Need For Speed Rivals+

I used Rivals+ v5.0 "Next-gen" graphics on the thumbnail.

Discord: https://discord.gg/qMnvE6en9x
Need For Speed Rivals+ is a mod that significantly improves the graphics, gameplay and many other things. Version 5.0 has been released with many big improvements regarding the Graphics, more E3 content, a bigger list of add-ons, bug fixes, and many more new changes that will greatly amaze newcomers or supporters. If you want to support me you can donate some money, go ahead. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=HA32Q8BRH4XSS

IMPORTANT:
- How To Install NFS Rivals+ Tutorial: https://youtu.be/yNm512Ddx7c
- Now when you are going to install Rivals+, you will see three folders with different graphics:
Vanilla 2.0 is a version with vanilla graphics but slightly modified (Removed film grain, chromostereopsis, improved HBAO & E3 Reflections)
v2.2 is a version with slight graphical changes (basically Contrast and Saturation) & modded fog
v3.2.7 is a version with completely new graphics.
v5.0 is a version with Next-gen graphics.

Mod:

0. Collab with Cops2Racers & Heated :
- Cops2Racers is now compatible with Rivals+, make sure it's below Rivals+ when using both mods!! (I also tweaked the mod a bit since it needed it, BUT I still haven't managed to fix the C2R crashes that can happen, sorry about that. Hopefully, this doesn't ruin your Ultimate Reality Show experience too much.)
- The MP compatibility suggestion has become a reality, thank you for it and other suggestions by my Rivals+ Tester, Zephyr.
- In the Decals option you will find 3 exclusive heated decals that you can use in MP mode.

1. New Engine Sounds :
- Ferrari F12 // 590 GTO // FF (NFS Rivals E3 Engine Sound)
- Koenigsegg Agera R (NFS Rivals E3 Engine Sound)
- Lamborghini Aventador // Veneno (NFS Rivals E3 Engine Sound)
- Ferrari Enzo (Mixed the E3 Engine sounds with the Vanilla ones, 50%/50%)
- Koenigsegg One:1 (Mixed the E3 Engine sounds with the Vanilla ones, 50%/50%)
- Lamborghini Veneno (Mixed the E3 Engine sounds with the Vanilla ones, 50%/50%)
- Jaguar C-X75 Prototyp (More Accurate C-X75 Engine Sound)
- Jaguar XJ220 (More Aggressive)
- Porsche 911 GT3 (More Aggressive)
- McLaren F1 LM (More Aggressive)
- SRT Viper TA // GTS (More Aggressive)
- Nissan GT-R Engine sound (More accurate & aggressive Engine Sound)
- Ford Shelby GT500 (New engine sound when driving at high RPM & Increased pitch level that now is closer to real life)
- NFS Movie 2014 Ford Mustang GT (More Aggressive & Increased pitch level that now is closer to real life)
- Ford Mustang GT 2015 (New engine sound when driving at high RPM & Increased pitch level that now is closer to real life)
- Ford GT 2005 (More Aggressive Sound & Increased pitch level that now is closer to real life)
- Lamborghini Gallardo 570-4 // 560-4 // Audi R8 (More Accurate Lambo & Audi V10 Engine Sound)
- Dodge Charger SRT8 (More Aggressive Sound)
- Dodge Challenger SRT8 (Slightly More Aggressive Sound)
- Aston Martin Vanquish // One-77 (More Aggressive Sound)
- Lexus LFA (More Accurate Lexus LFA Sound + More Aggressive Sound)
- McLaren P1 // 12C (More Aggressive sound)
- Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale (More Aggressive Sound & Increased pitch level that now is closer to real life)
- Bentley Continental GT V8 (More Aggressive Sound)
- Pagani huyara (More Aggressive Sound)
- Changed the engine sound pitch for most cars that share the same engine sound, it's a bit higher

2. New Transmission Sounds for:
BMW M3 GTS
Ferrari 458 Italia
Ferrari 458 Spider
Ferrari Enzo
Ferrari F12
Ferrari F40
Jaguar C-X75 Prototype
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera
Lexus LFA

3. Graphics Improvement :
-- New Graphics in all areas
-- Fixed HBAO (Ambient Occlusion) where developers did not fix this game graphic option, now graphics will look even better,
-- E3 Road Reflections are back, looking better than ever (They can be seen during Sunset, Dusk, Night, Dawn, and Sunrise only in Coastal and Forest Area),
-- E3 Road Reflections in the snowy area is visible 24/7
-- The Car Reflections have been improved a little bit
-- The LODs have been improved, now higher-quality models & textures are loaded sooner.
-- (Racer) New Garage Style "Calm Before The Storm", More dust falls in the racer's hideout & Removed grain filter
-- (Cops) New Command Post Garage Style "Calm Before The Storm", Command Post Is more Black-White (from Beta) & Removed the grain filter
- Removed grain filter when it's nighttime while free-roaming
- Removed chromostereopsis
- More smoke while drifting
- More snow falling on Grand Peak Drive and Base point drive
- More wave splash on Driftwood Heights & Gullwing Drive
- Reflection of nitrogen under the car is more visible
- More EMP Hit Effects and stronger lighting

4. New Police System :

Heat 1 & 2: (Patrol 3. Enforcer 1. Undercover 2.)
Bentley Continental GT V8 Patrol, BMW M6 Coupe Patrol, Dodge Charger SRT8 Undercover / Enforcer, Dodge Viper Undercover, Marussia B2 Patrol

Heat 3: (PAT 5. ENF 2. UC 4)
Aston Martin Vanquish Undercover, Bentley Continental GT V8 Patrol, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Undercover, Dodge Charger SRT8 Undercover / Enforcer, Dodge Viper Undercover, Ferrari F40 Patrol, Lamborghini LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Patrol, Marussia B2 Patrol, Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR Patrol

Heat 4: (PAT 6. ENF 2. UC 4)
Aston Martin Vanquish Undercover, Bentley Continental GT V8 Patrol, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Undercover, Dodge Charger SRT8 Undercover / Enforcer, Dodge Viper Undercover, Ferrari F40 Patrol, Lamborghini LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Patrol, Marussia B2 Patrol, Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR Patrol, Nissan GT-R

Heat 5: (PAT 7. ENF 2. UC 5)
Aston Martin Vanquish Undercover, Bentley Continental GT V8 Patrol, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Undercover, Dodge Charger SRT8 Undercover / Enforcer, Ferrari F40 Patrol, Ferrari FF Patrol, GTA Spano Patrol
McLaren MP4-12C Undercover, Porsche 911 Turbo Undercover, Lamborghini LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Patrol, Marussia B2 Enforcer, Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR Patrol, Nissan GT-R

Heat 6: (PAT 4. ENF 2. UC 4)
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Undercover, Dodge Viper Undercover, Ferrari F50 Patrol, Ferrari FF Patrol, GTA Spano Patrol, Jaguar C-X75 Prototyp Enforcer, McLaren F1LM Enforcer, McLaren MP4-12C Undercover, Nissan GT-R, Porsche 911 Turbo Undercover

Heat 7: (PAT 3. ENF 3. UC 0)
Ferrari F50 Patrol, GTA Spano Patrol, Jaguar C-X75 Prototyp Enforcer, Lamborghini Aventador Enforcer, Mclaren F1LM Enforcer, Nissan GT-R

Heat 8: (PAT 1. ENF 5. UC 0)
GTA Spano Patrol, Jaguar C-X75 Prototyp Enforcer, Koenigsegg Agera R Enforcer, Lamborghini Aventador Enforcer, Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Enforcer, McLaren F1LM Enforcer

Heat 9 & 10: (PAT 1. ENF 7. UC 0)
GTA Spano Patrol, Hennessey Venom GT Enforcer, Jaguar C-X75 Prototyp Enforcer, Koenigsegg Agera R Enforcer, Koenigsegg One:1 Enforcer, Lamborghini Aventador Enforcer, Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Enforcer, McLaren F1LM Enforcer

- Now two helicopters can join the pursuit (Heat lvl 10)
- The Cooldown is longer (40 Seconds)
- Some Patrol & Enforcer cars paint has been changed to white (17 cars) (OPTIONAL)
- Since most Undercover cars have received official manufacturer paint, the police badge is now less visible than on other versions of police cars, you have to drive much closer to the UC car to see the police badge and its health.

5. Physics :
- Removed "Steer To Drift" Physics (now there are only two drift physics: Brake To Drift and Handbrake To Drift),
- Improved collision physics, for example, if you are going to hit a wall with the front side of the car, it will have the most visible damage in the front. (In the Vanilla version, no matter how lightly and from which side you hit, the car would be damaged everywhere and all of the bumpers would fall off),
- More accurate downforce in all Cars.

6. Damage Model :
- Now, in Rivals+ the cars have an extended damage model, now the bumpers will fall off. But not all of the cars have the fully extended damage:

Porsche Cayman S (Only front bumper)
Ford Mustang GT 2015 (Only front bumper)
Aston Martin Vanquish [All Cop Variants] (Only rear bumper)
Chevrolet Corvette ZL1 [All Variants] (Only rear bumper & pullbar)
Chevrolet Corvette C7 (Only front bumper)
Porsche 918 Spyder (Only front bumper)
Lamborghini Aventador LP 720-4 50th anniversary (Only front bumper)
Ferrari Enzo (Only front bumper)
Lamborghini Sesto Elemento (Only rear bumper)
Pagani Huyara (Only front bumper)
McLaren F1LM [All Variants] (Only front bumper & hood)
Bugatti Veyron Super Sport [All Variants] (Only rear bumper)

7. Progression :
- Added the Unused Car unlock (Porsche Cayman S & Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 Black Series) cutscene after you've completed the Speedlist Tutorial
- Ford Mustang GT 2015 & DLC cars became a purchasable car
- Speedlists are harder than in the vanilla game

~ (Racers):
- After You Complete Chapter 6 Wolf's Clothing you will unlock 2 new weapons (and the car):
Shock Ram
Spike Strip

~ (Cops):
- After You Complete Chapter 5 Go Rogue You will unlock 2 new weapons (and the car):
Shock Wave

8. E3:
- Added Gallardo LP 560-4 and Lamborghini LP 700-4 Undercover cars as Racer cars (E3 2 race cars Ghost and Criterion turned these cars into Undercover cars ahead of the official launch of NFS rivals)
- New Garage theme (E3)
- New E3 Font (Thank you Weny47 for help)
- New Cop Speedo HUD from E3 (Thank you Weny47 for help)
- New Cop HUD from E3
- New Cop Beta License Plate texture
- New E3 Car Chassis texture
- New E3 license plate cop texture
- "Vehicle Damage Critical" E3 Computer voice has been added
- "Car Repaired" E3 Computer voice has been added
- Added increment time on losing target (EMP)
- After getting busted, the bottom text says: "Relocating to nearest Hideout"
- before you go head to head with the player or AI you will see the text "Challenge"
- when you set a route (or the game automatically) text will appear: "GPS destination entered"
- When you are in a hideout or command post, the text in the lower-left corner will say: Exit Garage
- New E3 bottom texts during the chase and when the chase will be over:
(Racer) "Suspect has evaded pursuit, return to duty"
(Cop) "Suspect is escaping...", "Suspect arrested, other units stand down", "Suspect has evaded pursuit, return to duty"
- New "Escaping" E3 Color
- New EMP Impact Effect
- New Police Lights Flares

9. Gamescom:
- New few Gamescom Event textures (Race & Hot Pursuit)

10. Beta:
- New Racer Speedo HUD from Beta (Thank you Weny47 for helping me)
- New Racer HUD from Beta
- New Jammer Impact sound from Beta
- New Shockwave sound from Beta
- New Cooldown and Escaped sounds from Beta
- New speed camera & jump texture from Beta
- Spikestrip Pursuit Tech has also been added for the Racers side (AI Racers can also use it!)
- Brought back from Beta the VO of the Cops' reactions and Dispatch alerting police officers about racers using their spikestrips in the road to slow down the cops
- When the cops start chasing you, the following small message will appear on your screen: "Get away from the Cops and Cooldown"
- When you want to exit the garage and open the map, it will say at the bottom (depending on which side of the career you will be):
Main - Select Hideout or Event
Main - Select Command Post or Event
- When the interceptor (Racer) starts, the text at the top will say "Escape from the Cop."
- When the Time Attack event starts, the text at the top will say "Beat the clock following the checkpoints."
- When the Rapid Response event starts, the text at the top will say "Beat the clock following the checkpoints and Avoid Collisions."
- Now, on the racers side, the Interceptor events are called "GETAWAY"

11. Alpha:
- Added Cut traffic car (Chevrolet Caprice)

12. Racer & Police AI :
- Deleted AI Health Texture (Cops & Racers)
- Deleted health texture when free-roam (Racers & Cops Career Sides)
- AI Racers in the events are smarter, Harder & Faster
- Now AI Racers Have More charges (More pursuit tech)
- Made AI Racers more Endurance than in Vanilla Version
- Made AI Cops more Endurance than in Vanilla Version, but less than AI Racers
- Made Police Chases harder than before
- Default player & AI licenseplate has been changed to:
VRT (Police Career, Enforcer)
NFSPLUS (Police Career, Undercover)
NFSPLUS (Racer Career)

13. Personalization, Overwatch & DLC :
- Replaced some Colors in All Cars
- New Unused License Plate Concepts added for Racer & Cop side (basically Vanilla textures but slightly different)
- New default license plate for Patrol, Enforcer & Undercover cars
- To make the UC cars seem even more Undercover, some of them received a different paint color
- Made Stripes, Decals, and Vinyls more Expensive
- New Rare Vinyls added
- All DLC And Ultimate Cop/Racer cars have been unlocked
- Now you can use space letters (you must use - and _ to make a space letter on the license plates)
- all Overwatch cars have been unlocked
- all Overwatch vinyls/wraps unlocked

14. Game Modes :
- new difficulty: [V.HARD] These events are the hardest in Redview County, but they can give you more money than hard, medium or easy
- Added "2 LAPS" and "3 LAPS" text for Racer & Cop events with lap system
- New "Remastered" looking Event Icons

Time Attack:
- Made Time attack Events Harder
- Added more cash in all Time Attack Events

Races & Hot Pursuit:
- More cash added in all Race & Hot Pursuit Events
- New Races & Hot Pursuit with 2 & 3 laps:
RACERS:
1) High Stakes [Hot Pursuit, 2 laps]
2) Kingfisher [Race, 2 laps]
3) Sunset Tunnel [Race, 2 laps]
4) No Fear [Hot Pursuit, 2 laps]
5) Bohemian Rush [Hot Pursuit, 2 laps]
6) Jackhammer [Hot Pursuit, 3 laps]
7) Drive Hard [Hot Pursuit, 3 laps]
8) Glory Hunter [Hot Pursuit, 3 Laps]
9) Riverside Interstate [Race, 3 laps]
10) Knock Out [Hot Pursuit, 3 laps]

COPS:
1) Hit them hard | 3 laps
2) Fight it out | 3 laps
3) Wind up | 3 laps
4) Know your enemy | 2 laps
5) No excuses | 3 laps
6) Stem the tide | 2 laps
7) Routine Bust | 2 laps
8) Hard target | 2 laps
9) Wrecking crew | 2 laps

Rapid Response:
- Made Rapid Response Events Harder
- Added more cash in all Rapid Response Events

Interceptor & Getaway:
- Interceptor/Escape events now have an appropriately different time difficulty, unlike in the vanilla where medal times are the same regardless of difficulty:

Racer:

V.Hard:
Gold: 1min / Silver 1min 15s / Bronze 1min 45s
Hard:
Gold: 1min 30s / Silver 2min / Bronze 2min 30s
Medium:
Gold: 2min / Silver 2min 30sec / Bronze 3min 15s
Easy:
Gold: 2min 30sec / Silver 3min / Bronze 4min
__
Cop:

V.Hard:
Gold: 1min 30s / Silver 1min 45s / Bronze 2min 15s
Hard:
Gold: 2min / Silver 2min 30s / Bronze 3min
Medium:
Gold: 2min 30s / Silver 3min / Bronze 3min 45s
Easy:
Gold: 3min / Silver 3min 30s / Bronze 4min 30s
- Added more cash in some interceptor events [Only with V.Hard difficulty]

15. Racer hideout Cameras :
- Now the wheel personalization camera takes closer look at the wheels now
- The main camera in the racers hideout looks closer to the car (so you can see more details that the car has)
- Penultimate camera (New animation) and last camera (where you want to leave the game) animation is slower in the racer and cop garage

16. Top Speed [Examples] :
- Koenigsegg One:1 (492 km/h) [Racer]
- Ferrari F12 Berlinetta (404 km/h)
- Porsche 918 Spyder (423 km/h)
- Mclaren P1 (485 km/h)
- McLaren 12C (404 km/h)
- Marussia B2 (430 km/h)
- Ford Shelby GT500 (394 km/h)
- Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (448 km/h)
- Hennessey Venom GT (491 km/h)

17. Pursuit Tech :
- in this mod, players and cops deal less damage to the enemy when using the pursuit tech!

Jammer:
- Color and Vignette are different when you activate it or when someone wants to Jammer you
- The Jammer is longer:
Level 4: 20 seconds
Level 3: 16s
Level 2: 14s
Level 1: 9s
Jammer cooldown reduced:
Level 4: 10s
Level 3: 11s
Level 2: 12s
Level 1: 14 s

Stun Mine:
Stun Mine cooldown reduced:
Level 4: 6s
Level 3: 8s
Level 2: 10s
Level 1: 12s

Spike Strip:
Cooldown is slower, charges are lower and Damage is lower (So that drivers have more life after hitting a spike)

Roadblock:
- Made Cooldown Slower
- More Roadblock Cargoes:
Level 4: 6 Roadblocks
Level 3: 4 Roadblocks
Level 2: 3 Roadblocks
Level 1: 2 Roadblocks

Helicopter:
- Reduced helicopter Cooldown:
Level 1: 20s
Level 2: 10s
Level 3: 5s
Level 4: 2s

TURBO:
- Now turbo has a different power in each car tier. e.g. level 1 has the weakest power, Level 4 has the most powerful turbo than the other levels.
- Turbo has a stronger and slightly different light (during Start, Finish, etc.).
- Faster Loading in every tech level
- Slower Turbo Time Start in every tech level
- More Turbo time while driving in every tech level

18. Cars Price List): Changed the price to be more realistic than the vanilla version. For Example:
- Maserati GT MC Stradale:
Vanilla: 35 000 SP
Mod (the real price of the car): 143 400 SP

19. Add-ons:
- 200% Resolution
- Loading texture, freezing issues Fix
- Minimalistic HUD
- USA Police Sirens
- Thunder Extended Area SFX
- Hot Pursuit 2010 Turbo SFX
- Hot Pursuit 2010 Turbo Gamescom SFX
- Gamescom Racer Hideout
- Removed Health HUD For AI And Players
- (Joke add-on) Beta Impact Jammer Sound
- E3 AI Heat lvl 99
- Grip Handling Mod from NFS Rivals Beta Build
- Rivals+ Modded Day Fog
- More difficult AI racers (v3.2.7 & v1.8 AI Difficulty versions from previous Rivals+ builds)
- New Vinyls from NFS Edge
- Night time
- Racer Hideout Gamescom Graphics (v0.5 & v1.0)
- Removed Health HUD For AI And Players
- USA Police Sirens
- Vanilla Racer HUD v2.0
- X Ambassadors - Love Songs Drug Songs in Free roam

Other:
- Fixed many minor bugs that Ghost/Criterion didn't fix
- Added new Sense Of Speed effect for all cars to have a better feeling of fast driving
- Made the NOS Sense Of Speed Shake effect a bit more intense to have a better feeling of fast driving
- A short summary of each driver/cop cutscene has been added to the career overview so that players can understand the entire Need For Speed Rivals storyline
- New Save icon when the game auto-saves
- Added the Unused background Loading Screen Texture when exiting/getting to hideout (it's a picture of the front side of the Porsche 911 GT3)
- Added Vignette Effect while getting busted, further improving the busting effect
- New Thunder sounds during Twilight Dusk weather
- Thunder sounds are now louder to provide a better sense of lightning striking near the player
- Extended the Thunder times for all areas
- New Finish Texture
- New Horns for police cars
- More realistic gears on all cars
- Deleted Crash Camera and Out Of Bounds Camera
- Fixed idle RPM to a more realistic for all cars
- Improved the intensity of tail lights and reverse lights on most cars
- Improved up-and-down spoiler animation (More realistic up-and-down animation)
- Changed Nitrous Boost in all Cars
- When you are getting busted, the dark-white effect is more intense and the vignette is more intense
- Made a higher resolution for Ferrari F12 "Continental" Vinyl
- Increased traffic on the road (so it doesn't look lifeless in Redview County)
- Car Stats has been updated to more accurate
- New Tutorial Cop Car (Dodge Charger SRT8 Undercover)
- New more accurate NOS lighting color
- New more accurate Ford GT, McLaren F1 LM, Aston Martin One-77, Maserati Gran Turismo MC Stradale Ford Explorer (Traffic) Headlight color
- When you have critical damage, the vignette is more intense, the screen will slowly go dark-red (when you have a health bar from 15% to 1%) and added Grain Filter when you have low health
- When You Use Shock Ram The screen will turn black-white for a second and then the screen will go back to normal
- When you will get hit by ESF and EMP. The screen will turn black-white for a second, Distortion is more intense, and then the screen will go back to normal.
- Removed the Green Racing line as it's almost non-existent in the game and it's not like in sim games where it also shows when to brake for example
- Races, Hot Pursuit etc. Icon size has been slightly reduced
- Ford GT Changing gears speed is more realistic than in the vanilla version
- SRT Viper TA Changing gears speed is more realistic than in the vanilla version
- The resolution in all cars is better than in the vanilla version
- More realistic MaxRPM/Redline for most cars

And much more!

Comments

GrabussPC (August 29, 2022 @ 13:01)

@therazorkille 1) "Stats don't seem to line up with actual car performance" It actually does, XJ220 has better acc than Murcielago, don't you believe me? do some testing at the abandoned airport. "This could be due to the Jag's NOS being tuned for duration vs power" not only Jaguar, all cars has more powerful NOS.
2) Actually you are wrong, not only I add more health to the racer side, I also nerfed the pursuit tech damage for all tech, and when someone rams you. It's improved, you just didn't realize it.

GrabussPC (August 29, 2022 @ 12:43)

@therazorkille 1) "The AI racers are way too aggressive." Just get better in the game, I don't need to remind you that pursuit tech is available in this game. I've never had any problems with AI.
2) Ok, so it's Impossible for you, but many people never had any problems when driving with the jammer turned on, the same goes for me.

therazorkille (August 29, 2022 @ 07:52)

+ New turbo system. It feels more controllable and honestly makes more sense like this.
+ EMP lock-on works more like it did in HP2010. I like that way better.
I know the good-to-bad ratio in my feedback is unfavorable. It more has to do with a lot of the frustrating aspects of the base game being amplified. There's some genuinely good stuff here. Strangely, the 2.2 graphics version seems to crash a lot when things get intense. Both do crash whenever I try to exit to desktop.

therazorkille (August 29, 2022 @ 07:45)

Alright that was a LOT of malding. Time for some good:
+ Undercover cops as racers. I like this for the most part, but in some ways it makes the regular race cars kinda useless.
+ New graphics. Some won't notice, and I know I complained about the fog, but the more vibrant coloring makes the game feel a little livelier.
+ Removed steer to drift. I've never been a fan of B-T-D handling. I did manage to get used to it in this era of NFS games, but I'm glad that I now have control over triggering it.

therazorkille (August 29, 2022 @ 07:41)

Alright last one where I mald and seethe...
- Cops teleport just into visual range as you're trying to escape. This was an issue in the base game and has been turned all the way up to 11. It used to be like this until your total pursuit duration got long enough. I don't know if you increased the threshold for that or what, but this never stops happening now. The longer cooldown time exacerbates this further.
- Fog effect can be disorienting at times, especially when transitioning in and out.