Underplayed Gems

Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed (1996)

Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed cover
Developer
Electronic Arts, EA
Platforms
Sega Saturn
Genres
Racing

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How it feels

The landmark first Need for Speed, delivering exotic car racing with realistic handling across scenic closed-circuit tracks.

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About

Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed, later released in Japan as Over Drivin’, is a 1994 racing video game first released on the 3DO and then ported to MS-DOS, PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It is the first installment released in the Need for Speed series. The premise of the game involves racing in sport cars, including several exotic models and Japanese imports. The Saturn version expanded the content with three additional closed-circuit track courses, for a total of six tracks available at launch, and also allows users to select the time of day which is not seen in older versions.

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