This is the boxed retail version of the game. An auto-updater is available, but the update servers are no longer online.
Application Details:
Version: | Retail |
License: | Retail |
URL: | http://ea.com |
Votes: | 0 |
Latest Rating: | Gold |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 6.0.1 |
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What works
everything
What does not
nothing, but workarounds are needed
Workarounds
What was not tested
multiplayer
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
create a fresh wine32 prefix , set it for windows 98 . mount the cd, navigate to it's root folder run wine setup\english\setup.exe hex-edit d3da.dll as described in comments by Robert Schuster or download the file mentioned by ara antranik replace the retail voodoo2a.dll with the edited/downloaded one cd into the folder where nfs3.exe resides run something like env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/nfs3 taskset -c 2 wine nfs3.exe -voodoo2 -d3d0 max resolution i was able to choose is 1600x1200
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Sep 23 2021 | 6.0.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Hernandi F. Krammes F. | |
Show | openSUSE Tumbleweed (rolling release) | Jun 09 2017 | 2.6 | N/A | Yes | No | Platinum | dave | |
Current | Arch Linux x86_64 | Feb 14 2017 | 2.1 | Yes | Yes | No | Gold | LoneVVolf | |
Show | Debian GNU/Linux 8.x "Jessie" x86_64 | Oct 29 2014 | 1.7.29 | Yes | Yes | No | Gold | Scott Weldon | |
Show | Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Nov 13 2012 | 1.5.17 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Andrey Gusev |
Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
7115 | Need for Speed III installer fails in Win9X mode, reporting "Could not get 'HardWareKey' value" (active PnP device keys in 'HKEY_DYN_DATA\\Config Manager\\Enum' missing) | STAGED | View | |
9221 | Force Feedback doesn't work but does after little source modification | NEW | View |
This game contains 16-bit launcher code. To be able to run it, you must run the following as root:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/abi/ldt16
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