In August 2023, we informed you about a fan remake of Need for Speed Most Wanted in Unreal Engine 5. And a few days ago, NostalgiaNexus released a brand new gameplay video from it, showcasing its latest version.
This latest version of this remake features 8K textures for the roads, as well as numerous upscaled textures from the original game. Moreover, it now has the original TVR Cerbera sound for the BMW M3 GTR.
For those unaware, NostalgiaNexus has ported the map from Need for Speed: Most Wanted in Unreal Engine 5. And, contrary to other fan remakes, this isn’t just a map showcase. Instead, this project features a driveable car. As such, it can give us a better idea of what a faithful remaster could look like in a modern-day engine.
As its creator has already stated, this Need for Speed Most Wanted Remaster in Unreal Engine 5 uses the Chaos Vehicle System and FMOD for engine sounds. It also appears to be taking advantage of Lumen, though we did spot some lighting glitches here and there.
Overall, this feels like a proper remaster of this NFS game. Do note that this project aims to be a faithful remaster of Most Wanted, and not a full-on remake. So, with that in mind, it really does look great.
Speaking of Unreal Engine 5, I also suggest taking a look at these other fan remakes. For instance, we have these faithful remasters of Dark Souls and Dark Souls 3. Then we have this amazing fan remake of STALKER. Let’s also not forget this Grand Theft Auto 6 fan concept in UE5. There is also this amazing full-on remake video for Final Fantasy 9. And lastly, you can find fan remakes of Death Stranding, Fallout 4, ARK: Survival Ascended, Fallout 4, Resident Evil’s Spencer Mansion, and Skyrim’s Whiterun. All of them are cool, so make sure to watch them.
Enjoy!
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Why call it Need For Speed Most Waned? It can be called a game with cars.
I expect some people here will be wanting a word with you John ; )
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There’s nothing to bring back, the guy’s totally brainwashed
Lol
After trying clickbait articles, John is now back to stupid articles
When that video started, my first thought was that the game looks horrible. I’d rather play the original with ReShade… With some adaptive tonemapping I could probably make it look better than that, and not make it blurry like UE5 will be by default…
Why is this game so loved in the NFS series?
Is it the physics?
I still prefer the previous Underground games because the environments are more interesting. Or even Need for Speed Porsche, because it felt realistic at the time.
This was my first NFS back then, and the chase sequences with the police were so frantic…
Most Wanted was an original entry into the NFS franchise, EA didn’t go down the safe route and release yet another sequel to an already successful game like they used to do for quite a while before the release of MW. Same thing applies to Carbon who was a different kind of sequel (and the correct way of making sequels, by giving them original concepts while retaining some fidelity to the original title).
There’s also several other reasons beyond gameplay like the soundtrack, the simple yet captivating storyline, the cars and their sound design, etc..
i generally liked NFS games back in the day, but that blurry sh*t brown filter of the entire Most Wanted was a huge turnoff for me. never managed to get past that. everybody i knew loved that game though
If “looking better than ever” is this shïtty, I really don’t wanna see when it didn’t.
But deep down we know this is just but another clickbait so John can feed his cat.
Fück off, John!
It’s been – 0 – Days since the last Unreal 5 Remake Post.
Remake ≠ Demo scene
How to out yourself as a an old head and a complete moron Speedrun any%
Another day, another__one sh*t take.