Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (Windows)

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit brought back the police after their absence in the second game and allowed players to play as the cops for the first time. Considered to be arguably the best NFS game of the classic pre-Underground era, it began one of the franchise's most celebrated sub-series.

EEGG#

Named eegg, it's from MMNU.QFS and it's placed among tracks' vidwalls. It's likely it was supposed to be used as the vidwall of hidden tracks like in the PlayStation version. However, this version didn't have hidden tracks, so this picture is left unused.

Hidden Cursor#

Apparently, one of the cursors is... an offensive gesture. It's unknown what triggers it, so it's probably a leftover of a developer's insider joke of some sorts.

Unseen Car Pictures#

COMPARE.FSH contains pictures of all the game's official playable cars, including the Australian version's exclusive cars, the Wal-Mart special version's Corvette pace car and even the DLC cars.

Cut Track Remains#

Inside the language files, there are text strings for the hidden tracks in the PlayStation version, as well as Drag Strip and Oval - these will later appear in Motor City Online.

Leftover Loading Screens#

The European release contains many garbage files, such as leftover loading screens. Seems like the Windows port was supposed to be closer to the PlayStation release.

Unused Track Info#

These images can be early versions of the circuit information.

Hometown#

Early	Final

Atlantica#

Early	Final

Rocky Pass#

Early	Final

Country Woods#

Early	Final

Lost Canyons#

Early	Final

Unused Music#

SRV2.MUS#

Early version of "Gear Grinder" by Matt Ragan. A finalized version later appeared in Motor City Online.

CHUCK.MUS#

Also later appearing in Motor City Online in finalized form is an early version of "Redlining" by Matt Ragan. It was programmed to play on TRK009 (the one that would go after Empire City).

CREDITS.MUS#

Cerebral Plumbing by Crispin Hands, a leftover from NFS2.

v · t · e The Need for Speed series
DOS	Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed
PlayStation	Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed • Need for Speed II (Prototype) • Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit • High Stakes • Porsche Unleashed
Windows	Need for Speed II • Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit • Hot Pursuit 2 (Prototype) • Underground • Underground 2 • Most Wanted (2005) (Prototype) • Carbon (Prototype) • ProStreet (Prototype) • Undercover • World (Prototypes) • Hot Pursuit (2010) • Shift 2: Unleashed • The Run • Most Wanted (2012) • Rivals • Need for Speed (2015) • Edge • Payback • Heat • Unbound
PlayStation 2	Hot Pursuit 2 (Prototype) • Underground (Prototypes) • Underground 2 (Prototype) • Most Wanted (2005) (Prototypes) • Carbon • ProStreet (Prototype) • Undercover
GameCube, Xbox	Hot Pursuit 2 (Prototype) • Underground • Underground 2 • Most Wanted (2005) • Carbon
Game Boy Advance	Porsche Unleashed • Underground 2 • Most Wanted • Carbon: Own the City
Adobe Flash	Underground: 1/4 Mile Challenge
DSiWare	Need for Speed: Nitro-X
PlayStation Portable	Underground Rivals
Wii	Carbon • ProStreet (Prototype) • Undercover • Hot Pursuit
Wii U	Most Wanted U
PlayStation 3	Carbon • ProStreet • Undercover • Hot Pursuit (2010) • The Run (Demo) • Most Wanted (2012) (Prototypes) • Rivals
PlayStation Vita	Most Wanted (2012)
Xbox 360	Most Wanted (2005) • Carbon • ProStreet (Prototypes) • Undercover (Prototypes) • Hot Pursuit (2010) • The Run (Demo) • Most Wanted (2012) • Rivals
PlayStation 4, Xbox One	Rivals • Need for Speed (2015) • Payback • Heat
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X	Unbound
J2ME	Most Wanted (2014)
iOS, Android	Most Wanted (2012) • No Limits

Spinoffs and Related Games
Nintendo 64	Beetle Adventure Racing