Need for Speed III Hot Pursuit - Playstation Review

[@imnotgivingmy_name_toamach7491]

In night two player split screen races, we used to turn off the headlights and find hiding places on the tracks that were extremely dark where you couldn't find one another. such an awesome game

[@purwantiallan5089]

I also ever used that split screen multiplayer in NFS III.

[@Unexpecter]

I cannot describe how obsesed with this game I was back then. EA has never managed to capture the spirit of it ever again. Absolutely the best NFS there is.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Along with High Stakes, Hot Pursuit 2, and Hot Pursuit 2010 and MW2005.

[@nerdius8204]

High stakes on the psx is an improved version of hot pursuit in any regard

[@PersonManManManMan]

Yes

[@Choralone422]

NFS 2 with the 3dfx patch or NFS 3 on the PC with a 3dfx card were awesome times back in those days! 2 things not mentioned in this review: 1. In NFS 3 on the PC it is possible to create/import custom cars and do wacky stuff with that. 2. The LAN multiplayer aspects of those games on the PC. Up to 8 players were seriously good times! Back in those days it was one of many games like the original Half Life, Counter Strike 1.6, Command & Conquer/Red Alert & Starcraft that my friends and I played at a lot of LAN parties!

[@vipset87]

damn you def were a rich kid lol. i wish theyd remake/remaster this instead of the hotpursuit they decided to remaster

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. Agreed.

[@Lord_Deimos]

Man, I love NFS3, I was so good at it nobody wanted to play with me because they stood no chance. It was also one of the first games I've played on the 3DFX Voodoo 2 along with Quake and Turok and it was a thing to behold. The pc version also had a fine tuning option so you could customize the driving behaviour of your car and it was glorious.

[@baltax11]

Only now I can see the graphics difference, ate the time I bought a new pc with 3dfx and it blew my mind the difference in this game and tomb raider 2

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@baltax11despite NFSIII has only 9 cars tho.

[@SuperHns]

Fun fact : some of the manufacturers had issues with their cars being used in this game to be racing against the police. this is why they werent all available in HP mode. LOL

[@atranfanatic]

How stupid, it is just a game. lol

[@De-M-oN]

@@atranfanatic At least the cars can flipover here. The manufacturers didnt allow it for Test Drive Unlimited and Crew ... Also in the F1 series, codemasters is not allowed to make the cars able to flipover. Also very limited to damage with all the sponsors on the cars :/

[@borla4491]

Yep. Ferrari and that's it. Lamborghini and others are /were ok with it.

[@sebastiankulche]

Easily fixable with a mod at least.

[@erix5184]

When EA announced a remaster of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit I was expecting a remaster of this classic.... not the game that wasn't even 10 years old at the time. This, Most Wanted, Underground 1 & 2, and Carbon were the peak of the NFS series.

[@MrCalverino]

underground 2 sucked

[@Ziimbiian]

And so MW05. Sorry but HP10 was needed

[@efuuu]

Either these two are trolls, or just stupid.

[@urbanmidnight1]

Lol Criterions 2010 NFS HP was awesome, Carbon was crap.

[@MrCalverino]

@@urbanmidnight1 I love the 360 pan u can do on HP 2 on ps2. Its like Need for Speed meets the Matrix 😎

[@tristanholley7141]

One thing that needs to be said. The 3Dfx version on PC looked miles ahead of the software or D3D options.

[@GTXDash]

D3D was identical to Glide mode except for the headlights' rays were removed

[@KannX]

@@GTXDash Yup and some smoke effects were a bit better on 3DFX version

[@tristanholley7141]

@@GTXDash it was far different. Way smoother. GLide was amazing. If you could see a side by side comparison of Quake 2 or Tomb Raider 2 your see stark differences

[@GTXDash]

@@tristanholley7141 Look, I do prefer glide mode, I've played it in Glide mode and also in D3D mode, I really didn't see much of a difference. In fact if anything it looks a little worse in glide because a voodoo didn't have good fps with anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering at 800x600 when compared to a GeForce or Radeon. Ironically, Glide mode now looks the best on modern systems with a glide wrapper and fan patch implemented, especially since the glide wrapper can convert any game to native 32bit color.

[@adam1984pl]

I never owned 3dfx cart,i beat Tomb Raider and Quake 2 on software mode back in days.

[@IkariMetalSlugger]

This is the Need For Speed I grew up with. This and High Stakes were my favorites. I haven't played any Need For Speed games since. From what I've seen of them, they look like they've drifted away from what I liked about the old ones.

[@Gatorade69]

High stakes was the one I owned but I had a friend with III. You definitely missed out as the NFS Underground series was excellent.

[@nickharris5231]

I had and loved both of those games. And for the most part I agree with you, but the Criterion developed Hot Pursuit that came out on XBOX 360/PS3 was a serious return to form. They came back with the elegant Road & Track style reverence and presentation for the cars, and the gameplay was super awesome. I highly recommend you find that game for whatever system you can and play it. They even just released a fresh remaster, although if you're on PC, the original release holds up just fine.

[@Ramaxx95]

You HAVE to play Porsche Unleashed and Hot Pursuit 2(ps2 version). Both keep having that classic NFS charm and are amazing. The Underground and Most Wanted went a different direction but are amazing games nonetheless.

[@benconway9010]

Haha no pun intended then with the drift reference then??😆😆

[@benconway9010]

@@Gatorade69 yeah they were good but I think the best one that was on ps2 was most wanted absolutely loved that game...carbon was pretty good as well

[@cloudtx]

I've just started playing Gran Turismo on the PlayStation for the first time so this video caught me in just the right mood. It's great to see you reviewing PS1 games as well man! I know you are mostly into Sega but do keep in mind the PS1 for future reviews! Us PlayStation lovers will always appreciate it :D

[@BawesomeBurf]

Nice! The first 2 Gran Turismos are my favorites in the series. Hope you enjoy them!

[@cloudtx]

@@BawesomeBurf Thanks! Will Do!

[@JetScreamer_YT]

This was the game that compelled me to get my first 3D card. And a PC steering wheel. I still play it sometimes on my Vita.

[@joysticksnjukeboxes]

This game is so perfect in every way. Every other racing game I've played (before or after) never really measures up to the fun I had with this one. I still hear the tunes and the voice actors like ear worms regularly.

[@GTXDash]

I played this game when I had a Geforce 256 and I still play it on my modern gaming PC! Never gets old.

[@j.samuelwaters81]

Not even some of the Burnout games? Takedown and Paradise were pretty stellar if you ask me

[@gaboaaa23]

@@j.samuelwaters81ONLY Burnout 3 toped this fun factor but many many lays later. On ps1? Nothing beated this.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@j.samuelwaters81so did Burnout 2 and Revenge.

[@CYON4D]

One of my favorite games of all time. I share your passion for this game. I played this on PC with my 3dfx Voodoo card and I was blown away. I even printed some screenshots from the game and hang them on my wall. I am a huge fan of the early NFS games. I played NFS3 constantly until NFS4 was released.

[@fikrizainudin6376]

90's Need For Speed games with 3Dfx cards were something visually fascinating back in the day, but I think it's still are impressive now as well.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I owned the PC port back in the day, and had the 3DFX setup needed to make it look fantastic.

[@heavyaccept]

Simply the best Need For Speed game of the NFS series!

[@Hyvelez]

My all time favourite game! The atmosphere with music is something special. Love the fact that there is such an active community around it still.

[@purwantiallan5089]

25 years on, NFS III HOT PURSUIT still legendary.

[@CC_2617]

My Dad and I played this constantly, we loved racing games and this was our favorite on the Playstation

[@krisfrederick5001]

The first 3 Need for Speeds were and always will be my favorite. My best friend had the original on PC when we were kids it was INCREDIBLE graphically in 1995. Nostalgia is a powerful drug and I still get my fix occasionally.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Agree. For me even NFS III HOT PURSUIT is miles above Gran Turismo 7.

[@ericjames19]

Your best review to date. Please continue this trend of reviewing PC games of that era. The golden age of Computer gaming.

[@buckroger6456]

Nice to see someone else that knows that the 90s were the golden age of gaming. This was when consoles had some killer games and pc's had some of the best games only on pc before they got badly done ports to console.

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

I'll never get tired of playing these games, all the classic need for speed racing games are unmatched in terms of presentation and quality, and I love all of them individually for what they bring to the table! Hot pursuit 2 was the final goodbye to the classic need for speed legacy that no one expected, I enjoy the underground era, but I really miss the classic need for speed concept! I know there's Forza, but it isn't the same, albeit there moments from these classic games that can be replicated there though.

[@MrCalverino]

I still have it, the techno music is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Mrpartyallnight101]

Very! I have some of it on my phone lol

[@MrCalverino]

@@Mrpartyallnight101 High Stakes too

[@jrez8225]

Hell yes it is 😎

[@PersonManManManMan]

The ost here is sooo good, I enjoyed both techno and rock

[@becomeanolive1637]

This game still looks really good, it aged extremely well, I never play in 1st person and always play in 3rd person.

[@freeedom22]

Was a big fan of this game as well, enjoyed it a lot back in the day. Will probably never forget the Empire city and its little shortcuts..the El Niño...ah good times. It really was a special game and made me follow the franchise ever since hoping perhaps to recapture the magic of this episode. Thanks for the vid.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. El Nino supercar that had 1000bhp. It is also the only ever appearance in NFS series for that car.

[@marcoskatsuragi]

I use the Need 3 soundtrack on car trips to this day. For me, this game is the last Need that didn't give the competition a chance. I really like the underground and MW phase. I remember playing Gran Turismo a lot with Need 3 and Ridge Racer 4.

[@duncan1641]

This is what got me into racing games and cars. Loved that Diablo SV! And it was so much fun playing as a cop, unlocking new cop vehicles. Amazing game. When I saw that intro again after so many years it gave me chills!

[@bigboy0494]

This and High Stakes were my favourite racing games on my pc back then

[@MrPoestyle]

I was never huge into racers , but I absolutely loved this game back in the 90's . I was in the military at the time and stationed in North Dakota and I loved this game as an outlet when I wasn't on duty .

[@drew8235]

This was my childhood. The track with all of the fall leaves transports me back immediately.

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

back in 1998, this game on pc basically put every other version on consoles to shame, i remember getting the game same time as my cousins , they had it on ps1 and i had it on pc, we played it first on ps1 then the next day my cousins came over to see it on pc, i could literally hear their jaws hit the floor and was kinda a bummer for them seeing how much of a tech leap there was, back when 3DFX was king of graphics.

[@MasaCheez]

IMO this was the best Need for Speed. The original was fun and memorable. The 2nd one was kind of punishing but only because the controls were so bad. The 4th was rediculous with the rain and again punishing controls.

[@retrogames3404]

Absolutely stunning, the first three NFS are the best, giving the horizon for the other multiplatform racing. It went without saying that we already had the DualShock wired and it was amazing play on it. Awesome video

[@gamernaut8864]

I'm with you SLX, all the way! Need for Speed III is one of the best racers on the PS1, one of the best racers in the entire NFS series, and (to me) one of the best racers of all time. Some of the best tracks ever created in a video game and lots of modes and options to create unique races. Thanks for the great content.

[@superpaul79]

I have this on PC, and still play it on occasion. What's great about it is that there's a pretty big modding community, allowing you to use new cars and tracks. I often drive a pink Buick Grand National.

[@wingsofzero5732]

Both versions were my childhood. I hold them in such high regard, that I find it hard to even pick which one is superior. The PSX version will always hold a special place in my heart though because it was a true companion when I was going through a rough patch in my life - I'd be sitting in my home, dead of night, just blasting around the secret tracks in the CLK-GTR. It was a surreal, but intensely atmospheric experience. I wish they had finished the alternate version of Empire City, since that does exist in the PSX version unfinished.

[@lustechsource5197]

Gotta give you props. I always enjoy your videos. Even when you cover a game I don't care about, if you made the video I'm gonna want to watch it. Keep em coming!

[@townlinetim876]

Great video. I love these games and I still play them today. True classics.

[@Ovo_t-g8f]

This game was part of a PC bundle that we brought back in 1999. Pentium III 450Mhz and a Voodoo 3 3000. The graphics were great compared to PS1. Loved the El Niño car.

[@Hiddenus1]

I played it on PC only and I remember how dad modded it to replace some car with FSO Polonez xD And I played driving it a lot, because at the time it didn't matter that I was on the last place. And due audio driver freaking out I remember how Mercedes CLK-GTR had bugged engine sound and it's RPMs sounded like L and R said at the same time with pitch and amount of them based on RPMs.

[@JustPeasant]

Not to mention that tracks that you later unlock are brimming with shortcuts! On a side note: on PS1 version, tracks were streaming from the CD (along with music of course). You'll probably hear how lens mechanism was working overtime while speeding trough. If you would open the CD-ROM lid on the console during the race itself, the game would freeze.

[@rosaria8384]

I remember being unable to get past Redrock Ridge because the disc kept crashing the game. In 2016 I finally managed to finish it all. The soundtrack was the GOAT.

[@Gr4yF0x]

Bought ps1 with this game back in 98. So many memories. When you can, please review Nascar Rumble.

[@l1uchill]

Man as a huge need for speed fan! I never played this entry I was a need for speed underground kid! Peter Pablo's need for speed song was blastin' in my room as I customized my cars! Those were the days! Great video SLX! As always amazing content!

[@NYTOC]

I enjoyed playing the Elnino when you entered the code: SPOILT or was it SPOILED? That car was lick fast and was able to beat out every opponent in KO mode. I remember winning the first time and not knowing what to do after....

[@borla4491]

El Nino.

[@neverender2308]

man i miss playing this game to rob zombie's "hellbilly deluxe" HAH such a great game

[@LCol718]

I used to have this on PC but saw the PlayStation version for like 10 bucks at the time and played the heck out of both of them. i remember the police chases at night looked so good on pc. Love that Romulus 3 music. I believe beetle adventure racing used this engine on the n64

[@Monacomaverick]

This game needs to be played with a wheel and pedals in the dashboard view. It's an incredible experience.

[@miketurns202]

Oh the PlayStation...when I was both more angry and more Virgin...I wonder if it’s just a coincidence 🤔🤦🏾‍♂️😂😂😂

[@DCMCOSPLAYdotCOM]

Excellent review and I agree with every point. This was one of the last great EA games. I played this too on my first gaming grade PC and it was amazing for the time. I recall many nights where I would use the games modem to modem multiplayer to dial up a friend across the city to play this game all night (mixed in with come C&C Red Alert of course).

[@Yngdady]

Love this and High Stakes. And Hot Pursuit 2 (PS2) gave me vibes of those games too. I just couldn't see NFS going back to this, simply because of EA Games. EA Seattle and Blackbox were hands down some of the best developer teams EA ever had

[@atranfanatic]

Yep one of my all time favorites as well. I also love Need For Speed Hot Pursuit II on the PS2 right behind this one. And thanks for giving love to the 3DO as that is my favorite Need For Speed version.

[@superduperjew]

I had NFS3 for playstation. PLAYED IT ENDLESSLY and always showed it off to my friends. The graphics blew my mind. THEN I saw the PC version on a pc at someone's house my father brought me to. I KNEW I needed to somehow get this. So I begged my mom for a 3d card (we had a Pentium 233, 32MB ram and just onboard what, 1mb video?). Mom was a single parent on welfare so we pretty much had zero money but somehow, she got me a 3d card. The shop she brought it to put in a freaking Voodoo 3 2000 pci. MY JOURNEY HAD JUST BEGUN. NFSIII melted my brain. Quake 3 stole my nights. Unreal Tournament WHAAAAAAAAAT. I still have the PC with all of the games on it and I play it regularly! I did some upgrade to a Pentium 3 and 128mb ram so I could play them smoother tho. The 90's were the brightest in gaming. Now it's just pump out crap every day to the masses. We get very few quality releases. Hell, we get very few FINISHED releases.

[@The90sGamingGuy]

I played the first NEed for Speed in about 2001 on a buddies Play Station at his house. Only had Need for Speed Hot Pursuit and love that game.

[@Artoliann]

One of the best need for speeds

[@billcook4768]

Nice change of pace from Sega stuff, and always I like the way you personalize your reviews. Me? Not sure why but even though I love arcade racing games, the NFS games have always left me cold.

[@tommy3896]

This was my favourite racing game of the era.. Porsche Challenge was my first racing game and didn’t think it could get any better than that! Some great nostalgia.. great video!

[@czxr_8]

Ahh the days when DLC was just stuff you unlocked by playing the game, you could play against the person next to you and a game being published by EA, meant very good things

[@crocodilow8017]

great review as always! channel supporters will appreciate more reviwes of classic playstation games. this channel is one of the best on youtube. keeping up a good job

[@bobcharlotte8724]

Wow...I don’t remember this game looking as good as this!

[@ronnyclayton194]

Played this when it came out,it was a great pursuit racing game and one of the first of its kind.

[@MrVolksbeetle]

Dang, man. I had almost forgot about this game. This was all I played on the PS when I bought it. God this game was beautiful and quite brutal at times. It even impressed my Dad, who could have literally cared less about video games. A+ content as always, SLX. It is always a highlight when I see a new video!

[@wesleymcneese8554]

"Don't move, don't even breath!" Lol, I have good memories of me and my cousin playing this game a lot.

[@Monacomaverick]

"Rom" DiPrisco made the soundtracks for the NFS series up until Hot Pursuit 2. Legendary stuff!

[@Simpyphus]

I played this game a ton. Haven't played it in a long time but I'm sure the gameplay is enjoyable as an arcade style game. The PC version looks amazing, that could have been great on Dreamcast.

[@bluestarninja]

I bought this game and really loved it, but there was another dimension for me - at the time, there were websites out there that created custom car models for the PC version that could be dropped into the cars folders, which allowed me to quite literally CHOOSE the cars I could have in the game! It's a shame that my hard drive died, and I lost them all. Those websites have since vanished, but the memories of a game that I made my own are still fresh in my mind so many years later...

[@cleveroliveira6727]

One of the games of my life. Thanks for this video, dude! Greetings from Brazil.

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

The great thing about PlayStation today is the emulation is so easy and greatly improved over the original, whereas Saturn is best played on original hardware. Right?

[@truepatriot3768]

Creating games for saturn hardware was also pain in the ass for developers at that time also

[@Ashitaka0815]

No, Saturn emulation nowadays is really robust with emulators like SSF and Mednafen. I've played Panzer Dragoon Saga, Magic Knight Reyearth and many others fully playable with minor glitches at best, Saturn emulation has come a long way but still people doesn't seem to recognise it, telling the tale of unusable Saturn emulation again and again.

[@efuuu]

Well, Saturn emulation is one of the few that gives me some sort of problems i.e the emulators for it are clunky and not that much customizable.

[@Newtonip]

My friend has given me the PC version of this game as a birthday gift. I had just gotten a Voodoo 2 and he knew I wanted supported games to test it out. I really loved this game.

[@mole28]

This was one of the first games i got for my playstation and i loved it! It was also my first Need for speed game (i got part 1 on the Saturn much later). I also liked NFS Road Challenge a lot, especially when you played as a cop!

[@backbackforward]

Anyone else expect the ecw theme to start in the sega intro of this channel?

[@88Met88Met]

Dear Lord, great video as usual. I had NFS 3 on my PC, such a great game. Good old times

[@mashakos1]

The PC version looks like an early dreamcast title in some tracks. Was fun in college inviting a die hard console gaming friend to the room I had my PC set up, showing them not only how great console ports looked with 3D acceleration but also playstation + N64 games on emulators in VGA res. Back in 1998 we got both a ps1 and n64 emulator while the consoles were current and both emulators ran a large collection of games full speed. Bleem for ps1 games and UltraHLE for n64 games.

[@justinfelt748]

That game rocks!💙💙💙💙💙💙. I have a secret code that gives your car to move out of the police cars away. It's called the "Power Horn." Hold Start, Select, R1 and R2 buttons when you select an opponent's car. You will hear an engine sound if you did it right. And when the countdown says "GO," press up and you will have the horn to clear the traffic and the police right on time.😊💙👍

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

I loved this game, but I always saw it as a PC game. The PC version looked way better, and actually had a huge modding scene as DLC cars were actually a thing, even in 1998, and people figured out how to model their own cars and easily provide them for people to download (which also worked with Porsche Unleashed). This is probably a massive void of lost media, I remember stuff like the flying DeLorean, Herbie the Love Bug, and all sorts of legendary cars as fan DLC for NFS III.

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

Wait... nfscars.net is still up 20 years later??? Well shit.

[@agentchris1482]

I remember having fun with this one when I rented it back in the day!

[@BMR86]

Your reviews are great as always!

[@SegaLordX]

Thanks for the support, Bruno.

[@BMR86]

@@SegaLordX this one and NFS hot pursuit that came out a year later are my favorites of all time!

[@miguelroman4294]

That was very good for an 1998 game on the PS1. Truly look forward to your videos SLX! PS: I hope thing's are better for you and your sister!

[@greyfox1127]

Agreed. This was one of very few PS1 racers that really resonated with me (preferring Sega's approach generally) but this was epic. I remember when I was working in a game shop at the time and me and my colleaguespent a whole afternoon playing this - way better than Gran Turismo. Super fun, super frenetic, fantastic performance from the PS1 hardware Tight controls meant you were able to absolutely push the limits and feel like you were right on the edge of losing it. Other thing I distinctly remember is that this game supported the short lived DualAnalogue controller (the one with the concave control sticks and the precursor to the Dual Shock controller) believe it meant the controls were like an RC car i.e. one stick controlling acceleration and braking, the other steering. Worked really well. Also the tracks were some of the better designed tracks from a non Sega or Namco racer. A true gem!

[@alphaascii]

Cool Story: this game was the first 3d racing game that me and a friend ever played. His family was celebrating his grandma anniversary and invited me to the party as well, we started playing NFS Hot Pursuit on his brand new PS1 but we were stuck taking turns in a certain race which was too difficulty for both of us. As soon as my turn came (for the 20th or so time) his family asked for his help to clean up the dishes, while he was there, i managed to beat the race, and soon i was waiting for the game to save, the lights went out on the city, the game failed to save, i told him i truly managed to beat that stage, but he didn't believe me, that was simply too hard for him to believe.

[@MrBleedingthru]

Love your reviews man

[@SegaLordX]

Thanks man. Appreciate that.

[@JakeBourne13]

I got this game for pc through scholastic book club magazine back in elementary school and it was the only thing from the magazine I ever asked my mom to buy me (90% of the time we didnt have enough extra cash for games) but luckily it was around my birthday and she agreed to buy it. My dad got a plugin controller for the pc and it was by far one of my most played pc games then. Still have the game tucked away in a box.

[@DavidMiller-kv4we]

This game is a thing a beauty. My memories are a bit jaded since I played it a bit late (in 2000 on up) on a Pentium 2 PC with a proper graphics card. Playing the Playstation version later? It's an embarrassment graphically. It always annoyed me that the cops are basically just cardboard boxes with lights. BUT... I will give the Playstation version this: the GAMEPLAY is there. It plays BEAUTIFULLY. It just LOOKS like pixelated hot garbage. lol But... at the same time? It STILL looks FAR better than the VAST majority of racing games on the console at the time.

[@Shacklersrevenge1981]

I had that C5 corvette in real life, a 98’, and it was fast as hell.

[@cocacolaholic]

Glad we share the same opinion on this game, its a fun game and I have fond memories of it

[@jrez8225]

I don't know about you man, but the electronic music in this game by Rom Di Prisco left a huge impression on me when it first came out, and has still remained as some of my favorite VGM compositions. Listen to the track Romulus III 😎. Yeah, this game blew my mind back in the day. I spent so many hours playing it that I damn near memorized every track, and was able to set records without crashing, while at full speed the whole time, AND with the hidden El Nino car! Lol. Crazy good times.

[@sbleed]

This was one of my first FAV racing games ever. The psx version was nothing I would ever play though. I only had it on PC with a 3Dfx Voodoo with modded cars after a time. By far one of my favorite racing games of my youth. The PSX version isnt anything to write home about. If my friends showed me that, "while there was already GT2 out" I would have shown them my car mod manager with a mcClaren that almost crashed my PC every time I loaded the car because of it's polygon count, and they would always sh*t their pants. The PSX version is terrible, and you obviously know that. Don't be a shill. Back in the day, the PC version was and always will be the best version of this game, along with the Porcha Unleashed. Don't give more credit to a sub par console with Subpar graphics, and sub par everything. This is a shitty port of a great game. Love your Saturn vids, but the PSX version of this game is garbage. Sry

[@Justforvisit]

Aong with Tekken 3, this was one of my two first PS1 games ever. I had a lot of fun with both of them as a teen and love them till today, dearly. They also still play quite well, despite their age :)

[@tmswfrk]

There was a cheat code I used a lot in this game that made it so when you honked your horn, it flipped all cars up in the air in front of you. It was hilarious.

[@sotsubreivaj]

Awesome video!! I agree with everthing. I also had a PlayStation and a computer at the same time, but I used the computer for, well, computer stuff and the only videogames I played were the C&C RA types of games. I was playing the NFS2 and later NFS3 when someone lend me the NFS3 for computers. And everything was just as you tell it. And, yeah, totally agree that there are no more games like that since years. Last year I borrow from someone the NFS Rivals and I still can't believe how can exist a racing game with no manual transmission.

[@tonycoffee7335]

This game and Driver was my favorite games on PS1.... and yes GranTurismo.

[@bdpc-dk2xb]

Amazing game. Rented it one weekend and fell in love. Probably rented it 6 times before I got the game for my birthday.

[@MisterSouji]

Something a lot of people dont mention is the use of rumble. This game had one of the best use of it onnany game Ive played. I remember how it would rumble slightly different on different types of road.

[@JorgeAraujo97]

This game was the approach of the apex, High Stakes was the highest point and anything from Porsche Unleashed and beyond the series went just flat out down hill.

[@GTXDash]

I agree. Underground made me all confused because all of a sudden NFS was now about story and driving a Honda Civic? Where's the Ferraris, Lambos, and Corvettes? I still prefer 3 over High Stakes (mostly because it's a little more wacky than the latter, and has a fixed 3rd person camera mode) but still all these games in the late 90s were great.

[@Alexp37]

Except NFS Hot Pursuit 2 (ONLY the PS2 version).

[@captain3186]

I agree totally with the only exception being Hot Pursuit 2 the PS2 version. The original 4 games on PS1 though, they were Need For Speed's soul that I feel has long since been lost

[@yuriythebest]

I like the game engine/physics of NFS III better, but HS is better in that the cops positions are randomized + more tracks

[@borla4491]

@@captain3186 Hot Pursuit 2 is ok-ok. However , just like Hot Pursuit 2010. It's just not Need For Speed 3: Hot Pursuit. Same with Need For Speed : High Stakes, and Porsche Unleashed for PC. I'll give Need For Speed Underground 1 and 2 some credit . While Need For Speed Heat. I'll put it with the rest ive mentioned with High Stakes and etc. Most Wanted and others are too overrated .

[@djstyles97]

Need for Speed 3 on PC was amazing at the time.... went from playing old games like Test Drive, Stunt Drivin, then the original NFS to this was outstanding. Never owned a Playstation until after playing the PC version and thought it was trash...actually sold the Playstation soon after... Total PC master-racer back then as the only games I couldn't really get on the PC were the 3D fighters.

[@gaboaaa23]

this will always have a special place in my heart......

[@Canadian_Gamer]

I still have my original copy for the PC from 1998 if you can believe it. I PLAYED THE HELL OUT OF THIS GAME.

[@mattb9664]

I remember someone posting NFS3 for PC on the dorm network (which was an unlimited free-for-all) back in the day. Video and music content all was stripped out of course. It was a pretty significant improvement over NFS2.

[@IamMarkSmith]

I still play this game to this day on PlayStation and its PlayStation 2 sequel. Two of my favorite racing games of all time in this franchise and all around. They really did a great job. This game is still very challenging.

[@SuperBoomshack]

I am with you, i still play old PS1 and PS2 games, they are timeless

[@afanasatv]

It's surprising, but PC and PlayStation versions of this same game felt quite differently. In the PS version, the physics and steering feel easier and more arcade-like. When driving down sloped surfaces, the car doesn't go airborne like in the PC version but stays glued to the road, which makes maneuvering much easier (this is noticeable in the channels on Aquatica track for instance). However, the biggest difference is in how the cops behave. In the PlayStation version, they closely chase the player's car, often bumping into it and trying to perform PIT maneuvers. In the PC version, the cops are always far behind and only catch up when the player crashes and comes to a stop.

[@DauntlessDamian]

My brother and I used to play Hide and Seek in split screen mode. My favorite hiding place was to pull into a driveway face the garage and enter bumper cam.

[@TheRavinoth]

I played this game with a V3 Racing Wheel when I was a kid. It was absolutely amazing.

[@EliteGamersUnited]

Dude you are the only other person i know who thinks that this is the best Need for Speed game besides me. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE NFS3, all the games after this with the exception of of Most Wanted for PS2, ARE GARBAGE. Great video SLX. If you get a chance I just put up my review of Shenmue 1 for DC, would you be kind enough to check it out

[@IcePakOG]

I love this game and it's music, especially the rock tunes.