I played this game years ago on the xbox360 and remembered it fondly. Unfortunately this was not the case when I launched the game off steam. Once in the game the sensitivity of both my controller and my keyboard made the cars almost undriveable. After a quick google search most people recommended that you lower the resolution and the cars will be more responsive. For me that didnt work. I finally found a youtube video that had me change the controls.NFS13Save file located for me in C:\Users\Alpha\Documents\Criterion Games\Need For Speed(TM) Most Wanted\Save\1002968130065.

Once i found the file i edited:
STEERLEFT=0,KEY_A,0.00,1.00
STEERRIGHT=0,KEY_D,0.00,1.00

and changed it to:

STEERLEFT=0,KEY_A,0.00,2.00
STEERRIGHT=0,KEY_D,0.00,2.00

After saving the the file and relaunching the game the sensitivity of the car was better, but not perfect. Another google search later I found out that my game was locked at 30fps. So I followed the reddit post I found and edited the config.NFS13Save. Located for me in C:\Users\Alpha\Documents\Criterion Games\Need For Speed(TM) Most Wanted.

Inside the file i found the line:
LockTo30=true

and changed it to:
LockTo30=false

I then saved the file and proceeded to launch the game one more time. Upon launching I noticed the game was no longer locked to 30fps, but was still locked to 60fps. For me this was upsetting because i know my pc will run the game at a much higher frame rate. I tried turning the steering sensitivity back to 1.00, but it went back to being basically unplayable.

My pc specs being: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/P86CJf

The game is very much playable after "fixing it" and nostalgic listening to an awesome soundtrack and speeding 170mph+ away from cops. Overall I would rate the game play as 7/10. Even after 1-2 hours trying to fix the game the cars still feel clunky and when it does respond you often end up oversteering. I played the game for about an hour after "fixing it", but the sporadic oversteering caused countless crashes along the way. I read a forum stating there is a mod to help with this, but I was unsuccessful in finding it. If someone is to read this I hope it helps in some way. If someone knows where I and others can get the mod to make it more playable feel free to comment it.