[PC] Stuck on loading screen

Hello everyone,

For those who are still experiencing this issue, I will try to list below a recap of different workarounds. Some of them were provided by community members and I hope this will help you all.

If you have already tried these steps without success, please let us know.
Also cosmicf posted a message about system requirements and you will find below the recommendations since this is also an important information:

• Disabling Origin In Game:

1.                 Launch Origin Client and Login to user account

2.                 Click on the Origin Dropdown Menu and select the Application Settings Option

3.                 Click the IN GAME Tab and uncheck the “Enable Origin In Game” Box to disable the IGO

4.                 Attempt to Launch the game

• Updating Origin

fab931025 posted a workaround which involves updating Origin

fraserlaserr refined the workaround here: 

1. Go to EA Website and Log In to your Origin account on the right at the top.
2. Click your profile, Change your ID name and YOU MUST VALIDATE/CONFIRM THE EMAIL ADDRESS! 
3. Go to your Control Panel and uninstall Origin.
4. Go to Origin and download Origin.
5. Install Origin and Log in with the Origin application.
6. Your NFS Most Wanted will now work in on- and offline mode.
   

• Updating drivers
  

tutarr posted a message informing that reinstalling his video card driver solved the loading issue:

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tutarr wrote:

I solve the problem of the loading. Its simple, reinstall the driver nvidia in full defaults... But the sound of the Most Wanted 2012... pffff No sounds...

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Our recommendation is to make sure you have the latest drivers available for your video and sound card.

• Friends list

Another workaround involving the friends list has been provided by 1april.

However the friend list should not cause any issue since this has been fixed with the last game update too, but I will post here the workaround as an additional information. If you think this can still cause an issue, don't hesitate to inform us.

1. My Origin friends list was full. I had 100 friends. The game always froze after the 'Press any key' loading screen.
2. I unfriended 3 players, so I had only 97 players in my friends list.
3. After that I had no freezes anymore.
4. This also explains why I never had freezes in loading screen while I was offline in Origin.

[PC]

• Fixed a friends issue where users with 99 friends PLUS pending friends invites were seeing crashes.

• Need For Speed Most Wanted System Requirements

Minimum System Requirement:

• OS: Windows Vista (Service Pack 2 and all available windows updates) 32-Bit
• Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ or Atlhon X2 2.7 GHz)
• Memory: 2 GB
• Hard Drive: 20 GB
• Disk Drive: DVD ROM Drive
• Graphics Card (AMD): DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 series, with ATI RADEON 3870 or higher performance)
• Graphics Card (NVIDIA): DirectX 10.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 series with NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT or higher performance)
• Sound card: DirectX compatible
• Peripherals: Keyboard and Mouse

Recommended System Requirement:

• OS: Windows 7 (Service Pack 1 and all available windows updates) 64-bit
• Processor: Quad-Core CPU
• Memory: 4 GB
• Hard Drive: 20 GB
• Disk Drive: DVD ROM Drive
• Graphics Card: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 or ATI RADEON 6950)
• Sound Card: DirectX compatible
• Peripherals: Keyboard and Mouse

cosmicf I have read your message and indeed Windows 8 is not listed on the system requirements.