[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


marcosgyn1 (March 28, 2024 @ 19:13)
60 fps doesn't work

William (March 27, 2024 @ 00:06)
Just problems. No 60 FPS whatsoever, and randomly crashing.

I'd need a clean version of the game, honestly. Do you know of a stable version available for download?

SpeedyRyanTV (March 26, 2024 @ 20:02)
Unfortunately still crashed at the boot screen for me

BadassBaboon (March 26, 2024 @ 12:26)
Try 1.2, it should fix all of the issues.

SampleText24 (March 19, 2024 @ 03:57)
I still have the "DirectX function "threadsafeSetFullscreenState(false)" failed with DXGI_ERROR_NOT_CURRENTLY_AVAIBLE: The requested functionality is not supported by the device or the driver.. GPU: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX1650". Driver: Unknown." after the update, despite having deleted that .dds file, and I tried the trick of removing d3d11.dll, I completed the whole first stage, then put it back, and it crashed again


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

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