Get old Need for Speed games running on modern systems.

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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
3. Supported Games
4. Frequently Asked Questions
5. License
6. Contact

About The Project

Classic Need for Speed games are infamous for not running on modern hardware. This program helps out with that!

Features:

• Automatically download and apply patches
• Automatically apply widescreen fixes from ThirteenAG
• Automatically apply NoCD patch

Built With

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

.NET Framework Runtime 4.8 is required to run NFSPatcher.

• Download page
• Direct (Web)
• Direct (Offline)

Installation

1. Head over to the latest release
2. Download NFSPatcher-vX.X.X.zip
3. Extract somewhere safe
4. Run NFSPatcher.exe
5. Pick your game and patch!

Supported Games

Any unchecked games are planned.

• Need for Speed 2 SE
• Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
• Need for Speed: High Stakes
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
• Need for Speed: Underground
• Need for Speed: Underground 2
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)
• Need for Speed: Carbon
• Need for Speed: The Run

Not planned

This list is subject to change

• The Need for Speed - Would be hard to make automatic, Watch this video
• Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed - Would be hard to make automatic, Watch this video
• Need for Speed: ProStreet - Runs fine, GenericFix
• Need for Speed: Undercover - Runs fine, GenericFix
• Need for Speed: Shift - Runs fine
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) - Runs fine
• Need for Speed: World - Watch this video
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) - Runs fine
• All NFS games released after 2012

See the open issues for a full list of proposed features (and known issues).

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Something broke! Help!
   • If you are having issues with anything, please open an issue or join my Discord Server!
2. Does this work with the disc versions of NFS?
   • Yes! It was actually made for and tested on the phyical discs!
3. Where does the patcher download files?
   • The main patches for most games are official patches, but since they are no longer hosted officially on EA's servers, I downloaded them from the Wayback Machine and they are hosted here. For the community made patches, they are downloaded from the official source if possible, ThirteenAG's WFP, Zaps' NFS II SE Wrapper, etc. If the download fails it will resort to downloading my backup on the repo. (If you are a developer of one of these patches and don't like me hosting it on my repo, please send me a message!)

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contact

• Discord
  • @decentloser / DecentLoser#7263
  • My Server (Preferred)
• Twitter / X
  • @KilLo445

Project Link: https://github.com/KilLo445/NFSPatcher

NFSPatcher is not affiliated with EA nor the Need for Speed brand in any way.

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