Can't launch NFS Unbound on Steam

I have the same problem now, I bought the game through Epic games and installed it on my gaming pc. The game gets stuck on launch sometimes black screen, sometimes crash after the first loading screen. I tried the solutions above, and updated all my drivers but the crash keeps happening. I think it's a problem with connecting through the EA app or servers. Tried running as admin while EA offline play but that doesnt help either. 

None of this helps.

Like everyone here I couldn't launch the game on Steam without reinstalling it. After trying everything without success I realized that EA app and NFS were installed on two different drives. I uninstalled both then reinstalled on the same drive (C:) since everything works fine for me. Hope this can help some.

Have been having this issue for a few weeks now, and it sometimes launches and sometimes doesn't... It does the same thing that it does for OcelyaH. Upon clicking "Play" on Steam, it'll say "Preparing Game", open the EA App, and then "Stop" on Steam will return to "Play". Super frustrating and I've tried everything.

I'll return here should I find anything that could solve the problem indefinitely.

Still having this issue and its unbelievable. I press Play on Steam, it opens the EA Launcher first then the Stop button on Steam reverts to Play. I'm truly getting tired of struggling to open a game that I rightfully paid for. This has been happening for several weeks now, when it didn't before. I will be periodically returning to this forum for updates.

Just got off a chat with EA customer support regarding this issue, and the customer service was absolutely terrible. Upon stating this issue to her, she gave me an irrelevant solution to my problem, then proceeded to leave the chat when I told her that I've tried those already and they aren't relevant to my issue. And from what I could tell, she couldn't speak proper english, which isn't the issue, but to solve complex problems like these, why would EA outsource their workers to the point where they don't care about their jobs? As I've stated before, I am rightfully upset that I am unable to play a game that I paid full price for, just because EA needs authorization before launch. No other company does this, why is it always EA? I always seem to be giving them the benefit of the doubt, but proof of their poor business models keep getting thrown back in my face.

I've tried it all, uninstalling the game, uninstalling the EA App, clearing all cache including Steam, EA App, and game files, launching from AMD, and deleting the P0 DCX (something or other i can't remember the specific name) in the "shadercache" file inside the NFS Unbound game files (named Excalibur). Absolutely nothing has been proven to be a definite solution that renders this problem fixed. If it opens one day, it doesn't the next. And in some cases, like now, it won't open no matter what.

I paid FULL PRICE for this game, I should be able to play it whenever I please. And EA customer service is borderline disrespectful to their consumers. As a customer, I am very upset.

I too got an issue starting this game from Steam. Fixed it by going to EA app- Settings- Download- Install Location and change it to where your game was installed (ex. C:/Steamlibrary/steamapps/common/Excalibur). Excalibur is the name of this game.

No... the problem persists... Need solution.

The funny is it worked fine. 

When EA updated the App the problem apeared...

I need a solution... fast...

I played a match in the afternoon. And I grab my dinner and watched a video. I want to play another match, boom. 

The game cannot run regardless of me trying all methods found online for 2 hours.

Just bought the game today and it shows the no connection error from EA despite being connected to the internet. Still looking for solution