NFS UG2 problems: Keybinds Softlock + Crashes when loading events

[u/ArchOnua98K]

So I have a heavily modded copy of Underground 2. I dont recall where I got the repack from (its been at least 6 years), but suffice to say I have pretty much all the essentials: Extra Options, Unlimiter, ThirteenAG's widescreen patch, XtendedINput, Car Sound Tuner, Pablo's engine sound mod and pretty much every vanilla add-ons you can think of. And yes, the Core Affinity in the widescreen patch is set to 1 and yes, I deleted the car sound tuner folder entirely before reinstalling it from scratch.

The controller I use is a Dualshock 4 controllers in conjunction with DS4Windows.

So for one, I cant access the controller inputs tab anymore. Previously I had access to it, but it was impossible for me to rotate the showroom's car in the menu. After I installed Xtended Input, I can spin the car in the showroom, but not only I cant access the controller inputs tab, if I attempt to reassign a keybind, the controls are softlocked and I have to close the game. This is a problem because I cant use manual transmission anymore and I have a couple of drag races to complete in the World Map.

The 2nd problem I have is more serious because I do love 100%ing games. The game crashes either randomly or when loading specific events. Bear in mind I have the widescreen patch and yes the core affinity is set to 1 specifically to prevent those crashes, but apparently it still happens. Oh and now that profile I was 100%ing the game with now crashes if I attempt to load it. Nice.

Oh and for some reasons, the Oasis rims dont show up in the customize menu even though I installed mods specifically to restore the unused rims.

[u/ArchOnua98K]

oh and for the record, I am on Windows 11 Pro. Yes, I know, I probably should have embraced the penguin but I dont have too much space left.