The Original Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Gets The Unreal Engine 5 Treatment
Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit is one of the best Need for Speed games, and one of the best arcade racing games, ever made. It's just an objective fact. Alright, there may be some bias considering your writer played it for endless hours in his childhood and remembers the shortcuts, the secrets, the cheat codes, the race courses so vividly.
Developed and published by Electronic Arts, Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit released in 1998 on the PS1 and was stuffed full of content. It was a great looking game for the time, with 3D-accelerated graphics, slick menus, and well-crafted levels. Now a fan remake of the game has made this PS1 title look better than ever.
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From video introductions of the exotic cars, to various game modes, and an incredible amount of easter eggs in the form of bonus cars and tracks hidden away, this original Hot Pursuit was an incredible achievement for the time. Many have fond memories of trying to escape the police, who could deploy spikes and had improved AI, as they sped around tracks that contained adrenaline-pumping jumps and shortcuts, or playing with friends into the wee hours.
An official remake appears to have never been on the cards, but handily a fan has imagined what a modern Need for Speed 3 could look like. David Kerekes has ported Hot Pursuit into Unreal Engine 5 and using various mods has made it look pretty dreamy, as you can see in the video above.
Although his remake is using the original's models, they seem to hold up, especially with the modern lighting casting glorious rays over the Lamborghini Diablo and peeking over tree tops. It's a real shot to the senses to see the Need for Speed classic
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