Cars in Need for Speed: High Stakes consist of various sports and supercars. Some also appear in Pro Cup and Pursuit variants, and most vehicles can be fitted with Upgrades to compete in Tournaments and Special Events. Additional cars were made available for regional Australian and Japanese releases. Need for Speed: High Stakes, known as Need for Speed: Road Challenge in Europe and South America, is a 1999 racing video game released by EA for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows. The career system of this entry consists of two modes: 'Tournament', straightforward series of races with certain cars; and 'Special Event', similar to.
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| Developers | |
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| Publishers | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 29, 1999 |
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Warnings
Need For Speed High Stakes For Pc
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| The Need for Speed | 1994 |
| Need for Speed II | 1997 |
| Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (series) | |
| Need for Speed: High Stakes | 1999 |
| Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed | 2000 |
| Need for Speed: Underground (series) | |
| Need for Speed: Most Wanted (series) | |
| Need for Speed: Carbon | 2006 |
| Need for Speed: ProStreet | 2007 |
| Need for Speed: Undercover | 2008 |
| Need for Speed: Shift (series) | |
| Need for Speed: World | 2010 |
| Need for Speed: The Run | 2011 |
| Need for Speed Rivals | 2013 |
| Need for Speed (2016) | 2016 |
| Need for Speed Payback | 2017 |
| Need for Speed: Edge | 2017 |
| Need for Speed Heat | 2019 |
Key points
- DirectX (when modified to recognize modern graphics cards, see Issues fixed) and Glide renderers give equal graphical quality.
- The game is unplayable without patches on new systems. See Essential improvements.
- Released as Need for Speed: Road Challenge in Europe, Need for Speed: Brennender Asphalt in Germany, Over Drivin' IV in Japan and Need for Speed : Conduite en état de liberté in France.
General information
- Need for Speed Wiki
Availability[edit]
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements[edit]
Need For Speed 4 Modern Patch[edit]
- Download: http://veg.by/en/projects/nfs4/
Change resolution and refresh rate under ./drivers/nglide/thrash.ini
Need for Speed: High Stakes Stock Pack (SP) and Expansion Pack (EP)[edit]
- Guide and download: http://www.hsscoring.com/HSGuide/
The Stock Pack is designed to improve the Single-Player experience in High Stakes, patching the game to the final version, fixing various bugs discovered since the game's support period ended and adding compatibility with modern graphics cards.
The Expansion Pack is designed to improve the Multiplayer experience, with all of the improvements in the Stock Pack as well as adding support for the modern Online Multiplayer service made for the game and more cars and tracks used on that service on a regular basis.
Patches[edit]
Patch 4.50 (Internet Beta Test Patch) updates the game to the latest version.
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>SaveData[Note 2] |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>SaveData[Note 2] |
Video settings[edit]
General video settings
Advanced video settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Use Need for Speed High Stakes Widescreen Fix. Main menus are locked at 640x480. | |
| Multi-monitor | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | 'Narrow' and 'Wide' options available in the 'View Angle' setting in the Basic Graphics menu. Widescreen option in the same menu can widen the horizontal FOV further, though narrows the vertical FOV. | |
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Game will accept settings forced in graphics card configuration panel. | |
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Triple Buffering only. | |
| 60 FPS | ||
| 120+ FPS | 64 fps cap | |
Input settings[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Most keys for both players are rebindable, however some (Such as Pause and Screenshot) are locked and cannot be rebound. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | The game supports all functionality of DirectInput compatible controllers, however it assumes a Racing Wheel with digital pedals will be used. | |
| Full controller support | Controllers cannot be used to navigate menus. | |
| Controller remapping | Gamepads require their buttons to be rebound to functions manually for the best effect. Controller key bindings overwrite Keyboard ones and are lost if the game is started without a controller connected. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | |
|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | |
| Haptic feedback | To enable Force Feedback on an XInput controller (Like the Xbox 360 Controller), see XInput force feedback vibration in DirectInput games. |
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
- Mouse support is limited only to navigating menus.
Audio settings[edit]
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Menu Music, Race Music, Effects, Engine and Speech sliders available. | |
| Surround sound | Stereo, Mono and DS3D/EAX. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | EAX.[3] |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | 2 | Versus, Co-op Co-op is Hot Pursuit mode only. | |
| LAN play | 8 | Versus, Co-op Co-op is Hot Pursuit mode only. | |
| Online play | 8 | Versus, Co-op Connect as if connecting to a LAN game. Co-op is Hot Pursuit mode only. | |
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
|---|---|
| TCP | 1030 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed[edit]
- A Standard installation of the High Stakes Stock Pack fixes all of the known bugs in the game. See above. Individual fixes are given below for convenience.
1 MB RAM Bug (XP, Later)[edit]
When running the game on Windows XP or later, the game gives a 1MB of RAM error and does not save progress or settings.
| Install 1MB Error Patch[citation needed] |
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Crash on Start Issue (Vista, Later)[edit]
When running the game on Windows Vista or later, the game refuses to start, giving an Invalid Argument exception.
| Install NFS:HS Stock Pack[citation needed] |
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| Start game with -PatchRestart switch[citation needed] |
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| Start game using PatchNFS.exe[citation needed] |
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Run the game from |
Direct3D doesn't appear in the 3DSetup tool[edit]
When configuring 3D acceleration using the 3DSetup tool, only Software Renderer appears in the list.
| Install New 3DSetup[citation needed] |
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 6.1 | |
| Glide | native support | |
| Software renderer |
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 9x, NT, 2000 | 9x, NT, 2000 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | Intel Pentium 266 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 MB | 350 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible |
| Sound (audio device) | 100% DirectX 6.1+ Compatible | 100% DirectX 6.1+ Compatible |
Notes
- ↑SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.02.1When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑Recommendations for Gamers -- Soundblaster.com
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Finaly!!! Released!!!
This is my second car: The 1966 AC Cobra 427.
It features some nice things like:
-Sounds (by Ground Shaker™)
-Damage (partly by Ground Shaker™)
-Dashview
-Animated driver
-Realistic performance
-Removable soft-top
-8 different colourcombinations
-Clear windows
-Rolex watch in dashview :D
The car has 9540 polies and 4 wheels of 510 each, so you need the highpoly patch. Thats why I have them included.
Please read the readme file for more information.
Have fun with it and feel free to change colours and/or performance for own use!
This is my second car: The 1966 AC Cobra 427.
It features some nice things like:
-Sounds (by Ground Shaker™)
-Damage (partly by Ground Shaker™)
-Dashview
-Animated driver
-Realistic performance
-Removable soft-top
-8 different colourcombinations
-Clear windows
-Rolex watch in dashview :D
The car has 9540 polies and 4 wheels of 510 each, so you need the highpoly patch. Thats why I have them included.
Please read the readme file for more information.
Have fun with it and feel free to change colours and/or performance for own use!
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