Client Data needs to be updated

mido

you should use Steam it work for some of my computers

Joker1974

Had this too. No communication (well, any clear), that they are now basically only using the Steam client (for update / maintenance reasons). So, the stand alone client is practically not usable.
Get a Steam account, find NF in it, and you can play again.
This rubbish came with the 26-Dec update.