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Need for Speed II

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Need for Speed II is the 2nd game in the Need for Speed series. It has a much more Arcade-like feeling with simpler driving physics, prototypes among the cars and very exotic race tracks with insane jumps. The normal version of the game was released for the PC on April 30, 1997 while the special edition version was released on November 6, 1997 in North American and February 2, 1998 in Japan and Europe, while the PSX version of the normal version was released on November 17, 1997. This also marks the first NFS game that has no police presence this would be repeated again in Need for Speed: Underground, Need for Speed: Underground 2 andNeed for Speed: ProStreet and will be repeated once again in Need for Speed: Shift.

[edit] Cars

PC version Special Edition only:

[edit] Tracks

All tracks are closed circuits.

  • Proving Grounds - An oval-like test track
  • Outback - Urban and rural Australia, featuring landmarks based in Sydney (Opera House, Harbour Bridge).
  • North Country - Western Europe, based on Germany and the Netherlands.
  • Pacific Spirit - Running across a city, a national park and civic facilities, including the Lions' Gate Bridge, the SkyTrain and BC Place from Vancouver
  • Mediterraneo - coastal and cliff-side track suggestively located beside the Mediterranean resembling Greece.
  • Mystic Peaks - A highland track set in Nepal, which passes very high mountains and tunnels, covered in snow.
  • Monolithic Studios (bonus track) - Hollywood film studios
  • Last Resort (NFS II SE only) - based on Central and South American themes, including coast, rainforest, a volcano, and step pyramids.

[edit] Features

  • 3dfx support (SE only)
  • Music adapting to the gaming situation
  • No police
  • Network play
  • Tuning: Three choices each for gear ratios, suspension?, more?
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