 0B 36 3C for 90 FPS.
0A D7 23 3C for 100 FPS.
89 88 08 3C for 120 FPS.
39 8E E3 3B for 144 FPS.
0C 98 C6 3B for 165 FPS.
61 0B B6 3B for 180 FPS.
0A D7 A3 3B for 200 FPS.
89 88 88 3B for 240 FPS.
6F 12 83 3B for 250 FPS.
39 8E 63 3B for 288 FPS.
0E 74 5A 3B for 300 FPS.
61 0B 36 3B for 360 FPS.
- Permanent solution. Only needs to be applied once.
- If the desired value is not listed above, apply it using the Cheat Engine method below. Right-Click one the changed values and select "Browse this memory region" to view the hex values.
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Modify with Cheat Engine[7]
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- Install Cheat Engine and attach the game process.
- While
speed.exe is selected in the memory search range, search for 0.016666666666 as a float in rounded (extreme) mode, while Executable, Writable and CopyOnWrite is set to Don't Care and the Fast Scan option disabled.
- Change all viewed values to 1/FPS (e.g.
0.006944444444 for 144 FPS or to 0.002777777777 for 360 FPS.
- Temporary solution. Needs to be applied with each launch.
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Input
A Steam user-made config for DualShock 4
Basically applies full controller support for DS4. Should also work for other controllers. Steam is required.[8]
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- Download Jodeth's DS4 config for NFSU.
- Follow the instructions to install it.
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Alternative controller for DualShock 3 and 4
Fix trigger controller ps3/ps4[Note 4]
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- Install Little-scripts-NFS-GDX.
- If you have installed the game on another hard drive you can modify the path
Little-scripts-NFS.bat .
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Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Only Stereo and Mono available. Optimized for Dolby Pro Logic. |
Subtitles |
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Only available in certain language edition |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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Although not advertised as such the game does support EAX, at least reverb effects, but without surround sound. It can be restored with ALchemy. |
- DirectSound is possible to be restored by wrappers (DSOAL recommended, e.g. w/o HRTF - specifically for low quality engine sounds).
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Dutch |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Korean |
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Russian |
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Slovak |
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Fan translation, download. |
Spanish |
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Swedish |
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Manually change game's language
Registry edit to change game language
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- Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA Games\Need For Speed Underground\ .
- Find the language key and double click it.
- Change the value to the following list below:
- English
- Chinese (Traditional)
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Italian
- Korean
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish
Note: Certain languages may not work for cutscenes and voices if the installed game doesn't come with it.
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
10900-10999 |
UDP |
3658, 3659 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
Issues fixed
Game is not running in installed language version
- This might happens for non-US version game installer in which the registry is installed into wrong path
Registry fix[10]
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- Run regedit.
- Find the registry path of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA Games\ .
- Change the key name
NFS Underground which is under EA Games into Need For Speed Underground .
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Custom bindings lost on game restart
- Windows Vista and later lack a file needed for the game to remember custom mappings.
Download dimap.dll[citation needed]
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- Download dimap.dll.
- Extract it into the installation folder.
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The game doesn't load (stuck on initial loading screen)
- This is likely caused by multi-monitor setups using multiple GPU's.[citation needed]
Potential workaround[citation needed]
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- Turn off monitors which use another GPU or monitor duplication when starting up the game
- Turn it on once the game finishes loading if you still need them
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- Another problem might be missing cutscene files which are not found in non-US version of the game if the game is run in Windows 10 and above
Can't install both NFS Underground and NFS Most Wanted (2005) on the same PC
- This problem occures because both games use the same name for their main executables (
speed.exe
). After installing one game and attempting to install the other, its autorun program assumes it's already been installed.
Workaround[citation needed]
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- Install the first game. It doesn't matter whether it's Underground or Most Wanted.
- Go to the installation folder.
- Change the name of
speed.exe to anything else.
- Install the other game.
- Restore the original name of the first game's
speed.exe .
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Controller deadzone issues
Fix left stick deadzone[11]
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- Install ThirteenAG's fix.
- Deadzone can be adjusted in
NFSUnderground.WidescreenFix.ini .
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The game occasionally freezes on loading screen or after race
Install latest patch (or binary) 1.4 or 1.3.4
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Copying proper .exe for EU or US version should enough.[12] Although patcher also extracts filter.efx (possibly NOS black screen effect fix) to the patch exe folder if proper game binary or registry entry is not found.
Widescreen patch compatibility not tested.
If all above fail, reinstall the game, and use e.g. 1.0 version (afterwards, replacing exe and filter.efx should enough).
The problem can happen e.g. after Samantha Time Trial 2:07 (hard), on 1.4 binary version, and is gone on 1.3.4.
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Background of magazine covers are black
Use ThirteenAG's fix[13]
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- Install ThirteenAG's fix.
- Make sure that the option BlackMagazineFix in
scripts\NFSUnderground.WidescreenFix.ini is set to 1.
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Disable Motion Blur and Light Trails[13]
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The game doesn't launch or "the application was unable to start correctly" error
Enable Fullscreen Optimizations
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- Go to the installation folder
- Right click
speed.exe and select properties
- Click on the Compatibility Tab and be sure to untick "disable fullscreen optimizations"
- Click on apply
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
Miscellaneous
- Unlocks hidden vinyls and rim sizes
- Adds higher quality reflection.
- Adds many useful features.
- Makes it possible to progress through the game without ricing the car.
- Let's you use debug features, such as the debug camera (AKA freecam)
- Let's you freely explore Olympic City
- Extremely rare traffic
- No option to explore the Drag mode tracks, use the old version of the mod for that (notice: you won't be able to explore the full city with the old version)
- Gives the games a winter overhaul
- Does not require Texmod
- Make sure to disable road reflections
- Archived download link
- Improves the visuals and exaggerates the night time feeling
- Alternative graphics
- Includes:
Orange fog (black on main menu and car select if you want).
Beta blue fog.
Beta, GCN, and PS2 reflections.
Transparent textures on PS2 and GCN.
Bright and heavy car windows on PS2.
Black "Need4Speed" on license plate on PS2.
Xbox and PC "vanilla textures/reflections".
Compatible with DualShock 3.
Also compatible with Redux mod!
Set "World detail" to medium for PS2 and GCN, enable "Light trails" for PS2 and Xbox, and enable "Motion blur" for PS2, GCN, and Xbox (1.0 required for non-AMD/Nvidia drivers).
System requirements
Windows[14] |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB (98, ME) 256 MB (2000, XP, online play) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon 7500 Nvidia GeForce2 Matrox Parhelia 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX compatible |
Other |
8X CD-ROM, Network card for broadband or connectivity |
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).
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
- ↑ Little-scripts-NFS-GDX Github repository no longer exists
References