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Need For Speed: Unbound

protonclosed appid 1846380
ValveSoftware/Proton#6436 · opened 2023-01-05 by adro79 · updated 2026-08-01 · 3 comments · github · game page · search this game
Aadro79 2023-01-05 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Need For Speed: Unbound
  • Steam AppID of the game: 1846380

System Information

  • GPU: RTX 3090
  • Driver/LLVM version: nvidia 525.60.11
  • Kernel version: 6.1.2 Zen
  • Link to full system information report as Gist:
  • Proton version: Proton Experimental, Proton G.E., Proton 7.0

I confirm:

  • [x] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

DirectX error when launching story mode. (Online mode has no issues)
This started ocurring 2 days ago.

I tried reinstalling the game, playing in windowed mode and lowering the resolution.

PD: I abstain to upload the file log since it seems that produces a 1GB log. (Normal?)

DirectX function
"Dx12Renderer::waitOnSwapChain Gpu timeout
detected" failed with DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG
("The GPU will not respond to more comands").
GPU: "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090", Driver: 52560.
This error is usually caused by the lastest graphics driver
crashing; try installing the lastest drivers.
GPUBreadcrumbs:

Reproduction

  1. Start NFS
  2. Open Story Mode
  3. Crash Pop-up appears.
Aadro79 2023-01-05 github

Also the game freezes when I try to enable FSR or DLSS and changing the quality of the graphics.

Aadro79 2023-01-06 github

The issue got fixed in the lastest nvidia update 525.78.01

NNegrumon 2026-08-01 · hidden on GitHub github

when I try to open the game (need for speed unbound), a error shows up to me. How do I fix this? my game is cracked

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