Unused Dialogues and Strings

This is a sub-page of Need for Speed Unbound.

These strings are mostly remnants from development or weren't displayed for certain reasons.

To do: Organize the meaningful unused strings on this page and categorize them. Some strings were unused until very close to the game's release, so they aren't included on the page. More patience is needed to locate them. There's a lot of script voicelines that may not have made in the final game. More Event Names. Note that some of the earlier-added strings on this page no longer exist in the game, indicating that more strings may have been removed. Use earlier versions of the game to search for more unused strings. Change the other sections to use the new table list featuring the IDs that are not stored internally in files, but only the hash of them and guessing the string ID name has to match the string hash.

Save Slots strings#

These strings were added in the Volume 2 update, suggesting that there might have been attempts to implement multiple save slots functionality, however it was cut either due to technical or other unknown reasons.

Each Save Game changes both STORY and LAKESHORE ONLINE progression.
DELETE SAVE GAME?
Both STORY and LAKESHORE ONLINE will be affected.

Both STORY and LAKESHORE ONLINE progress will be lost permanently. 
This cannot be undone.

START A NEW GAME?
NEW GAME
LOAD
CREATE
Both STORY and LAKESHORE ONLINE will start from the begining for this save game.  You can swap save games at any time from the title menu.
RENAME
DELETE GAME
CHOOSE A SAVE GAME SLOT
LOAD SAVE GAME

Cleo Character dialogue#

Cleo might have been a rival character cut during development, and there could have been a corresponding Racer SOS event involving he/her.

Hey, it's Cleo. I told you to watch out for the cops. Looks like I gotta trip to the impound. Wish me luck.
Hey, it's Cleo. Hope you're still down for helping with my car. Just remember, the cops are gonna be looking for it so watch yourself.
Thanks for helping me out. Name's Cleo.
Thanks for helping me out. Name's Cleo. 
Hey, it's Cleo. Just wanna say no hard feelings about last night. Shit happens, huh. See you around.
I ditched my ride to lose the cops but they're still looking for me. Super appreciate you saving my ass. I'm out by the old water tower in North Lincoln. Hurry.

Dialogue about Randy#

Randy appears to run a junkyard, as mentioned to the player by an unidentified cut character (possibly Cleo).

I know the owner of the junkyard, Randy. Sometimes he calls me when a car comes in he’s about to junk so I can rip parts from ‘em.
I told Randy he probably ain’t a keeper.

Cut reaction dialogues for Yaz#

Cut drift story#

It appears there was originally a character who lent their car to the player specifically to teach drifting techniques and gifted the player a set of rims.

Roadblock and spikestrip strings#

Roadblock destroyed!
Roadblock's been destroyed!
Roadblock's hit!
Roadblock didn't work!
Damn it, that didn't stop ‘em!
Are you shitting me?! The roadblock didn't work!
We haven't managed to stop ‘em!
Suspect's driven through our roadblock!
Damn, they got through our roadblock.
They got through the roadblock!
Driver's smashed through our roadblock!
They've smashed through our roadblock!
They've smashed through it!
Damn, they managed to get through!
Damn, they're through.
They got through it.
Be advised, they got through.
Roadblock avoided.
Roadblock's been avoided.
They avoided the roadblock!
They saw the roadblock and went around!
Avoided the roadblock!
They managed to avoid the spikestrip.
They went around the spikestrip.
Spikestrip's been avoided.
Damn it, they got around the strip.
Damn, they got around it.
They went around it.
This thing didn't stop 'em, they went around!
Damn them, didn't work.
Roadblock's been swerved.

The game has strings for roadblock and spikestrip avoiding voicelines, but cops don't react to this because voicelines sounds container is empty.

Cop reactions to players going off-road#

Following the perp off-road. We got this.
We're not gonna be able to follow ‘em off-road.
Looks like their vehicle can handle being off-road.
They got an off-road vehicle.
We're not built for this!

Cop reactions to players spun out#

Visual on a spun out racer.
Got visual on a spun perp.
We got a suspect that's spun out here.
Perp has spun out! Get 'em!
Vehicle has spun out.
Driver has spun out!
Suspect has spun out.
Quick, get at 'em. Suspect has spun out.
Perp has lost control and spun out.

The game has strings for players spins out voicelines, but cops don't react to this because voicelines sounds container is empty.

Stealing A$AP Rocky's car#

No problem I'll tell A$AP Rocky you don't want to get behind the wheel of his Mercedes.
Don't get worried about it kid. We were getting worried. Rocky thought you drove off with his whip

According to unused subtitles, there was a possibility chance to steal A$AP Rocky's car, meaning that he was going to be the game's antagonist of some sort.

A$AP Rocky's Racer SOS strings#

Complete A$AP Rocky's Racer SOS
Completed A$AP Rocky's Racer SOS

The event exists in-game where Rocky is in need of help or trouble, though it doesn't act like other events in same mode, but those strings are not seen.

GMC description cop dialogue#

That racer's in a GMC. 
Street racer's driving a GMC. 
Perp's in a GMC, Dispatch.
Dispatch, suspect is driving a GMC.
Racer's in a GMC.
Dispatch, 2440 is driving a GMC.
2440 is in a GMC, Dispatch.
Racer in a GMC here.
2440 is driving a GMC.
Control, 2440 is driving a GMC.
Perp's behind the wheel of a GMC. 
That 2044's driving a GMC.
That 2440 is in a GMC, Dispatch.
That 2440's operating a GMC.
2440 in a GMC.
I have a racer here in a GMC.
2440's behind the wheel of a GMC.
2440's driving dangerously in a GMC.

The cop chatter for the GMC manufacturer.

Cut song strings#

According to strings, Nas feat. A$AP Rocky and DJ Premier - Wave Gods song would've been featured in the game at some point during its development but it got scrapped.

Placeholder District names#

Earlier District Names. The districts were only the major districts for the areas like for example, the University Central, Douglas Park, Cyrill Heights and the Apolonia District regions were part of the City District. The same goes for the others associated which have regions initially associated.

Tess' Livestream comments#

OMG, awesome ride
Whaddup from Lakeshore!
FIRE GUUUURRRLLLL
Addicted to the StReAm!!!!

During the cutscene after the first qualifier, Tess goes live on scene during quarrel between player and Yaz. During the livestream, comments from Chilton, Chase, Lyric and Youmna were meant to be displayed on livestream UI, but since the messages have been made invisible in the phone's blueprint, these comments are not displayed.

Event names#

These are the earlier names for the races, some of them being possibly even scrapped. The Speedcross naming features here seems to hint that the Takeover events were called as "Speedcross" events like in Need for Speed Payback before being renamed very late in development.

Reports of a speedcross events#

It seems that the cops would've appeared in the Speedcross/Takeover events as well.