Can I Run Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered?
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered is an action racing game from Stellar Entertainment Limited, released in 2020. Electronic Arts published it. It offers a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. It carries 66 achievements. 10 languages are covered by the store listing. At 6 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Metacritic places it at 74. Its Steam review count passes 12 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | (AMD) Phenom II X4 965 or equivalent (Intel) Corei3-2120 or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | (AMD) Radeon HD 5870 or equivalent (Nvidia) GeForce GT 640 or equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 45 GB |
| OS | WIndows 10, 64 Bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | (AMD) FX-8350 or equivalent (Intel) Core i5-350K or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | (AMD) Radeon R9 270x or equivalent (Nvidia) GeForce GTX 660 or Equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 45 GB |
| OS | WIndows 10, 64 Bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Play is built around circuits and tracks. Play is presented from a third person view. There are 8 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered is demanding
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered takes about 45 GB of disk space. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered?
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered targets a mainstream modern PC: (AMD) Radeon HD 5870 or equivalent (Nvidia) GeForce GT 640 or equivalent and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to (AMD) Radeon R9 270x or equivalent (Nvidia) GeForce GTX 660 or Equivalent for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered?
The minimum requirements are CPU: (AMD) Phenom II X4 965 or equivalent (Intel) Corei3-2120 or equivalent; GPU: (AMD) Radeon HD 5870 or equivalent (Nvidia) GeForce GT 640 or equivalent; 8 GB RAM; OS: WIndows 10, 64 Bit.
How much storage does Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered need?
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered needs about 45 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered is the CPU.