XENIA - Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) (12/2025), Ryzen 9 9950X, RTX 5090
most users report no sound output once in a while or right after starting the game, in my opinion this is a problem related to vsync/monitor refresh rate at least for my setup.
in my config i made two "audio related" changes, which eliminates the sound dropout problem. I don't know if and how this can be explained technically. I only know that it works for me (5.1 setup), no matter which render you use (vulkan/d3d12).
use_dedicated_xma_thread = false
vsync = false
as asked from you in some of my previous videos - here is
the specific canary build used in this video, my config (may not work for you), and most the recent patches
https://www.xup.in/dl,91010589/xenia_...
the gamesave (goes to your xenia folder (in documents or where the xenia exe is located (portable variant)) in
\content\*USERPROFILEID*\454107D9
in my case
\xenia canary\content\B13EBABEBABEBABE\454107D9\00000001\AAA
https://www.xup.in/dl,38258529/454107...
the savegame works for pal and ntsc versions of the game