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Special edition, featuring extra content and glide support. How well the game mechanics work player controls, game action, interface, etc. Milan, thank you very much for the nfs 2se cross platform patch. The quality of the art, or the qualityspeed of the drawing routines. Of course, they couldnt charge people from a 3d patch, so they had to add something new like several new cars and a new track. Its really fast and adds four cars to the original eight and one extra track to the. When the original nfs2 was released, the big question was the lack of the 3d support and ea have finally fixed that. The need for speed pcgamingwiki pcgw bugs, fixes, crashes. Next, install unofficial 3dfx patch and play under windows. Special edition windows version will not run on windows nt versions. Special edition, featuring extra content and improvements. 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, 3 bonus cars, a new driving style called wild, and 3dfx glide hardwareacceleration support. Copy the fedata and gamedata folders from the cdrom to your newly created folder.
All 101 cars can be selected without hacking the save game. Need for speed ii pcgamingwiki pcgw bugs, fixes, crashes. Download need for speed 2 full version games techmynd. During the install, answer yes when asked if you want to install a desktop shortcut. Photos of a 3dfx voodoo5 6000 with its rare commercial box.
Aug 06, 2009 download need for speed 2 second edition free for pc. Install and manage your mods easily with communitymade 1click mod downloaders. The series was originally developed by the canadian based company distinctive software, which became known as ea canada. 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, four extra cars, three bonus cars, a new driving style called wild, and 3dfx glide hardwareacceleration support. The retail box shows that 3dfx marketing men dubbed the card as 2d3d accelerator. This patch is not about changing geometry of tracks or cars. In this release we have a choice of eight cars known from the normal version of the game, including ferrari f50, ford gt90, italdesign cala, isdera commendatore 112i, jaguar xj220, lotus esprit v8, lotus gt1, mclaren f1. Before starting the game, install the nglide program support for 3dfx cards. Dll file 541999, 108kb to the games install directory this allows for higher.
Need for speed 2 special edition download 1997 simulation. For nfs 3, there was some sort of dx78 patch online, other versions should work without problem in software mode, both nfs 2 and 3 should work without problem in ugly mode, there was some problem with resolution in nfs 3, but i cant remember what was solution. Need for speed 2 special edition is a 1997 racing video game, developed by electronic arts canada and published by electronic arts. Uncover the tuner underground in a massive, freeroaming metropolis. However, the real selling point of need for speed ii special edition is added support for 3d hardware acceleration through the glide api. From games cd copy folders fedata and gamedata to nfs2se on your hard disk. Downloads pc news, test, retro, indie, downloads, patch. The textures will have bitrilineair filtering and will look blurry. Abandonware games need for speed 2 special edition. See the wikipedia articles on 3dfx and glide for more information. Exe file with the one from the file archive play the game. In normal glide mode you just had to set a custom resolution in the nglide configurator up to 7680 x 4320 pixels, but now everything is scaled to 4.
Nfsiise is a cross platform wrapper which utilizes sdl 2 and opengl 12es2 to run the game in windows, linux and android. Of course, they couldnt charge people from a 3d patch, so they had to add something new like several new cars and a. 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, 6 extra cars, a new driving style called wild, and 3dfx glide hardwareacceleration support because the voodoo graphics and the voodoo rush were the only 3dfx cards available at the time of the games release, and because electronic arts did. Special edition edit edit source 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, 6 extra cars, a new driving style called wild, and 3dfx glide hardwareacceleration support. It is a part of the need for speed series and sequel to the need for speed 1994, significantly deviating from the emphasis of realism in the need for speed to arcadelike gameplay, though it introduces the car. Get behind the wheel in one of 30 of the hottest cars and own the streets from dusktildawn. It was also released in the usa need for speed collection 2003 include nfs2,3,4,porsche,hp2. Alistair hirst hell bent for lederhosen i use dgvoodoo to emulate a. First, it supports 3d graphics acceleration using the popular 3dfx chipset. It was the first release that allowed a multiplayer gameplay in a split screen, in addition to.
Jeff dyck, saki kaskas headless horse i use dgvoodoo to emulate a 3dfx card and to set. Fog effect and light beams support in directx 67 they were exclusive effects for the 3dfx voodoo. Big thanks to zeus on zeus software who worked out the solution. So i assume they also have the same bugs as the voodoo 3 patch.
Need for speed is a series of racing video games developed by canadian based company ea black box and published by electronic arts. Take off in the likes of the ferrari f50, ford gt90, lotus gt1, jaguarxj220, and the mclaren f1 currently the fastest production car built, to name a few. To fix most of compatibility issues youre going to need a 3dfx. Before the game can run, however, we need to install some patches. Furthermore they have highlighted that voodoo5 6000 is a quadchip sli card with a 128mb frame buffer. Discussion in gaming discussion started by cube623, nov 27, 2006. This is incompatible with the directx or opengl software that modern graphics cards support. Using the 3dfx patch will only decrease image quality in my opinion. Need for speed shift 2 unleashed patch fr, traduction. But despite the lack of setup in nfs3, driving the courses are still where the fun comes in. Megagames founded in 1998, is a comprehensive hardcore gaming resource covering pc, xbox one, ps4, wii u, mobile games, news, trainers, mods, videos, fixes, patches. Need for speed 2 special edition download 1997 simulation game. Abandonware game need for speed special edition, a racing game. Need for speed 2 special edition issue post by iceman fri jan 02, 2015 11.
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