The Need for Speed

The Need for Speed

released on Aug 31, 1994

The Need for Speed

released on Aug 31, 1994

Welcome to The Need For Speed racing game. Here you'll find spine-tingling action coupled with awesome graphics. As you race down an alpine road in your choice of eight high performance cars, you'll be amazed by the detail and realism. The sophisticated physics model recreates the feel of the cars themselves; you'll notice the difference in handling, breaking and just plain power. Plan your strategy for each track, there are six to choose from during regular play, and each demands a different style of driving. There's also a bonus track if you win the Tournament. There are four game modes to try, with an option to compete against another driver over a modem. With different cars, different tracks, and different styles of racing fueling your need for speed, you'll find your addiction growing to a fewer pitch. No need to worry, when you crash and burn in the game, there's always another day.


Also in series

Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: V-Rally
Need for Speed: V-Rally
Need for Speed II
Need for Speed II

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Começo decente, definitivamente não recomendo jogar ao menos que você queira se por essa missão de jogar todos os NFS.

I'm really not a racing game fan and this definitely reminded that i'm am not good at these games whatsoever. This game was just the definition of meh, with a lot of cars feeling pretty similar and driving just being mediocre. The best part easily being the charm all the maps in the game was able to pull off

Need for Speed Retrospective #1

What an amazingly strange start to the series.

You can immediately see what they were going for. A game for driving enthusiasts faithfully showcasing different exotic cars.

You can also immediately see where they didn't succeed. The driving itself fells like an afterthought, mostly tedious and fickle. The showcasing part lands far behind the developers' high ambition. While boasting a fully narrated 20-piece powerpoint presentation for each car may have impressed some critics at the time of launch, it is very unlikely to do so today.

It was interesting to see where my beloved racing series started. However, it hasn't aged well. It's a very basic and often frustrating racing game. I'm almost willing to bet that it started out as an interactive car demo for Road & Track magazine and then somehow became a game.

Still, I'm glad that it exists, and some of the series' DNA can be felt here, even in small amounts.