Fixing Need For Speed: The Run (NFS: The Run) Crashes, Errors, Freezing, Lagging, Race wheel controls, Autolog Connection, CTD, Poor FPS, Black screen, No Sound

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solution is to verify the integrity of your Steam game cache to resolve the problem. If it persists, ensure that both your graphics drivers and DirectX are updated. Doing both will mostly reduce the occurrences of Need For Speed: The Run freezing.

Problem #7 Need For Speed: The Run Crash Fix – Game crashes when launching / upon launch

This is a typical DirectX problem. Just update to the latest DirectX version and voila.

Problem #8 Need For Speed: The Run Graphics Fix – Cannot see main menu, Menu crashes, Dual monitor problems

A common problem when playing on multiple screens. For now, the solution is to unplug other monitors and play on single screen. If that doesn’t work, try playing in windowed mode.

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Problem #9 Need For Speed: The Run Crash Fix – nVidia Optimus Crashes the Game

If you’re using a newer laptop that’s using an nVidia Optimus card, try checking your Optimus settings.

1. Open the “nVidia Control Panel” from your start menu.
2. On the lefthand side, under “Select a task…”
3. Open the “3D Settings” tree, and select “Manage 3D Settings”
4. On the righthand panel, click the “Program Settings” tab.
5. Under “1. Select a program…”, click “Add”, navigate to your installation folder and navigate to the application / exe file.
6. Under “2. Select the preferred graphics…”, choose “High-performance NVIDIA processor”
7. Then (VERY IMPORTANT!) click “Apply” in the bottom right.
8. Launch the game.

Problem #10 Need For Speed: The Run Sound / Audio Fix – No sound or weak sound

For Windows 7 and Vista users:

First of all, update your sound card drivers. If doing that doesn’t clear up the problem, make sure you have volume set to max for Need For Speed: The Run in the volume mixer (click on the little speaker icon in the bottom-right of your screen in the system tray). If you’re in-game, just alt+tab out of the game and check if Need For Speed: The Run is set to max in the volume mixer.
Another tip you could try is to go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound > Communications Tab then select the “Do Nothing” radio button to permanently fix this issue.

For Windows XP users:

Reduce hardware acceleration, or set your speakers to Stereo.

Problem #11 Need For Speed: The Run FPS Fix – Need For Speed: The Run Lags, freezes, or has poor FPS performance

Disable vsync and antialiasing on the game’s exe file after enable/force antialiasing on AMD Vision Engine Control Center (AMD/ATI) or Nvidia Control Panel (nVidia), finally enable/force tripple buffering and vsync on D3DOverrider. Check our technical references page to download D3DOverrirder / RivaTuner.
Alternatively, press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to bring up the Task Manager, go to processes, select the game’s respective exe file and set priority above normal or higher. You must do this everytime you play the game.
In addition, your anti-virus may be the problem here. There are certain anti-virus software that are not ideal for gaming so, check our technical references page for some suggestions.
Finally make sure that your internet connection is stable. This is a commonly overlooked problem.

Problem #12 Need For Speed: The Run – Cannot Install Need For Speed: The Run

Please ensure that you’ve uninstalled Need For Speed: The Run from your PC, then try again.

Problem #13 Need For Speed: The Run – Crashes on Car Selection Screen

For some reason, try running the game in XP or Vista SP2 compatibility modes and it should work. Otherwise, please check the solutions in Problem #1.
That’s all the Need For Speed: The Run crash fixes we have for now, but we’ll post more as soon as we get more information — Let us know if you’re encountering other Need For Speed: The Run problems and we can help you out in the comments / forum section below.