The Need for Speed

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Description

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.

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Alternate Titles

• "Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed" -- Full title
• "Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin' DX" -- Japanese PlayStation title
• "Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin'" -- Japanese 3DO title
• "Nissan Presents: Over Drivin' GT-R" -- Japanese Saturn title
• "NfS" -- Common abbreviation
• "Need 4 Speed" -- Informal title
• "オーバードライビンGT-R" -- Japanese Saturn spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Automobile: Chevrolet Corvette
• Automobile: Dodge Viper
• Automobile: Ferrari Testarossa
• Automobile: Honda NSX
• Automobile: Lamborghini Diablo
• Automobile: Mazda RX-7
• Automobile: Porsche 911
• Games made into movies
• Need for Speed series
• PlayStation Greatest Hits releases

User Reviews

The Groundbreaking Masterpiece that Spawned a Series	DOS	SiliconClassics (862)
Not Arcade, not Simulation	DOS	Daniel Saner (3365)

Critic Reviews

Coming Soon Magazine	3DO	Mar, 1995		100
GamePro (US)	PlayStation	May, 1996	4.5 out of 5	90
Consoles News	SEGA Saturn	Jul, 1996	89 out of 100	89
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Sep, 1995	84 out of 100	84
High Score	DOS	Dec, 1995	4 out of 5	80
Official UK PlayStation Magazine	PlayStation	1996	8 out of 10	80
CD Player	DOS	1996	8 out of 10	80
Video Games	SEGA Saturn	Jul, 1996	73 out of 100	73
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	3DO	Mar, 1995	7 out of 10	70
QUICK-SAVE.de	DOS	Oct 11, 2020	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

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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Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: The Need for Speed (Information about The Need for Speed at Wikipedia)