Need for Speed Rivals

Need for Speed Rivals

Developer(s)	Ghost Games
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	Need for Speed
Release date(s)	^NA November 19, 2013 ^EU November 22, 2013 ^AU November 21, 2013
Release type	Multi-platform
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
GameID(s)	BLES01894 ^(IRD), BLUS31201 ^(IRD) BLJM61070, NPEB01412, NPUB31252
Internal resolution	1280x704
Quick links	Check Compatibility Open Issues Search Google Wikipedia Page

Need for Speed Rivals is a 2013 racing video game developed in a collaboration between Ghost Games and Criterion Games, and published by Electronic Arts. It is the twentieth installment in the Need for Speed series and the debut title for Ghost Games, who would be established as the primary developer of the series for all subsequent non-mobile installments up until 2020. Need for Speed Rivals is a racing game and features gameplay similar to earlier Need for Speed titles, such as Criterion's Need for Speed Most Wanted and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit. Rivals uses the Frostbite 3 engine. The development team opted to target 30 FPS across all platforms instead of 60 FPS, because of the AllDrive feature.

Players choose a faction Cop or Racer to start their own tasks. Players can switch between factions at a hideout (Racer) or a command post (Cop). Cops can choose different mission routes for patrolling, undercover, and law enforcement.

Configuration

Options that deviate from RPCS3's default settings and provide the best experience with this title are listed below.

GPU configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
ZCULL accuracy	Relaxed	Improves performance.
Resolution scale	100	Upscaling the resolution causes vertex explosions.
Write color buffers	On	Fixes broken visuals.
Multithreaded RSX	On	Improves performance.

Advanced configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
Sleep timers accuracy	As Host	Slightly improves performance.
RSX FIFO accuracy	Atomic	Helps with stability.

Known Issues

Special Notes

Netplay testing

For the complete list of games tested with RPCN, please check the RPCN Compatibility List.

Game Version	RPCS3 Version	Connects?	Create/Join lobbies?	Match with others?	Online features working?	Requires custom servers?	Notes
1.03		Yes	No	No	No		Requires custom server. LOG

Patches

PPU-534e146dfb4206ec2ae9272e00ff73c7739451f8:
  "60 FPS":
    Games:
      "Need for Speed Rivals":
        BLES01894: [ 01.00 ]
        BLUS31201: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be16, 0x00307f38, 0x3f91 ]
      - [ be16, 0x00307f30, 0x404e ]
      - [ be16, 0x00308078, 0x3f91 ]
      - [ be16, 0x00308070, 0x404e ]
      - [ be16, 0x01841cf8, 0x3f91 ]
      - [ be16, 0x01841d00, 0x404e ] # gamespeed
      - [ be16, 0x01841d08, 0x3f91 ]
      - [ be16, 0x0125e5c6, 0x4270 ]
      - [ be32, 0x003080b0, 0x3bc0003c ]
  "Disable Blur/MLAA":
    Games:
      "Need for Speed Rivals":
        BLES01894: [ 01.00 ]
        BLUS31201: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes: "Disable overall blur effect, small speed improvement."
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x00e2de60, 0x4b30bbe1 ] # call
      - [ be32, 0x00139a40, 0x7383ffff ] # andi r3,r28,0xffff
      - [ be32, 0x00139a44, 0x2c034fa6 ] # cmpwi r3,0x4fa6
      - [ be32, 0x00139a48, 0x4182000c ] # beq
      - [ be32, 0x00139a4c, 0x2c0327d0 ] # cmpwi r3,0x27d0
      - [ be32, 0x00139a50, 0x4082000c ] # bne
      - [ be32, 0x00139a54, 0x38600000 ] # li r3,0x0
      - [ be32, 0x00139a58, 0x48000008 ] # b
      - [ be32, 0x00139a5c, 0x38600001 ] # li r3,0x1
      - [ be32, 0x00139a60, 0x4e800020 ] # blr

Canary Patches

PPU-534e146dfb4206ec2ae9272e00ff73c7739451f8:
  "Blocky Depth fix":
    Games:
      "Need for Speed Rivals":
        BLES01894: [ 01.00 ]
        BLUS31201: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes: "Fixes square artifacts on particles."
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be16, 0x012b3330, 0x987f ]
  "Half-screen glitches fix":
    Games:
      "Need for Speed Rivals":
        BLES01894: [ 01.00 ]
        BLUS31201: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "ZEROx"
    Notes: "Fixes half-screen bugs. Great speed improvement."
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be16, 0x012b3650, 0x98bf ]
      - [ be16, 0x012b3290, 0x993f ]
      - [ be16, 0x012b35f0, 0x98bf ]