Need for Speed: World

If running on a Steam Deck in Game Mode, you may need to manually change window to the game window as the launcher doesn't minimize properly.

ENG
1. After creating prefix by Lutris don't click Launch, click Close and then go to settings and change in Runner Options tab Wine version to WineHQ Staging (9.9 (Staging)). Also set Windowed (virtual desktop) with your monitor's resolution.
2. If running on a Steam Deck in Game Mode, you may need to manually change window
to the game window as the launcher doesn't minimize properly.
3. When open game launcher enable LZMA Downloader, Alternative WebCalls.
4. After when launcher downloaded game go to launcher's settings and disable Proxy, Discord RPC. Now verify GameFiles, after this go to Edit UserSettings. Most important in this tab is turn on Windowed and turn off Visual Treatment.

PL
1. Po utworzeniu prefix'a przez Lutris zamiast kliknąć Uruchom kliknij Zamknij i przejdź do ustawień, gdzie w zakładce Runner Options zmień Wersję Wine na WineHQ Staging (9.9 (Staging)). Włącz jeszcze Windowed (virtual destop) i wybierz rozdzielczość monitora.
2. Jeśli uruchamiasz na Steam Deck'u z Game Mode może być konieczna ręczna zmiana okna na okno gry.
3. Po uruchomieniu Launcher'a zaznacz enable LZMA Downloader i Alternative WebCalls.
4. Po pobraniu gry przez Launcher, wejdź do ustawień launcher'a i zaznacz disable Proxy i disable Discord RPC, teraz kliknij verify GameFiles. Po tym przejdź do Edit UserSettings, z najważniejszych opcji tutaj to włącz Windowed i wyłącz Visual Treatment.

THIS GUIDE REQUIRES YOU TO MANUALLY INSTALL. HAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS READY TO BE FOLLOWED.

Prerequisites
The game launches extremely slowly. This is a known bug affecting all operating systems. Periodically the game files break and need verification, this is related to this bug. Specifically a fault with the modloader.asi.

Linux PC
More than 4GB RAM.
SATA SSD or better.
CPU: At least Intel Core 2 Duo Q9550.
GPU: Needs to have complete Vulkan support to open properly.

Launch: ~50 seconds on NVME. Up to ~7 minutes on SATA SSD.

Steam Deck
Download dxvk from discovery and then run sudo flatpak update in Konsole.
Launch: ~1 minute 25 seconds (Steam Deck 256GB).

Installation
Refrain from launching the game until step 9. Do not launch it until then.

Step 1: Use Lutris and install from this guide.

Step 2: Download wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst (https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/w/wine-staging/wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst)

If you have any problems, such as step 7 not working, look inside: (https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/w/wine-staging/) and try using versions like 10.15-1 (https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/w/wine-staging/wine-staging-10.15-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst)

Step 3: Unpack wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst anywhere. You will be left with wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg

Step 4: Copy/Move wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg to the following folder:
Lutris Flatpak: /home/Your Username/.var/app/net.lutris.Lutris/data/lutris/runers/wine/
Lutris installed through Terminal: /home/Your Username/.local/share/lutris
(If you don't see the folders, in file manager: press CTRL+H or right click -> show hidden folders)

Step 5: Enter wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg/usr and copy the following folders: bin, include, lib, share.
Copy into wine-staging-10.9-1x86_64.pkg.
Your wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg should look like this: bin, include, lib, share, usr, .BUILDINFO, .INSTALL, .MTREE, .PKGINFO

Step 6: In Lutris, Right click Need for Speed: World -> Configure -> Runner options -> Wine Version = wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg and save.

Step 7: Download X86 and X64 Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable from (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170)
X86: (https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe)
X64: (https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe)

Step 8: Click Need For Speed World. Do not launch it accidentally.
Click the Wine Glass icon (near Play button at the bottom) and click run the .EXE with prefix.
Find vc_redist.x64.exe & vc_redist.x86.exe one at a time, and install both Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables like Windows. You must install Wine Mono if prompted.

Step 9: Launch the game. If you havent installed yet, a prompt for Wine Mono will appear. Install it.

Step 10: Enable Alternative Webcalls.
CDN Selector Screen -> [US] DavidCarbon Mirror - Alternative

Step 11: Install vanilla game files and your chosen server's files like normally.

Step 12: Verify game files and restart launcher/game for certainty.

Some servers like WUGG may say: Unable to load ModLoader.asi. Error: 998 or some other errors. Simply restart the launcher. If it continues, check if you accidentally missed X86 or X64 Microsoft Visual C++ installation. Also check if you verified game files in settings. That, or this guide is now outdated.

Steam Deck Controls:

Steam Deck users due to the program used for analog controls, the recommended way to play is in Desktop mode. This program replaces desktop controls until it is fully closed, meaning you can lose mouse click. Recommended to have mouse and keyboard ready for initial setup.

Step 1: Download the .AppImage
https://github.com/kozec/sc-controller/releases/tag/v0.4.10-pre
(Direct link: https://github.com/kozec/sc-controller/releases/download/v0.4.10-pre/sc-controller-0.4.8+5b42308-x86_64.AppImage)

Step 2: Right click the .AppImage -> Properties -> Permissions -> Allow executing file as program. Open the program.

Step 3: Absolutely ensure you go to Menu -> Settings -> Advanced -> Enable Automatically Disable Emulation When Closing GUI

Step 4: Open the .AppImage -> Select the Xbox 360 Controller. This covers analog acceleration, braking and steering. You might need to manually configure every control.

Steam Deck Preconfigured Binds:

Download NFSW_SteamDeck_1.sccprofile.tar.gz and unpack into ~/.config/scc/profiles. Then select the profile in SC Controller.
NFSW_SteamDeck_1.sccprofile.tar.gz control scheme is found here:
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