Need for Speed series is back yet again with it’s latest installment NFS Payback. The game is released on November 10, 2017 and is getting mixed reviews around the market. The developers stood on their word and gave us an enhanced version of Need for Speed in terms of Graphics and Gameplay. However, there are mixed reviews as the gamers have encountered several errors, bugs and crashes in NFS Payback. So, we have their back and hence we put up this list of error fixes for NFS Payback. If you find this article helpful, please do share this article.
System Requirements for NFS Payback:
Minimum Requirements For 720p30 At Low Settings
OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or later
CPU: Intel i3 6300 @ 3.8GHz or AMD FX 8150 @ 3.6GHz with 4 hardware threads
RAM: 6 GB
DISC DRIVE: DVD ROM drive required for installation only
HARD DRIVE: 30GB
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti or GTX 1050, or equivalent
DirectX: 11 Compatible video card or equivalent
Recommended Requirements For 1080p60 At High Settings
OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later
CPU: Intel i5 4690K @ 3.5GHz or AMD FX 8350 @ 4.0GHz with 4 hardware threads
RAM: 8GB
DISC DRIVE: DVD ROM drive required for installation only
HARD DRIVE: 30GB
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, or equivalent
DirectX: 11 Compatible video card or equivalent
As the requirements are pretty high , this game demands a high end PC from your side. So, do upgrade your PC to solve most of the issues.
#Black Screen On Startup: NFS Payback Fix:
The reason behind this issue is the conflict between the display drivers and it generally happens when you do not update the drivers regularly. Hence, updating the drivers can be the best and most effective solution for this error. However, a clean install of latest drivers makes this more effective. To do so, we recommend you to use Driver Scanner, a tool that makes clean install of the drivers on one click. To do,
Go here
Now, click on “scan for drivers”
It’ll prompt you to download the Driver scanner.
Install it and scan your PC using it.
From the results, you can update the drivers by one click.
# Game loads for Ever: NFS Payback fix:
Make sure that you have a high speed internet connection and also make sure that no files are missing by verifying the integrity of game cache files
# NFS Payback Lag and LOW Fps fix
Try the following workarounds.
Turn of “V-sync” and “Triple buffering”
Set high priority to the game in Task manager.
Try to run the game in windowed mode if the above workarounds didn’t help.
#Need for Speed Payback Direct Function “HR1” ERROR Solution
Some users have reported that the game is giving an error called “DirectX function “hr1″ failed with DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED” at the loading screen in Need for Speed 2016. To solve this issue, you need to right click on game’s exe file in Origin > choose Game Properties > and tick disable Origin in Game. After that run the file with Administrative rights.
# Game Crashes After Tutorial NFS Payback Fix
This is a widespread issue on PCs running Windows 8 with a dual AMD card setup. On such rigs, the game crashes on the loading screen after the tutorial. To resolve this issue, you can either:
Update the graphics card driver, OR;
Disable Crossfire functionality
# NFS Payback Crashes on Desktop Fix:
If you are encountering any of these crashes,
Need For speed Payback ( NFS Payback ) crashes on starup
Need For speed Payback ( NFS Payback )crashes after changing the settings.
Need For speed Payback ( NFS Payback ) crashes in between the gameplay.
Random crashes in Need For speed Payback ( NFS Payback )
You can try following the workaround mention below. You just need to make a clean install of the latest drivers since crashes are mainly encountered due to driver conflicts.However, making a clean install of the drivers can be tricky sometimes and it’s time consuming too. We recommend you to use Driver Scanner, a tool that updates the drivers on one click. To do,
Go here
Now, click on “scan for drivers”
It’ll prompt you to download the Driver scanner.
Install it and scan your PC using it.
From the results, you can update the drivers by one click.
#APPCRASH in NFS Payback Fix:
If you are an AMD user, you can try this workaround.
Go to the “Catalyst Control Center”.
Select the “Games” tab and try disabling “AMD Radeon Dual Graphics” function.
If you are having any more issues, please do comment below and allow us to help.