Need for Speed Unbound Motion Sickness: Why It Happens & What Helps
Need for Speed Unbound is a street racer played from a chase camera. EA's accessibility guide lists a Camera Shake slider, a Camera Pitch Sensitivity slider and a Motion Blur toggle under Visual Effects. EA's guide lists no field of view setting.
PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S · chase camera · No FOV fix · Player-reported motion-sickness risk: commonly reported by motion-sensitive players.
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Key facts
- Need for Speed Unbound runs on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S.
- The camera is chase camera.
- Player reports place it in the moderate band for motion sickness.
- The game has no field of view control.
- 4 specific settings are listed on this page, starting with Camera Shake.
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Why Need for Speed Unbound can trigger motion sickness
Unbound runs a chase camera at street-racing speeds, with camera shake and motion blur layered on top. EA lets you lower the shake, switch the blur off and change how far the chase camera tilts. Nothing in the sources opened for this page lets you widen the view.
- Camera shake while driving, which EA lists as a slider
- Blurring effects at high speed from Motion Blur
- A chase camera that tilts with pitch input
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Comfort settings in Need for Speed Unbound
Need for Speed Unbound has no field of view control.
EA's accessibility guide, which covers all consoles and PC, lists no field of view setting for Need for Speed Unbound. The guide gives setting names but no in-game menu names for the three effects, so the table shows no path for them.
| Setting | Where | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| Camera Shake | In-game settings | Lower the slider, and raise it again only if the car feels dull |
| Camera Pitch Sensitivity | In-game settings | Lower it so the chase camera tilts less when you push the stick up or down |
| Motion Blur | In-game settings | Off |
| Depth of field (custom graphics quality) | Graphics Quality > Custom | Lower it if blur away from the car bothers you. EA says the setting needs a game restart to apply |
One guide explains these settings for every game: how field of view, motion blur, head bob and camera shake trigger motion sickness.
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What helps beyond the settings
- Turn Motion Blur off and lower Camera Shake before your first race
- Lower Camera Pitch Sensitivity if the chase camera tilts too much
- Take a break between races, and look at a distant still point away from the screen if you feel queasy
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Frequently asked questions
Does Need for Speed Unbound have a motion blur setting?
Yes. EA's accessibility guide lists Motion Blur as an on and off setting that shows blurring effects when driving at high speed. The guide does not name the menu.
Can I lower camera shake in Need for Speed Unbound?
Yes. EA lists Camera Shake as a slider for the amount of camera shake while driving. It also lists Camera Pitch Sensitivity, a slider that scales how high the chase camera moves on pitch input.
Does Need for Speed Unbound have a field of view slider?
EA's accessibility guide, which covers all consoles and PC, lists none, and no other source we opened does either.
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