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Empire City Shortcut
In Empire City, at the end of the lap, in thefinal turn (A RIGHT HAIRPIN) there will be pilesof crates on the right side of the road. If youlook properly you will see a gap in the crates.Go through it.
Apr 08, 2013 Here's the official car list of all NFS High Stakes, the fourth entry of the Need for Speed franchise, including official addons, reigon exclusives and bonus variants. 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.
Redrock Ridge Shortcut
In the middle of the lap, there will be a REAL SHARP left turn. There will also be a gap between the rocks before the hairpin. Go through the gap.
Get La Ninas
Keep winning HIGH STAKES RACES over and over andover. It got me 7 McLarens and its real easy tobeat the computer.
Get Bonus Porsches
Win the Chevrolet Pro Cup over and over.
Hot Persuit Hint
When going through police roadblocks, NEVER EVERgo through the middle as the police cars arejoined up and hitting them wil result in a flip.Instead, go around them. This also helps avoidspike-strips as they are sometimes placed justin front of roadblocks.
Another Hot Persuit Hint
If you are the cop then when you catch one ofthose computers, fine them and let them go thenonly let them go upto 40 kmph before switchingon your siren, bashing them again and finingthem computer again.
Country Woods Shortcut
In Country Woods, after the huge hairpin and theright, left, left, left turns there will be sometrees to your right. If you can manuevre throughthe trees then you can cut upto 10 secs. of yourlap time.
Knock Competition Off In Country Woods
In Country Woods, after the beginning part,there will be a HUGE hairpin going upwardsleading into a right, left, left, left turncombo. You will notice that above the hairpinthere is no railing. So if your opponent is onyour right then RAM 'EM and see them tumble down!
Hot Persuit Hiding Place In Empire City
Its easier to get in if you do the track backwards: After starting the race (backwards) and going through the first turn (sharp left) there will be piles of crates on your right AND left. If you look on the right and left, there will be gaps in the piles of crates. Instead of going to the gap in the left, go to the gap in your right. It will be a short alley but if you wedge yourself in the middle, the police wont find you for at least 7 minutes.
Get Ferrari 550 Maranello
Win the 'Tour Du Jour' high stakes race over andover.
Click The Photo Mini-game
Select the 'Credits' icon after the game loads and use the option to change thedisplay from text to photographs. Then, repeatedly click on the pictures as theyappear until a 'Click The Photo' mini-game begins.
View Fireworks During Races
Set the system date to July 4 to view fireworksduring the races.
Cheat-Mania
First, download your save game data file. Then type any of these codes on the main menu-
Need For Speed High Stakes Ps1
All Tracks And Cars
To activate the cheat, first download the savagame data file. Then at the first menu, typeTRACKS for all tracks then CARS for all cars
Career Mode Cheats
Get the saved data file and on the Career Mode, type the code for the result:
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Publishers | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 29, 1999 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
| The Need for Speed | 1994 |
| Need for Speed II | 1997 |
| Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit | 1998 |
| Need for Speed: High Stakes | 1999 |
| Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed | 2000 |
| Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 | 2002 |
| Need for Speed: Underground | 2003 |
| Need for Speed: Underground 2 | 2004 |
| Need for Speed: Most Wanted | 2005 |
| Need for Speed: Carbon | 2006 |
| Need for Speed: ProStreet | 2007 |
| Need for Speed: Undercover | 2008 |
| Need for Speed: Shift | 2009 |
| Need for Speed: World | 2010 |
| Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit | 2010 |
| Shift 2 Unleashed | 2011 |
| Need for Speed: The Run | 2011 |
| Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) | 2012 |
| Need for Speed Rivals | 2013 |
| Need for Speed (2016) | 2016 |
| Need for Speed Payback | 2017 |
| Need for Speed: Edge | Cancelled |
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
- 2Essential improvements
- 3Game data
- 7Network
- 8Issues fixed
- 9Other information
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | SafeDiscDRM[Note 1]. |
- 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]
| Graphics feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Use NFSHS 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 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] 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]
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 Administrator elevation, activity in
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore(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