Need for Speed 3 Vista Edition
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 9:38:37 AM
Hello everyone! Today i present you my new contribution to all true Need for Speed fans.
The Need for Speed 3 Hot Pursuit Vista Edition patch and 32-bit installer in one package.
This patch will allow you to play this legendary racing game on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. And thats not all. 64-bit Windows is also supported, where original installer simply fails to run (because it's just 16-bit).
I have also included optional package of all traffic vehicles and traffic pursuit cars.
Thats right, you can now race with delivery trucks, taxi cars, school buses, SUV's and so on.
They are slow and steer like a whale, but racing with them is hilarious. Especially in Hot Pursuit mode on split screen. Pure fun!
Oh and don't forget to crank up all game graphic settings and enable Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic filtering in your graphic card control panel. The game will look much better with it

Patch includes CD verification! Only users of original NFS3 game can install it.
Patch will also copy game files from original disc during patch installation. Bypassing this check through built-in feature can be done on user's own risk and i won't take ANY responsibility if user decides to do so (in case if EA decides to bug me with piracy nonsense or if user's PC crashes and burns).
PATCH REQUIREMENTS
- original NFS3 disc (english retail version from 1998)
- ~460MB of free disk space
- Direct3D capable graphic card (all graphic cards we use today)
- Creative ALchemy or similar tool for EAX support under Vista/Windows 7
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Changelog:
1.03 - added ability to bypass disc verification (*1)
1.02 - fixed bug where NFS3 crashed when saving replay or game progress
1.01 - fixed bug in Extra content extraction process
1.0 - initial release
(*1) - Bypassing disc verification is not recommended, but since i've had so many requests i've decided to add this feature. You can try bypassing but in that case, i cannot guarantee anything. The game might work, but it might just as well collapse into a black hole or something.







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RejZoRrejzor # Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:12:47 PM
Unfortunately 800x600 is the highest res you can use.
I just used 8xFSAA with Edge Detect filter and 16xAF filter on my Radeon HD4850 and game looked very nice. No jagged edges, no blurry textures in the distance. Just crank everything up, the game is old and will fly like rocket on any graphic card released in the past few years.
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Jimbogijimbo # Thursday, March 5, 2009 6:15:02 PM
RejZoRrejzor # Friday, March 6, 2009 6:01:40 AM
Same reason why companies allow patches to be apllied only to specific versions. So you can ensure quality. Downside is that it only works with that version. I can make a version without verification but in that case i cannot ensure the quality. Game may just crash misserably or lock up for no reason.But you can try, yes...
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RejZoRrejzor # Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:11:26 AM
Try this:
http://cid-94a12102e5094675.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/3DSETUP.exe
Run this EXE, point it to your NFS3 Vista Edition folder and extract it.
Then go there and run 3dsetup.exe. I hope that will work.
Let me know how it went
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RejZoRrejzor # Saturday, July 11, 2009 7:55:48 PM
I'll have to look into it but then i cannot guarantee that patch willw ork as intended and tested.
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RejZoRrejzor # Friday, July 24, 2009 6:11:46 AM
You have to install the game by running my patch with NFS3 CD inserted into the drive. Patch will copy the files from the CD.
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