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@Octoblimp Octoblimp released this 21 Oct 19:10
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An unofficial homebrew port of the PS2 version of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 to the New Nintendo 3DS: the PS2 game's code, reverse-engineered from the retail disc and reimplemented in C. It plays from your own disc's files. No game data comes with it.

What you need

  • A New 3DS, New 3DS XL or New 2DS XL with custom firmware (Luma3DS) and FBI. An Old 3DS or 2DS shows a message at boot and stops.
  • Your own PS2 disc of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (SLES-50731, the PAL version). Other discs are untested.
  • About 2.9 GB free on the SD card, and a computer with Python 3.8 or newer.

The README explains how to put the disc's files on the SD card.

Files

File For SHA-256
NFSHP2-3DS.cia install with FBI, start from the HOME Menu (tested on hardware) f197d13a4eff7b6cb88fc83a897b9680cb1ed50e698d9b96013ad1568b166096
NFSHP2-3DS.3dsx the Homebrew Launcher 927b65b7e82385310af4f847dd628cbfb86dbc038f7a957bf1d725831d2e5d1f

Known issues

  • On Ancient Ruins, at the curb turn by the cones, the road can vanish for a frame or two.
  • The frame rate drops below 30 in the heaviest places: the fire on Coastal Parklands, the end of Desert Heat, and by some roadblocks.
  • On Coastal Parklands, the low stone wall before the tunnel can look blocky and flicker when seen side-on.
  • Attract mode doesn't play the disc's demo replays: on the 3DS they leave the PS2's path after one frame, so it plays its AI race demo instead. DemoReplays 1 in the config file turns them back on.
  • In Local Wireless, the consoles can fall out of step just after a player finishes (two races in eight in testing): that car, driven by the CPU from the finish on, can end up in a different place on each console.
  • In French, the LOADING screen and the Need for Speed logo keep their English art.
  • The language screen at boot appears at once, without the PS2's slide-in.

A fan project, not made, endorsed or supported by Electronic Arts. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 and Need for Speed are Electronic Arts' trademarks. The port's own code is under the GPL-3.0.

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