NFS Most Wanted Recompiled

codepdbh/nfsmwpc-recompiled recompiles the PC version of Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) to native code. Its GitHub releases are Android APKs: arm64 (recommended) and ARMv7, plus a SHA256SUMS.txt. 13 releases since October 14, 2026, 114,416 downloads, and the busiest tracker of the three after Underground 2 (issue numbers past #752).

Download Most Wanted Recompiled v0.1.13

Published November 6, 2026, 14:37 UTC. Install one APK: arm64 unless your Android runs only 32-bit apps. Both share the package and signing key.

What’s new in v0.1.13

• Shadow detail can be turned on: the port now reports an NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX to the game, which only offers shadows on NVIDIA or ATI cards.
• Complete file reads: some phones handed the game its files in pieces, causing crashes at start or while loading.
• PowerVR fallback for MediaTek phones such as the Moto g54 (Dimensity 7020): if the Vulkan driver fails, simpler settings are retried. Untested on a PowerVR phone.
• Smoother audio, game threads on the fast cores (ADPF hints), the A button also works as Enter, and a game log (files/game.log) for reports.

Before that, v0.1.12 fixed lights and reflections drawn as streaks (the D3DX rotation functions had sine and cosine swapped) and put the Speedbreaker on the controller’s X button, with the camera moved to R3 (#445).

Project status

The executable the project analysed is speed.exe with SHA-256 starting 80774c2e and ending 253c (as the README abbreviates it).

Copying your PC game to the phone

Internal storage/nfsmw/
  Speed.exe                ← from your own PC installation
  GLOBAL/  TRACKS/  CARS/  FRONTEND/  LANGUAGES/  SOUND/  MOVIES/  NIS/
  d3dx9_26.dll             ← DirectX runtime from your own Windows (SysWOW64)
  server.dll  server.cfg   ← from the game, only for LAN hosting
  android_registry.dat     ← the game’s video options, written by the port

Then open the launcher, pick a language with the flags (Español, English, Português), grant file access and press PLAY. The launcher sets the internal resolution, FPS limit, a proportional widescreen HUD, the minimap position (top left by default, so your steering thumb does not cover it), CPU/GPU latency, compressed textures, the Vulkan driver (system or a custom Turnip ZIP) and the Online server. Full steps for all three ports are on the install page.

Touch controls and gamepads

• On-screen controls can be moved, resized and switched to classic, Xbox or PlayStation styles, or replaced by tilt steering.
• A Speedbreaker button (the stopwatch, beside N₂O), plus map (M) and messages (Tab) buttons while driving.
• Bluetooth and USB pads: only external devices count as pads, and by default they drive the game’s keyboard keys; an analog DirectInput joystick mode is an option. X is Speedbreaker, Y looks back, R3 changes camera, A also works as Enter.

Which phones are reporting

The launcher’s report button fills in the phone model, Android version and chip. Of the 92 most recent reports with that data on November 9, 2026:

Android versions in the same reports run from 10 to 16; Android 15 and 16 make up 59%. Almost all use the system Vulkan driver rather than a custom Turnip one.

Building the Windows host

The Windows build validates the recompiled game on a PC before it goes to Android. It needs Visual Studio with MSVC x86, Python 3 with capstone and pefile, the patched pcrecomp and nfsu2-recompiled checked out next to the repository, and the game in ../Need for Speed Most Wanted 2005. The scripts analyse the binary, build the function catalog, lift it to C, then scripts/build_windows.ps1 builds and scripts/test_windows.ps1 runs a windowed test. Generated C code and analysis copies are produced locally and never committed.

Release history