Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (Windows)

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Developer: EA Seattle Publisher: Electronic Arts Platform: Windows Released in US: October 12, 1998 Released in EU: 1998 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music.

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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 WalMart 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

Gear Grinder by Matt Ragan. Longer version later appeared in Motor City Online.

CHUCK.MUS

A short generic rock song not used anywhere. 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.