NEED For SPEED Most Wanted: Crashes to Desktop: Please Help

**havoc90** · January 15th, 2006, 09:24 AM

Hi all,
I registered onli bcos i saw an error message from sapam.My NFSMW has an error wif the d3dx9_26.DLL.I think it is a direct X file.I tried 2 download it and put it in C:WINDOWS/SYSTEM but it keeps on crashing.Like sapam said,there is a splash of the NFSMW and the thing goes into full screen.Then after a few minutes they giv a message WINDOWS,SYSTEM ERROR,PLS SAVE ALL DATA AND REBOOT COMP 2 HAVE FULL FUNCTION.

When i click ok, the screen goes into a 4-bit colour mode and everything is turned big like resolution 800x600.Help pls if any1 knoes how 2 fix it!!!!

**havoc90** · January 15th, 2006, 09:25 AM

THX

**pcnacho** · January 19th, 2006, 11:29 AM

Hi all!

I registered only to tell about my problem (similar to everybody's) and the solution I found.

Problem: Nothing related with overheating. In my case I usually play with the camera switched to "inside the car" mode. i don't know why, but this is making the game crashing when entering in another phase. That is, if I switch the mode to "outside the car" again (default mode) no problem is found and I can continue playing. Otherwise, the game crashes leading me again to the desktop without any notification.

Solution: Switch to "outside the car" mode and make a backup of the folder "NFS Most Wanted" (inside My documents) every time I win a race. The objective is to restore those achievements when forgetting to switch off the "inside the car" mode before saving (It seems that the saved files become corrupt when doing this). So, I switch it off before leaving the race mode when entering in the safe place in order to save game.

I hope that this helps most of you!

**NicoG** · January 21st, 2006, 12:20 PM

Hi guys. this problem is causing me to go bold! When I try to play lan and I want to start to host a game it loses the connection on both my pc's. I have checked that my firewall is turned of and my cable is plugged in correctly otherwise I would'nt be able to play Quake4 on them both. I have registered both copy's of nfs most wanted at eaplay.com but still nothing. Even the guys at ea support could not help me and their new patch v1.3 did'nt do bubcus.

Can anybody H E L P Me!

**hadaf88** · July 9th, 2007, 02:57 PM

hey guys...
I know i'm just adding to ur miseries but i'm desperate....
i installed nfs mw last night it was giving an error of no cd well i downloaded a crack file off the internet....
now the problem is that when i start NFS it goes to a black screen and shows a cursor on the top right hand corner of the screen and stops responding....
it does'nt crashes back to desktop but it stucks there unless u end the process wid task manager......

HELP!!!!

**AstroRPM** · July 12th, 2007, 03:32 AM

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**gotcha829** · August 29th, 2007, 10:27 AM

I Have a Problem With The Game Too. I PLay it for like 5 minutes and it keeps crashing back to the desktop. My PC got really messed up the other day to a point where i had to system restore it to get it back to normal. can you help me?

Originally Posted by Coolzer

I had the same problem with NFS underground. I just updated all the computers drivers and it fixed it self (unlike in your case) Got any firewall and anti-virus software installed

**gotcha829** · August 29th, 2007, 10:31 AM

If Your Talking about the hack to inside the car, there was a warning that it would crash most of the time. i found a way to bypass it so it wouldnt, but i dont remember how. i think if you adjust the camera to much, the game will have to use more power to run it, and then it crashes.

Originally Posted by pcnacho

Hi all!

I registered only to tell about my problem (similar to everybody's) and the solution I found.

Problem: Nothing related with overheating. In my case I usually play with the camera switched to "inside the car" mode. i don't know why, but this is making the game crashing when entering in another phase. That is, if I switch the mode to "outside the car" again (default mode) no problem is found and I can continue playing. Otherwise, the game crashes leading me again to the desktop without any notification.

Solution: Switch to "outside the car" mode and make a backup of the folder "NFS Most Wanted" (inside My documents) every time I win a race. The objective is to restore those achievements when forgetting to switch off the "inside the car" mode before saving (It seems that the saved files become corrupt when doing this). So, I switch it off before leaving the race mode when entering in the safe place in order to save game.

I hope that this helps most of you!

**Forrykook** · January 2nd, 2008, 08:14 PM

G'day all. This thread makes for very interesting reading.

My NFSMW crashes to desktop sometimes but mostly it just stops with whatever was on the screen at the time. Sometimes it's during a race, sometimes while navigating menus such as saving, sometimes while adding parts etc to car in the workshop, sometimes during the beginning splash screens of the game. Sometimes I get to race for a while and complete some events, sometimes I get nowhere. When it stops, the picture simply freezes on screen and whatever sound was playing just continues, (ie the one particular note or engine sound just keeps holding). Sometimes the sound then stops but the picture is still frozen.

Also it seems to be getting more frequent as I progress through the game. I am now completing events for Blacklist number 6 and it is now crashing / stalling heaps.

Alt/F4 doesn't work, Ctrl/Alt/Del doesn't work. All I can do is press the restart button on front of PC tower. I have updated Nvidia driver, soundcard driver, Logitech G11 keyboard driver, Logitech G5 mouse driver. I've used RegCure and Advanced System Optimiser to clean and defrag the registry. I've tried disabling AVG antivirus, (but I make sure to turn off DSL modem). I've reinstalled the game.

System;
P4 3Ghz on ASUS P4S800 MX SE motherboard
Nvidia Geforce 6600 256MB, (soon to be replaced with 512MB Geforce 7600)
Creative Audigy 4 soundcard
Logitech peripherals mentioned above
80Gig HDD with plenty of space
1 Gig Ram

It plays other games sweet, although I have had some issues with Medal Of Honour Pacific Assault also. Other stuff my system plays nicely with no probs;
FEAR
FEAR Extraction Point
FEAR Perseus Mandate
DOOM3
Doom3 Resurrection of evil
Quake 4
Prey
Painkiller
Bioshock

Hmmm, now I notice that MOHPA is also an EA game. Perhaps EA is just crap. Perhaps no one has a magical answer for me but I thought I'd share my problems with you also.

Cheers
Forrykook

I've also patched the game to 1.3.
Also tried to set desktop resolution to 800x600 before starting game.
I just went to uninstall the game again and found that it was not in the Add/Remove programs dialogue box. So I reinstalled it and tried to play...it crashed. I then uninstalled and reinstalled. It crashed. it won't even load up now, it hangs when my profile is loading.

**Snakey1989** · January 25th, 2008, 10:19 AM

I have 3 drama's:
Need for speed Underground 2;
Anywhere between start-up and 10 minutes in, it exits to desktop, speed.exe has
encountered a problem, or unidentified problem and has to close.

Most wanted;
Same as Underground 2.

Carbon;
Doesn't even get to Menu... EVER, before flashing a blue screen and returns to desktop.
Win 98 Compatability mode not to save me on this one.

These are all genuine games, with discs, I'm not running any cracks, patches or anything. Just installed them last night, and none of them work.

Intel E6850 core 2 duo
Nvidia GeForce 8600 512 MB
2 Gig 800MHZ ram
Gigabyte p5 sreies Motherboard
Vista Ultimate

Any other details required please ask me
snakeyr89@hotmail.com
Cheers, Snakey.

**jnikhil88** · April 4th, 2008, 10:01 AM

Similar to Sapam's problem

I recetly bought NFS MW and love it! It works OK, EXCEPT for "Milestone Events" in Career Mode. Everything else (Quickrace, general video, Race Events) is just fine. Only the Milestones... They crash right to the desktop.

Can anyone out there help??

**nithish** · May 10th, 2008, 04:47 AM

I installed it and it was perfectly working till i met the #1 blacklist driver razor. i saved it there and tryed to play it few weeks later. But when i started resume free roam or a race or a milestone
it just keep saying that speed . exe have encountered a problem and needs to close

my system has
512 ram
pentium 4
and 40 gb

**nithish** · May 10th, 2008, 04:51 AM

use trainer & select never get busted option

**Forrykook** · June 12th, 2008, 06:37 AM

G'day all
After my previous post I then went and had a computer upgrade and also bought NFS Carbon. New system should play everything.
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Core 2 Duo 3Ghz cpu
Geforce 8600GT 512MB
4GB RAM, (though XP only reads 3.5GB)
Audigy 4 sound card

Sh!t hot sh!t hot sh!t hot yeah!!!

Anyhow, NFS Carbon began to crash also. I found somewhere on the net to run it in compatibility mode for Win98. It works!!! It never crashed after that. I've re-installed NFSMW but haven't yet played it. Hoping it will work for that too.

So there you have it, run the game in WIN98 compatibility mode.

Cheers
Forrykook

**ShyguyXPC** · June 13th, 2008, 01:35 AM

even so, there's no reason it should need to be run in Win98 Compatibility, since the games were made & designed to run in WinXP...

running in Win98 Compatibility may be a Quick fix, but it doesn't really solve the problem, something else is going on, & needs to be worked out.

**cpatchett** · July 22nd, 2008, 04:21 PM

I was having the same issue with my game crashing. However, it was NFS U2 not MW, but same issue. Ended up having to disable the antivirus, I was running Avast, and as long as it is enabled, it randomly shuts the game down, with it off, all is good.

**shaonsam** · August 30th, 2008, 03:53 PM

I can play in nfs mw black list race and other. but my problem is when i upgred my parts and when i out from safe house then show loading and then automatic nfs mw close without error report.

plz help me about that.

**shaonsam** · August 30th, 2008, 03:54 PM

I can play in nfs mw black list race and other. but my problem is when i upgred my parts and when i out from safe house then show loading and then automatic nfs mw close without error report.

plz help me about that.

**theICEdeep** · October 1st, 2008, 04:10 AM

I had the same problem. My NFSMW and NFSC crashes to desktop. I realize that the probleme was the new driver for my pc wheel trust predator GM-3500R FF so i uninstal it and everything works like charm with my original driver that came with the wheel. Maybe your problem has the same solution, so try to uninstal your drivers and reinstal older or newer ones. I am sure that something like this will fix the problem.

**VSAINI** · October 3rd, 2008, 07:35 AM

Hi all, I joined this forum bcoz i m having the same problem with NFS MW.
The game is crashing to windoes without error message, just after uprading the parts for the car (or buying a new car or resuming to free roam in the city). I applied 1.3 patch also but didn't work. If someone know the solution please help me.

My configuration is:
Intel E8400 3.0GHZ, 1GB 800MHZ RAM.