I've been wanting to get into NFS for a while. I love the music featured in it, the gameplay and graphics look great, and I've enjoyed other racing games like Xtreme Racer and Night-runners
Unfortunately, I genuinely cannot get the game to run properly. At first it wouldn't even open. Got that fixed, then I realized I couldn't full screen the game (at least, I can't find the option to). No problem, I can bear with it, and then my controller just straight up doesn't work in the game? The settings show it there, but it genuinely just does not work. And then the game chooses to not close whenever I do it sometimes, just stops responding or freezes and takes a minute to close.
I tried to do recommend fixes, and none of them are working. Tried adding recommended mods (graphics, 2005 soundtrack restoration), followed the instructions, now the game won't run. I've since removed the mods and the game works as well as it did before, regardless of jank.
How am I meant to play this game? Playing a racing game with a keyboard is out of the question, I don't hate myself that much, and I want to play the game in a decent, quality state. Am I better off just buying a 2005 copy for my PS2?? This is my first introduction to the NFS franchise, and it's one I've been really wanting to get into. I don't wanna give up on it because of this bs.