Bro, fix your game, it has been 7 years and controller issues are still there.
Don't buy this trash, get the "Heat" if you want NFS experience.

I don't get all the hate this game is getting in the NFS community, to me it's the best NFS that came out since 2015, sure, it doesn't come close to MW 2005, or Hot Pursuit 2010, or Underground 2, but this one is pretty good too, the soundtrack is not as solid as MW but it works due to the night street racing and drifting, the stakes aren't as high in this one either but this game is it's own style, and I like that.

The people complaining about the controls in this game are weird, I never had an issue with controlling a car, the only thing you have to keep in mind is that the game is drift oriented, grip doesn't really work most of the time and will slow you down, you need to find the balance between just the right amount of grip and drift and then you'll be golden.

My only complaint with this game is having to start it up right when the server is going down for maintenance... having to get booted out of even story cutscenes because of always online sucks, you really have to pick your times at which you want to play this one.

Overall I really like this game and everytime a discussion about what NFS game to play gets brought up, I always mention this one, because, it has everything good NFS has to offer imo, besides always online, it's the closest thing to older NFS you can get, Heat and Unbound aren't really anything close...

8 years later, and it's still always online. The game crashes on startup in windows 11.