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Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (Windows)

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Title Screen

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit

Developer: EA Seattle
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Windows
Released in US: September 23, 1998
Released in EU: October 12, 1998

GraphicsIcon.png This game has unused graphics.
MusicIcon.png This game has unused music.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Unused Track Info

These images can be early versions of the circuit information.

Hometown

Early Final
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Atlantica

Early Final
NFS3-Unused atlantica info.png NFS3-Atlantica Final.png

Rocky Pass

Early Final
NFS3-Unused Rockypass info.png NFS3-Rocky Pass Final.png

Country Woods

Early Final
NFS3-Unused Countrywoods info.png NFS3-Country Woods Final.png

Lost Canyons

Early Final
NFS3-Unused Lostcanyons info.png NFS3-Lost Canyons Final.png

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.

v · t · e
The Need for Speed series
DOSRoad & Track Presents: The Need for Speed
PlayStationRoad & Track Presents: The Need for Speed • Need for Speed II (Prototype) • Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit • High Stakes • Porsche Unleashed
WindowsNeed for Speed II • Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit • Hot Pursuit 2 (Prototype) • Underground • Underground 2 • Most Wanted (2005) (Prototype) • Carbon (Prototype) • ProStreet • Undercover • World (Prototypes) • Hot Pursuit (2010) • Shift 2: Unleashed • The Run • Most Wanted (2012) • Rivals • Need for Speed (2015) • Edge • Payback • Heat • Unbound
PlayStation 2Hot Pursuit 2 (Prototype) • Underground (Prototypes) • Underground 2 (Prototype) • Most Wanted (2005) (Prototypes) • Carbon • ProStreet (Prototype) • Undercover
GameCube, XboxHot Pursuit 2 (Prototype) • Underground • Underground 2 • Most Wanted (2005) • Carbon
Game Boy AdvancePorsche Unleashed • Underground 2 • Most Wanted • Carbon: Own the City
Adobe FlashUnderground: 1/4 Mile Challenge
DSiWareNeed for Speed: Nitro-X
PlayStation PortableUnderground Rivals
WiiCarbon • ProStreet • Undercover • Hot Pursuit
Wii UMost Wanted U
PlayStation 3Carbon • ProStreet • Undercover • Hot Pursuit (2010) • The Run (Demo) • Most Wanted (2012) (Prototypes)
PlayStation VitaMost Wanted (2012)
Xbox 360Most Wanted (2005) • Carbon • ProStreet (Prototype) • Undercover (Prototypes) • Hot Pursuit (2010) • The Run (Demo) • Most Wanted (2012)
PlayStation 4, Xbox OneNeed for Speed (2015) • Payback • Heat
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series XUnbound
J2MEMost Wanted (2014)
iOS, AndroidNo Limits
Spinoffs and Related Games
Nintendo 64Beetle Adventure Racing
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