Car Chase - in Computer and Video Games

In Computer and Video Games

Certain racing computer and video games with police cars have car chase (pursuit) racing/evasion modes. Notable examples of such games include the following:

  • Certain installments of the Need for Speed series, most notably Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (1998), Need for Speed: High Stakes (1999), Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002), Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005), Need for Speed: Carbon (2006), Need for Speed: Undercover (2008), Need for Speed: Nitro (2009), Need for Speed: World (2010),Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010), Need for Speed: The Run (2011), and Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012).
  • The Grand Theft Auto series (1997 to present).
  • The Driver series (1999 to present), is described as a direct tribute to car chases, and all games in the series, with the exception of Parallel Lines, have featured a "Film Director" mode which allows players to take any driving they have just done and create their own car chases by setting up cameras and the like in a post-production style movie suite.
  • Starsky and Hutch is a video game based on the popular classic TV series, and the majority of the game revolves around a car chase of some sort through the various missions on offer.
  • Enter the Matrix, a game that parallels the events in the second Matrix movie, features several chases, including the famous highway chase from the movie.
  • Chase H.Q. (1988) and its sequels (1989 and 1992) form an arcade racing game series where the player assumes the role of a police officer who, along with his partner, must stop fleeing criminals in high-speed pursuits.
  • Stuntman (video game) and Stuntman: Ignition have car chases for Movies and Theatrical Trailers. They can be either failing or successful.
  • Test Drive Unlimited
  • The Sim City 4: Rush Hour expansion pack contains police pursuit missions in its U-Drive-It feature.
  • Wheelman has car chases in Spain with Vin Diesel playing as a character named Milo Burik.
  • The Crazy Taxi franchise

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