# OpenNFS1: rebuilding the original Need for Speed from CD data

> OpenNFS1 rebuilds the original Need for Speed in C# and MonoGame using data from the 1995 game CD. Its source includes parsers for track, vehicle, texture and audio data alongside a replacement racing engine.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/jeff-1amstudios/OpenNFS1>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jeff-1amstudios/OpenNFS1/blob/357fe6c3314a6f5bae47e243ca553c5491ecde79/readme.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opennfs1-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opennfs1-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/opennfs1-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Original Need for Speed data files from the 1995 CD.
- **Prerequisites:** OpenAL, MonoGame 3.2.0 or later, .NET 4 and Visual Studio for the documented source build.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jeff-1amstudios/OpenNFS1/blob/357fe6c3314a6f5bae47e243ca553c5491ecde79/readme.md>

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