Need for Speed: High Stakes
Just like its predecessors Need for Speed: High Stakes is an action racing game with a wide selection of exotic sports cars and many different types of tracks. The trademark Hot Pursuit mode game mode from the…
Need for Speed: High Stakes is a racing developed by EA Canada, released 24 March 1999 on PlayStation.
What Need for Speed: High Stakes is
Need for Speed: High Stakes is a racing game developed by EA Canada and released in 1999. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Just like its predecessors Need for Speed: High Stakes is an action racing game with a wide selection of exotic sports cars and many different types of tracks. The trademark Hot Pursuit mode game mode from the first game in the series is still present, where players race opponents on tracks filled with regular traffic and police cars that chase the racers. The classic pursuit mode is extended with two additional modes: Getaway and Time Trap. In Getaway the player needs to shake off the police in a set amount of time, or playing as the police trap a speeder before time runs out. In Time Trap an entire race needs to be completed before time runs out, or as the police all speeders need to be…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Need for Speed series
Need for Speed: High Stakes is the sixth of 84 entries we hold in the Need for Speed series. It arrived 12 months after Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit. The next entry was Need for Speed: High Stakes in 1999.
What it launched against
Need for Speed: High Stakes launched on 24 March 1999, within three weeks of RollerCoaster Tycoon, Metal Slug X, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 and Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy.
Released around the same time: RollerCoaster Tycoon, Metal Slug X, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy.
Official trailer
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