Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed

The Need for Speed is the original entry in Electronic Arts’ acclaimed racing series, developed by Pioneer Productions and published by EA, offering exotic car racing on real-world-inspired roads with a focus on speed and handling simulation.

This is the sole PAL variant for the title, an original release dated 29 March 1996, covering the UK, France, Germany, and Italy. It is housed in the distinctive Full Jewel Black Bordered PAL case format, a style associated with early EA PAL releases and identifiable by its black-bordered case. No hologram is present on the case. The single-disc release supports English and German. No loose paperwork, case stickers, or bundled demo discs are documented. As the only known PAL physical release of this title, this pressing is notable both for its scarcity as a single-variant item and for its distinctive case format, which sets it apart visually from the majority of PS1 jewel cases in a PAL collection.