Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit

Description

In the third major installment of Electronic Arts' Arcade racing series, there are several modes of play available. You have the standard race, with one big difference - now there are traffic cops out to ticket you for your excessive speed. Alternatively, you can take your turn with the radar gun and attempt to pull over speeding computer or human racers.

Returning to the flavour of the original Need for Speed, this adds a new Pursuit mode, where you must out run the cops through fast, open area tracks, while also out-lasting the rest of the pack. Another new mode is knockout, where you race through all the tracks, and whoever is last after each race is knocked out. The winner is, of course, the one that lasts the distance.

As for the cars; there are the Ferrari 550 Maranello, Ferrari 355 F1 Spider, Italdesign Scighera, Lamborghini Diablo SV, Lamborghini Countach, Jaguar XJR-15, Jaguar XK8, Aston Martin DB7, '98 Corvette C5, Mercedes SL600 and the Mercedes CLK GTR.

Alternate Titles

• "Over Drivin' III: Hot Pursuit" -- Japanese Title
• "NFS 3" -- informal title

Part of the Following Groups

• Automobile: Ferrari 550
• Automobile: Ferrari F355
• Automobile: Lamborghini Countach
• Automobile: Lamborghini Diablo
• Automobile: Lister Storm
• Automobile: Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR
• Need for Speed series

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User Reviews

The cops are back!! And they brought the fun with them!!	Windows	Zovni (9138)
In a word... stunning.	Windows	Steve Hall (322)
This raises racing to a new echelon of excitement.	Windows	Trixter (8865)
Not exactly the best ever.	PlayStation	The Imperial Darkhorse (131)

The Press Says

CyberJoy	Windows	Dec 29, 1998	4.8 out of 5	96
The Video Game Critic	PlayStation	Jul 15, 1999	A-	91
Svenska PC Gamer	Windows	Nov, 1998	91 out of 100	91
Computer Games Magazine	Windows	Oct 05, 1998		90
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Windows	Sep 07, 1998	90 out of 100	90
GameSpot	Windows	Oct 16, 1998	8.9 out of 10	89
Power Unlimited	Windows	Nov, 1998	8.6 out of 10	86
GameSpot	PlayStation	Apr 09, 1998	8.3 out of 10	83
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Nov, 1998	82 out of 100	82
Svenska PlayStation Magasinet	PlayStation	Jun, 1998	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

In the credits section of the options menu you can view a (phony) driver's license with picture and personal info for each of the developers. There are also some 360 degree panorama shots showing several groups of developers.