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New Views There are three new views to race with: the speedometer and rearview mirror, with just the speedometer, or nothing at all. To change the views you must have a second controller. When using the "in-car" viewpoint, on controller two, press L Shift + A + Up simultaneously. This will toggle you between the three other views.
View Staff Wait for a minute or two after a race until the credits start to roll. Then press the R and L shift buttons to toggle between the regular picture and the Need For Speed staff picture
Blow Up Traffic Choose any car on any of the three courses and then start a race against the computer. When the loading screen appears, press and hold buttons L, R, and Left. At the starting line, press Pause and quit the game. Start the game again. This time at the loading screen, press and hold L, R, and Up. At the starting line, pause the game, then quit. Start the game a third time. At the loading screen, press and hold L, R, and Right. Pause at the starting line and quit the game again. Finally, start the game again. At the loading screen, press and hold L, R, and Down. This time, just release the buttons and start racing. Whenever traffic is in front of you, press the X button and the other cars will flip in the air as if they've been in a collision.
Practice Mode In control central, go to the options menu and highlight "Skill Level". On controller one press and hold X, R, L, A, (or X, R, A, L) in quick succession, continuing to hold each one (so at the end all four are held down). If you are successful, the Skill Level indicator will turn from yellow to pink. Now play the game with no traffic or cops. Note: No records will be saved in this mode.
Rocket Scooter Play the game for at least 10 seconds. Go into instant replay and rewind to the very beginning of the replay buffer. Press R, Down, and B simultaneously on controller two. Now quit the race. You will race against the scooter.
Performance Boost Start a game and immediately press L, R, and Up on controller two, plus L, R, A, and C on controller three. "Car Crashed" will flash. Exit the race. In the next games you play, engine torque and power will increase by 20 percent for the faster cars and 30 percent for the slower cars.
Car Horns On the main menu screen, highlight the car selection box and choose a car. Now, press the X button. This will sound the car's horn. Press the top L or R button to change the car and hear different horns. Black Ice Play the game for 10 seconds, instant replay, and rewind. Press B on controller one and X, P, C on controller two. You will see 'Car crashed.. Cars left: 4' flash for a second. Exit the game and race the Alpine track against the clock. The third leg will be covered with black ice.
Warrior Car Select tournament mode and enter TSYBNS as the password, then exit tournament mode and hold L+R when selecting a car.
Lost Vegas Track Select tournament mode and enter TSYBNS as the password. Lost Vegas will appear in the track selection menu. The Warrior car will also be available as choice of vehicle.
Rusty Springs Track Select tournament mode and enter TSYBNS as the password. Then, hold L+R when selecting the Rusty Springs track.
No Mercy Mode Select a two player game and press L+R on the menu with the "Head To Head" selection. There is no oncoming traffic in this mode.#
Rally Mode Select tournament mode and enter TSYBNS as the password. Hold L+R when selecting any track except Rusty Springs. A layer of dirt will appear on the track that normally appears.
Lost Vegas Track Enter TSYBNS as your password at the Tournament password screen. Now go back to the Head-To-Head game and cycle through the tracks, the new Lost Vegas track will be selectable.
Oasis Springs Track Enter TSYBNS as your password at the Tournament password screen. In Head-To-Head mode, go to the Rusty Springs track and hold down L1 and R2 together to make it change to Oasis Springs. While holding these buttons press Start to play.
Lunar Springs Track Enter SPKSHC as your password at the Tournament password screen. Go back and choose another mode and highlight Rusty Springs on the track select screen. Press and hold T, then add L1+R1 and select Rusty Springs with X.
Rally Mode Enter TSYBNS as your password at the Tournament password screen. Go to Head-To-Head mode and cycle through to your favourite track. Now hold down L1 and R1 to see the title change to Rally mode. Now press Start to enter a muddy course.
Warrior Car Enter TSYBNS as your password at the Tournament password screen. In Head-To-Head mode, go to the car selection screen and hold down L1 and R1. Note: This car is not available in competition mode.
No Mercy Mode Enter TSYBNS as your password at the Tournament password screen. Go to the Head-To-Head screen, hold down L1 and R1. The option should change to no mercy, this turns off the slower car catch-up, giving a fairer race.
Machine Gun Choose Head-To-Head mode. Immediately after selecting your opponent's car, push and hold L1, C, S and Up-Left, until loading is complete. Now instead of having a horn, every time you push up you'll fire an invisible machine gun that clears the way of any cars - including police vehicles and your opponent. This code can be used with one or two players.
Extra Weight Enter TSYBNS as your password at the Tournament password screen. After this you can continue Tournament mode or quit it. At the car selection screen, select Car Showcase, then Mechanical. From here, select Next Slide. You can now add extra weight to the car you are viewing, shown by a number of red triangles at either end. Press L1 to add weight to the front of the car, and R1 for the rear. This has the effect of making your car turn sharper.
All Tracks and Warrior Car Enter MQKCZL as a password in one player tournament mode.
Arcade Mode Enter TSYBNS as a password. Then at the lap selection/segment view menu, hold L1 + R1. Arcade Mode will now be an option.
