Need for Speed News

The Moment

BMWSport
April 24, 2002 9:00:00 pm PDT
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General NFS, High Stakes

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 25, 2002 -

?Pull your vehicle over now!? EA plans to drive the highly anticipated Need For Speed? Hot Pursuit 2 game for the PlayStation?2 computer entertainment system to PC, Xbox? video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube?. All four titles will be published under the EA GAMES? brand and will be available in late summer 2002.

Further building upon the franchises? award-winning legacy, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 will feature classic open road racing with the added intensity of police intervention, as first seen in Need For Speed III Hot Pursuit. This year?s game allows the player to select from over 20 licensed exotics from the world?s most coveted manufacturers including the Ferrari 360 Spider?, Lamborghini Murcielago? and Porsche? Carrera GT?.

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 will feature five different gameplay modes: Quick Race, Single Challenge, Hot Pursuit, Championship and an all-new ?Top Cop? mode for the Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and PC versions. This brand new mode allows players to actually ?be the cop? by taking on a career as a high-speed highway patrolman by competing in over 30 events. Hot Pursuit and Championship modes also consist of over 30 challenging race events that if completed, the player will be rewarded with new cars, tracks and high performance upgrades. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 will feature over 20 tracks, with up to 12 miles of road and environments ranging from the lush forests to the sandy beaches.

The PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube versions will also feature a multiplayer mode with two-player split screen racing. The PC game will support up to eight-player multiplayer racing via LAN/Internet/Direct IP.

EA Seattle is developing Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 for the PC, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube. The PlayStation 2 version is being produced by EA Canada and developed by Black Box, a Vancouver-based development company. For more information on Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2, visit the official product website at: http://www.needforspeed.com. Additional information can be found on the EA GAMES website at: http://www.eagames.com.

Comments 22

impreza racer25 years ago

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

RemkoAdmin25 years ago

Finally, official confirmation. ;-)

Giddyup 40925 years ago

I already heard about this, but I didn't know that it would be available in the summer. That makes me even more happy. :D

morrisdb25 years ago

YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

MikeAdmin25 years ago

Great news :-P

BMWsport25 years ago

well, i had a contact who told me this back in october, when I worked for EA. ;-)

BMWsport25 years ago

dont know if you guys know this or not, but a video game that's being developed usually begins at least one year before you even hear about it. Lot's goes on behind the scenes, like Licensing, and Copyrights. Just like when I beta tested Nascar Thunder 2002. Nascar Thunder 2003 is already in development. started in March. :-)

NitroNŜX25 years ago

I rent it for XBOX and buy it for PC. BMWSport what did you do for EA?

BMWsport25 years ago

worked as an alpha/beta tester for nascar thunder 2002. same place that did madden 2002.

Shenlong25 years ago

Let's go boys, take care of them Isles in 6!

J.Sim?es25 years ago

Please visit BMWSport forum, I need opinion about my new project. Also visit www.chillout.racesim.net I'm helping Chillout with this blueprint site. Mike. I hope you don't mind thid free advertising ;-)

J.Sim?es25 years ago

oooppps, forgot this, you can call me Zizo, see the project that I want to be exclusive of NFSGarage, BMWSport and JPRacing.

BMWsport25 years ago

Yes - I love the Z8 - i like how it's looking :)

I just finished the 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL body - sending it over to nick - it only took 3 days!!!

RemkoAdmin25 years ago

Have you been making a 3.0 csl? Neat. :-)

Wammy25 years ago

hey guys please fi you have a nice car go to my site Link and upload some to my site

thanks

laterz

BMWsport25 years ago

Wammy - the flash still wont load for me, so I can't get in.

can you add a 'skip intro' link to go directly to your main page there?

BMWsport25 years ago

http://www.bmwsport.net/files/jeffcsl.jpg

that's the final pic of the body, next is texture, performance, etc ;)

Wammy25 years ago

ok BMW Sport i added the link...i dont knwo why it wont load if you also want to skip the intro just go to Link

laterz

Shenlong25 years ago

Woohoohoo Gary Roberts, you're my hero!!!

Honk honk honk!!!

RemkoAdmin25 years ago

Nice CSL, Jeff; that going to be an ART car too?
I think I once saw one of them with a Roy Lichtenstein Print... could have been another model though.

MakoShk25 years ago

sweet im gonna get this.

Wammy25 years ago

Acording to Jason S. Anderson
"NFS HP2's online racing will be held on GameSpy Arcade"

P.S. Visit my site
Link