Game refuses to launch (steam)

@Mavark 

Ok, so you're not intel. A lot of 13th and 14th gen intel CPUs have had issues with this game. After months, the only thing that fixed for me was a BIOS update and turning down the overclock on my CPU by selecting an Intel "default" profile (as opposed to the mobo manufacturer's default profiles which are actually overclock values).

My only suggestion if you've tried all software fixes is look at your BIOS. See if an update is available and flash your mobo. It can work. It helped me.

@Mavark Also, have you tried using a backup save file? 

It seems as though the volume 7 update corrupted many users save files (including me) and the only fix was to use a backup save file or delete the save file and start over. In case you're not in the habit of backing up your save files (understandable), then check your recycle bin, OneDrive or "return to previous file version" by right clicking your save game folder in My Documents.

After the recent update NFS Unbound stop working completely. Eventhough I bought 2 NFS Unbound (Standard and Palace versions) through Steam and Epic, none of them are working properly. Whenever I start the game, EA launcher just pop up and down then there's nothing happen. But if I switch EA launcher to offline mode, the game will start to run but there's no ingame UI. There's no crash or whatever and I'm also try to reinstall the game for many time but didn't work.

Since Patch 7.0.1 the games been real weird about launching. As in, it wont.

I thought 7.0.2 would fix it with the "stability fixes" but it doesn't seem to be the case

I have found a workaround though if you have the game on Steam.

Back the game up using Steam Back up.

Uninstall it. Delete the Excalibur folder in your steamapps folder

Go to Mydocs and delete the NFS Unbound folder. Grab a copy of your save file if you wish.

Once done, go back to Steam and "Restore game from Backup". Should take a minute. This avoids any long downloads, which is especially useful for people like me on a slowass internet connection. This download could take DAYS.

Once it's restored/reinstalled, run it.

Let the EA app download everything in the Mydocs folder and pull your save from the clould. This is when you can replace the file if you manually took a copy. The game should then run.

This has worked 5/5 times for me.

Been a week since last reply and game is still not launchable even after the recent update, idk what to do and am out of ideas which is exactly why I opened a post here but as I am seeing no progress Imma just go ahead and refund the game with steam. I like NFS Unbound and it saddens me that I can't play it and that I am not getting any help in trying to get it back running.