NFS Special Edition Night Tracks

Hi, Has anybody out there figured out how to get the optional "night" tracks to work in the special edition of Need for Speed?? I read thru the manual twice and tried every keystorke I could think of and it still doesn't give me the option. I also, applied the "patch" and that didn't seem to make any difference. The "time of day" option is only mentioned on the back of the package as a "new" thing. I tried in DOS mode and Win95. Thanks!! John

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> Hi, > Has anybody out there figured out how to get the optional "night" tracks > to work in the special edition of Need for Speed?? I read thru the > manual twice and tried every keystorke I could think of and it still > doesn't give me the option. I also, applied the "patch" and that > didn't seem to make any difference. The "time of day" option is only > mentioned on the back of the package as a "new" thing. I tried in > DOS mode and Win95. Thanks!! > John

I had to call Electronic Arts for that one. Go into the track information screen (highlight the track and press Enter). There will be an option to select the time of day. Robert

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>> Hi, >> Has anybody out there figured out how to get the optional "night" tracks >> to work in the special edition of Need for Speed?? I read thru the >> manual twice and tried every keystorke I could think of and it still >> doesn't give me the option. I also, applied the "patch" and that >> didn't seem to make any difference. The "time of day" option is only >> mentioned on the back of the package as a "new" thing. I tried in >> DOS mode and Win95. Thanks!! >> John >I had to call Electronic Arts for that one. Go into the track >information screen (highlight the track and press Enter). There will be >an option to select the time of day. >Robert

This has to be the BIGGEST ripoff of NFS-SE. Thinking it would actually be dark and you'd be dealing with headlights and disappearing dropoffs on those mountain roads, they put an orange-ish tint over the normal screens. NFS-SE was a huge disappointment. The two new tracks aren't up to par with the original tracks as they look like their designs are afterthought and thrown together compared to gems like the alpine, coastal or vertigo runs. Nice snowjob EA. Selling the same game twice...you're better than Microsoft.

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> >> Hi, > >> Has anybody out there figured out how to get the optional "night" tracks > >> to work in the special edition of Need for Speed?? I read thru the > >> manual twice and tried every keystorke I could think of and it still > >> doesn't give me the option. I also, applied the "patch" and that > >> didn't seem to make any difference. The "time of day" option is only > >> mentioned on the back of the package as a "new" thing. I tried in > >> DOS mode and Win95. Thanks!! > >> John > >I had to call Electronic Arts for that one. Go into the track > >information screen (highlight the track and press Enter). There will be > >an option to select the time of day. > >Robert > This has to be the BIGGEST ripoff of NFS-SE. Thinking it would > actually be dark and you'd be dealing with headlights and disappearing > dropoffs on those mountain roads, they put an orange-ish tint over the > normal screens. NFS-SE was a huge disappointment. The two new > tracks aren't up to par with the original tracks as they look like > their designs are afterthought and thrown together compared to gems > like the alpine, coastal or vertigo runs. Nice snowjob EA. Selling > the same game twice...you're better than Microsoft.

There should have been some new cars! like the F355 ferrari, McLaren F1, or the F50 ...

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> > >> Hi, > > >> Has anybody out there figured out how to get the optional "night" tracks > > >> to work in the special edition of Need for Speed?? I read thru the > > >> manual twice and tried every keystorke I could think of and it still > > >> doesn't give me the option. I also, applied the "patch" and that > > >> didn't seem to make any difference. The "time of day" option is only > > >> mentioned on the back of the package as a "new" thing. I tried in > > >> DOS mode and Win95. Thanks!! > > >> John > > >I had to call Electronic Arts for that one. Go into the track > > >information screen (highlight the track and press Enter). There will be > > >an option to select the time of day. > > >Robert > > This has to be the BIGGEST ripoff of NFS-SE. Thinking it would > > actually be dark and you'd be dealing with headlights and disappearing > > dropoffs on those mountain roads, they put an orange-ish tint over the > > normal screens. NFS-SE was a huge disappointment. The two new > > tracks aren't up to par with the original tracks as they look like > > their designs are afterthought and thrown together compared to gems > > like the alpine, coastal or vertigo runs. Nice snowjob EA. Selling > > the same game twice...you're better than Microsoft. > There should have been some new cars! like the F355 ferrari, McLaren F1, > or the F50 ...

Hi, You are right!! What a rip-off!! None of the tracks have all three of the time-of-day settings and it's hard to tell the difference between morning and evening. My son was dissapointed that there were no headlight beams showing (like "Palm Night" in Screamer). At least with the "Cheat patch" you don't have to enter the "EAC" codes anymore. On top of that, I couldn't get the Win95 version to load at all. I have DirectX loaded from the Monster Truck Madness trial and SE just locks up when I try to install it. Luckily for me, I was just trying to see if SE would load on my machines (tower and notebook) for a friend, so I won't have to buy it. I feel sorry for anybody who upgraded from the Dos NFS. John

: This has to be the BIGGEST ripoff of NFS-SE. Thinking it would : actually be dark and you'd be dealing with headlights and disappearing : dropoffs on those mountain roads, they put an orange-ish tint over the I have the Playstation edition (I have a Mac (and yes I like it) and of course they make it for everything CD-rom except Macs) and it includes this feature (just regular NFS, the other is not availuble except PC). I don't like the nighttime one cause you cannot see the track and they do not give you headlights either (like who would race at night without headlights?). At dawn is when they do that really wierd orange-ish tint (which only serves to make the sky look wierd). : normal screens. NFS-SE was a huge disappointment. The two new : tracks aren't up to par with the original tracks as they look like Curious, what two new tracks are these anyways? : their designs are afterthought and thrown together compared to gems : like the alpine, coastal or vertigo runs. Nice snowjob EA. Selling : the same game twice...you're better than Microsoft. Couldn't really tell what the difference was from the boxes anyways (The SE version just has a prettier box it seems). Tigress -- Lover of all that is Lamborghini, Defender of Porsches: |\ _,,,---,,_ Tigress /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Homepage:http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gt3220a/ '---''(_/--' `-'\_) Cat drawn by Felix Lee