Need for Speed: Underground

Underground no longer speeds up above 60 FPS or crashes at random on multi-core CPUs, steering stops sticking in the centre, and the HUD and view fit wide screens. Gamepads get ready-made controls and free look.

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Features

Fixes

Game speed, timers, particles and sound stay right above 60 FPS
Random multi-core crash fixed, no need to run the game on one core
Steering no longer sticks in the centre on quick changes of direction
Magazine covers no longer have a black background
Skip the intro movies

Display

Any resolution, including ultrawide
HUD at the screen edges, or in a centered box
Field of view that fits wide screens, plus a multiplier
Movies shown whole, in their original shape or filling the screen
Fullscreen, window or borderless

Graphics

SMAA anti-aliasing
Console gamma
Hides the thin lines at the screen edges with MSAA
44.1 kHz sound instead of 22 kHz

Controls

Ready-made gamepad controls; PlayStation and Switch pads through Steam Input or DS4Windows
Button names and icons follow the last device used
Free look with the right stick or mouse
Separate stick dead zones

Supported versions

The PC version 1.4 (speed.exe)
Other versions, such as the original 1.0, start without the fix and show a message

Install

Customize the settings below, or keep the recommended ones.
Extract the downloaded zip into the game folder, where speed.exe is, keeping its folders. Keep Xidi.32.dll and Xidi.ini next to it for gamepad support, and remove NFSU XtendedInput if it is installed.
Change the settings later in the game under Options > Plugins and Display, on fusionfix.io or in FusionFixHub.