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: