The Need for Speed

aka: Need 4 Speed, NfS, Nissan Presents: Over Drivin' GT-R, Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin', Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin' DX, Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed

Released

1994 on 3DO

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Publishers

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Developers

Moby Score

7.9

#2,857 of 158K

Critics

83% (38)

Players

(81)

Ranking

#12 on 3DO
#102 on SEGA Saturn
#129 on DOS
#385 on PlayStation

Collected By

150 players

Genre: Racing / Driving
Perspective: 1st-person
Behind view
Interface: Direct control
Vehicular: Automobile
Street racing

Buy (updated 6/5 10:58 PM)

3DO
$61.00 used at Amazon $39.99 used at eBay
DOS
Amazon eBay
PlayStation
$16.51 used at Amazon $19.99 used, $399.99 new at eBay
SEGA Saturn
Amazon $36.34 used, $2,901.27 new at eBay

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Drive some of your favourite sports cars through wild and fast tracks, including the Dodge Viper, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, 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.

Spellings

Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin': オーバードライビン - Japanese 3DO spelling
オーバードライビンGT-R - Japanese Saturn spelling

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Credits (3DO version)

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Lead Programmer	Brad Gour
Programming	Wei Shoong Teh Paul B. Diamond David Lucas D. M. Abrahams-Gessel David William Bullock
Lead Artist	Markus Tessmann
Artists	Scott Jackson Thomas Graham
Track Modeling	Sheila Nash
Additional Artists	Phillip Chow Tristan Brett Kent Maclagan Gerard DeSouza
Lead Audio	Alistair Hirst
Additional Audio Programming	Iain Macanulty
Music Producer	Edwin Dolinski
Additional Music	Koko Productions
Audio Post Production	Steve Royea
Lead Tester	Rod Higo
Additional Testing	Alistair Sutherland Aaron Grant Luke Kominami
Production Assistant	Serena Whitters
Assistant Producers	Richard Mul
[ full credits ]

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Extras

The Japanese Sega Saturn version of this game was supplied with a custom Nissan keyring made out of metal.

Intro animations

The game has three different FMV animations that are every time picked randomly as an intro sequence spin-offs. If you started game just a couple of times, there's a big chance you won't even notice that, as all three animations presents cars running the nature or polygons, with the same engine roar, but with the different music in the background.

Japanese Saturn version

The game's Japanese Sega Saturn version, Over Drivin' GT-R, is notable for only having Nissan vehicles (hence the Nissan Presents and the GT-R on the game's title) and apparently having different vehicle physics from every other version of the game.

Awards

GameStar (Germany)
- Issue 12/1999 - #28 in the "100 Most Important PC Games of the Nineties" ranking
PC Player (Germany)
- Issue 01/1996 - Best Racing Game in 1995

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