ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack nfsmw

Need For Speed Most Wanted (2005) Widescreen Fix

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Need for Speed: Most Wanted Widescreen Fix adds proper widescreen support, corrects HUD and FOV, fixes FMVs and shadows, and includes a range of quality-of-life improvements.

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Fixes

• Resolution - native support for any display resolution, including ultrawide
• Aspect Ratio - corrected for all rendered elements
• HUD - repositioned and scaled to match the active aspect ratio; optional constraint (16:9, 21:9, or custom); configurable UI scale and auto-fit mode
• Field of View - corrected for widescreen; optional Xbox 360 or mathematically correct hor+ scaling
• FMVs - fullscreen display for 16:9 with crop or stretch mode; auto-fit scaling for narrower ratios

New Options

• Skip Intro - bypass startup FMVs
• Windowed Mode - borderless, bordered, resizable, or borderless fullscreen
• FPS / Sim Rate - configurable simulation refresh rate; sync to monitor refresh rate or double it
• Gamepad Support - Xbox, PlayStation, or no-icon text labels, with fixed front-end bindings

• Analog Deadzones - configurable left and right stick deadzones
• Shadow Resolution - configurable dynamic shadow resolution (1024 / 2048 / up to 16384)
• Shadow Fixes - prevents shadows from disappearing in tunnels and under bridges; improved shadow LOD; auto-scaling based on aspect ratio

• Shadow Map Format - choose between D24S8, INTZ, DF16, DF24, or forced sharp shadows
• Custom Save Directory - redirect user files to any subfolder in the game directory
• Registry-Free Settings - optionally saves all game settings to settings.ini instead of the registry

• No Optical Drive - allows the game to run without a disc present (carried over from old fix)
• High Spec Audio - forces 44100 Hz sample rate regardless of registry settings
• Rain Droplet Scale - adjusts the size of on-screen rain droplets
• Console Gamma – a custom gamma curve that produces a higher-contrast image with deeper colors (similar to the Xbox 360 versions of some games) and lets you select a matching gamma preset from the Xbox 360 version of NFS MW

• Force GPU Vendor - override the detected GPU vendor ID to affect renderer and video options behavior
• Light Streaks - re-enables the leftover light trail effect from Underground 2
• Bleach Bypass - re-enables the leftover enhanced contrast effect from Underground 2 (experimental)

Camera

• Mouse/Stick Look - fully functional free-look with adjustable sensitivity for both mouse and right stick. Experience Need for Speed: Most Wanted like never before with new camera angles. Reset timeout, return speed, and vertical axis inversion are all configurable in the .ini file.

Before / After

Before	After
Original 4:3 output	Correct 16:9 aspect ratio with proper HUD and FOV
The game would also be stretched in ultrawide	Widescreen fix makes it work with any aspect ratio

Installation

1. Download the .zip from this release.
2. Extract the contents directly into the game folder - the same folder as speed.exe.
3. Optionally edit NFSMostWanted.WidescreenFix.ini to configure the available options.
4. Launch the game.

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