Re: Can't play Need for Speed!

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1) Please check if your video card meets the minimum requirements:

- http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/need-for-speed-2016/13109

2) Check these topics, many useful suggestions there:

- http://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/PC-Troubleshooting-and-Requirements/m-p/5235349/highlight/true#M3830 

- http://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/PC-Radeon-HD-5xxx-6xxx-DirectX-Error-On-Launch/td-p/5220025/page/6

3) Maybe if would help to manualy edit the settings before the launch of the game. The setting file location is here:

- c:\Users\{yor user name}\Documents\Need For Speed\settings\

There, in "PROFILEOPTIONS_profile" file you can manualy edit these graphical settings:

GstRender.AntiAliasingPost 2 GstRender.Brightness 1.000000 GstRender.EffectsQuality 0 GstRender.FilmGrain 1 GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 1 GstRender.FullscreenMode 0 GstRender.FullscreenRefreshRate 59.950001 GstRender.MeshQuality 3 GstRender.MotionBlurEnabled 0 GstRender.PresentInterval 1 GstRender.ResolutionHeight 1200 GstRender.ResolutionWidth 1920 GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaHasBeenSet 1 GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaHeight 0.900000 GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaWidth 0.900000 GstRender.ShadowQuality 0 GstRender.TerrainQuality 1 GstRender.TextureQuality 3 GstRender.UndergrowthQuality 1 GstRender.VSyncEnabled 0

4) Likewise you can try to do some settings in your GPU's Control panel: