Cars had realistic performance attributes, thanks to data from Road & Track Magazine, and that meant your choice of car mattered. What set it apart though, was the attention to detail. Referring to kb/m users, of course, and not the analogue (pedal/triggers) crowd.ĭeveloped by EA Canada’s Pioneer Productions, the first Need for Speed game drove onto the scene with a small roster of exotic cars, a few point-to-point courses, circuits, and game modes. As with any other exciting pastime, it has always been about quick reflexes and adrenaline with racing games, not to mention the urge to keep that accelerator button pressed hard down for magically squeezing out some extra top speed. Cars had finally started to look more than just colorful matchboxes, even if they still handled like one. Part 1 – Ignition The Need for Speed (1994)įire up any early 1990s racing game on a DOS emulator today and the potential for the genre to explode was clearly on display. A new titles is also in development slated for 2022 as of writing. Today, we’ll fasten our seat belts for a quick drive down memory lane and take a look at all the mainstream Need for Speed games – PC & console – from the 1994’s original to Need for Speed Heat released in 2019. Like the only movie adaptation that it spawned in 2014, most entries in the last decade have failed to leave a mark, while a few spin-offs just aren’t worth mentioning. However, Need for Speed has also had its fair share of struggles, the kind any franchise of this scale usually suffers from. In terms of car culture, there’s not much that the several dozen entries haven’t touched over the decades in the series. Casual open-world and track racing? Check. Deep, satisfying car customization? Check. Outrunning the antagonist in dark, twisty canyons? Check. Crashing past Diggy’s donut shop in Rockport to disable cops? Check. It’s easy to see why, as this mostly arcadey series has been delivering fun and setting pulses racing in a myriad of ways, while also disappointing fans in a number of occasions. The Need for Speed franchise has been with us for nearly three decades, and is estimated to have sold over 150 million copies during this time.
Over the years car fanatics have been living and driving the dream, all made possible by games like the iconic Need for Speed. Second is the first to lose, as the great Ayrton Senna would say. Most racing games have a deceptively simple, strict premise: be the first to cross the finish line.
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