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ploperdung
2 years ago
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Linkups and Boosted Events dont appear after Vol 4 update

Product: Need for Speed: Unbound Platform:PC Summarize your bug Linkups don't seem to exist anymore after the Vol.4 update. How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) Steps: How can we fin...
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  • EA_Groguet's avatar
    EA_Groguet
    2 years ago

    Hey there,

    This issue should have been addressed in the last patch. Please, find here the Patch Notes.

    -Groguet

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Peakkiwi
2 years ago
@Babyteng1 what kind of internet are you using btw? if you're on fiber broadband it shouldn't lag, especially if you're on cable & not wifi.

Anyway, even after connecting to NA, for some reason it doesn't lag that bad on linkups as opposed to races. And since the free VPN I'm using also offers connecting to Netherlands, I tried that & linkups work there as well (so I'm assuming the EU also don't have this problem). The lag is also a lot more bearable but I'm not too sure if that's just a one time thing. Need to test it out more.

If you're not using any VPN & would like to test it out, look up Proton VPN. Register for free, download the client, login & choose the server you'd like to connect to (preferably ones with the least load). When using VPN though, do take precaution when running/quitting the game by allowing some time before running/after quitting the game before turning on/off the VPN. Switching connection servers like this means the game needs to sync your save file & just rushing to connect/disconnect to/from the VPN servers could potentially desync it & ruin your save.

The EA client would warn if the save is out of sync. If you see that do wait a while before turning the VPN on/off before running/after quitting the game. It's also good to make a backup of your local save frequently, just in case anything bad happens.
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Babyteng1
2 years ago
@Peakkiwi It works! Thank you so much!! It seems connecting to Netherlands only works and others will not appear at all. Terima kasih again!
  • Peakkiwi's avatar
    Peakkiwi
    2 years ago
    @Babyteng1

    You're welcome! Good to see it's working out for you.
  • Peakkiwi's avatar
    Peakkiwi
    2 years ago

    Ok, reading the patch notes, apparently the upcoming Vol.5 update has addressed this:

    • Fixed an issue where Linkups and Boosted Events were not appearing for some players

    As can be seen on: https://www.ea.com/games/need-for-speed/need-for-speed-unbound/news/patch-notes-vol5?utm_campaign=nfsu_hd_ww_ic_soco_twt_vol5patch&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&cid=78369&ts=1697006291292

    I'm frustrated that it did ended up taking an entire volume to get fixed, but this is better than nothing I guess, and I hope it really does get fixed.

    And on another note, it's off topic but while it's great that we get to play all link up locations in Vol.5 at the same time I'm also a bit disappointed that the only new things we get (aside from cars & their customizations, free or otherwise) are challenges and a decal masking functionality (which would be great for customizing wraps, if it does what I think it would). I was looking forward to getting new events and/or new tracks for existing events (more gauntlets, rumbles & corner kings please) but I guess that's asking too much. Well, hopefully a Vol.6 will happen & bring in some new things by then.

  • Mr_Ranchik91's avatar
    Mr_Ranchik91
    2 years ago

    Hi There. Been playing since Volume 5 update is out. Waited for like 2-3 hours and no linkup or boosted event appeared

    Feels like the update isn't doing anything. I'm from Malaysia also btw. This is very weird.

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