Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition

Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition
Development
Studios	Pioneer Productions (EA Canada) EA Seattle
Publisher	Electronic Arts
Gameplay
Genre	Racing/Realistic
Game Modes	Single-player Online Multiplayer (2 to 8 players)
Metacritic Score	Unrated
Releases
Platforms	PC (Windows 95)
Release Date(s)
PC (Windows 95)	December 30, 1996
Age Ratings
Related Releases	The Need for Speed Over Drivin' DX Over Drivin' DX - Rally Edition Over Drivin' GT-R Over Drivin' Skyline Memorial

Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition is a 1996 retail re-release of The Need for Speed for PC which includes several improvements over the original 1995 PC release.

It introduced support for Microsoft Windows 95, whilst capable of running on Microsoft DOS, and several improvements to its rendering engine as well as two additional tracks.

The complete soundtrack playing during races was also made available on the Special Edition. This feature was previously only in the PlayStation and Sega Saturn releases.

Content

• Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed
• Two additional courses
  • Burnt Sienna
  • Transtropolis
• Time of day settings
• Race soundtrack
• Microsoft Windows 95 support
  • DirectX 2 API
  • LAN support
  • 8-player multiplayer

Box Art

The Need for Speed: Special Edition
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