Developer : EA Canada
Publisher : Electronic Arts
Series : Need for Speed
Platform : Microsoft Windows; PlayStation; PlayStation Network; Xbox Live Arcade
Release date : Microsoft Windows; NA September 27, 1998; EU September 27, 1998
PlayStation: NA March 25, 1998; EU September 27, 1998
Genre : Racing
Mode : Single player and multiplayer
ESRB : E
Plot :
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit brings the franchise back to its roots with intense cops vs. racer chases.
The game features Need for Speed Autolog where players compare racing stats and automatically get personalized gameplay recommendations from their friends. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit players can also experience the thrill of the chase and the rush of the escape as they play through full careers as both a cop and a racer - solo or connected. The high speed busts and heart-stopping getaways are all connected via Need for Speed Autolog.
You'll experience stunning speeds, takedowns, and getaways as you battle your friends in the most connected Need for Speed game ever. Through Need for Speed Autolog and its innovative approach to connected social competition, your Hot Pursuit experience will extend beyond the console onto the web, constantly moving your gameplay in new and unique directions.
Loaded with action, this game will challenge you to become Seacrest County's top cop or most wanted racer. For the first time ever in a Need for Speed game, you'll be able to play a full career on either side of the law. This fall, whether you're a lead-foot speeder or a cop with a mean streak, make sure your aviators are spotless and your driving record is anything but.
Features : Racers
If you had some of the most powerful cars in the world in your garage and miles of open road, you probably wouldn’t waste them on a Sunday drive to pick up milk. We’re lucky to live in Seacrest County, with mile after mile of pristine scenery – mountains to the sea – without any slow, plodding buses or ugly skyscrapers to pollute the landscape. The roads are perfect, smooth tarmac, just begging for you to take your McLaren MP4-12C out for a spin. A car with that much power can’t be wasted going the speed limit, so floor it! Be careful, though, because the Seacrest County PD, are always just around the corner, looking for an unsuspecting racer to bust. They’re packing supercar power on their side too, so escaping pursuits isn’t as easy as it once was. Their cruisers are expensive to buy and maintain, so if you get busted, be prepared to pay through the nose to get your ride back.
Cops
All this illegal racing is definitely hurting Seacrest County’s tourism potential. No worries, the SCPD has the finest fleet of cop cars in the world to make sure the racers aren’t having all the fun. We don’t care what you have to do. If you see a car travelling at an unsafe speed, the chase is on, no need to ask for permission. The more speeders you bust, the more Bounty you receive. Get more Bounty and you’ll advance up the police ladder, unlocking more challenging chases and events, as well as, wait for it ... faster cruisers. Have a look at the entire squad.
Autolog
At the heart of Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is Autolog, a connected network keeping you and your friends in the middle of all the action. The heart of Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is Autolog, which is where your journey begins every time you enter Seacrest County. Autolog is the intelligent engine at the center of our most connected Need for Speed ever, keeping you in the middle of the action both in and out of the game. Through Autolog, you can track your career and game stats, check out all your captured photos, brag about your latest accomplishments, and jump directly into challenges recommended by Autolog’s comparison engine based on your friends’ gameplay.
And all of this will be extended to the Hot Pursuit website, as well. You’ll be able to easily upload your Autolog profile picture from your computer, run a side-by-side stats comparison with any of your friends, text-chat directly with any friend in the game, and most importantly, save any Autolog Recommendation for the next time that you’re in the game. This way, if you check the site on your lunch break and see that one of your buddies just knocked you out of first place on a given race, you can make sure it’s all cued up the next time you’re in the game.
Cars
We hand-selected the finest vehicles in the world for your Hot Pursuit driving pleasure, many of them driveable as police cars for the first time ever. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit features the hottest cars, with absolutely no “fillers”. You’ll be able to tear around the scenic routes of Seacrest County in some of the most powerful rides on the planet, many of them appearing for the first time ever as police vehicles. You’ll be able to take down the racers behind the wheel of a cop-spec Pagani Zonda Cinque, or trade your badge for the thrill of outrunning Seacrest County’s Finest in a Dodge Viper SRT10.
Enough talking, though, here’s the current list. We hope you enjoy driving these hand-picked machines as much as we did selecting them and crafting them into Hot Pursuit.
Seacrest County
This is the biggest open-world of any Need for Speed title. From coastline highways to winding mountain passes, you’ll have plenty of road to explore. With its vast open-world, Seacrest County is the perfect place to get your fix for high-speed racing (or chasing) action. There are several diverse locales throughout – coast, desert, forest, and mountain – with unique features to provide each side of the law with certain benefits and challenges. One strong suggestion we’d make is to drive around the county a few times on your own before taking part in any pursuits. Get familiar with the beautiful scenery and its many hidden shortcuts.
System Requirements :
Intel Processor - Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz
AMD Processor - Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+
Nvidia Graphics Card - GeForce 8800 GT
ATI Graphics Card - Radeon HD 3870
RAM Memory - 2 GB
Hard Disk Space - 8 GB
Direct X - 9
