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Although these games model real cars, they don't model them with the accuracy and realism of a simulation. Arcade racing games also characteristically supply numerous cars (that's why they can't possibly model all of them realistically), a multitude of exaggerated roads and tracks, and pumping pop music. These games are designed for fun, not frustration, and usually also include some gameplay elements, like the cop in Need For Speed III and Test Drive 5 or the off-road appeal of Test Drive: Off-Road 2. Arcade racing games are for those who don't want to practice to compete. Just mash the gas pedal to the floor and drive away. Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit
There are nine different tracks in all, plus an Easter egg track and a couple bonus tracks, set in hill country, a red rock desert, along the seaside, high in the mountains, and in two futuristic areas called Aquatica, where you can drive underwater through a glass tunnel, and Empire City, a dark metropolis with an industrial motif. All of these environments don't just look good, they're also more dynamic than in the past. Leaves are tossed as you blast by on a country road; water sprays in the air, and droplets pelt the windshield (your monitor screen) on rainy drives; and snow billows from behind your car and sticks to the windshield in the mountains. The lighting effects are also something you have to see for yourself, especially at night, as your high and low beams light up the road, and the flashing red and blue lights of an approaching squad car flash across the scenery around you.
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