By Expert Gamer's Jim Mazurek
Design by Ethan OBrien

I'll start off by stating NFS: High Stakes is, without a doubt, the absolute hardest racing game I've ever played. This isn't a bad thing, but gamers should be aware of it. The challenge in some of the later tracks gets pretty tight, and along with some wickedly fast computer opponents, you're bound to have your hands full. NFS: High Stakes also offers some of the coolest innovations in a racing game to date. Racing for pink slips via memory card? Being able to play as the cops? How cool is that!

This strategy contains some useful insight on the overall strategies that do and don't work, as well as some car specific charts and graphs for all you gearheads out there. The last couple of pages sport some absolutely beautiful rendered track maps with a bundle of applicable strategy as well.

What can you do to combat such a difficult title? I hope that this strategy helps keep you from "losing your cool" in the game. It's bound to happen to you sometime, so at least you can't say you weren't warned.

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