ReNFS 0.6.9b

A fix since 0.6.7b. You need the game's CD: copy everything on it into a folder named NFSSE next to the program; see the README.

• Windows (10 or 11, 64-bit): renfs-0.6.9b-windows-x86_64.zip: unpack, put NFSSE next to renfs.exe, double-click.
• Linux (x86-64, SDL2 installed): renfs-0.6.9b-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: unpack, put NFSSE next to renfs, run ./renfs.

Fixed:

• "Stray" police cars that stood in the road, often facing you, without setting off the radar or giving chase, and that you could drive straight through (in a head to head on the alpine track about 10 seconds after the start, for one). It was the police car while it waits out of the race, drawn where it had been left; the original never shows it there.
• Two cars side by side on the same stretch of road are drawn in the right order: a car further ahead could be drawn over a nearer one.

Settings, records and saved tournaments from earlier versions are kept. Beta: please report problems on the issues page.

ReNFS 0.6.7b

Fixes since 0.6.0b. You need the game's CD: copy everything on it into a folder named NFSSE next to the program; see the README.

• Windows (10 or 11, 64-bit): renfs-0.6.7b-windows-x86_64.zip: unpack, put NFSSE next to renfs.exe, double-click.
• Linux (x86-64, SDL2 installed): renfs-0.6.7b-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: unpack, put NFSSE next to renfs, run ./renfs.

Fixed:

• The films (the cars' showcase, the police, the winners, the attract mode) are in the middle of the screen, as in the original; they were at the top.
• Speech is fed to the sound a little at a time: on slower computers a showcase page no longer stops the game and the music for a few seconds while its commentary loads.
• After the pause menu's Replay and Done, the next pause menu could only pick Quit.
• After a replay (the attract mode's, or one from the race menus) the menus could only reach Exit with the mouse or the keys.
• The circuits' sky ring is no longer squashed at 640x480.

Settings, records and saved tournaments from 0.6.0b are kept. Beta: please report problems on the issues page.

ReNFS 0.6.0b

The first release of ReNFS: The Need for Speed Special Edition (1996, DOS), written again for Linux and Windows.

You need the game's CD. Copy everything on it into a folder named NFSSE next to the program; see the README.

• Windows (10 or 11, 64-bit): renfs-0.6.0b-windows-x86_64.zip: unpack, put NFSSE next to renfs.exe, double-click.
• Linux (x86-64, SDL2 installed): renfs-0.6.0b-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: unpack, put NFSSE next to renfs, run ./renfs.

The whole single-player game: every car and track, head to head, single race, time trial, tournaments, the rally, police and traffic, replays and highlights, the cars' showcase, records, saved tournaments, the original's codes, music and speech, English and German (-lang de). Races at 640x480 or 320x200, with smooth motion at 60 frames a second (F11). Keyboard, pad, joystick, mouse; pad rumble and force feedback. Alt+Enter for full screen.

Not in it: the network and modem race.

Beta: the Windows build has been tested under Wine so far. Please report problems on the issues page.