Need for Speed: High Stakes
A high octane racer in which players race against the competition, as well as the police, in a high stakes game where players put their car on the line to win it all and come out on top.
OverviewNeed for Speed: High Stakes (also known as Need for Speed Road Challenge in Europe) is the sixth installment of the Need for Speed series, and was published by Electronic Arts in 1999.
It features a large amount of high performance vehicles, exotic cars and law enforcement cruisers in North American and European locations. High Stakes added a new tournament mode titled High Stakes, as well as two new pursuit modes, Getaway and Time Trap.The game also features a simple damage system - in High Stakes mode, players can spend their career earnings in order to fix any damage to their car after races.While graphically similar to the previous game in the series, Hot Pursuit, High Stakes had a number of small improvements including the addition of driver models to the cars.CarsClass AAAMclaren F1 GTRMercedes CLK-GTRLa Niña (bonus car)Pursuit La Niña (bonus car)Class AABMW M5 (E39)Ferrari F50Ferrari 550 MaranelloLamborghini Diablo SVPorsche 911 Turbo (993) (standard & bonus car)Pursuit BMW M5Pursuit Lamborghini Diablo SV (bonus car)Pursuit Porsche 911 TurboClass AChevrolet Camaro Z28 (standard & bonus car)Chevrolet Corvette (C5)Jaguar XKRPontiac Firebird (T/A)Pursuit Corvette (C5)Pursuit Camaro (bonus car) Class BBMW Z3Mercedes SLK 230 TracksHigh Stakes features 19 tracks, 10 new, and 9 returning from the previous game in the series.AquaticAtlanticaCeltic Ruins *Country WoodsDolphin Cove *Durham Road *Empire CityHome TownKindiak Park *Landstrasse *Lost CanyonsRaceway *Raceway 2*Raceway 3 *Redrock RidgeRocky PassRoute Adonf *Snowy Ridge*Summit * new tracks PC RequirementsWindows 95/98/Me/XP (Home Edition);Pentium 200 (Min.);4x CD-ROM drive (Min.);32MB RAM (Min.);2MB DirectX 6.1 compatible graphics card (Min.);DirectX 6.1 compatible sound card;100Mb free hard drive space.
