In this guide you will learn how to run Need For Speed: Most Wanted on Windows 7,8,10,11 (and newer)
1). First we need to update our game to the 1.3 version. To do that we need to go to this page (clickable link) and click "Download this file". Then we download the file "nfsmwpatch1.3.zip"*
*In order to extract a .zip file, you need a program to do so. The most popular ones are WinRAR or 7-zip. I use WinRAR
Extract the downloaded file, open the folder and click on "nfsmwpatch1.3.exe". Wait for the update process to finish
Important: If a window pops up saying that this file was not installed successfully (or something like that) then it's a good idea to do it again
2) Now we need to download the No-CD Fix from this page (clickable link). Of course, we extract the file and open it. Then we copy the "speed.exe" file to the folder/location of our game and replace the file at the destination (as shown in the video below)
Important: Make sure that the file size is appropriate (5888 KB) and that no shortcut was created when pasting
3) The last step is to download WidescreenFix. This script allows you to set high resolution (e.g. 1920x1080p or 2560x1440p) which this game does not support by default. Go to this page (clickable link) and at the very bottom click on "NFSMostWanted.WidescreenFix.zip". After downloading the file, we have to extract it, of course. Then we open the "NFSMostWanted.WidescreenFix" folder and copy the "scripts" folder and the "dinput8.dll" file to the folder/location with our game. Now open the "scripts" folder and open the "NFSMostWanted.WidescreenFix.ini" file. In ResX and ResY we enter the resolution of our monitor, e.g. ResX = 2560 ResY = 1440 (look at the screenshot below). If you play on a controller then you can change the buttons to those of the Xbox 360 or PS2 in "ImproveGamepadSupport". You can also disable motion blur in "DisableMotionBlur". Don't forget to save changes*
*Important: If you can't save the changes then move the file to the desktop, edit it as you like, then save and paste this file back into the "scripts" folder
Info: The game works without a disc in the drive
4) Run the game
