If the only Need for Speed title that you've ever played is Need for Speed Underground then you might thing that this is a total different franchise. The fact is that Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit is very different from it's better known counterpart. What made the game so different is the fact that in NFS3 there is vehicular damage so the more you wreck the harder it is to drive. For its time, this game was very similar to other racing games. You competed mostly against the CPU and the game was based on winning tournaments and getting better cars. What made Hot Pursuit so unique was the mode where you tried to getaway from the cops. This is what made the game for me. How long could you evade the road blocks, spike strips and the constant pursuit of police vehicles. When this would get old and boring then you could switch sides and play as the cops trying to stop the speeding maniacs. Not until GTA3, was there a game that gave you the ability to this. The graphics were supperb for its time, it was a bit awquard to use the keyboard for racing but after a while it was second nature. Great piece for any racer's collections.
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