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Developers
Criterion Games
Additional work Codemasters Cheshire
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Frostbite 3
Release dates
Windows December 2, 2022
Reception
Metacritic somethinggoeshere
IGDB Uhhhh
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing, Open world
Vehicles Automobile, Street racing
Art styles Realistic, Cartoon
Themes Contemporary, North America
Series Need for Speed
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Need for Speed
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.

General information

Official forums
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Origin
Origin
Deluxe Edition included with EA Play.
Windows
Steam
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Origin
Deluxe Edition only. Included with EA Play (Steam).
Windows
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Origin
Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
Humble Store (unavailable)
Origin
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
All versions require Origin and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Probably a timesaver DLC goes here Reveals all activities, collectibles and locations on the game map.
Windows

Version differences

Outline version diffs here, mostly Deluxe Editions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Need for Speed Heat\settings
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1222680/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Need for Speed Heat\SaveGame\savegame
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1222680/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Game uses Keyboard or Controller only.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Most likely will be presets going off previous NFS games.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Check for DS4/DualSense and associated prompts when game launches.
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Under Vibration, in Controls Settings.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
specifics are unknown but expecting at least Music and Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
seeing as this feature is enabled in other Frostbite 3 games it's unknown if the game will have that

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
The exact number is unknown Versus
Unknown on crossplay with consoles. Wait until October 6 reveal
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
most likely developer-hosted
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12 most likely, but assuming anyway
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
AMD Ryzen
System memory (RAM) GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX
AMD Radeon HD
AMD Radeon R9
DirectX 12 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References