Need for Speed™ Unbound

Balance · 4

• ESF has been updated to provide immunity against roadblock spike strips.

  esf immunity

• Loot items will now remain in the world during the overtime period.

  loot item persistence

• The rate of Extraction Truck spawns late into the session has been increased.

  extraction truck spawn

• The last player on a Crew will now drop all their loot before being downed.

  loot dropping from last player

Economy · 1

• The cap on owned vehicles has been increased from 200 to 250.

  owned vehicles cap

System · 3

• Extraction Session Lobbies have been improved to allow more players into games and reduce wait times for loading into gameplay.

  extraction session lobby

• Players who take too long to load into Lockdown sessions will now be kicked to keep others queuing.

  kick for slow loading player

• A VO cool down has been implemented on Racer X at Lockups to reduce repetitive voice lines.

  vo cool down

UI · 14

• The Contracts tab will now automatically expand at the start of a round.

  contract tab expansion

• Contract notification updates have been enabled in the HUD to allow for better tracking of Contract progress.

  contract notification update

• Rivals in Hot Rides are now discoverable and highlighted on the main map.

  rivals discoverability

• The local player is now always at the bottom of the Squad List for improved display and updates for Contracts.

  squad list display

• The Truck Extraction notification now shows on the HUD when players exit from the map.

  truck extraction notification

• A rewards message is now displayed after races, showing players how much cash they earned.

  rewards message after race

• Rival players in Hot Rides are now docked to the mini map and display with the correct icon.

  rival players on mini map

• The look of the Lockdown zone on the main map and mini map has been improved, making it clearer when in the zone and imminent zone areas.

  lockdown zone look

• The Most Wanted overlay is now highlighted for rival players on the mini map.

  most wanted overlay

• The sizing of icons on the Mini map has been adjusted for improved consistency and clarity, with rivals no longer appearing massive.

  mini map icon sizing

• Critical Health phone and routing to gas station messages are now displayed in Green to differentiate them from Truck notifications.

  critical health phone and routing message

• Server messages now use the correct iconography for rivals.

  server messages iconography

• The Jacked and Impounded details have been added to the Lockdown Garage to clarify the current status of vehicles.

  jacked and impounded detail

• Contract complete progress is now clearer in the Contracts selection menu.

  contract complete progress

Fix · 20

• A bug where the Critical Health state was skipped when being Wrecked or Busted has been fixed, giving players more time to reach a gas station before elimination.

  critical health state

• The Heat level 5 UI getting stuck after leaving the zone and escaping has been fixed.

  heat level 5 ui

• A fix has been added to help recover inventory issues that prevented players from playing the game.

  inventory issue

• Loot dropping from downed players has been improved to remain near their vehicle and not be lost down the road.

  loot dropping from downed player

• The Truck icon on the mini map has been fixed to prevent it from being semi-transparent.

  truck icon on mini map

• Inconsistencies with Jacked vehicle tiers being displayed incorrectly late in the round have been fixed.

  jacked vehicle tiers display

• Multiple crash fixes for clients and the server have been implemented.

  client and server crash

• The Lockup icon on the mini map has been fixed to ensure it has a backing.

  lockup icon on mini map

• Vehicle repaired messages have been fixed when passing through gas stations.

  vehicle repaired message

• An issue in the Squad List that highlighted Crew members collecting cash instead of the local player has been fixed.

  squad list highlighting

• Routing to the Truck from the map now updates with live position.

  routing to truck from map

• Issues with routing to the Truck not updating correctly from the phone widget and not displaying the route have been fixed.

  routing to truck

• Incorrect distances displayed for party members routing to the Extraction Truck have been fixed.

  distances for party member

• Party members can no longer quit after the party leader starts matchmaking, preventing issues in matchmaking and players hanging in zombie lobbies.

  party members quitting matchmaking

• An issue where extracting the same Blacklist vehicle would keep the vehicle instead of converting it to cash has been fixed.

  blacklist vehicle extraction

• The Contracts Pop Up has been fixed to differentiate progress between the local player and contributions from Crew members, such as Linkups.

  contracts pop up

• Multiple Racer X Challenges that were not tracking correctly have been fixed.

  racer x challenges tracking

• Multiple Contracts with misleading descriptions and incorrect notification updates have been fixed.

  contract descriptions and notification

• Routing to players on bikes or Hot Rides now updates with their live position.

  routing to players on bikes or hot ride

• The system now correctly handles backfilled party members becoming the new host, preventing stuck lobbies.

  backfilled party members as host