[Bug] Need for Speed: Heat - Extremely Loud Dialog Volume
tl;dr: the volume level for player and NPC dialog lines are extremely loud and distorted. It seems to happen randomly, about every 4 out of 5 game starts. What causes this? How do I stop this from happening? Linked below is a video recording someone uploaded back in March 2022. A caption in the video says that the uploader lowered the volume of the recording, but it's still an accurate depiction of how loud and distorted the dialog becomes. Right after loading into the garage, Lucas makes a comment to the player character, and the bugged volume is immediately noticeable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au2QFFC5Hd8 Someone in the comments section of that video also uploaded footage of the same bug after the player exits the garage, but the uploader didn't lower the volume. I've added it below, as this is how it sounds in my game (loud volume warning): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk6mov1DJuM In my game, in the garage, the bugged audio sounds like there's been heavy reverb applied to all the dialog lines. It eventually becomes quieter, but it seems to last indefinitely. Leaving the garage through the menus, or even going to character selection gets rid of the reverb/echo, but not the loud voice audio. I've played NFS Heat, with and without mods, in a number of configurations (low, medium, and high settings), online and solo play, for at least 250 hours since 2022. I've only experienced this issue once before, about 2-3 months ago, but thought it was just a one-off glitch at the time. It didn't happen again until a few days ago, and it's now become a frequent problem. I don't know what triggers it, nor how to bypass it, other than muting "Sound Effects" in the game settings. Lowering the "Dialog Volume" to 0 doesn't do anything. I have to lower the master "Sound Effects" slider. That's far from an ideal solution, because it mutes most other sounds as well, leaving only the soundtrack audible. I've tried: Verifying game files through Steam Uninstalling, clearing out any residual files, then reinstalling the game (i.e. clean install) Clearing the EA app cache Deleting my old save from My Documents Disabling audio inputs (I didn't have any recording devices plugged in to begin with, but did so to rule it out) Disabling any audio enhancements (I didn't have any enabled in the first place, but double checked) Disabling "Exclusive Mode" in Settings > Sound > Speakers Properties (Playback tab) > (Advanced tab) (sound enhancements and spatial sound have always been disabled) I monitor my GPU/CPU usage and system temps. The game runs at the same levels as usual. I haven't made any changes to my system since before the bug (Windows 10). I did move my old save elsewhere to start over, and it was fine for several launches. I've also been playing the game without mods since before the bug started happening consistently. There have been others who have posted about this issue on various social media platforms and YouTube. But no one seems to have a solution to this problem, let alone an explanation for why this happens in the first place. Any insight on this issue would hopefully help future players experiencing this problem as well.
Need for speed 2015 alone mode launch option
Hello EA. This would be my first community post. i love driving in this game, its my favourite modern NFS game I put some skeler on and cruise around, its my goto when I wanna unwind. I have racked up over 75 hours in this game. I kindly ask for 1 option to be added to this game. When the EA app is offline, this game will not proceed past the press A/ Enter to continue. Could you please add the play alone option when ea app is unable to connect? This game is 10 years old at this point and it would be amazing if you can add this small change so even future generation can enjoy this visual masterpiece. What kills this game for me is maintenance messages and shutting the game down, while im drifting around the slick wet city. I accept no new content will be added & terrified the servers will sunset in the near future. when the time comes please add this offline option. This would mean a lot me & your community.
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered launch issue
I bought and downloaded the game through Steam on 24. 4. EA launcher only begins launching it, then my monitor turns black for a while, then I suppose it completely turns off and then again back on but still black. At the end, the EA app (launcher) else shows error with message "An error on our end caused the launch to fail. Try again a little later." or also the same error but for very short moment and then both the error message and the app close altogether. Couple days ago, I found in file "EABackgroundService.log" this error message "PID: 14652 TID: 10844 ERROR (eax::components::contentInstall::determineGameCleanupLocationFromRegistry) Could not parse uninstallCommandLine=[] of offerId=[Origin.OFR.50.0004030].". Also some days ago, I found in some EA file this error message "(eax::services::config::ConfigLibrary::loadFromFile) Failed to deserialize the config store". However, I can't find the logs anymore, perhaps I've overlooked them but I believe that they're somehow gone. I've tried many things to solve the issue. Here are most of them listed: - Cleared EA cache and initiated App Recorvery. - Terminated link with Steam and EA and vice versa. - Verified through steam the game's files integrity (no error found), deleted and installed the game again through Steam. - Updated graphics driver. - Tried to launch the game through Admin and turned off firewall. - Tried to launch other game through EA app (Sims 4 which opened successfully). - Tried to launch the game through different PC (with different Steam and EA account which opened the game successfully). - Launched the game through .exe file directly from the game files. - Downloaded all Windows updates. - Checked minimal requierements for the game, which my PC fulfills them all. I already tried to look to EA and Steam forums and I'm running out of ideas what to do. Does someone have any tip that I didn't try yet? Thank You for your help in advance.
Image Hovering
After the last update of the EA APP, the image freezes while playing Need for speed Hot Pursuit Remastered. You drive, the image freezes, it takes a few seconds and it goes through acceleration very quickly, then it works fine, so it can happen an unlimited number of times with an unknown frequency. It doesn't matter if the game is on the hdd or ssd (I've moved it to the ssd now), the problem has not disappeared. I would like to fix the app or something. There were no problems until the last update of the application.
No EA games are launching
No matter what I do, reinstalling the game , ea app , the windwos it self, trying different PCs and connections. This error keeps happening, and to many others as I've seen on Reddit. What can i do? i've tried it with NFS Heat on EA and NFS Unbound on steam , non of them worked . ofc they did work before and i played them a lot . but now i can't .Need for Speed Most Wanted
bought the game just now on Steam but it does not load/open. EA Games and Steam accounts are linked. I can see the game in both - Steam app and EA games app as Installed and ready to play. When I try to launch it through steam, ea app opens, starts the process. then it just closes and launches the EA app again. how do I get to play it?
