• StellarExtract@lemmy.zip
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    The only videogame my dad has ever gotten into (other than Pong) was NFS II SE. He wouldn’t race, he just liked driving around at 35 MPH and looking at the scenery. He enjoyed this so much he bought a wheel and pedals for it. I loved this game as a kid, and the fact that I could play it with a wheel. The song “Headless Horse” off the soundtrack is pure 90s cool as well.

  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
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    35 minutes ago

    They didn’t really go well for me. I would only go back if I got future knowledge in my dreams. Like PTSD style flashbacks (would not want to be a 30 year old man stuck in a toddler’s body)

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    3 hours ago

    Not my 1997; we were way too poor for that. My asshole first stepfather would be alive again and I would be back in the latter half of highschool, so a pass all around from me (but y’all feel free to enjoy good memories :) )

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      35 minutes ago

      Create some new memories now. NFSmw 2005 can still run on W11 and it has a patch on Github that unlocks and tweaks everything. You can turn off the rubberbanding cheating that the games does and you can actually enjoy the game!

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      8 hours ago

      Especially the Hollywood map to could access with a code from the menu. That rocked so hard.

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        2 hours ago

        Yeah, I remember. You can actually unlock it when doing this knockout championship. I also remember that knockout was kinda buggy when playing multiplayer.

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    20 hours ago

    NFS 3 Hot Pursuit was my absolute jam when I was a younger man. The graphics were amazing for its time and it still ran like a dream on my trash homebrew.

    That game made me want an MX5

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          The gameplay variety and music kept me playing for hours on end. Would still love to play with a good setup and friends.

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      19 hours ago

      Hot Pursuit and the Porche one were my favorites; I remember steering with a force feedback joystick.

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        Porsch Unleashed was quite a bit more simulator-like, at least the steering mechanics and coefficient of friction. I always kind of enjoyed the arcade physics of the original trio, without going completely slot-car, as keeping racing lines and risking shortcuts was still heavily rewarded. They all had really good soundtracks though, with that late '90s techno and grunge. Or at least that’s what my nostalgia tells me.

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      I had NFS 1 through 3, NFS on my C-64(nope, Test Drive, the memory is so fallible sometimes) and the later two on my PCs. All were great fun, but I do think Hot Pursuit was the favorite simply because of the way it was set up for game play variety. I can still see one of the tracks in my mind a lot, the road through the hilly area during the fall, the leaves being scattered as I blew past the speed traps. Obviously much clearer in nostalgia vision than it probably was.

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        16 hours ago

        The first Need for Speed came out in 1994. And even if the graphics do look old, never ever did this run on a C64. It was a DOS game, maybe you confused it?

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        I played these on pc. I even got the force feedback steering wheel for the 3. Loved playing cop in hot pursuit

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    13 hours ago

    I had a hard time finding that game after finishing NFS3, until EA finally released a box set collection.

    https://cdn.mobygames.com/covers/4416838-the-need-for-speed-collection-windows-front-cover.jpg

    https://www.mobygames.com/game/10925/the-need-for-speed-collection/

    I remember seeing an LGR and behind the scenes video for NFS2: