EA GAMES(tm) presents Need for Speed(tm) Most Wanted README WHAT THIS FILE IS ================= This file contains information that supplements the Manual. If you are experiencing problems not covered in this README, please contact EA Customer Support. NOTE: Content of Web Links within this document may not be under the control of Electronic Arts. ************************************************************ TABLE OF CONTENTS ************************************************************ 1. INSTALLATION 2. BASIC KEYBOARD CONTROLS 3. MANUAL ADDENDUM 4. TROUBLESHOOTING 5. ONLINE 6. LAN 7. CONTROLLER INFORMATION ************************************************************ 1. INSTALLATION ************************************************************ Thank you for purchasing Need for Speed Most Wanted. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS =========================== Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP Home operating system Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) CPU running at 1.4GHz or higher 32MB DirectX 9.0c compatible video card (Geforce2 MX or higher) using a supported chipset (see below) 256 MB RAM DirectX compatible sound card 3 GB of HD space 8X CD-ROM To play online a network card is required for broadband connectivity Installation Instructions: Exit all applications. It is recommended that you do not run unnecessary background applications when installing the game. Insert Disc 1 into your computer's CD drive. The Autorun menu will appear as soon as your disk drive recognizes the disk. Select Install to Install the game. A prompt will appear to enter your install code. Enter the install code and click on the Next button. You will then get a menu asking to choose either a default install or the advanced install (which allows you to specify an install directory). Select Next and you will be prompted to register the game through Electronic Registration. Select Register Now to register the game, or select Register Later to continue with the installation. ************************************************************ 2. BASIC KEYBOARD CONTROLS ************************************************************ The basic keyboard controls required to play the game are: In Game Controls: Steer Left Left Arrow Steer Right Right Arrow Throttle Up Arrow Reverse Down Arrow Shift Up Shift Shift Down Left Ctrl E-brake Space Speedbreaker Right Ctrl Nitrous Alt Camera C Look Back L Enter Race / Shop Enter World Map M Read SMS Tab Blacklist B Reset Car R Pause Esc Menu Controls Highlight Menu Items Up, Down, Left and Right Arrows Cycle Choices / Move sliders Up, Down, Left and Right Arrows Select / Go to next Screen ENTER or left mouse click on selection Return to previous screen ESC Take Screenshot F12 (Screenshots are saved to My Pictures in the My Documents directory) ************************************************************ 3. MANUAL ADDENDUM ************************************************************ VIDEO CARD SUPPORT ================== Although Direct3D is supported, this support is only officially extended to certain 3D accelerator devices. The following major D3D chipsets are supported. ATI Radeon 7500 ATI Radeon 8500 ATI Radeon 9xxx series ATI Radeon Xpress 200 ATI Radeon X300, X600, X700, X800 series NVIDIA GeForce 2 (GTS, MX, Ultra/Ti) NVIDIA GeForce 3 (Ti) NVIDIA GeForce 4 (MX, Ti) NVIDIA GeForce FX series NVIDIA GeForce 6200, 6600, 6800, 7800 Intel 950/i915g S3 GammaChrome S18 Pro While Direct3D supports a wider variety of 3D accelerator devices, the behavior of Need for Speed Most Wanted cannot be predicted in these situations. In extreme cases, running Need for Speed Most Wanted with a Direct3D device that is not officially supported can lead to an unstable PC environment. SOUND CARD SUPPORT ================== Need for Speed Most Wanted supports DirectSound. If your sound card driver does not support DirectSound you may experience choppy or stuttering sound or sound that cuts in and out. If your sound card driver does not support DirectSound, we recommend obtaining updated drivers from your sound card manufacturer. CD-ROM DRIVES and DVD DRIVES ==================================== Need for Speed Most Wanted requires at minimum an 8x CD-ROM/DVD drive. Disc 1 must be in the CD-ROM/DVD drive when you start the game. If your system has more than one CD-ROM/DVD drive, be sure the game disc is in the same drive from which you installed the game. DEFAULT GRAPHICS SETTINGS ============================== The first time Need for Speed Most Wanted is run, a system check is performed and default levels are set for the various graphics settings. These default levels are set to provide the best game play experience possible based on the hardware detected in your system. These settings can be adjusted in the Video menu of the Options. Resolution: Use the arrows to increase or decrease the game resolution. Increasing the game?s resolution may slow down system performance. Level of Detail: Use the arrows beside the Level of Detail bar to increase or decrease global graphics setting. Increasing the Detail setting to high will improve the game?s graphics but may slow down system performance. Advanced Display Settings: Tweak individual graphics settings. (See below.) Default Settings: Reset your graphics settings to the default for your hardware configuration. Selecting Advanced Display Settings in the Video menu takes you to the Advanced Display Settings menu. The following individual settings are available to tweak to change the game?s graphics output and game performance. Turning all the settings to on may slow down system performance. Full Screen Anti-Aliasing: Adjust slider to increase/decrease pixel smoothing. Texture Filtering: Adjust the slider to increase/decrease the Quality of the textures. Vsync: Updates the screen based on the refresh rate of your monitor. World Level of Detail: Increase the amount of detail visible in world geometry. Decreasing world geometry detail may increase overall system performance. Road Reflection Detail: Increase or decrease reflections visible in the road. Shadow Detail: Increase/decrease car shadow detail. Decreased shadow detail may improve system performance. Car Geometry Detail: Setting this to High increases geometry details on the car. Car Reflection Detail: Setting this to High increases the detail of reflections visible on the car. Car Reflection Update Rate: Increase or decrease how quickly reflections are visible on the car update. Rain Effect: Rain splatter effect on/off. Over Bright: When on it increases brightness of bright areas in the game. Visual Treatment: Increase or decrease the effect of the visual treatment in the game. Not all graphic details are available for all video cards due to hardware limitations. ALIAS AND SAVE LOAD ============================ If you are in the Main Menu and you want to create a new Alias, select Create from the Alias Manager Menu. When you start a new Alias, you will not have any of the progress (unlocked cars, parts, or progress through Career Mode) that you had in your old Alias (You can always log back in under your original Alias if you want to go back). Manual Saves: Your game can be manually saved by accessing the Alias Manager Menu and selecting Save. NOTE: Saving your Alias saves your game progress. When you make a save game, you are saving your progress in Career Mode, the number of cars, car upgrades, and tracks you have unlocked, and any modifications you have made to your cars. The final game save directory is located at: \Documents and Settings\PC Login ID\My Documents\NFS Most Wanted Substitute your actual Login ID for the PC Login ID mentioned above. ************************************************************ 4. TROUBLESHOOTING ************************************************************ CD AUTOPLAY FEATURE =================== Inserting the game CD into your CD-ROM drive and then immediately running the game either from the Windows Start menu or by double-clicking the game's Desktop icon may cause a conflict with the CD-ROM's AutoPlay feature. The easiest way to avoid this potential conflict is to always wait a few moments after inserting the CD to allow the AutoPlay feature to run the game. EJECTING THE GAME CD ==================== Never eject the game CD when the game is running. Failure to do so can result in serious problems, including being unable to continue the game. FAST USER SWITCHING =================== You will not be able to run two versions of the game using two different windows accounts via the fast user switching (windows key + L). DEVICE DRIVERS ============== It is highly recommended that the latest versions of all device drivers (i.e. video and sound card drivers) be obtained and installed. Please consult your card manufacturer for their newest drivers. Also, keep in mind that video chip manufacturers sometimes provide drivers in addition to the card manufacturer. If you are experiencing issues with an unstable PC environment please make sure your Motherboard drivers (AGP, miniport) are up to date. For further information please contact your Motherboard manufacturer. VIDEO & GRAPHICS PROBLEMS ========================= If you are experiencing performance problems on the default graphics set...
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