By Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles)
29th of May 2007, 14:11 GMT
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Released on November 6, 1997 in the United States and February 2, 1998 in Japan and Europe, the special edition of NFS II includes one extra track, 4 extra cars, a new driving style called "wild" and 3dfx Glide hardware-acceleration support. Because the Voodoo Graphics and the Voodoo Rush were the only 3dfx cards available at the time of the game's release and because Electronic Arts did not future-proof the game's installer, later 3dfx graphics card models such as the Voodoo 2 are not detected during the NFS II SE installation process (a pop-up will confirm 3dfx detection) and subsequently, the files required for 3dfx support in NFS II SE are not copied over to the hard-drive.
Solutions to this have been made available, consisting of modifying files, modifying operating system settings, and obtaining user-made applications. Glide wrappers are also available for non-Voodoo graphics cards to run the game with hardware-acceleration.
Cheats
More weight After setting a track record, enter 'silspd' as your name and your car will be heavier the next time you race.
Enter one of the following codes at any screen:
roadrage - Beep horn to crash opponent
go50 - Beer box
go23 - Blue Sedan
bomber - Bomber BFS car
chase - Chase mode
go40 - Crate
go49 - Crate 1
tombstone - Daytona car
madland - Different colors
rexrage - Dinosaur traffic
red racer - Ford Indigo
fzr2000 - FZR 2000 car
go27 - Green VW
go28 - Grey convertible
go41 - Hand cart
rushhour - Increased traffic
go35 - Limousine
vip - Limousine traffic
go48 - Log
go31 - Mercedes Unimog army truck
hollywood - Monolithic studio track
go47 - News stand
go19 - Pickup
pioneer - Pioneer engine
rain - Rain mode
go51 - Rock
go18 - School bus
schoolzone - School bus traffic
slot - Slot car mode
slip - Slow motion
mad - Smoking cow tires
go45 - Souvenir stand
go46 - Souvenir stand
go34 - Tram
go21 - Truck
go43 - Tyrannosaurus Rex
go[18 - 51] - Various objects
go44 - Wild West wagon
go42 - Wooden stand
go33 - Yellow snow truck
Here's some gameplay footage from the Special Edition of the title that rocked the racing game universe: