NFSIISE

Cross-platform wrapper for the Need For Speed™ II SE game with 3D acceleration and TCP protocol!

Fork features:

• Big-endian support on Linux (still WIP)
• x86_64 support for Linux
• ARM64 (AArch64) support for Linux
• SDL3 port

OpenGL

• By default OpenGL 2 is used (except Android - it always uses GLES2).
• To use OpenGL 1, pass -DOPENGL1X=ON to CMake.
• To use OpenGL ES 2, pass -DGLES2=ON to CMake.

Build with CMake

Requirements

• C++14 compiler (Clang or GCC)
• SDL3 development libraries
• OpenGL development libraries
• (optional) Yasm assembler, for x86 32-bit assembly build (use -DUSE_ASM=ON to compile)

C++ native build (x86_64, ARM64, PowerPC, etc.) — default

Release build:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build .

Debug build:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
cmake --build .

The binary will be placed in the Need For Speed II SE directory.

OpenGL 1.x backend

cmake .. -DOPENGL1X=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

OpenGL ES 2 backend

cmake .. -DGLES2=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

x86 32-bit assembly build

For 32-bit x86 systems, the hand-tuned assembly can be used instead of the C++ translation:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DUSE_ASM=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build .

On Debian/Ubuntu, install 32-bit dependencies first:

dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt-get update
apt-get install libsdl3-dev:i386 gcc-multilib yasm

Windows cross-compilation (MinGW)

Use a MinGW toolchain file with CMake, for example:

cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/path/to/mingw-toolchain.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

Run

• Copy fedata and gamedata directories from the Need For Speed™ II SE original CD-ROM into Need For Speed II SE directory.
• This game needs data from Need For Speed 2 Special Edition, otherwise you'll see a 'MOVIE FILE NOT FOUND' message!
• You can delete unnecessary files, e.g. fedata/pc/text/text.*, because TCP version uses new files in root directory.
• All files and directories copied from CD-ROM must have small letters on Unix-like systems!!!
  • Please use the Need For Speed II SE/convert_to_lowercase script if you have UPPERCASE names.
• If you want to change the language, edit install.win file (with text editor which doesn't modify last line or line endings!) and change the first line. Leave 4nn as is and modify only language name. Possible languages are:
  • english,
  • french,
  • german,
  • italian,
  • spanish,
  • swedish.
• Run the game.
• The game settings files are located in ~/.nfs2se (%AppData%\.nfs2se on Windows). At the first run, the nfs2se.conf.template will be copied there. You can modify the file if you want to configure the game. On Windows, you can use open_config.bat to open the config file in notepad.
• On Android devices, copy gamedata, fedata, install.win, text.*, nfs2se.conf (rename nfs2se.conf.template to nfs2se.conf) into /sdcard/NFSIISE or /storage/emulated/0/NFSIISE (create NFSIISE directory first).
• For Batocera Linux devices (an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution), tested with version 39:
  • take Windows version (e.g nfs2se-win32-v1.4.0.zip under Releases), unpack it,
  • copy original fedata and gamedata directories into Need For Speed II SE directory,
  • in Need For Speed II SE directory create new file autorun.cmd with content CMD=nfs2se.exe,
  • rename directory Need For Speed II SE to Need For Speed II SE.pc,
  • place directory Need For Speed II SE.pc into your Batocera Linux directory /userdata/roms/windows/,
  • to update the game list in Batocera using your controller, press START and go to GAME SETTINGS → UPDATE GAMELISTS, the game is listed under Windows section and will be successfully emulated via Wine

Android

• Install SDK and NDK for chosen SDL3 version,
• Set environment variables: ANDROID_HOME and ANDROID_NDK_HOME,
• Download SDL3 source code and unpack it,
• Create a symlink to the unpacked SDL3-* directory at src/Android/app/jni/SDL:

  ln -s /path/to/SDL3-* src/Android/app/jni/SDL

• Build with Gradle from src/Android/:

  cd src/Android
  ./gradlew build

What works

• Game controllers (reconnected game controllers should be the same),
• Force Feedback (tested on Linux),
• TCP and UDP connection,
• Serial port connection,
• Brightness,
• Sound.

What does not work

• Modem connection (it will never work again, this feature has been removed from assembly code),

Function keys in-game

• F1 - toggle rain
• F2 - car detail
• F3 - view distance
• F4 - toggle horizon
• F5 - toggle HUD (player 1)
• F6 - toggle HUD (player 2)
• F7 - toggle mirror
• F8 - toggle music
• F9 - toggle sound effects
• F10 - brightness
• F11 - reset car (player 1)
• F12 - reset car (player 2)

Additional information

• Cockpit view and night driving are unavailable (original 3D-accelerated version doesn't have this), see NFSIISEN repository.
• OpenGL 1.x only: if the game crashes it might not restore the gamma properly. In this case run: xgamma -gamma 1.0.
• There is Docker based build environment available on GitHub.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License – see the LICENSE file for details.

This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Electronic Arts Inc. "Need for Speed" is a registered trademark of Electronic Arts Inc. All game assets (data files, graphics, sounds) remain the property of their respective owners. The wrapper source code is the only portion covered by the MIT license.