Need for Speed Unbound
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Also known as: NFS Unbound, Excalibur (Codename), NFS22 (Working Name)
 This game has a prerelease article |
Need for Speed Unbound is the twenty-fifth instalment in the series and sees Criterion Games return behind the wheel for the first time since 2012's Most Wanted.
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Contents
- 1 Sub-Pages
- 2 Unused Menus
- 3 Unused Cars
- 4 Unused Car Customization
- 5 Unused Character Models
- 6 Unused Character Poses
- 7 Unused Graphics
- 8 Unused Dialogues/Strings
- 8.1 Cleo Character dialogue
- 8.2 Roadblock and spikestrip avoiding
- 8.3 Stealing A$AP Rocky's car
- 8.4 A$AP Rocky's Racer SOS strings
- 8.5 GMC description cop dialogue
- 8.6 Cut song strings
- 8.7 Placeholder strings for District names
- 8.8 Tess' Livestream comments
- 8.9 Speedcross strings
- 8.10 Earlier AI Racer names
- 9 Oddities
- 10 References
Sub-Pages
| Prerelease Info |
 | Unused Presets Need for more time in the garage. |
 | Revisional Differences Lots of tune-ups to keep the engine running smoothly. |
| Unused Voice-Over Yo, that was trash bro. |
Unused Menus
This can be triggered if the L_MainLevel_worldmap or L_MainLevel_worldmap_night nodes or any Map UI related things have invalid settings.
Load Game
This option was added after Volume 2 update and is meant to load save games, but it doesn't do anything, at least on PC. Can be brought back if UI/menu/FrontEnd/Tweakables/EnableMultipleSaveSlots is set to 1.
Unused Cars
Rhino
The menacing looking Rhino units from the previous games can be found in the files.
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Model (Screenshot from Frosty Editor)
Unused Car Customization
Charms
The charms were one of car vanities, that would have attached to the spoilers of cars, however, it doesn't attach correctly on most (not all) spoilers, and could clip through the car, depending on which one is.
The glowing charm
Unused Rims
Dodge Charger SRT-8 (LD) Rims
The 2012 Dodge Charger SRT-8 (LD)'s default rim is SetB (the police-spec rim), leaving the SetA rim unused.
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Screenshot
Unused Bodykits
Certain bodykits, such as Ana Rivera's kit,Roberto Riviera's kit and Regera license plate can be found in the data.
The Mantis bodykits for the Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BNR34) and 350Z (Z33) would later be included behind the paid Vol.4 Customs Pack DLC, same goes for K.S. bodykits being bundled as Vol.5 Customs Pack DLC.
Unused Character Models
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Some character can be used as rivals or upcoming DLC or development or completely unused.
Kai
Kai (Narrative)
Generic F
Generic M
RS 01
Ronnie
Unused Character Poses
There are hidden poses for character made during the development, some of them made appearance throughout Volume updates.
Unused Graphics
Unused Brands
GMC car brand.
Unused Graphics for Events
Since there are no Endurance events for Tier B, these textures go unused.
Selected event
Unselected
Development Leftovers
Found in the game files are graphic renders for developer visions for in-game character poses made during alpha phase.
Graphic render of an unknown pose, codenamed as Knee
Graphic render of a pose called Flexin', codenamed as Strongman
Graphic render of a pose called Yatta (added with Volume 4 update), codenamed as Yatta
Graphic render of a pose called G.O.A.T (added with Volume 3 update), codenamed as Apex
Graphic render of a pose called Kobe (added with Volume 4 update), codenamed as Kobe
Graphic render of a pose called Cactus (added with Volume 5 update), codenamed as Naruto
Graphic render of an unknown pose, codenamed as Ronaldo
Graphic render of a pose called Keystone Cop (added with Volume 3 update), codenamed as Erratic
Graphic render of a pose called You Going Down, codenamed as Going Down
Graphic render of a pose called Hush, codenamed as Shhh
Some narrative character's hair and head thumbnails.
Graphic render of Yaz's Hair.
Graphic render of A$AP Rocky's Hair.
Graphic render of Yaz's Head.
Graphic render of Rydell's Head.
Graphic render of Tess's Head.
Banner snapshots leftovers found in game files as well, likely made during development to pitch the concept of player' banners.
Same goes for banner stickers.
Items used by game developers
After Vol.7 update the game features a hidden license plate named as "Kaizen Dev", which is meant to be used by the game developers.
The license plate itself
Thumbnail in license plate selection
Same goes for "NFS Developer" Title for in-game Banner, added with Vol.8 update.
The background for the Title on Banner
The background for the Title below the username
Fallback Textures
Fallback picture for a launch dialog.
Splash Textures
A Splash texture, "Excalibur".
Leftovers from Previous Titles
Leftover from NFS: Payback, car unlock of BMW M4 GTS (F82)
Leftover from NFS: Payback, car unlock of BMW M4 GTS (F82)
Leftover from NFS: Payback, car unlock of Porsche 911 GT3 RS (991)
Leftover from NFS: Payback, car unlock of Porsche 911 GT3 RS (991)
Leftover from NFS: Heat, car unlock of BMW M4 LCI (F82)
Leftover from NFS: Heat, car unlock of Porsche 911 GT2 RS (991)
Save icon from NFS: Payback
Placeholder Textures
Vehicle Thumbnail
Qualifier Thumbnail
Race Playlist Hover Fallback Texture
Race Playlist Unhovered Fallback Texture
Line Up Boost
Placeholder texture for Qualifier events
Unused Car Upgrades
Unused auxiliary upgrade that likely allowed you to reinflate your tires in case of riding through a spike strip, but that was removed because in final build, any car while having any upgrade can reinflate your tires.
Unused engine part upgrade
Map Icons
Earlier Meetup Icon.
Team Trial (Earlier iteration of Linkups) event Icon.
Videos
An unused transition video, seemingly from the game's development process back in 2021.
Another unused transition video.
This is a unused test video.
Unused Dialogues/Strings
Cleo Character dialogue
Hey, it's Cleo. I told you to watch out for the cops. Looks like I gotta trip to the impound. Wish me luck. Hey, it's Cleo. Hope you're still down for helping with my car. Just remember, the cops are gonna be looking for it so watch yourself. Thanks for helping me out. Name's Cleo. Thanks for helping me out. Name's Cleo. Hey, it's Cleo. Just wanna say no hard feelings about last night. Shit happens, huh. See you around.
Roadblock and spikestrip avoiding
Roadblock's been avoided. They avoided the roadblock! They saw the roadblock and went around! They went around the spikestrip.
The game has strings for roadblock and spikestrip avoiding voicelines, but cops don't react to this because voicelines sounds container is empty.
Stealing A$AP Rocky's car
No problem I'll tell A$AP Rocky you don't want to get behind the wheel of his Mercedes. Don't get worried about it kid. We were getting worried. Rocky thought you drove off with his whip
According to unused subtitles, there was a possibility chance to steal A$AP Rocky's car, meaning that he was going to be the game's antagonist of some sort.
A$AP Rocky's Racer SOS strings
Complete A$AP Rocky's Racer SOS Completed A$AP Rocky's Racer SOS
The event exists in-game where Rocky is in need of help or trouble, though it doesn't act like other events in same mode, but those strings are not seen.
GMC description cop dialogue
That racer's in a GMC. Street racer's driving a GMC. Perp's in a GMC, Dispatch. Dispatch, suspect is driving a GMC. Racer's in a GMC. Dispatch, 2440 is driving a GMC. 2440 is in a GMC, Dispatch. Racer in a GMC here. 2440 is driving a GMC. Control, 2440 is driving a GMC. Perp's behind the wheel of a GMC. That 2044's driving a GMC. That 2440 is in a GMC, Dispatch. That 2440's operating a GMC. 2440 in a GMC. I have a racer here in a GMC. 2440's behind the wheel of a GMC. 2440's driving dangerously in a GMC.
The cop chatter for the GMC vehicle, it's unknown if there was going to be intended playable vehicle to appear ingame or the dialogue just written for every car brand.
Cut song strings
Nas feat. A$AP Rocky and DJ Premier Wave Gods
According to strings, Nas feat. A$AP Rocky and DJ Premier - Wave Gods would feature in the game.
Placeholder strings for District names
Car Plant (D1) Parklands (D2) City (D4) Ski Resort (D5) Quarry (D6) Power Plant (D7)
Earlier District Names.
Tess' Livestream comments
OMG, awesome ride Whaddup from Lakeshore! FIRE GUUUURRRLLLL Addicted to the StReAm!!!!
During the cutscene after the first qualifier, Tess goes live on scene during quarrel between player and Yaz. During the livestream, comments from Chilton, Chase, Lyric and Youmna were meant to be displayed on livestream UI, but either due to broken logic or the feature being cut these comments are not displayed.
Speedcross strings
Speedcross races names
D2 Speedcross 04 NO NAME Speedcross event reported. D6 Speedcross 03 NO NAME Speedcross - Tier A - Docks D7 Speedcross 02 NO NAME SPEEDCROSS D1 Speedcross 05 NO NAME Speedcross Onboarding Tier B Speedcross - Docks
Reports of a speedcross events
We have reports of a speedcross event taking place. Dispatch, we have a reported speedcross event.
Takeover events mode still had the Speedcross name. This name could be used as placeholder, and according to subtitles, player could encounter police pursuit on those events.
Earlier AI Racer names
| Beta | Final |
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| Jürgen | Rudiger |
| Justice | Justicia |
| Muneca | Medusa |
| Mya | Maya |
| Qadira | Youmna |
| Theo | Chilton |
According to rivals' texture assets, they had different names during development.[1].
Oddities
Cube map
These is some debug model under the map that was accidentally left.
BMW M3 GTR ALMS (E46) using random tag in High Heat Delivery
Each car in High Heat Delivery uses "100 Bands" Tag. However, in "Blacklisted" event in which player delivers the BMW M3 GTR ALMS GT (E46), this is the only car that doesn't use "100 Bands" tag, but instead using any random tag.
Duplicated Justicia cars
There are two Justicia cars at the beginning of the post 3rd qualifier cutscene.
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