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MrFishyFish6
5 years ago

Need for Speed Shift won't launch

I have Need for Speed Shift purchased from Steam, and it started properly quite a few times, then when I switched to a 4:3 monitor, the game will no longer start. A black screen pops up, then the...
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EA_David
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5 years ago

It sounds like the game's trying to load the wrong resolution/aspect ratio and crashing from it. 

If you go yourusername\Documents\NFS SHIFT\, you can see the config files. Be sure to make a backup to desktop first, then delete the local config files. The game should create a new one when it starts next, hopefully this time with the proper aspect ratio/resolution.

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