Uncensored & Restored Soundtrack
Description
Current version: 1.01
Release date: April 6th, 2022
Hello there. Thanks for downloading my mod!
With this mod, every single song in the game will be their full, unedited and/or uncensored versions. It always bothered me how some of them get cut off so suddenly, especially the rap and hip-hop ones. As a bonus, some of them are straight from the newly remastered releases, such as Rise Against and The Bronx. All songs were sourced from 320kbps .mp3 files for max quality.
Changelog
- 1.00: First release
- 1.01: Hotfix for "Cirrus - Back On A Mission" where it had nearly 3 minutes of silence after the song ended.
Installation
- Download the .7z archive and extract it into your game's directory. If you can't open .7z archives, simply download the program, it's free.
- You'll see 2 folders, pfdata and speech. Again make sure they are in the root of the game's install folder.
- Now, rename or move your SDATA folder somewhere else.
That's it. Now go check in-game, you'll notice Riders On The Storm will take a bit longer to start but that's just how the official remastered version Snoop Dogg's compilation album has it.
Please report any issues regarding volume, perhaps crackling, or songs that don't skip. Personally I do have some minor crackling in Capone - I Need Speed but only when using my speakers (I'm on a 32" TV) but the crackling is gone once I use my headphones. If you also find the same issue, again, please report.
Credits and permissions
- BadHairDay for their NFS U2 Music Importer.
- MCO Music Importer by EA
- You may not repackage this mod in any way or form without first asking me.
Also feel free to join our Discord server, NFS Exclusive™️ access may be limited, however. https://discord.gg/t2xN6GEaJM
Enjoy!
--GMV
Comments
xGMVx (November 08, 2022 @ 23:21)
@luluco250 Thanks for letting me know, I will update this soon and add that file. I'll be delving into Linux some more soon enough, sorry for the late reply, thanks for the feedback.@BadHairDay Thank you kindly for your tool! I always wanted to do this, the rap songs needed it the most. If we could add songs I'd love to insert the Underground Rivals songs as well. Maybe someday :)
LightRock97 (November 01, 2022 @ 05:22)
I was going in this roundabout trip trying to mess with audio importers, converters etc, but then I thought "I can't be the only one who wanted this". Thanks for sharing man. You probably did this for yourself first, like I was gonna do. Actually, I'm still gonna figure out how to do it, because like @Lemonov said, Riders on the Storm was perfectly timed to the "Press Start Button" prompt. But if you're sick of hearing the first few seconds of this song, this and quick menu-ing and you're off to the career.
BadHairDay (July 18, 2022 @ 03:57)
Great idea for a mod!! And thanks for using my Music Importer!
luluco250 (July 17, 2022 @ 23:48)
This is probably irrelevant for 99% of users, but if you're on Linux using Wine like me it seems that if SDATA/sdat.viv is missing, the game crashes on start.Simply replacing it (backing up the original of course) with an empty file works and the music still gets replaced with no crash.