Between the hot cars and tracks, in-depth Tournament mode, and thrilling cop chases, this excellent racer's got depth and style to spare. It's worth every cent.
The best game in the history of the Need for Speed series. The variety of cars amazes the player with the graphics and gameplay of the cars along with competitive and realistic races. Exceptional voice acting along with various maps and masterpiece music make this version a work of art.
This game is something truly special. Classic Need for Speed flaunting its best characteristics: fancy cars, good progression system, exotic tracks, brilliant soundtrack and pissy cops. Good stuff and great addition to a PS1 library!
The game slows down when the track is full of cars. Plus, you might find your attention distracted by an over-detailed landscape that washes out the course ahead.
It seems almost threadbare in places due to the lack of attention in the physics, design, and multi-player aspects. Casual racing fans will probably get a kick out of it, but the hardcore gamers will be left wanting more.
I greatly prefer High Stakes on PS1 over the PC version, probably because I grew up with the PC version of Hot Pursuit, which runs on a simpler version of the same engine. Granted, the same can be said with the PS1 versions of the same games, but I still do prefer this one.
This game is the original Hot Pursuit multiplied by 100, one of the best menu soundtracks of all time, good race tracks, hot pursuit mode, solid career and arcade modes.
What impress me more about this game is how they paid attention on the details back on PS1 days, you can turn the lights and hazards, car damage affect your performance, and the test drive mode just feels alive (try to crash on traffic, and do a couple laps, there is a chance of barriers being added on the site of the accident), the high stakes mode for 2 players is a great feature, but I think it was better used on the PC version career as a precursor of what we see on Most Wanted.
When they say "High Stakes", they weren't kidding. In the Career mode you buy expensive cars and upgrade them to stage 1, 2 and 3. At the end of each tournament, you race for pinks, and you can't restart the game! Is it raining at night and you just smashed your headlight and have to drive in pitch dark? Too bad buddy. I used to pull the plug out my computer just to avoid losing my car. I don't think any racing game has made me that nervous short of NFS Most Wanted. The cops were aggressive and smart, the handling was realistic, the dashboard view was perfect, you could use your horn, your lights, and tune the car to your liking. As a cop you could switch with other cop cars to catch a racer, deploy spike strips and call for a helicopter, or even fly a helicopter! The music gave me goosebumps, and the showcase, narration and videos describing each car in detail made all of them feel very special. I hope EA comes to their senses and remakes this game without omitting any of the things that made it truly great.
Need For Speed siempre ha sido una saga de PC, en consola simplemente no dan el ancho, sobretodo en esta época. Esta entrega es la más querida por los fans, no es casualidad, es un juego descente en sus físicas y y en general bonito, pero sigo cuestionandome a que le tira esta franquicia.
the best classic racing game
from the time of the 90s and the best cars
ferrari 360, f50, diablo sv, etc
and new cars and an animated 3d character in the pc version