YouTube’s ‘NostalgiaNexus’ has shared a video, showcasing what a Need for Speed: Most Wanted Remake could look like in UE5. For its environment, the artist used The Matrix Awakens City. It looks stunning, so be sure to watch it.
NostalgiaNexus has exported a car from Need For Speed: Most Wanted and imported in the UE5 City Tech Demo. He also attempted to replicate the driving mechanics of that NFS game. The result is a beautiful mix of NFS: MW and UE5. In a way, it can give us a glimpse at what a re-imagination of this NFS game may look like in Unreal Engine 5.
For those wondering, NostalgiaNexus is the same person behind the Need for Speed: Most Wanted Fan Remake in Unreal Engine 5 project we shared in September 2023. That fan remake had 8K Textures for the road, some upscaled textures from the original game, and a BMW M3 GTR you could drive. Unfortunately, though, there hasn’t been any progress on that project since then.
It’s also worth noting that NostalgiaNexus has not released any of those fan remakes of NFS: MW to the public. So no, you can’t download and try them. It’s a bummer but hey, it is what it is. As a bonus, I’ve also included a video showing Need for Speed: Carbon in Unreal Engine 5.
This Need for Speed: Most Wanted x The Matrix Awakens mashup seems to be pretty demanding. The artist had to take out all the cars and people just to make the game run at an acceptable state. We don’t know what kind of PC NostalgiaNexus used, but there are lots of stutters and framerate drops.
If you’re into Unreal Engine 5 stuff, you’ve got to check out these other awesome fan video remakes. There are faithful remasters of Dark Souls and Dark Souls 3, which are super cool. Then there’s this fantastic fan remake of STALKER that’s worth a look. Don’t miss the Grand Theft Auto 6 fan concept in UE5; it’s pretty impressive. You should also watch the full-on remake video for Final Fantasy 9. And if that’s not enough, there are fan remakes for Death Stranding, Fallout 4, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s Solitude, Grand Theft Auto 4, Fallout 4, Resident Evil 1, Skyrim’s Winterhold and Skyrim’s Whiterun. There is also this Studio Ghibli stylized teaser for Zelda: Ocarina of Time in Unreal Engine 5. They’re all really cool, so give them a watch.
Enjoy!
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it looks ok but the sound 🤮
the top video looks ok but the driving physics and sound is bad, the second video looks and sounds good though
Its Unreal engine 5 so its remarkable.
StutterEngine 5.
this is pathetic again. showcasing their “muh graphics” on f*cking 1080p like it’s 2010’s. basically looks like sh*t in a modern monitor
Did they have the Anti-Aliasing off in the second video?
I will be only interested in UE5 games when they fix the stutter issues on pc. Probably be quite some time. Idk why such a fundamental thing gets overlooked on most UE games
The stuttering gets reported here and even when there have been many patches and the stuttering still doesn’t get fixed it gets reported here. I’m sure that Developers don’t like that because it makes them look incompetent but it’s good for the customer to know what they are spending their money on. Mainstream media reporting is mostly full of sh*t imo.
What is this trend in gaming sites with this click bait’s about “fan remake on ue” of this and that? It’s not only here.
Gamers that like UE5 click on the article to read and view the video. Gamers that don’t like UE5 click on the article to complain about UE5 fan remake articles in the comment section.
It’s a win, win situation for site owners 😉
You got that right🙂
I clicked on it just to see what kind of horsesh*t would it be this time and I was not disappointed🤣🤣🤣🤣😋😋😋
Agree, it could, “could” look this good and 100% would be buggier than this as well.
Wow if someone needs to watch such video to imagine how NFS:MW could look like then I’m surprised such person doesn’t need earplugs with voice saying “breathe in…breathe out…breathe in…breathe out…”.