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Need for Speed: Undercover

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Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Undercover cover
Developers
EA Black Box
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
EAGL 4
Release dates
Windows November 18, 2008
Need for Speed: Undercover guide on StrategyWiki
Need for Speed: Undercover on Wikipedia
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General information

Official website
Need for Speed Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Requires online activation
Can only be used x times
SecuROM 7 DRM, unknown machine limit. A De-Authorization Tool is available.
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Windows
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Origin
Windows
Origin
Origin
Windows
Steam
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Windows
Steam uses v1.0.0.1 of the game; Origin uses v1.1.2.1.[1]
Steam's Origin key is stored in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\ea games\need for speed undercover\ergc

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Movies\
  2. Delete or rename ea_bumper_##.vp6 (where ## is the region name of your game version)

Patches

The latest build is 1.0.1.18. Patch for Steam version is available here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/17430/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/17430/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings
General settings
World settings
World settings
Car settings
Car settings

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Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]
  1. Download and run DxWnd.
  2. Click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Set the name and executable path.
  4. Set the window position and size.
  5. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
  6. Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX9.
  7. Click OK, then File and Save.

Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings
Audio settings

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Localizations

In languages with subtitles, they are on by default and cannot be turned off.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Subtitles only in cutscenes.
Danish
Subtitles only in cutscenes.
Dutch
Subtitles only in cutscenes.
French
German
Hungarian
Subtitles only in cutscenes.
Italian
Polish
Subtitles only in cutscenes.
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Subtitles only in cutscenes.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Video settings not saved correctly (Windows 8)

Disable display scaling[2]
  1. Open nfs.exe compatibility settings.
  2. Disable display scaling on high DPI settings.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[citation needed]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
  2. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
  3. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\nfs.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
  4. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

FPS issues on modern machines

Use specific game version[3]
  1. Install retail 1.0 version.
  2. Install 1.0.17 patch
  3. Use original binary.
  4. Origin key can be used during activation of retail version.
  5. Steam users can obtain key from the registry after installing the game. Follow this guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=410985935
  6. Be aware that patch 1.0.18 introduces challenge series. You can have 2 copies of the game at the same time.
Set compatibility mode[citation needed]
  1. Open nfs.exe compatibility settings.
  2. Choose "Windows XP SP3" from menu "Run this program in compatibility mode for"
Game settings can constantly reset after restart of the game.
FPS boost on high details can be even more noticeable then applying specific game version.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Mods

HD textures pack

HD texture packs has been made by An7hraX and Dragozool. Both require texmod in order to work.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6600
ATI Radeon 9500
Intel G45 Express
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/17430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (17430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Aemony on 2018-02-17
    Verified by downloading and checking the details of the files.
  2. Patch 1.0.1.18 for Steam :: Need for Speed: Undercover General Discussion
  3. [1]