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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

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User Reviews

The cops are back!! And they brought the fun with them!! Zovni (9114) unrated
In a word... stunning. Steve Hall Bronze Star Contributing Member (322) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars
This raises racing to a new echelon of excitement. Trixter Bronze Star Contributing Member (8873) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars

The Press Says

Game Revolution Oct 01, 1998 A 100
CyberJoy Dec 29, 1998 4.8 out of 5 96
Svenska PC Gamer Nov, 1998 91 out of 100 91
FiringSquad Jan 29, 1999 90 out of 100 90
All Game Guide 1998 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
PC Games (Germany) Oct 07, 1998 89 out of 100 89
GameSpot Oct 16, 1998 8.9 out of 10 89
Power Unlimited Nov, 1998 8.6 out of 10 86
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Nov, 1998 82 out of 100 82
PC Player (Germany) Oct, 1998 80 out of 100 80

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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.


This entry was contributed by Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9944) and Aquaman (51)
 

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