Need For Speed 4: High Stakes
By Electronic Arts

GAME DESCRIPTION

(Playstation Screenshot)
(Press Release)
Electronic Arts™ (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s largest interactive entertainment software company, announces the upcoming release of Need For Speed™: High Stakes for the PlayStation®. This next highly anticipated title in the popular racing series has been designed so racing enthusiasts will encounter a completely fresh and unique gameplay experience. Key features to include a new "High Stakes" mode that raises the stakes and consequences of competing in high adrenaline race challenges, a revamped, high intensity "Hot Pursuit" mode, a broad range of licensed sports and supercars, a game economy that allows for car purchases, upgrades and modification, visible and punitive car damage, eight new tracks and stunning special effects and graphics. The game is currently under development for a spring ‘99 release.

"We are very excited about the potential of this game," says Hanno Lemke, senior producer of the Need For Speed series. "Like its predecessor, we’re confident that Need For Speed: High Stakes will set new standards in the racing genre as a result of the "High Stakes" mode, coupled with the other exciting new gameplay features, awesome special effects and heightened level of realism and car detail we’ve been able to incorporate into the title."

Need For Speed: High Stakes will offer an array of distinguishable new gameplay features that will cater to racing enthusiasts of all types. Key features to include:

Multiple licensed sports and supercars as well as a range of pursuit vehicles in Hot Pursuit mode :
- BMW M5™ (includes a version in police trim)
- BMW Z3™
- Ferrari 550 Maranello™
- Ferrari F50™
- Lamborghini Diablo SV™ (includes a version in police trim)
- Chevrolet™ Corvette™ C5 (includes a version in police trim)
- Pontiac™ Firebird™ T/A
- ChevroletÔ Camaro™ Z28
- Mercedes™ CLKÔ GTR
- Mercedes™ SLK™ 230
- McLaren F1 GTR
- Jaguar™ XKR™
- Aston Martin DB7
- Chevrolet™ Caprice™ in police trim
* Additional car news to be announced shortly.

Detailed graphics and realistic special effects - visible and punitive car damage that will affect driving performance, modeled car interiors with visible drivers in both player and opponent cars, reverse lights, turn signals, hazard lights, customizable license plates, varying weather conditions, oncoming traffic and day/night time driving with headlights, to name a few.

Random track events - Artificial Intelligence will generate random events on the roadway, which will require the player to react quickly to avoid obstacles that weren’t there on previous laps.
Eight uniquely themed open road tracks.

Need For Speed: High Stakes for the PlayStation will be available in late March. The game will carry an “E” Everyone ESRB rating. More information on Need For Speed can be found on the EA product web site: http://www.needforspeed.com.

(Playstation Screenshots)
(From 3dracing.allgames.com)
Sports Gaming has got a few info on the upcoming EA's Need For Speed 4. I really hope that they bring back those segmented tracks that were avaliable in the first version of nfs. Here is the info:

Includes the new Ford Falcon XR8 and the Holden HSV GTS.

DEMO

Requirements:
P200, 32Mb RAM, Direct3D / Glide

File Size: 15 Mb

Download Sites:
http://www.3dfiles.com/games/needforspeedhighstakes.shtml (Main 3dfiles download page)
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/3dfiles/games/nfshighstakes.exe
http://www.3dfiles.com/cgi-bin/dl-http.cgi?ftp.telepac.pt/pub/3dfiles/games/nfshighstakes.exe
ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/3dfiles/games/nfshighstakes.exe
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/3dfiles/games/nfshighstakes.exe
ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/3dfiles/games/nfshighstakes.exe
ftp://ftp.iol.it/3dfiles/games/nfshighstakes.exe
http://www.3dfiles.com/cgi-bin/dl-http.cgi?www.task.gda.pl/pub/games/3dfiles/games/nfshighstakes.exe

CHEATS

PATCHES

Voodoo 3 Patch

http://www.3dfiles.com/patches/electronicartsvoodoo3.shtml

New Car's

Ferrari 360 Modena (5mb)
Ferrari's newest car, the 360 Modena, is perhaps the company's most advanced production car to date. Named after the birthplace of Enzo Ferrari, the 360 Modena uses Ferrari's first all-aluminum frame, body, and suspension combination. With additional improvements in every element of the car's design, the 360 is lighter, stronger, and faster than its predecessor, the popular F35.

http://www.3dfiles.com/cgi-bin/dl-ftp.cgi?207.173.52.121/cars/Fmod_E.exe

LINKS TO OTHER NEED FOR SPEED 4 SITES

http://www.needforspeed.com/hs_pc/ (Official Site)
http://www.thetechs.net/nfscheats/ (Screenshots and game info)
http://3dracing.allgames.com/screenshots/nfs4.html (Screenshots)
http://www.nfscheats.com (a good Need For Speed Site)
http://www.ea.com/companyinfo/pressreleases/nfshighstakes.html (Official Playstation Press Release)
http://www.needforspeed.com (Official Main Site)
http://www.videogames.com/psx/drvfly/nfs4/ (Preview)
http://www.psmonline.com/previews/10968.html (Preview)
http://nfs.sports-gaming.com/ (Preview)
http://www.gonegold.com/ (Extra Cars)

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