Will not start, crashes without errors (Need for Speed: Undercover)

I'm running into the exact same issue. Click on the "nfs.exe" (or start it through the Steam store) and it opens a command prompt window briefly then closes. Running from a command prompt shows now errors. Things I have tried, to no avail are:

Oops, above comment saved prematurely... Some things I've tried include: Compatibility Mode (several different settings), Running as an Administrator, disable DEP for "nfs.exe", uninstalling and re-installing. All with no luck. Game used to run on this same PC (Windows 10), albeit on an earlier revision (currently running on 21H1, I'm not sure which version it worked on, maybe 2-years worth of patches ago?). Purchased and installed through the Steam store. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know!

why when I put the styling on the car, the game hangs on me, help me figure it out

tansan
Maybe a crooked repack, download another one.

Pavel Rally
has already tried the same story anyway

I downloaded the remaster

tansan
Download better remake.

tansan
Official remaster does not exist, you downloaded nonsense with a bunch of mods, so it hangs.

clear

https://byrut.org/17540-need-for-speed-undercover-remastered.html

here is a silk fa remake in 2021 is it a real or not a real remake, you can say

tansan
Neither remaster nor remake exists. Even more so, in the description of this "remaster" everything is clear, read carefully