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Need for Speed: High Stakes
Developers
Publishers
Release dates
Windows	September 29, 1999

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

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

Key points

DirectX (when modified to recognize modern graphics cards, see Issues fixed) and Glide renderers give equal graphical quality.

The game is unplayable without patches on new systems. See Essential improvements.

Released as Need for Speed: Road Challenge in Europe, Need for Speed: Brennender Asphalt in Germany, Over Drivin' IV in Japan and Need for Speed : Conduite en état de liberté in France.

General information

Need for Speed Wiki

2Essential improvements
3Game data
7Network
8Issues fixed
9Other information

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail	SafeDiscDRM^{[Note 1]}.

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements[edit]

Need For Speed 4 Modern Patch[edit]

Download: http://veg.by/en/projects/nfs4/

Trimble coordinate system manager is not properly installed windows 7. Change resolution and refresh rate under ./drivers/nglide/thrash.ini

Need for Speed: High Stakes Stock Pack (SP) and Expansion Pack (EP)[edit]

Guide and download: http://www.hsscoring.com/HSGuide/

The Stock Pack is designed to improve the Single-Player experience in High Stakes, patching the game to the final version, fixing various bugs discovered since the game's support period ended and adding compatibility with modern graphics cards.

The Expansion Pack is designed to improve the Multiplayer experience, with all of the improvements in the Stock Pack as well as adding support for the modern Online Multiplayer service made for the game and more cars and tracks used on that service on a regular basis.

Patches[edit]

Patch 4.50 (Internet Beta Test Patch) updates the game to the latest version.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>SaveData^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>SaveData^{[Note 2]}

Video settings[edit]

General video settings

Advanced video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution	Use Need for Speed High Stakes Widescreen Fix. Main menus are locked at 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	'Narrow' and 'Wide' options available in the 'View Angle' setting in the Basic Graphics menu. Widescreen option in the same menu can widen the horizontal FOV further, though narrows the vertical FOV.
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Game will accept settings forced in graphics card configuration panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Triple Buffering only.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	64 fps cap

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping	Most keys for both players are rebindable, however some (Such as Pause and Screenshot) are locked and cannot be rebound.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support	The game supports all functionality of DirectInput compatible controllers, however it assumes a Racing Wheel with digital pedals will be used.
Full controller support	Controllers cannot be used to navigate menus.
Controller remapping	Gamepads require their buttons to be rebound to functions manually for the best effect. Controller key bindings overwrite Keyboard ones and are lost if the game is started without a controller connected.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback	To enable Force Feedback on an XInput controller (Like the Xbox 360 Controller), see XInput force feedback vibration in DirectInput games.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse support is limited only to navigating menus.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls	Menu Music, Race Music, Effects, Engine and Speech sliders available.
Surround sound	Stereo, Mono and DS3D/EAX.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support	EAX.^[3]

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players
Local play	2	Versus, Co-op Co-op is Hot Pursuit mode only.
LAN play	8	Versus, Co-op Co-op is Hot Pursuit mode only.
Online play	8	Versus, Co-op Connect as if connecting to a LAN game. Co-op is Hot Pursuit mode only.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	1030

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed[edit]

A Standard installation of the High Stakes Stock Pack fixes all of the known bugs in the game. See above. Individual fixes are given below for convenience.

1 MB RAM Bug (XP, Later)[edit]

When running the game on Windows XP or later, the game gives a 1MB of RAM error and does not save progress or settings.

Install 1MB Error Patch^{[citation needed]}

Download and start Installation of the High Stakes Stock Pack
Ensure 'Mercury / 1Mbyte Error Patch' is selected on the Choose Components screen.
Finish Installation
Run the game.

Crash on Start Issue (Vista, Later)[edit]

When running the game on Windows Vista or later, the game refuses to start, giving an Invalid Argument exception.

Install NFS:HS Stock Pack^{[citation needed]}

Download and start Installation of the High Stakes Stock Pack
Ensure 'EA's 4.50 Patch', 'Vista, Win7 Tweaks' and 'NFS HS Starter' are selected on the Choose Components screen.
Finish Installation
Run the game.

Start game with -PatchRestart switch^{[citation needed]}

Create a (or modify an existing) Shortcut to the game EXE and add -PatchRestart to the end of the Target.
Run the game using that Shortcut.

Start game using PatchNFS.exe^{[citation needed]}

Run the game from <path-to-game>PatchNFS.exe.

Direct3D doesn't appear in the 3DSetup tool[edit]

When configuring 3D acceleration using the 3DSetup tool, only Software Renderer appears in the list.

Install New 3DSetup^{[citation needed]}

Download and start Installation of the High Stakes Stock Pack
Ensure 'New 3D-Setup' is selected on the Choose Components screen.
Finish Installation

Direct3D should now be in the list of renderers.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6.1
Glide	native support
Software renderer

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	9x, NT, 2000	9x, NT, 2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 200 MHz	Intel Pentium 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 MB	350 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible
Sound (audio device)	100% DirectX 6.1+ Compatible	100% DirectX 6.1+ Compatible

Notes

↑SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10^[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0^2.1When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore (more details).

References

↑Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑Recommendations for Gamers -- Soundblaster.com

Nfs 3 Vista Install Patch