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NFS 3 Hot Pursuit was my absolute jam when I was a younger man. The graphics were amazing for its time and it still ran like a dream on my trash homebrew.
That game made me want an MX5
I had NFS 1 through 3,
NFS on my C-64(nope, Test Drive, the memory is so fallible sometimes) and the later two on my PCs. All were great fun, but I do think Hot Pursuit was the favorite simply because of the way it was set up for game play variety. I can still see one of the tracks in my mind a lot, the road through the hilly area during the fall, the leaves being scattered as I blew past the speed traps. Obviously much clearer in nostalgia vision than it probably was.The first Need for Speed came out in 1994. And even if the graphics do look old, never ever did this run on a C64. It was a DOS game, maybe you confused it?
You are absolutely right. It was Test Drive I was thinking about.
I was about to chime in: Test Drive 2 was my jam back in those days.
I played these on pc. I even got the force feedback steering wheel for the 3. Loved playing cop in hot pursuit
Hot Pursuit and the Porche one were my favorites; I remember steering with a force feedback joystick.
Porsch Unleashed was quite a bit more simulator-like, at least the steering mechanics and coefficient of friction. I always kind of enjoyed the arcade physics of the original trio, without going completely slot-car, as keeping racing lines and risking shortcuts was still heavily rewarded. They all had really good soundtracks though, with that late '90s techno and grunge. Or at least that’s what my nostalgia tells me.
Hot Pursuit was the best one IMO
The italdesign ooh buddy
This one was gold. they’ve been trying to rechase this dragon for years.
to their credit, i’ll say that N4S rivals was pretty good.
and I forget the original on Xbox but that wasn’t bad either as I recall.
What do you mean by rechasing the dragon?
My guess would be: reliving your first time high, newer games will not live up to the nostalgia.
The next great one for me was Project Gotham Racing. Like with SSX the first one was gold while the 2nd was at times over the edge. Like with how THPS3 went to the edge, except that was the best
Mark my words: the Ford Indigo and GT90 are the future of cars. By the time the year 2000 gets here, we’ll all be driving them shits.
Personally Im partial to Underground 2
Riders on the stoooorm
Underground 2 was the best.
I had the special edition and had a great time playing it. My favourite was the F50. I still watch the intro video and listen to the menu theme once in awhile
The F50 is amazing. Modern Ferraris look so ugly.
The music of the SE was so good. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QvMimQ9YD1Y&list=PLE730706C5F8C6F79&index=7&pp=iAQB8AUB goes so hard
Playing this as an Aussie teenager, the Australia track was kinda hilarious, I was always like damn, this loop through that scenery should take about 32 hours minimum
Haha, that’s great! What related landmarks does that track allude to?
I LOVED this game! Every part of it, I spent so many hours playing it…
I used to watch the intro every time as I thought it was the coolest thing ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASUCj2Uyats
Underground 2 please
That stupid dinosaur… every. fucking. time.
Damn. It’s 2025 and I just booted that one up last night!
ROM DI PRISCO BABY
Oh thank god… so the queen’s still alive?
Oh shit. I’m playing this in Morgan Thorne’s basement at 2am, while he sleeps, because my home PC won’t run this. Good times.
I had a hard time finding that game after finishing NFS3, until EA finally released a box set collection.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/10925/the-need-for-speed-collection/
I remember seeing an LGR and behind the scenes video for NFS2:
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Need For Speed II - 24 Years Later: An LGR Retrospective
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Making of - Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 [Behind the Scenes]
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