Poor framerate in Undercover
Why do the latest NFS titles work well on my PC and Undercover seems so badly optimized? Can I fix this?
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This may be an issue related to the Origin version of Undercover. You may consider buying a new DVD version (USA / North American version), which sells for about $10 (USA) and is still available at some online stores. Note that the DVD is only used during install and is activated using a key included with the DVD version. There's a patch 1.0.1.17 that helps with the frame rate and a patch 1.0.1.18 that adds a challenge series which rewards 3 special tier 1 cars. You'll have to do a web search to find and download the 1.0.1.18 patch (it doesn't show up on the ea download server anymore). You don't need the 1.0.1.17 patch in order to install the 1.0.1.18 patch.
Part of the issue with the frame rate is the fast pace of the cars, and the game has trouble keeping up with rendering background objects, such as the buildings in Palm Harbor, resulting in the screen turning bluish (not a crash, just a bluish tint on the screen) and slowing down of the frame rate. The patches mostly fix this.
the patch of the box version improves the thing but does not correct it completely! undercover has always been rickety and does not fit on the config indicated on the back of the box.
mini:
quad core and GTX280 or equivalent ATI
below the game will never be stable unlike that which is indicated on the back of the box.
it's undercover 🙂You can try this registry setting, which may help, the default value is 0, change it to a 2:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA Games\Need for Speed Undercover]
"g_PerformanceLevel"=dword:00000002
