Game is in russian!! - cannot play unless in english!!

You can still change the language by replacing a .dll-file in the installation directory and changing a registry value.

If you have the installation DVD:

1. Press the buttons Windows+R simuntaneously, type "regedit" and press enter.

2. If the user account control appears, click OK or Continue to proceed. If not, ignore this step.

3. Navigate to

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA Games\Need for Speed(TM) Most Wanted" if you have a 64 bit version of Windows or

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA Games\Need For Speed(TM) Most Wanted" if you have a 32 bit version.

4. Change the value "Locale" to en_US for English.

5. Look for GDFBinary_en_US.dll on your DVD and copy it to the folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Need for Speed(TM) Most Wanted\" (64 bit) or "C:\Program Files\Origin Games\Need for Speed(TM) Most Wanted\" (32 bit)

6. Change the value "GDFBinary" to GDFBinary_en_US.dll for English.

source: http://guide4games.com/fixes/change-need-for-speed-most-wanted-language

Else:

"[U]ninstall the game via Origin and download the English version.
When clicking on the Download option in Origin you will see a pop-up window with the language option."

eanajat said this in the thread at http://answers.ea.com/t5/Need-for-Speed-Most-Wanted/I-wanna-change-language-in-NFS-Most-Wanted-2/td-p/187756

Since Russian is the only available language option at the download, this method should not work. But the first one should...