Hello together, I'm using a MacBook Air M1 and want to play Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered or Heat via Parallels Desktop 16 with Steam but it doesn't work. :/ Do you have a resolution for me or can you say how long you have to wait until it works? Thank you very much and best regards, KiKay
@KiKay269 I'm not sure there's a way to make either game work. Parallels has some significant limitations when it comes to gaming, for example its graphics drivers are not particularly well-made. The NFS games might not support those drivers at all, in which case there wouldn't be any workaround. And EA doesn't support running any of its games in virtual machines, so there isn't likely to be a patch or expanded support from the EA side.
Having said that, it's possible you have a different issue. If you describe how the game doesn't work in more detail, we can try to help.
Another option worth considering is using Crossover. Last I heard, Origin didn't run in Crossover, but it's possible that that's changed. And you do need Origin running in the background for both games.
Hello @puzzlezaddict, thanks for your feedback. I think before I invest or try another virtual machines I have to wait for EA developments for M1. If I start both games in Steam I got a short black screen, a logo in the Windows 10 task list and than it finished alone. Ok, I also got the sign that I'm playing via Steam but nothing is going. I only know that another games like CS, COD or Stronghold Crusader works.
@KiKay269 Each game is built differently and may not work with, for example, a particular graphics driver. Older games are more likely to work because drivers and other support software in the VM have likely been updated since the games were released, although there's never any guarantee.
Anyway, please run a dxdiag (within Parallels) and attach it to a post. I believe the command key stands in for the Windows key in Parallels (it does in Bootcamp). So click cmd-R, enter "dxdiag" without quotes, wait for the scan to finish, click "save all information," and save the text file to the Windows desktop or wherever is convenient. From there, you can attach it to a reply here.
Hi @puzzlezaddict, I think that is the right file and it supports you to find the solution. Best regards, KiKay
@KiKay269 Well, the Windows print spooler service is crashing, over and over, for whatever reason. In fact, it's crashed so often that its errors have crowded out all the others that the dxdiag might have listed, so there isn't any info about the NFS crashes.
However, one obvious problem is that you've only allocated 4 GB RAM to the Parallels VM. The minimum requirement for both NFS games is 8 GB, and while they might not use the full amount, it's possible they wouldn't even load with only 2 GB available to them, which is about the max that would be left over once you account for what Windows needs to run.
If your Mac has 16 GB memory, try allocating 8 GB to Parallels and see whether it helps. If it only has 8 GB though, there might not be a lot you can do here: Big Sur is even more RAM hungry than Windows, so setting aside even 6 GB to Parallels wouldn't really be an option.
@puzzlezaddict, thanks. I tried 8GB with Parallels Desktop today. But it doesn't work. The same problems like with 4GB. I still only have 8GB RAM because I heard that is enough for the M1. That is stupid with NFS. I really love this game from my childhood. I thought the Mac has enough power for more or less current games. Ok, than I wait If Apple will announce a BootCamp for M1, waiting for the official version of Windows 10 ARM, maybe buying a gaming console in future or next year a MacBook with M1X/M2 and 16GB RAM and/or create an account via Cloud Gaming Shadow in future. But I don't buy a separate Windows notebook/desktop :D
