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@ProjectUgarte ProjectUgarte released this 26 Oct 03:27
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SpeedBreaker v0.2.0 for Windows: beta 2

This is a beta. It's the same v0.2.0 as the Mac and SteamOS downloads, now for Windows: the
European (PAL) Spanish disc, a folder picker in the installer, and everything since beta 1. So far
the Windows version has been tested on one laptop with Intel UHD Graphics. Please try it and
tell us how it runs, especially on the PCs we couldn't test.

Download

SpeedBreaker-0.2.0-windows-x64-beta.zip, below, with its .sha256 checksum file.

What's new since beta 1

  • Choose a folder... in the installer (#45). On the install page, the arrows beside "Internal
    storage" go round to Choose a folder..., which opens Windows' own folder dialog. An empty or
    new folder is used as it is; any other folder gets a SpeedBreaker Game folder inside it, and
    the top of a drive gets SpeedBreaker\game. Folders in OneDrive aren't accepted: OneDrive can
    keep files online only, and the game reads them as it plays. In portable mode the dialog starts
    in SpeedBreaker's own folder.
  • The European (PAL) Spanish disc is supported. One download plays either disc: the PAL one
    starts in Spanish, with its Spanish movies and police radio (Settings > Game > Language still
    switches the menus and race text). Installing it beside a USA install keeps both, each with its
    own saves. The USA disc plays exactly as before. Other regions (German and the other PAL discs)
    can't install yet.
  • Internal Resolution names the real size (Settings > Graphics): each entry shows what it
    renders, and Auto shows what it picked.
  • A new app icon.
  • Split screen renders at most what Auto would for your screen, so it holds 60 fps; single player
    keeps your setting.
  • The download is bigger (24 MB zipped, 80 MB unpacked): each disc's code is built in.

The other v0.2.0 changes are for other platforms (Smooth Motion on SteamOS and Linux, cheaper
shadows and lower CPU use on Macs, Settings... in the Mac menu bar).

Updating from beta 1

Extract the new zip into a new folder and run SpeedBreaker.exe from there: the installed game,
your saves and your settings in %LOCALAPPDATA%\SpeedBreaker carry over (no disc image needed),
and the game shows what's new once. Then delete the old folder. In portable mode, move your
portable.txt and the data and cache folders next to the new SpeedBreaker.exe.

What's been tested, and what hasn't

Tested on a laptop with Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Core i5-10210U, Windows 11 25H2) and a 60 Hz
screen: installing the PAL Spanish disc from its disc image through the installer's own pages,
with Choose a folder... (and a OneDrive folder refused), racing in Spanish; the USA disc;
the default install place and portable mode; updating from beta 1 with saves and settings
kept; split screen with two controllers, FSR 1 upscaling, fullscreen, Quit Game, the Controls page,
Language: Spanish, and Save Bug Report. On that laptop a race runs at about 27 fps at 1x, the same
as beta 1 (an integrated GPU of 2019 is below what the game needs for 60).

Not tested yet (no reports from testers so far):

  • NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards.
  • 120 Hz and 144 Hz monitors. At 120 Hz each frame should stay on screen for exactly two
    refreshes; at 144 Hz the game shows a one-time note about the uneven refresh. Both need the
    graphics driver to report when frames reach the screen, which the tested laptop's driver
    doesn't, so this has only been simulated.
  • Recent Intel Arc graphics (including the Arc 130T/140T in Core Ultra laptops, see #42).
  • Desktop PCs in general, other Windows 10/11 versions, and real Xbox controllers on Windows.

Expect rough edges. If something's wrong on your PC, a bug report is the most useful thing you
can send.

What you need

  • Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
  • A CPU with AVX2: Intel Haswell (2013) or newer, or any AMD Ryzen. Without it the game says so
    and closes.
  • A graphics card with Vulkan 1.2 and a current driver.
  • Your own backup of your own Xbox 360 disc of Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005), the USA
    (NTSC-U)     or the European (PAL) Spanish one: an .iso, or the extracted disc files. No
    game files come with SpeedBreaker.
  • About 7.5 GB of free space. A controller is recommended; the keyboard works too.

Install

  1. Download the zip, right-click it, choose Extract All, and open the extracted folder.
  2. Double-click SpeedBreaker.exe.
  3. SpeedBreaker isn't signed, so Windows may show "Windows protected your PC" (Microsoft
    Defender SmartScreen doesn't recognize the app yet). Click More info, then Run anyway.
    You can check the download first: put the .sha256 file next to the zip and run
    certutil -hashfile SpeedBreaker-0.2.0-windows-x64-beta.zip SHA256 in a Command Prompt; the
    hash must match the file's. If Windows blocks it with no "Run anyway" (Smart App Control does),
    it can't be started on that PC for now.
  4. The installer looks for your .iso in your user folder, Downloads, Desktop, Documents and Games
    and on your other drives, or you browse for it (or for an extracted disc folder). It checks the
    game, says which disc it is, and shows where the game will go (Internal storage, another drive,
    or Choose a folder...). It copies and verifies every file (a few minutes). Then Start the
    game    .

Saves, settings, logs and the installed game go in %LOCALAPPDATA%\SpeedBreaker. Check for
Updates isn't available on Windows yet; watch the Releases page. README.txt in the zip has
controls, portable mode and uninstalling.

Reporting a problem

  1. In the game, open the settings (F1, or Back + Start on a controller), go to
    Advanced, and choose Save Bug Report. A zip appears on your Desktop.
  2. Open an issue with
    "Windows beta" in the title: your graphics card and monitor (and its refresh rate), what you
    did and what happened, and attach that zip. Your Windows user name is left out of it.

If the game doesn't start at all, attach the newest files from %LOCALAPPDATA%\SpeedBreaker\logs
and a screenshot of any message.

Unofficial Windows builds made by others (for example from forks) aren't supported here:
we can't tell how they differ from this one. If you used one, please try this beta and report
with it.

Thanks

Thanks to Ubro92 for the folder picker request (#45), and to rafidwayne, whose Windows port (pull
request #39) fixed how the audio thread waits on Windows (in since beta 1).

Source code

This build is commit 312ce69, the v0.2.0 source; the first line of the game's log, and Settings

Advanced, say SpeedBreaker v0.2.0 Windows beta 2026-10-25 (312ce69). The source of the LGPL
code by others in it (FFmpeg and libmspack, and how FFmpeg was configured for Windows) is
SpeedBreaker-0.2.0-windows-third-party-source.tar.xz, below.

Checksums

File SHA-256
SpeedBreaker-0.2.0-windows-x64-beta.zip 33ee694f21abe0f776650218e8852d25177e2b1ebed0f1f9bf2c9ce39efe822d
SpeedBreaker-0.2.0-windows-third-party-source.tar.xz 6bf996fb2754ce957c58dcaef36aedc9b84671d363a79c64b68c6fb245612bc5
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