Guide to Installing Need for Speed™ Heat Deluxe Edition Need for Speed™ Heat Deluxe Edition

Pro-tip for repack users: Once installed, back up the entire game folder to an external drive. If your PC crashes, you can copy-paste the folder and re-apply the crack instead of re-installing the 229 repack from scratch.

| Error Message | Solution | | :--- | :--- | | | This is a decompression error. Run the installer as Admin, turn off antivirus, or check disk for bad sectors. | | "Missing MSVCP140.dll" | Install the latest Visual C++ Redistributable (2015-2022 package from Microsoft). | | Game launches to black screen then crashes | Navigate to Documents\Need for Speed Heat\settings and delete the PROFILEOPTIONS file. Restart the game. | | Controller not working | Add the game to Steam as a "Non-Steam game" and launch via Steam Big Picture mode. | | Low FPS despite good hardware | Repack 229 sometimes defaults to integrated GPU. Force the game to use your discrete Nvidia/AMD GPU via Control Panel. |

Before you begin the installation process, ensure that your PC meets the minimum system requirements: