Weather conditions will also change during play ¿ adding another factor to the race. The graphics engine has also been enhanced to feature actual damage to the car's exterior (which will also inhibit the vehicle's performance). With this feature, no two laps are ever the same. Like previous Need for Speed titles, cars have a showcase option where players can. Players can also take down the roof of a convertible and vice versa. For the first time, cars have transparent windows where the driver and the interior can be viewed.
Other features include a random track event generator ¿ the game's AI will constantly generate random events on the track during the race, from objects to neutral traffic. The cars in Need for Speed: High Stakes is more detailed than Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit. You'll also be able to soup up existing cars with enhanced parts ¿ that is, if the price is right.Įight open-road tracks have been created for the new Need for Speed game. Throughout the pursuit, you'll hear cops alerting each other about your recklessness over the police scanner ¿ use their chatter to learn where the speedtraps are and where the cops are hiding.įinally, the Tournament and Special Events mode puts you in a position where you must utilize your winnings to fix your damaged cars or, situation willing, purchase new vehicles. The Hot Pursuit option is a revamped version of Need For Speed III's mode of the same name, where you try to elude cops in a high-speed chase. In High Stakes, you and an opponent will put a vehicle on the line ¿ the winner of the race literally takes the car away from the loser it gets wiped from the loser's memory card and placed on the winner's. Many of the vehicles must be purchased, earned or won in the game's many modes of play: High Stakes, Hot Pursuit, and Tournament and Special Events. You want the current list? Here you go:Īnd according to EA, there are much more to come. Faithful to the series' name, Need for Speed: High Stakes features licensed sportscars from all walks of life.