Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed cover

Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed

The Need for Speed →

First release
Jul 28, 1996
Genres
Racing · Action
Platforms
Sega Saturn

Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed, later released in Japan as Over Drivin’, is a 1994 racing video game first released on the 3DO and then ported to MS-DOS, PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It is the first installment released in the Need for Speed series. The premise of the game involves racing in sport cars, including several exotic models and Japanese imports. The Saturn version expanded the content with three additional closed-circuit track courses, for a total of six tracks available at launch, and also allows users to select the time of day which is not seen in older versions.

Also known as The Need for Speed, NFS1, Need for Speed 1

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Release dates
Sega Saturn
Jul 28, 1996
Age ratings
ESRB E
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
licensed cars

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 30 Sept 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 30 Sept 2026