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Need for Speed races onto PC in March with unlocked framerate, 4K support, and more

The wait for the PC version of Need for Speed is almost here and EA is aiming to reward PC players for their patience with a few extra features.

Ozzie Mejia

February 11, 2016 7:30 AM

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EA and Ghost Games have been feeling the need for speed for a couple of months. Well, they have on consoles, anyway. The PC crowd has been waiting patiently for its chance to hit the open roads. Now the wait is almost over, as EA has announced a release date this morning for the PC version of Need for Speed.

The PC version of the franchise reboot has been slotted for a March 15 release. That'll be a little over four months since the game released on consoles, so PC players may be wondering why the jump to their platform took so long. This version of NFS includes a few community-requested features, such as manual transmission and steering wheel support for peripherals from Logitech, Thrustmaster, and Fanatic. More important than that, players can find PC-centric features that cannot be found on consoles, like unlocked framerate and 4K resolution support.

EA is including many of the NFS updates, including Icons and Legends, in this version of the game. The Showcase update will be coming shortly after launch. Those looking to check out the PC version of Need for Speed a little early will be able to do so on March 10, as long as they're part of Origin Access. As for those that own the console version of NFS, they won't be left out in the cold. They'll be getting their own manual transmission update in the near future.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?