Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed (PlayStation)

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Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed is a 1994 racing video game first released on the 3DO and then ported to Windows, PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It is the first installment released in the Need for Speed series. The premise of the game involves racing in sport cars, including several exotic models and Japanese imports. Road & Track magazine helped with getting the cars in the game, hence their name in the title.

Hidden Developer Text#

The game's executable contains several developer messages:

Offsets: 0x24A0 (US) / 0x24AC (EU) / 0x2498 (JP)

THE COOLEST GUYS
IN CALGARY
JEREMY E. BOLDER
STEPHEN D. BARR
BILL E. C. TRIBE
JAMES CUMMINGS
KELLY HANNON

Offsets: 0xAD99C (US) / 0xADAB4 (EU) / 0xAD990 (JP)

For employment opportunities, send your resume to Human Resources, Electronic Arts (Canada), Inc. 400-4400 Dominion Street.  Burnaby, BC V5G-4G3.  Tell them we sent you

Dummy File#

The file ZZZZZZZZ.PAD, present in the root of the disc image, is a video containing footage from what seems to be an early version of the game.

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