Need For Speed: Most Wanted HD Texture Mod

Posted on February 12, 2012 by phoenix

When I recently reinstalled NFS: Most Wanted, I wondered if the game is able to be a look more visually appealing.

Here is a screenshot before / after modifications:

The first thing I discovered is “NFSMW Resolution Changer“, small utility that allows to set any custom resolution of the game (originally maximum resolution was 1280×1024, no widescreen support).

Resolution was big improvement for the game, but original textures looked stretched and blurry on HD screen. Fortunately user “FDen” did a great retexturing work and improved resolution of many textures in the game, so it looks awesome in HD now. The mod is called “Modern Rockport“. To use it, you will need a DirectX texture replacement utility – Texmod.

To combine both these methods of improving game’s graphics you need to run them both as follows:

1. Run the nfsmwres.exe resolution changer.
2. Run Texmod.exe (“Package mode”)
3. Choose “speed.exe” by clicking on the folder button on the top.
4. Press the small Folder button in the middle and select “Modern Rockport 1.0.tpf” file
5. Run the game by pressing “Run” button in Texmod.

Here is how you run the game:

That way, the game will use new textures and HD resolution.

I have mirrored all these tools here for download:

NFSMW Resolution Changer: www.phoenix.ee/download/nfsmw/nfsmwres.exe
Texmod: www.phoenix.ee/download/nfsmw/Texmod.exe
Modern Rockport Texture Mod: www.phoenix.ee/download/nfsmw/Modern Rockport 1.0.tpf

Some scereenshots of modified game:

65 thoughts on “Need For Speed: Most Wanted HD Texture Mod”

AA on February 18, 2012 at 6:48 pm said:

cool!

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Adriana on February 26, 2012 at 11:19 am said:

thanks for share!

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eqe on July 24, 2012 at 5:31 am said:

not working i windows 7.

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- phoenix on July 24, 2012 at 6:52 am said:
  
  Works for me on Windows 7 x64.
  Maybe you need to patch original game to 1.3 beore.
  
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  - Magnet on August 3, 2016 at 3:38 am said:
    
    Wats up does it run on widows 8
    
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dean on August 16, 2012 at 6:08 pm said:

the texmod file says it has a virus, there fore i cant open it
:S

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- phoenix on August 16, 2012 at 8:49 pm said:
  
  It is a false positive, because the Texmod is changing the way an executable runs (to get the desired effect in game)
  This is often done by some viruses, and AV’s cant distinguish between good and bad..
  
  Here is a Antivirus report:
  https://www.virustotal.com/file/f662be61eee7c3d2849e1c734b3b83e9e25fa4e873c7352852130f0c0ceb98af/analysis/
  
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aa on September 16, 2012 at 1:43 pm said:

Works but takes about 5-10 mins to load (black screen and then starts as usual) the textmod up,

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- Adolf Hitler on June 20, 2016 at 6:28 pm said:
  
  Maybe ur computer is weak. By me this take 1-2min
  
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Diezel on October 17, 2012 at 6:28 pm said:

how to get the widescreen on this mode….???

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CBEN on November 1, 2012 at 11:07 am said:

Hellyeah nice mod

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Elyon on November 7, 2012 at 11:05 am said:

Thank you for sharing this! Very easy to install, amazing results in 1080p. Love it!

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sulthon on November 12, 2012 at 4:59 pm said:

are this mod can run mwmodloader when play,?
i am sorry for my bad english

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- phoenix on November 12, 2012 at 8:20 pm said:
  
  Yes it works with modloader!
  receivetipstricks.com/how-to-get-high-textured-graphics-in-nfs-most-wanted-using-mod/
  
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  - Mati on March 20, 2013 at 3:05 am said:
    
    Sorry but I do not understand much about this. I would like to run the mod loader to full screen. From what I’ve read is possible with the texmod but not how. Could you tell me how to do?
    
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sulthon on November 12, 2012 at 10:46 pm said:

thank you!!!
this is great

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sulthon on November 13, 2012 at 12:21 am said:

what hapen!!
first time i try, it works.
but, in second time. my modloader can’t initialized
help me please

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- phoenix on November 13, 2012 at 8:43 am said:
  
  try this:
  http://www.4shared.com/rar/VJ_sHTB9/Modern_Rockport_10.html
  
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  - Tio on July 31, 2013 at 5:52 am said:
    
    Its good MOD
    
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ROHAN on November 19, 2012 at 8:10 am said:

plase tell me that the other nfs most wanted car pack website….

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Bastian on November 26, 2012 at 1:52 pm said:

Hey man, everything is working fine except the fullscreen mod. I’ve tried it before on my laptop and it still isn’t working. Any idea why? I really wanna play nfsmw fullscreen xD

Thanks!

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- phoenix on December 2, 2012 at 10:07 am said:
  
  Try pressing CTRL+ENTER in window mode?
  Or maybe you have selected wrong resolution in NFSMWRes
  
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jisung on December 2, 2012 at 9:28 am said:

black screen

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- phoenix on December 2, 2012 at 10:06 am said:
  
  1. Try waiting longer
  2. Make sure you have 1.3 version on NFS:MW
  
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jayz on December 8, 2012 at 1:51 pm said:

Speed.exe doesn’t work 🙁

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- phoenix on December 30, 2012 at 8:21 am said:
  
  Try to reinstall the game and apply 1.3 patch
  
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ROCK on December 29, 2012 at 11:23 am said:

Hey modern rockport1.0.tpf was not recognised by tex mod

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- phoenix on December 30, 2012 at 8:22 am said:
  
  Just re-download tpf file
  
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h0verfly on December 30, 2012 at 7:59 am said:

When launching with the run button, I have this message : “Shit happened / D’OH”.
Made me smile for the d’oh thing, but still doesn’t work… what can I try?

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- phoenix on December 30, 2012 at 8:24 am said:
  
  Try to reinstall the game and apply 1.3 patch.
  Download Texmod.exe and TPF file and try to Run again
  
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[GeNo] Anonymous Tit on January 4, 2013 at 7:43 pm said:

do you have to click launch on the resolution thing?

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- phoenix on January 4, 2013 at 11:18 pm said:
  
  No!
  Just leave it hanging on the background – it will bo it’s job when you launch the game from textmod.
  
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  - THERAZORKILLE on January 13, 2013 at 4:36 pm said:
    
    I run it with texmod and the resolution hack open but the resolution won’t apply it stays at 1024×768
    
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Saiken on January 14, 2013 at 12:11 pm said:

Very cool. Looks great. One problem. I downloaded extra cars. When I open the game with these directions with the resolution changer and the text mod, it uses the original nfs.exe to open the game. So it doesnt load my extra cars!! The short cut .exe is the one with the -mod extension that loads mods to the game.
Is there a way to change which .exe file location the resolution changer to use?? So it loads my other mods?

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wasim on January 21, 2013 at 9:03 pm said:

all i get after downloading 82 MB and waits for 1 hour.. after that everytime i waits for 5 minutes and i get rubbish..
and wait a second. where are my mod cars.. i want my sesto elimento back..

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hh on January 28, 2013 at 7:04 am said:

thank you so much.I try that and it work great!

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hh on January 29, 2013 at 5:00 pm said:

Texture Mod worked nice but it doesn’t run game with nfsmwres.exe resolution changer.(excuse me if i have Grammatical mistakes)

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jesse garcia on March 24, 2013 at 3:09 pm said:

it does not work

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makarov9 on March 25, 2013 at 1:26 am said:

it works perfectly if anyone cant open the game see your monitors highest resolution and set that res to resolution hack 😀

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joshua on March 27, 2013 at 1:03 am said:

how many mega bites is modern rockport

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AlexC on March 28, 2013 at 11:48 am said:

This is the best TP mod ever. Is there a way to integrate the textures them selves into game? ( so I don`t have to load them every time using TexMod) I am skilled with TexEd if that is needed.

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t3eg on April 25, 2013 at 5:32 am said:

Deniyorum 🙂

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t3eg on April 25, 2013 at 5:33 am said:

okul var mı bugün??

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Aman on May 5, 2013 at 7:55 am said:

what is the size of modern rockport

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RaganorK on May 19, 2013 at 6:18 pm said:

Thanx a ton man…. no words to express my gratitude.. just wow.. amazing work u did there.. you rock buddy !!! \m/

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johnbechaalany on May 22, 2013 at 1:49 pm said:

hey man wen I open text mod and click run I got d”oh(shit happened) ipress ok then I open with launch nothing happen sorry for my bad english

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gogo on May 31, 2013 at 10:05 pm said:

i make everything, step by step, but when i press “Run” (which is the last step) appears a window containing “D’OH, Shit Happened” and the game doesn’t start
Help, please 🙂

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- phoenix on June 6, 2013 at 12:52 pm said:
  
  Make sure you run the 1.3 version of the game
  
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  - Mark on July 7, 2013 at 8:11 am said:
    
    Where? is Patch 1.3 , where can i find it?
    
    How do i know my version of game?
    
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man on June 11, 2013 at 5:36 pm said:

how much size is of Modern Rockport Texture Mod

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- phoenix on July 28, 2013 at 8:09 am said:
  
  83MB
  
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Patrick on July 17, 2013 at 4:21 pm said:

The game crashes when I start up with this mod. Please help

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Iroshan on August 13, 2013 at 8:38 am said:

THANKS BRO!!!!
This MOD is great…. awesome… But it takes some time to load 5 – 8 minutes… but it works..

AND 1 MORE THING!!!!!!
Isn’t this available for LCD monitors? because I have a LCD monitor…
JUST CURIOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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chris on August 20, 2013 at 11:32 pm said:

THX SO much i was looking for the modern rockporn mod for A long time

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rOL on September 15, 2013 at 6:19 pm said:

THX mate, my favorite game, and I’m so glad, to play it in HD, just big thx again :-)!!!
The Sun shine on U!!!

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Rushaid on October 21, 2013 at 3:08 am said:

its very good……

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Sketch on March 4, 2016 at 7:53 am said:

The texture mod is extremely ugly… it looks like they smeared the trees n such rather than upping the texture quality.

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1 on March 29, 2016 at 9:18 am said:

Being honest? I don’t notice a difference…The boot time could also be improved.. a lot.

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Haber on June 24, 2016 at 12:18 pm said:

How to get the widescreen on this mode?

Please…

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adham on July 28, 2016 at 7:19 am said:

not working in windows 7

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lucky on August 11, 2016 at 2:55 pm said:

He is saying that windows is cant save the screen

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Jk on November 28, 2016 at 11:54 am said:

This is awesome great improvement if you follow the steps, and have v1.3 installed, see version when you load up game in main menu corner. Also the “shit happened” texmod msg vanished when I applied compatibity settings. And game works, but no mods :S

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Reyzo on March 9, 2017 at 7:22 pm said:

hi I applied the texmod but it gives me an error message that speed.exe has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way

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- phoenix on March 19, 2017 at 4:22 pm said:
  
  Please make sure you use 1.3 version of NFS:MW
  
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