[RUN] Need for Speed The Run: Definitive Edition by BadassBaboon

Category: Textures | Game: Need for Speed: The Run


[RUN] Need for Speed The Run: Definitive Edition









This mod improves various game textures, fixes high FPS issues, adds various QoL and game-play tweaks to make it look more appealing on modern-day computers, includes things such as:
  • Actual REAL FPS Unlocker with fixed audio (car sound), Kickup particles (such as snow), and simulation
  • Brand new Extreme difficulty mode called DEADLY - Less car health, no drafting, no driving assists, NOS is scarce, traffic is more dense and AI is more challenging
  • Added an option that let's you randomize time-of-day or toggle always night rime for a night run
  • Fixed an issue where the minimap wouldn't render correctly sometimes
  • Increased FOV ftom 48 to 60
  • Increased shadow render distance
  • Anisotropic Filtering forced to x16
  • Faster game boot times
  • Everything is unlocked
  • Various customizable settings via .ini for traffic, vehicles and UI
  • 8K and 16K HDRI skyboxes
  • 4K Unreal Engine 5 lens dirt textures
  • New and improved game world fog
  • New high-resolution UI background textures
  • New high-resolution UI elements
  • Improved pre rendered car previews
  • Improved manufacturer logos


Version requirement:
Game version 1.1.0.0 is recommended


CREDITS & SOURCES:
Thanks to ThirteenAG for the NFS The Run Fusion Fix and Ultimate ASI Loader.
Thanks to Brawltendo for the IDA database and for the NFS Rivals framerate unlocker, which showed how the same class of bug was solved in a later Frostbite game.
Thanks to mRally2 for The Run Master Table and the TOD Randomizer. The traffic, assist, nitrous and time-of-day addresses came from that work, along with the per-level time-of-day table.
Texture Toolkit My own custom tool that allowed for the HD texture replacements. Works in almost every DX9/11 title.
NFSTR_DefinitiveEdition The main .asi for many of NFSTR:DE's features.


TRDE 1.3 Changelog:
  • Reversed, researched and documented the nooks and crannies of this game, finally true FPS Unlocking is done
  • Added a RunForYourLife mode (DEADLY RUN) for a fresh experience
  • Time of day is now customizeable between random and night run in the ini
  • Added various customizeable tuning knobs in the NFSTR_DefinitiveEdition's ini that were discovered during the reversing and researching process
  • Forced the FOV to 60, for some weird reason Black Box thought 48 is a good default for a racing game
  • Removed SpecialK and built and used my own tool called Texture Toolkit for proper HD texture modding
  • Re-did the entire HDRI skyboxes, including those that I haven't done before, they now look even better and fresh
  • Improved the quality of various textures I missed before such as some UI elements
  • Improved every single vehicle's render
  • Replaced Xan's Unlocker with FusionFix for NFS The Run
  • Faster intro loading times courtesy of FusionFix
  • Everything is unlocked by default courtesy of FusionFix
  • And much more (yes, really, much more...)


TRDE 1.2 Changelog:
  • Fixed crashes during the first Run mission
  • Added HD car manufacturer logos
  • Upscaled pre-renders of Aston Martin and Volkswagen cars
  • Moved Xan's scripts and the FPS unlocked executable to optional add-ons
  • Used the latest version of SpecialK


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Comments


teobooser18 (April 22, 2024 @ 14:04)
So without the dll. the game started with no issues, but of course, the mod itself did not work, but as soon as I started a stage in the story the game crashed with or without the dll. I don't really know what to do at this point.

Darekptr (April 21, 2024 @ 13:00)
Just like teobooser18, the game starts without focus, it does not respond to keyboard clicks (but it does when pressed with a gamepad, but only when the "Press start" prompt appears). There is also no sound due to this. Of course, the game did not start at first (crash on the boot screen, but there is focus and full screen), starting the game without it, playing anything and inserting the .dll back causes this effect.

teobooser18 (April 21, 2024 @ 10:02)
My game starts but it's always on windowed and there is no audio and the game doesn't register any inputs so I just remain stuck on the ''press Enter'' screen.

fl1ppydesu (April 20, 2024 @ 21:26)
SK injector just makes the game crash as soon as i load into any race. Sometimes its an instant freeze and sometimes i get to play for 10 seconds before it freezes.
I am way past the prologue and first events, and the challenge series also crashes too, as soon as SK injector dll is removed the game works perfectly.

runnerman (April 01, 2024 @ 02:12)
Also getting the same error as @SampleText24 and tried the fixes but they did not work. I have a repack of the game on version 1.1.0.0 and I didn't install any of the optional mods only the main mod.


Uploaded on March 13, 2024 at 13:34:43.
Last updated on August 11, 2026 at 17:06:09.

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