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I wanted to play NFS:World, but it isn't loading. I tried SoapBox app and russian World Evolved client, but it just crashes. Is there any guide for running NFS World? Somewhere I saw that Wine 9.9 is required, I couldn't find wine 9.9, so tried Proton 9.9 using Bottles, but no any luck.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The NFS games are problematic in general on Wine. Check ProtonDB if you're unsure.

You'd be better off running it on a different system emulator where it's all encapsulated in an image to run from.

[–] P3Tr0VZ@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Check ProtonDB if you're unsure.

NFS World was released only in Origin (now EA Play), and that's why there is no page for this game on ProtonDB

running it on a different system emulator

This game was released only for Windows, so the only way is Wine or virtual machine. I want to try whatever I can with wine first

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This game was an MMO, and the servers have been shut down for 10 years. There's no way to play it.

There does seem to be some Open Source project to recreate it though: https://nightriderz.world/

[–] PoorPocketsMcNewHold@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

NightRiderz is a server, SoapBox RaceWorld is the actual client recreating NFS : World https://soapboxrace.world/