Empire City is a course in Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit and the PC release of Need for Speed: High Stakes.
Course[]
It is a street racing course that takes place in a decaying industrial and downtown area, presented in a futuristic cyberpunk style. Notable landmarks are the Empire Hotel, and a park located opposite several gothic style buildings.
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit[]
It is unlocked after beating the Knockout mode at any difficulty.
The police vehicles patrolling the course in Hot Pursuit mode are the Eagle Talon in the PlayStation release or the Ford Crown Victoria in the PC release.
Need for Speed: High Stakes[]
It is unlocked by competing in the Memory Lane Tour, Circuit #4, and is set in the United States.
The police vehicles patrolling the course are the Chevrolet Caprice and the Lamborghini Diablo SV.
Trivia[]
- In Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit, "Flimsy" by Saki Kaskas and "Warped" by Alistair Hirst are used as the soundtrack for Empire City.
- Empire City can be unlocked early upon entering a cheat code:
- Enter "MCITYZ" as a username in the PlayStation release.
- Enter "empire" at the main menu in the PC release.
- A unique element of the track is the view of a satellite in space that looks similar to the Death Star from Star Wars in the PC release of Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit.
- In the PlayStation release, one of the tankers is entitled "Neptune II."
- In the PlayStation release, there are barriers blocking the roads that would lead to the cut track TR02B.
- In the PC release, these roads were cut, with the barriers being replaced by walls.
- The course is featured in the PC release of Need for Speed: High Stakes without alterations compared to the PC release of Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit, with the exception of the satellite being replaced by a regular moon.
Gallery[]
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit[]
Course Layout[]
(PC)
PlayStation[]
(Nighttime On)
PC[]
(Nighttime On)
Need for Speed: High Stakes[]
(Nighttime On)
| Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit - Courses | |
|---|---|
| Beginner | Hometown · Redrock Ridge · Atlantica · Rocky Pass |
| Expert | Country Woods · Lost Canyons · Aquatica · Summit |
| Bonus | Empire City |
| Secret* | AutoCross · Caverns · Scorpio-7 · Space Race · The Room |
| Cut | TR02B |
| *PlayStation exclusive | |
| Need for Speed: High Stakes - Courses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Courses | Beginner | Celtic Ruins (Scotland) · Landstrasse (Germany) · Dolphin Cove (USA) |
| Advanced | Kindiak Park (Canada) · Route Adonf (France) | |
| Expert | Durham Road (England) · Snowy Ridge (USA) | |
| Raceways | Expert | Raceway (Italy) · Raceway 2 (USA) · Raceway 3 (Spain) |
| Bonus Courses* | Beginner | Hometown (USA) · Redrock Ridge (USA) · Atlantica (USA) |
| Advanced | Rocky Pass (Canada) · Country Woods (USA) · Lost Canyons (USA) | |
| Expert | Aquatica (USA) · Summit (Canada) · Empire City (USA) | |
| Cut | Millennia | |
| *PC exclusive | ||