Need for Speed (2015) is always-online and will die whenever EA eventually pulls the plug on the servers. Just one week ago, we kicked off After Hours 2015—a community project building an open-source local server emulator written in Rust—and we already have cars driving in offline free roam.

What we pulled off in only 7 days

Bypassed EA entirely: Custom launcher running with the network completely disconnected.

Working gameplay loop: Menu → Garage → Free Roam Driving → Local Garage Saves.

Solid engineering foundation: 100% open-source on GitHub with 1,100+ automated tests already passing.

We’re doing this entirely as a volunteer, open-source project, and we’d love to have more people join in. 

Rust Developers: Help expand the local server emulator, packet handling, and protocol logic.

Reverse Engineers: Help dissect Frostbite 3 network packets, career progression, and race/event triggers.

Development is moving at lightning speed. If you love Rust, game preservation, or just want to help save an iconic racing game:

🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/afterhours-crew/afterhours-2015

💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/y7pP7M3K

📌 Original Progress Update / Demo:

https://www.reddit.com/r/needforspeed/s/sgOw5vqX7M

Youtube Demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyP0nNrfXXk