We just reached 30,000 articles on this wiki! 🥳
If you appreciate the work done within the wiki, please consider supporting The Cutting Room Floor on Patreon. Thanks for all your support!
This article has a talk page!

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

From The Cutting Room Floor
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Title Screen

Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed

Also known as: Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin' DX (JP)
Developer: EA Canada
Publishers: Electronic Arts (US/EU), Electronic Arts Victor (JP)
Platform: PlayStation
Released in JP: April 19, 1996
Released in US: March 20, 1996
Released in EU: March 20, 1996

DevMessageIcon.png This game has a hidden developer message.
MovieIcon.png This game has unused cinematics.
DummyIcon.png This game has unusual dummy files.

Hmmm...
To do:
  • Is Over Drivin' DX: Rally Edition any different from the original Japanese release?
  • Should Over Drivin': Skyline Memorial be here or on a separate page?

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
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
Retrieved from "https://tcrf.net/index.php?title=Road_%26_Track_Presents:_The_Need_for_Speed_(PlayStation)&oldid=1591272"