For those of you that are wondering... I haven't given
up on making Game Genie codes, I'm just experimenting
with different things.


Original document written by:

Tony Hedstrom    t_hedstrom@yahoo.com


How to hack the cars in "Need For Speed 3: Hot Persuit"
(for the PC).

Version 1.0    July 13, 2003



This doc explains how to make the cars in Need For
Speed 3: Hot Persuit (for PC) much faster and handle
better with just one simple hack.

I've only tried this method on the full version of the
game, but it should work on the trial version as well
(if there is a trial version).

All you need is a hex editor.  You can get a free trial
version of Hex Workshop from bpsoft.com.

What this hack does is to make the game program think
that the car weighs much less, therefore making it much
faster, and better handling.  As far as I can tell, this
only applies to the car that you hacked, and not to any
of the CPU cars (which is good).

I'm going to use the Corvette as an example, but it
should work on any of the other cars.

NOTE: It's a good idea to make a backup copy of any file
that you change, just in case.

Go to the folder that NFS3 is installed in.  Then go to:
\GameData\CarModel\Corv.  Inside the "Corv" folder, you
will see a file named "Car.viv".  Open this file with
your hex editor.  Go to this address: 16E.  The number
there should be 31.  Change that 31 to a 30 instead.
Save the change and you're all set.  It's as easy as
that!  Now go drive the Corvette and blow everyone away!

What you have just done is to change the weight of the
Corvette from 1472 kg to 0472 kg.  I tried making the
car even lighter, but it didn't seem to work.

I haven't tried this method on all of the cars yet.

There is one very small side effect... since the program
thinks the car is much lighter, it will get airborn 
easier going over some of the hills.  

There is a LOT more stuff you can hack in that file.  If
you're interested, just open up the "Car.viv" file with
MS Word (or a similar program) and see all the cool
stuff you can hack.  It's not a good idea to make any
changes with MS Word because it seems to corrupt the
file.  Use the hex editor to make any changes.

I will explain ways to make the cars even faster in
future updates.