Need for Speed II (PC vs PlayStation) Side by Side Comparison

A Comparison (side by side) of the V-Rally game between the PC and PS1 versions. Please use headphones for a better experience (Binaural Audio). Left-Side Sound = PC Windows 95 (Need for Speed II Special Edition) Right-Side Sound = PlayStation/ PS1/PSX (Need for Speed II)

[@andreasbusuk]

NFS2 VS SPECIAL EDITION

[@MathewsNunes]

So happy to see this! I had the PS1 version, and I still have the original CD for the PC version, with CD box and cover.

[@Fernando-Rodriguez]

you can play it on PCem if you set up a Windows98 machine with Voodoo 3 graphics.

[@fatglist]

The PC version is smoother and has texture smoothing, but with 1 MB of video memory, the PS version has dynamic lighting, when driving under bridges and in tunnels, the car interior is also shaded.

[@MathewsNunes]

That's true, but that's because this is being rendered in software rendering. Pc version is able to have dynamic lighting/shading when rendering using Glide (old API used in 3Dfx's Voodoo GPUs).

[@GeordiLaForgery]

@@MathewsNunes might be able to get this working on a modern pc with dgvoodoo

[@mleolv426]

Gotta love watching the bridge build itself as you drive over it.

[@rcassiano2]

é incrível a diferente entre os 30fps (ou menos) contra os 60fps no PC, e o mais incrível que joguei muito need for Speed II no PS1 e nunca percebi o como o jogo roda truncado, alias sempre jogamos jogos com pouco fps e nunca reclamamos o importante era a diversão e como sempre, ótimo vídeo, sempre vejo logo quando sai video novo

[@pires7spc]

Claro, o olho e cérebro humano se acostuma com o que a imagem reflete, mas naquela mesma época de você tivesse tido a oportunidade jogar esse game no PC já iria ver a diferença.

[@nickbond6447]

For sure less that 30fps on PS1

[@Alef.93]

A gente era acostumado com os jogos rodando lentos, as vezes até em 15fps, como nas batalhas dos Final Fantasy. A imagem com pouca definição dos CRTs disfarçavam um pouco. O primeiro jogo que rodei em 60FPS foi o Half Life 1, o jogo chegava a me dar náuseas.

[@rcassiano2]

@@Alef.93 jogos FPS deixa algumas pessoas assim msm, antes eu não tinha esse problema, agora tenho kkkk. Jogava Doom, e depois de alguns minutos já tava morrendo de dor de cabeça 😅

[@Alef.93]

@@rcassiano2 É horrível isso. Ainda sinto com alguns jogos. A solução é limitar o FPS pra 40.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Need for Speed wasn't even on my radar until the third entry. Now *that* is a racing game.

[@TS-yz3ud]

Fair. It was my first experience with the franchise, and I can confirm it is better than the first two.👍🏽

[@wahrheit3609]

Thank you for these great videos. I like it very much.

[@TS-yz3ud]

It's funny. Here, the Windows version is running in software mode, which explains why it looks worse than I first remembered. The hardware accelerated mode really polishes up the PC port.

[@JohnCharb87]

1. PC version had better framerate. Also a much easier to read heads up display. Also different cars on the title screens. 2. Really cool to see the interiors of each car. A lot of attention to detail especially the Ferrari F50's dashboard. 3. I hope your insured because you just flipped a $1,000,000 McLaren F1.

[@mammouthlafouinne3678]

Today, the price of a McLaren F1 can go up to +20 million dollars!!!

[@mackepobacke1832]

the resolution on pc is higher of course as is the framerate but i love the ps1-lighting the effect is simple and works well even on the dashboard

[@Archivosdelosvideojuegos]

The only thing that pc is missing is the lightning effects, but I prefer that version.

[@Corsa15DT]

the main thing everyone forgets is just how expensive pc you needed to play nfs2 at a good framerate back in the day.

[@shalpp]

Have you considered tossing some of these dos / win9x games in era-appropriate virtual machines via PCEM? I feel that plus the specs of whatever build you've configured would definitely add a bit of depth + context to the comparisons

[@Fernando-Rodriguez]

the PCs you make in PCem are emulated hardware not virtualized, the performance is amazing and on par with actual hardware

[@Lightblue2222]

They look very simular. As where NFS III PC did a graphics leap over PS1.

[@princegroove]

This is one of my all time favorite NFS games; I have it for PlayStation, 3DO, and Saturn.

[@Silva_GP]

You are talking about the first game, NFS 2 never got a 3DO and Saturn port.

[@m.i.smithology]

The ps1 version of steering wheel is erratic 🤣.

[@JoyManoppo]

The mclaren f1 door closing had the perfect timing 2:09

[@jordanscherr6699]

I guess my main question is specs, What kind of rig did you need to achieve a smooth frame rate?

[@egg64]

music was good in this game

[@AngeloFrLuck]

Esse jogo era muito mais bonito em Glide do que Direct X. Não lembro a parte exata da pista, mas em 10:08 pra frente pra quem usava placa de vídeo Voodoo apareciam umas abelhas e sujavam o para-brisa do carro.

[@AndreaLitvaden]

The 3DFX support came only with a later patch. Paradoxically, at the time I preferred the rendering software; the 3DFX version was fantastic, but I remember slightly "washed out" colors

[@kiriyama83]

La sensación de velocidad es muy superior en pc. Me gusta más el brillo de la versión de PlayStation, pero me quedo con la jugabilidad en pc.

[@Silva_GP]

Comparison suggestion: Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition PS2 vs PSP version.

[@jonpirovsky]

Need for Speed II was incredibly disappointing to me. They discarded everything that made the original game unique to me: the simulation handling, the road courses and the police chases. When I played it for the first time, I just got deflated immediately...

[@MrRetrostage]

Yes, that's right. Played it quite a bit, but NFS3 was the true successor for me!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Three was fire though.

[@AMG454PRO]

Completely agree with you. I was disappointed with NFS2, it was nothing like the 1st game, all race tracks were laps, no cops, no other cars on the road besides the racers, total failure. NFS3 sequel was amazing.

[@sebastianaliandkulche]

Well, to be fair the simulation handling was lost in any other release other than the 3do version but i agree.

[@jonpirovsky]

@@sebastianaliandkulche true, but the PC version ran much better than the PS and Saturn versions. And NFS2 was terrible, cars handled like wet soap on porcelain...

[@amigosdodota_old]

Não entendi a ideia por trás de deixar o gráfico da versão PC no médio em vez de por no máximo.

[@marcosvander2479]

Alto demandaria um PC mais TOP , então o teste privou em trazer pra algo mais realistico. QUASE PC que as pessoas podiam ter vs um console - algo mais justo manja

[@amigosdodota_old]

@@marcosvander2479 você pegou bem a ideia, o VCDecide explicou mais ou menos isso mesmo no post da aba comunidade.

[@sebastianaliandkulche]

​@@marcosvander2479That doesnt make sense. Its not like youre using modern patches like widescreen fix or something like that. What matters is how the game could teorically look in 1997.

[@raihanfarrelofficial]

I ever played NFS2 on PC

[@lucahitman]

and frankly, for psx, I didn't remember this really bad framerate compared to the first game

[@peterjohannpetermann]

Tenho este jogo para PC, no box original comprei na feira do rolo por 1 real kkkkk instalei em uma máquina retro de época AMD Athlon XP 2500+ memória ram 1GB DDR, placa de vídeo AGP GF400MX 64 MB, OS Windows XP SP3 e roda lindamente, tenho também um PS one FAT e queimei uma mídia desde jogo e jogo os dois em uma TV CRT de 14" ficou top! A versão de PC realmente é melhor em tudo!

[@ngiants2230]

PC way smoother than ps1. But I would still play either one.

[@user-kn6ew3ce7p]

Where 3DFX???

[@AndreaLitvaden]

3dfx wasn't that common back then. However, the game was originally created with rendering software, the 3D acceleration was a later addition

[@hassanansari9836]

❤

[@SebastianSMG88]

soundtrack was in an other level games, thats is GODTIER soundtrack game ever made it

[@Playstation.Forever]

And where is the n64 version? loL😂☠️ Imagine PS a $299 console with 1mb or 2mb of ram competing head to head against a $700 or $800 PC with much more ram and a superior CPU and GPU, let's remember that at that time very few people could have a PC at home, because of how expensive it was, and That PS one can run those same games is impressive.❤

[@Silva_GP]

Gamer PC still are expensive to have.

[@roydriver8956]

PC all the way!

[@BurritoKingdom]

PC easily wins but it is surprising how close the PS1 version is. It just runs at a lower resolution and framerate (between 15 to 30) with no anti-aliasing. I was expecting more wobbly textures that the PS1 is known for. Especially when you compare other 3d Accelerated PC games at the time to the PS1 version.

[@scorchpunyasubhan7143]

So, we can say that the pc ver is far superior?

[@Edmondeo]

3DFX?

[@AndreaLitvaden]

It's software render. Support for 3dfx graphic card came only later, with a specific patch (I remember this because at the time I had a Pentium 166 mmx with a 2 MB Matrox Mystique. What memories!)

[@saratov99]

@@AndreaLitvaden Its Special Edition. No patch needed, supports Glide out the box.

[@AndreaLitvaden]

@@saratov99 you're right. Sorry for mistake

[@EAO_Wadsy]

There is no contest, the PC version (Special Edition) is the strongest. It has the strongest graphics, a bonus track and 6 bonus cars. The standard PC version is underwhelming, but it is only with having 11 opponents in a race that it sticks out. The PS1 version is just average and my least favourite NFS on PSX - frame rate issues, dated graphics, and worse than the first game by a long stretch. Overall, I think NFS II is the weakest of the first six entries as it has no cops, it is very arcadey with weird physics and lacks much that the first game had. I still really like it though!

[@nicktronson2977]

Need some weed.

[@ricardobonoto9923]

Acho uma versão bem competente de PS1, diferente do NFS3 que a versão de PS1 é bem ruim e voltou a ficar melhor no NFSHS e NFSPU porém é claro que a versão de PC é superior.

[@Tayyab-148]

The pc version is the best it is special edition❤

[@juandediosfigueroa7376]

La version de psx wuacala

[@drakonolus7922]

Great Game !!!!

[@archive3do769]

PS1 version lookin like dookie

[@kriever]

Pena que você não jogou com o carro cor de uva no PS1.

[@cavernegame6404]

Pc master race

[@gundstaff]

Playstation forgot the graphics at home.

[@Silva_GP]

Playstation version was released before the PC version.

[@eliasesekyel322]

Los juegos de carreras del Playstation siempre fueron fatales! Pixelados exageradamente, y con retrasos, incluso parece que corren a 30 fps por segundo , noten el de PC la animación no se traba.

[@shizuoka1139]

Na maioria esmagadora dos PCs do milhão e da Xuxa da época não rodava assim não. Era bem mais capenga. O PS1 era uma ótima alternativa pra jogos AAA na época.

[@Silva_GP]

Só que os ports de PS1 vinham com falta de conteúdo em comparação ao PC que vinha com DLCs e melhorias a mais.

[@sebastianaliandkulche]

It doesnt matter. What it matter is that a PC could run it, not matter how expensive it may be. If not, we would have to criticize Crisis graphics and saying they dont look better than the PS3 verdion just because you need a good PC, which doesnt make sense.

[@CurtindoAqueleDrama]

a compressão de video do PS1 era fantástica. Muito melhor q a do Saturn (e desse jogo pra PC) e batia até mesmo o Dreamcast em alguns casos...

[@Link-zx7dn]

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@natanfujiwara814]

Têm jogo como Test Drive 6 que no PS1 possui efeito de dia e noite, no Dreamcast não tem xD

[@CurtindoAqueleDrama]

@@Link-zx7dn cherou um saco de risada?

[@CurtindoAqueleDrama]

@@natanfujiwara814 ah sim. mas eu estava me referindo a compressão dos arquivos de vídeo. Tipo a abertura em FMV desse Need2. Ou as cenas em CGI. O PS1 usava uma compressão que deixava a imagem melhor, com menos granulado na tela.

[@parazels83]

One of the worst NDSs ever!

[@WalterJunior-lk9du]

Os dois gráficos são iguais de PC e ps 1

[@Kyo130]

Não a do PC éla colocou no Médio

[@pires7spc]

Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk 🤣

[@pires7spc]

Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk 🤣 você só pode ser cego.

[@marcosvander2479]

PLAYSTATION WINS - muita gente fala a no PC ta rodando melhor , só que não. Nessa epoca 80% dos PC nem rodavam era nada , além de vc ter que ter um BOM PC valor de uns 4-6 Ps1 ainda vc teria que ter as Famosas placas aceleradoras que custava caro pra diabo , mesmo vc tendo esse KIT caro , ainda vc deveria programar esse sistema acaico. Ou seja Botões péssimamente mapeados , zero suporte a controles fora o trampo dos infernos pra fazer pegar , por isso Vou de Ps1 Pois o ps1 rodava o jogo , agora se seu pc fosse Mais Ou menos o jogo iria rodar mais ou menos tb ;)

[@sebastianaliandkulche]

What was the past is still the past. Even a trash PC this days could run a game like this (and if i remember correctly, it was ported to windows so you dont need dosbox).

[@Silva_GP]

A versão de PC ganhou DLCs com mais conteúdo e melhorias gráficas do 3DFX que vieram meses depois do lançamento original, gráficos não são tudo. Além disso, a resolução do PS1 era menor em comparação ao do PC, dando uma melhor visibilidade. Joguei a versão de PS1 várias vezes.

[@Rage_hero765]

FRAMERATE i wszystko w tym temacie..PC Win!