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Description

Drive some of your favourite sports cars through wild and fast tracks, including the Dodge Viper, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porshe, Corvette, Mazda RX7, Toyota Supra Turbo, and Acura NSX. Some of the tracks are open road, meaning you simply fly down a huge highway, with cops following in hot pursuit. One of the options in the game allows you to pick which time of the day to race in.

Alternate Titles

  • "Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed" -- Full title
  • "Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin' DX" -- Japanese PlayStation title
  • "Nissan Presents: Over Drivin' GT-R" -- Japanese Saturn title
  • "NfS" -- Common abbreviation
  • "Need 4 Speed" -- Informal title

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User Reviews

The Groundbreaking Masterpiece that Spawned a Series ajerimez (828) 4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars
Not Arcade, not Simulation Daniel Saner (1185) 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars

The Press Says

PC Attack Oct, 1995 90 out of 100 90
Computer Games Magazine May 28, 1996 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Coming Soon Magazine Nov 30, 1995 89 out of 100 89
PC Games (Germany) Oct, 1995 85 out of 100 85
PC Player (Germany) Sep, 1995 84 out of 100 84
GameSpot May 28, 1996 8.3 out of 10 83
High Score Dec, 1995 4 out of 5 80
World Village (Gamer's Zone) 1995 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60

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Trivia

In the German gaming magazine PC Player (issue 01/1996) The Need for Speed was named "Best Racing Game in 1995".


This entry was contributed by Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9905), MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (36840) and quizzley7 (21314)
 

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