I have compiled a selection of mods for Need for Speed Most Wanted ready for installation on Steam Deck. They significantly improve the visuals, add widescreen and gamepad support, while being very vanilla-friendly. Full guide and download link in below.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) Mod Pack – Graphics Overhaul for Steam Deck and PC [updated]
BEFORE WE START
The official version of NFS Most Wanted with update 1.3 is required! As far as I know the mod does not work on many pirated rips, especially Black Edition. I use the original EU copy and it works perfectly on PC and Steam Deck.
HOW TO INSTALL MOD PACK on Windows
Copy files to game drirectory and start the game with Need for Speed Most Wanted.exe file.
I takes about half minute to start, wait patiently.
You can change the resolution in scripts/NFSMostWanted.WidescreenFix.ini if it’s not dectected properly.
ResX = XXX
ResY = YYY
HOW TO INSTALL MOD PACK on Steam Deck:
I. DOWNLOAD NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED STEAM DECK READY MOD PACK AND EXTRACT IT TO FOLDER WITH GAME FILES. YOU WILL FIND A LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION.
II. WHEN ASKED, OVERWRITE ALL FILES.
III. ADD Need for Speed Most Wanted.exe AS NON-STEAM GAME.
IV. In STEAM DECK GAMING MODE, FIND Need for Speed Most Wanted.exe in the library under NON-STEAM GAMES.
V. FORCE THE GAME TO RUN WITH PROTON. I recommend the latest ProtonGE, as there is a problem with anisotropic filtering on the regular one.
VI. ADD LAUNCH COMMAND:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES=”dinput8=n,b” %command%
VII. START THE GAME. The game hangs on the black screen for about a minute, patiently wait.
Thanks a lot for these two guides about to Underground II and Most Wanted. I never wright comments, but now just want to say great thanks for that emotions returning me back to childhood and having portable favourite games 🙂
Underground II runs well, however, I can’t launch Most Wanted – just black screen and then return to launch screen in 10-15 seconds. Probably, the reason is that I can’t find clean 1.3 version – I managed to found Black Edition, but in YouTube you was mentioning that it should work as well. Do you have any ideas, what can be wrong? Do you know how to grab any error logs?
It did not work on my steam deck, tried both PC and deck versions. Any guidance?