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Need for Speed™ Most Wanted on macOS

The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.

Mac

Playable

Playing Need for Speed™ Most Wanted on macOS

Need for Speed™ Most Wanted has been tested and is playable on macOS. See Playability Reports below for more details.

CrossOver Playable

Need for Speed™ Most Wanted is playable on macOS using CrossOver, the most popular way to play Windows games on macOS.

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Parallels Playable

Need for Speed™ Most Wanted is playable on macOS using Parallels, virtual machine software that lets you run Windows on macOS.

Playability Reports

Details on how Need for Speed™ Most Wanted has been tested on macOS.

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Discuss playing Need for Speed™ Most Wanted on macOS in our forums .

MacGamer
686 playability reports
1 year ago
CrossOver
Thumbs Down Poor
1440p Custom < 1 Hour
Mac mini M4
  • 24GB RAM
  • 10-Core CPU
  • 10-Core GPU
  • macOS Sequoia
Method
Game Launcher
  • EA App

Comments

FPS seems good but there's some serious audio problems, including narration audio.

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MacGamer
686 playability reports
1 year ago
Parallels
Thumbs Up Excellent
4K Custom < 1 Hour
Mac mini M4
  • 24GB RAM
  • 10-Core CPU
  • 10-Core GPU
  • macOS Sequoia
Method
  • Parallels (Windows) v20.4.1
Game Launcher
  • EA App

Comments

I had all graphic settings set to low or off at 4K. 1440p made a small Window in my VM and I didn't see a way to make it full full screen or borderless. FPS felt around 30.

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About Need for Speed™ Most Wanted

The open-world action in Need for Speed™ Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low, or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech, and tons of nitrous. It’s all about you, your friends, and a wild selection of cars. Let’s see what you can do.

Key features

  • Experience nonstop action — No menus, no lobbies, and no restrictions — just intense competition. Race, battle, crash, and explore at your own pace with a massive variety of things to do (and rewards to collect) throughout the open world.

  • Prove you’re the best — Pick a car & jump into a nonstop playlist of competitive events in online mode. Influence the playlist by voting with your car. Jostle for position on the starting line. Cross the finish line and turn around to take out oncoming rivals.

  • Beat your friends — Autolog records everything you do, broadcasting a feed of your most newsworthy scores, speeds, and times to your friends — and you’ll see there’s too. Whatever you do, there’s someone to beat.

  • Test your urban handling skills — Need for Speed Most Wanted delivers a deep, physical experience that showcases the personalities of awesome licensed cars. Experience insane speeds, spectacular crashes, aggressive driving, and huge drifts.