The Need for Speed
Also known as Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed, Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin', Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin' DX, Over Drivin', Over Drivin' DX
1994 video game
Game data
- Released
- 1994-08-31
- User rating
- 3.78 / 5
- Genres
- Racing, Arcade
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, 3DO
- ESRB
- Everyone
via RAWG
Key facts
- Developers
- EA Canada , EA Seattle (PC)
- Publishers
- Electronic Arts , Electronic Arts Studios (PC)
- Producer
- Hanno Lemke
- Programmer
- Brad Gour
- Artist
- Markus Tessmann
- Composers
- Jeff van Dyck , Saki Kaskas
- Series
~10 min read
Article
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed (also known simply as The Need for Speed) is a 1994 racing game developed by EA Canada, originally known as Pioneer Productions, and published by Electronic Arts for 3DO. Versions with additional tracks were released for MS-DOS (1995), PlayStation (1996), and Saturn (1996). The 1996 Windows release is subtitled SE (Special Edition).
The Need for Speed allows driving eight licensed sports cars in three point-to-point tracks either with or without a computer controlled opponent. Checkpoints, traffic vehicles, and police pursuits appear in the races. Electronic Arts collaborated with automotive magazine Road & Track to match vehicle behaviour, including the mimicking of the sounds made by the vehicles' gear control levers. The game contains precise vehicle data with spoken commentary, several "magazine-style" images of each car's interior and exterior and short video clips highlighting the vehicles set to music.