• 18 incredible dream cars to drive, collect and customize..
• Real road racing on British, German, French and American roads complete with local ..
• Customize your cars for maximum performance and style..
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Product Description ------------------- 18 Realistic Courses. Take the Uliimate high stake challenges. Deep Career play with full economy - earn money to repair and upgrade your ride. Race to your own music. .com ---- High stakes racing is about knowing your limits and exceeding them--whatever the cost. In NFS: High Stakes, push your car and yourself to the limit to win prize money in order to customize your dream machine and earn exclusive supercars. The consequences of high stakes racing are real. Watch out for traffic: careless driving can result in dings, dents, scratches, or worse. Create the car of your dreams and accept the ultimate challenge--enter duels against your nents for pink slips: lose the race, lose your car. High Stakes features the latest generation of stunning special effects with incredible car detail, career play, variable time of day and weather conditions, multiplayer network racing, and all-new hot-pursuit modes. P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); From the Manufacturer --------------------- High Stakes racing is about knowing your limits and exceeding them--whatever the cost. In NFS: High Stakes, push your car and yourself to the limit to win prize money to customize your dream machine and earn exclusive supercars. The consequences of High Stakes racing are real. Watch out for traffic, because careless driving can result in dings, dents, scratches, or worse. Create the car of your dreams and accept the ultimate challenge. Enter duels against your nents for pink slips: lose the race, lose your car. High Stakes features the latest generation of stunning special effects with incredible car detail, career play, variable time of day and weather conditions, multiplayer network racing, and all-new hot pursuit modes. Review ------ At first glance, Need for Speed may seem like your typical arcade racer, but the moment you mash down on the accelerator you'll notice something different: these cars drive like the real thing. Not only are the basic attributes (top speed, acceleration, etc.) modeled realistically, but EA has actually managed to reproduce each car's personality. For example, the Porsche 911 is tail happy, the Viper is grossly over-powered, and the NSX is almost boring in its predictability. To complete the fantasy, Electronic Arts has even reproduced each car's dashboard and engine noise. While the physics may be worthy of serious simulation, the emphasis in Need for Speed is on pure arcade-style fun. EA has wisely kept the interface and gameplay as simple as possible, allowing gamers to simply hit "start" and drive from the moment they open the box. Be warned, though: the computer nents are quite capable, and it takes plenty of practice to win on a regular basis. Even so, if the computerized nents don't give you enough of a challenge, you can always race a friend via modem. The racing itself comes in two distinct forms: the traditional, closed circuit speedway, and a no-holds-barred illegal road race! While the five speedway tracks are fairly run-of-the-mill (with the notable exception of the "Lost Ve" track), the three rally courses are exceptional. Featuring plenty of oncoming traffic and "air time," these rally tracks tend to produce ces that will make you cringe. If you aren't careful, you may even find yourself getting arrested! My only major gripe in Need for Speed is with its graphics engine, and then only in VGA mode. While the SVGA visuals are stunning, they become blocky and cluttered in anything less than 640x480- so cluttered, in fact, that distant cars and other obstacles get lost in the background, making it hard to avoid them. A P90 or faster is recommended to run this game in 640x480, so 486 owners may want to think twice about this one. With its marvelous attention to detail, exotic course design, and straightforward gameplay, this game is a true winner. Simply put, The Need for Speed is the next best thing to owning a $200,000 sports car! -- Jim Varner --Copyright ©1999 GameSpot Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of GameSpot is prohibited. GameSpot and the GameSpot logo are trademarks of GameSpot Inc. -- GameSpot Review See more ( javascript:void(0) )