--- title: "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered – large patch" url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit-remastered-largepatch/" description: "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit recently received the remaster treatment on the Nintendo Switch and other gaming platforms." author: "Patrick Dankers" published at: "2020-12-15 16:32:36" image: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit-remastered-large-patch.jpeg" markdown url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit-remastered-largepatch.md" --- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered - large patch | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters [![Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered – large patch](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit-remastered-large-patch.jpeg "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered – large patch")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit-remastered-large-patch.jpeg)Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit recently received the remaster treatment on the Nintendo Switch and other gaming platforms. A new update is available to download and it contains a wealth of changes and fixes which should make the Nintendo Switch game even more pleasurable to play. ## [](#patch-changes)Patch changes Below is a full list of changes made to the game; ### [](#audio)Audio - Fixed an issue that could cause audio stuttering during races and cinematics. - When you change the VOIP / Microphone settings, it should now persist to the lobbies you join going forward. - VOIP system is now working as intended if a headset is plugged in after joining a multiplayer lobby. - Speech to text should now be functional for players on the same platform. - A similar issue also affected the text to speech audio being distorted, this is now resolved. ### [](#lobbies)Lobbies - Interceptor lobbies should now be limited to two players, as intended. - The “Change Access” menu now properly disappears after a selection is made. - Fixed an issue where players wouldn’t transition from the lobby to the race. ### [](#visual-ui)Visual / UI - Players should no longer see voice icons from other platforms. In-game voice chat is available when cross-play is turned off. When cross-play is turned on, voice chat is restricted to each platform’s party chat system. This hint is now also shown in the privacy settings. - You should no longer be able to get stuck on the driver details menu. - When a friend beats your time, the correct date should now be displayed in the Autolog notification. - When busted as a racer in a Hot Pursuit multiplayer event, the player list is now only shown once on screen. - Autolog notifications should now display in the respective language if you change the console language and local settings. - Trophies you should receive (for Cop / Racer ranks) should now unlock correctly, even retroactively if there are any you should have received, but haven’t. - When using custom colors, the color displayed in the “last/recent” slots should now display correctly. It did most of the time, but there were a few scenarios where it wouldn’t. - Fixed an occlusion issue on a mountain along Boulder Road. - The Porsche Boxster Spyder now allows you to recreate “Speed Yellow” using the custom color palette. - Some events were missing Speedwalls, these are now present and visible on the career map. - The “Beauty and the Beasts” summary screen now shows the bounty earned for placing 3rd. - When losing connection and reconnecting, the player avatar is shown correctly on the Speedwall. - Notifications that a friend beat you in an Intercept event will no longer be cut off when scrolling at the bottom of the map screen, nor should they display random question marks. - During the Most Wanted event intro, the correct names and symbols should now be displayed above vehicles. - You should no longer encounter a short black screen when going to submenus from the pause menu during a multiplayer race. - The car shadow should no longer flicker in the Police Station parking lot on Cascade Terrace Road. - When you are viewing your own profile on PS4, the game you’re currently playing is now correctly shown. - After sending/receiving a game invite request from a friend, a confirmation notification will now show as intended. - When you’re in a single player race, the correct game mode is now reflected in your friends list and dashboard. - The player avatar frame now disappears after the first loading screen. - Player avatars should now be better aligned with names in result screens. - When cross-play is enabled, the platform identifier should now also show next to the name during a race, not only on the leaderboard. - With cross-play enabled, all platform identifier icons have the same shade / opacity of white. - The VOIP icon no longer overlaps player names in cross-play multiplayer race outro screens. - Players can now be added to the friends list from the “Recent Players” tab. - In Photo Mode, the top part of the police car sirens is no longer blacked out when the “Show Damage” toggle is set to “on”. - Removed a redundant line from the User Agreement. - After changing the resolution multiple times, the intro cinematic to “My Career” should still render at full screen now. - As some if you had pointed out, there was a Rank 21 shown as next rank. This was unintended and has now been fixed – Rank 20 is the highest rank. ### [](#localization)Localization - Traditional Chinese: The “Jammer” text in the HUD is now in the right place when all charges have been exhausted. - All languages: Updated the localized Technical Support files in the Support folder of the game installation. - Spanish: Long player names should no longer be overlapping in the “autolog recommends” section. ### [](#stability)Stability - When the “Most Wanted” quits during an ongoing race, all players should return to the menu as expected. - Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when selecting career events. - Restarting an event multiple times should no longer cause the game to crash. - Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when selecting the Autolog Recommends menu. - When joining a friend’s lobby while in photo mode, you should no longer encounter a black screen. - Fixed an issue that could cause a crash during an arms race session. - Fixed two issues that could occur during the “Unreasonable Force” event. - Resolved an issue that could lead to the game hanging when sharing your time on the wall. - You should now be able to frictionlessly join a friend after your game has been suspended on your console for a while. ### [](#nintendo-switch-specific)Nintendo Switch specific - Online status of friends is now showing correctly in the friends list. - Improved visual performance on Barnstormer, Awe Inspired and Under Pressure. 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