Xbox 360 Stuff Pack [v4.0]

NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED (2005) - XBOX 360 STUFF PACK
Version 4.0

This mod will try to make your game look more like Xbox 360 release.

Key changes:

Xbox 360 shaders ported to PC version:
- Car Shader, which supports noise flake on metallic paints, normal maps, ambient occlusion and visible sun specular
- Visual Treatment filter with adaptive exposure (brightens image when in dark; darkens when too bright)
- Next Gen sky, which has more depth to it thanks to horizon gradients and support for unique overcast clouds
- Sky bloom which can emit vibrant glow when: going into / outside of dark areas; glows closer to sunset and during sunset (blue during pre-sunset, red during sunset)
- Reflections in building windows are distorted/transformed in more interesting ways
- Shadow filtering
- Water with reflections and distortions
- Soft foliage which has more vibrant autumn colors, especially during sunset
- Volumetric fur-like grass
- Parallax scrolling (fake 3D effect) for some surfaces like rocky cliffs
- And other changes...
Xbox 360 high-resolution textures for game world & garages / shops
Ingame sky is also present in garages / shops which allows for sky bloom
Time of day lighting from Xbox 360
Accurate to Xbox 360 presets of time of day lighting and sun angles for some of ingame cinematics that carry into gameplay
Visual treatment filter settings from Xbox 360
Depth of Field effect in ingame cinematics
Xbox 360 motion blur with DOF masking
Xbox 360 car light materials
Xbox 360 car light flares
Xbox 360 screen rain drops
Xbox 360 race neon barrier textures (more transparent)
Sun and Cloud textures were replaced with their uncompressed versions from Xbox 360
Added Xbox 360 sun flare
Higher resolution of title screen image
Added bootup screen (logo and copyright on black background)
Changed dialogue windows to Xbox 360 ones
Xbox 360 car reflections in garages / shops
Dynamic shadows in garages / shops
Xbox 360 more dense tire smoke & some other particles
Xbox 360 quality soundtrack

This mod is compatible with (and is recommended to be used with):
- Widescreen Fix
- HUD Adapter
- HD Reflections
- Xenon Effects (For now already bundled until Xan posts update)
- Front-End Shadows
- Xbox 360 Recompiled vinyls
- Xbox 360 Converted Movies
- Xbox 360 UI Texts (if you're playing on English (US) version of the game)
- Xtended Input (if you're playing with controller)
- Original Button Pack

All additional information is provided in ReadMe.
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Trailer video
Gameplay comparison video

Comments

irronik (November 23, 2025 @ 19:15)

I recommend everyone first install the Xbox 360 stuff pack on a CLEAN GAME FILES (using the simple method, as @misssweeten443 demonstrated), then install the mods from the list (except for HD video). Don't enable hudwidescreenmode in the widescreen fic's INI file settings (there's a conflict with the "read me" instructions in the hud mod). If the sky is overexposed at the edges and the car is dark (due to lighting, like on the Xbox 360 version), you've got it right.

irronik (November 23, 2025 @ 19:12)

The only issues I encountered during testing were:
1) Conflict with ExOpts (the game crashes after the splash screen; additional configuration is required).
2) Conflict with NFSMW Unlimiter (due to xenon effects).
3) The Xbox 360 video pack breaks at some point, locking the game at 1280 x 1024 resolution, and the video itself slides to the upper right corner.

irronik (November 23, 2025 @ 19:11)

Thank you and your team for the opportunity to experience the next-gen graphics quality of the Xbox 360! It's truly a celebration of the game's anniversary. It changes the gameplay experience so much, just like installing PS3 shaders in NFS Carbon (PS3 visual treatment from Aero).

JohnKazz (November 23, 2025 @ 16:46)

Great mod, wish it came in bundled with Xbox 360 controller buttons, as Xtended Input doesn't work properly for me, most buttons work except RT and LT, just cannot seem to assign them and ingame it doesn't recognize those inputs, tried to run as administrator but no luck, so I have to use the vanilla setup and it shows me the keyboard icons, for someone who wants the true Xbox 360 experience it would be awesome if you could implement it natively in the next update if you ever plan on it. Thanks in advance.