Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Developer(s)	EA Black Box
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	Need for Speed
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA September 30, 2002 EU October 25, 2002
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GH2E69, GH2P69
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Need for Speed is back and faster than ever in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2. Engage in the next generation thrill of arcade racing with the spiritual successor to Need For Speed III Hot Pursuit. The sequel houses a stable of exclusive and exotic cars from the world's most coveted licensors including Ferrari, Porsche, and Lamborghini. Become the "champion road racer" by conquering numerous racing events, all carrying rewards such as cars, tracks, and high performance upgrades. The game challenges the driver to dodge traffic, police, and natural elements in high speed and high style. And it's up to you to evade any cops on your path, since getting busted just might end your career.

Emulation Information

High Requirements

This game maxes out the GameCube GPU hardware by rendering as many frames as it can normally causing it to render between 20 - 30 FPS. Dolphin, by default, emulates an "infinitely fast" GPU, causing the game to always run at 60 FPS, making it more demanding than most GameCube games. Use Dolphin's "CPU Clock Override" in the Advanced configuration tab to lower the Gamecube's clock speed can force the game to slow down enough to be run properly.

Problems

VP6 Videos

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 uses the VP6 video codec, common in Electronic Arts' titles, causing its videos to have vertical line artifacts and other glitches on many graphics cards. The Software Render will display VP6 video correctly, but is typically too slow. VP6 rendering also reacts poorly to the Force Texture Filtering enhancements (and Anisotropic Filtering on NVIDIA), causing further scrambling. See issue 7193. In 5.0-15515 or newer, this can be fixed with "Manual Texture Sampling" in the Graphics Settings -> Advanced menu.

VP6 video

VP6 video with manual sampling

Enhancements

16:9 Widescreen Gecko Code

NA

$16:9 Widescreen
0414382C C0429AE8
04143D58 C0029AE8

EU

$16:9 Widescreen
041439AC C0429AE8
04143ED8 C0029AE8

60Hz PAL

In the PAL-Version the 60Hz mode cannot be activated at startup. Use this Gecko code to force the 60Hz mode.

$60Hz
041C0B28 38600000
04274770 00000014

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Manual Texture Sampling	On	Render VP6 video

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

3.5-1389

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5.0-20560 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
3.5-1389	Windows 7	AMD Athlon II X2 @ 3.4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT	Near perfect play @ 60FPS in DSP HLE 4x native and 16x Anisotropics	Tsarchasm
4.0	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.4 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6870	Slow and laggy in-game performance	2PeteShakur
4.0.2	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.4 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6870	Slow and laggy in-game performance	2PeteShakur
5.0	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-4690K	AMD Radeon HD 6970	By setting the "Override CPU Clock" down to about 50%-60%, the game runs at 50fps with no apparent graphical or slowdown problems. 1.5x resolution, 4x MSAA, DirectX 11, Per-Pixel Lighting	TheLostSkeleton

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0-3469 - Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 - Gamecube Gameplay 4K 2160p (DOLPHIN)