Need for Speed: High Stakes

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Need for Speed game racing video game video game

Need for Speed: High Stakes is a late-1990s racing video game in the Need for Speed series known for its high-speed police chases, car damage modeling, and emphasis on risk-and-reward gameplay.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Need for Speed: High Stakes canonical	2
Need for Speed: High Stakes (North America)	1
Need for Speed: Road Challenge (Europe)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10293362 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Need for Speed: High Stakes
Context triple: [Need for Speed, hasPart, Need for Speed: High Stakes]

A. Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit is a 1998 arcade-style racing video game known for its exotic cars, police chases, and high-speed pursuits, and is one of the most popular entries in the Need for Speed series.
B. Need for Speed (2015 video game)
Need for Speed (2015 video game) is a racing title by Ghost Games and Electronic Arts that reboots the long-running franchise with an open-world setting, live-action story elements, and a focus on car customization and street racing culture.
C. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game) is an open-world racing game by Criterion Games that emphasizes high-speed police chases, competitive multiplayer, and exploration within the fictional city of Fairhaven.
D. Need for Speed (video game series)
Need for Speed is a long-running racing video game franchise known for its high-speed street racing, car customization, and police chases.
E. Need for Speed (2014 film)
Need for Speed (2014 film) is an action-packed racing movie based on the popular video game series, following a street racer seeking revenge through high-stakes cross-country car battles.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Need for Speed: High Stakes
Target entity description: Need for Speed: High Stakes is a late-1990s racing video game in the Need for Speed series known for its high-speed police chases, car damage modeling, and emphasis on risk-and-reward gameplay.

A. Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit is a 1998 arcade-style racing video game known for its exotic cars, police chases, and high-speed pursuits, and is one of the most popular entries in the Need for Speed series.
B. Need for Speed (2015 video game)
Need for Speed (2015 video game) is a racing title by Ghost Games and Electronic Arts that reboots the long-running franchise with an open-world setting, live-action story elements, and a focus on car customization and street racing culture.
C. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game) is an open-world racing game by Criterion Games that emphasizes high-speed police chases, competitive multiplayer, and exploration within the fictional city of Fairhaven.
D. Need for Speed (video game series)
Need for Speed is a long-running racing video game franchise known for its high-speed street racing, car customization, and police chases.
E. Need for Speed (2014 film)
Need for Speed (2014 film) is an action-packed racing movie based on the popular video game series, following a street racer seeking revenge through high-stakes cross-country car battles.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Need for Speed game ⓘ racing video game ⓘ video game ⓘ
damageModel	performance-affecting damage ⓘ visual damage ⓘ
developer	EA Canada ⓘ EA Seattle ⓘ
feature	High Stakes mode ⓘ Hot Pursuit mode ⓘ linked to: Hot Pursuit LAN multiplayer ⓘ car damage modeling ⓘ car upgrades ⓘ career mode ⓘ knockout races ⓘ licensed cars ⓘ night racing ⓘ police chases ⓘ risk-and-reward gameplay ⓘ split-screen multiplayer ⓘ time trial races ⓘ tournament races ⓘ weather effects ⓘ
followedBy	Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed ⓘ
gameMode	High Stakes ⓘ Hot Pursuit ⓘ career ⓘ multiplayer ⓘ single race ⓘ
genre	racing ⓘ
hasSequelRelation	direct sequel to Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit ⓘ
notableFor	advanced damage system for its time ⓘ high-speed police pursuits ⓘ wager-based High Stakes races ⓘ
partOfSeries	Need for Speed ⓘ linked to: Need for Speed (video game series)
perspective	first-person cockpit view ⓘ third-person ⓘ
platform	Microsoft Windows ⓘ linked to: Windows PlayStation ⓘ
precededBy	Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit ⓘ
publisher	Electronic Arts ⓘ
regionTitle	Need for Speed: High Stakes (North America) ⓘ linked to: Need for Speed: High Stakes Need for Speed: Road Challenge (Europe) ⓘ linked to: Need for Speed: High Stakes Over Drivin’ IV (Japan) ⓘ
releaseDatePlayStation	1999-03-01 ⓘ
releaseDateWindows	1999-10-01 ⓘ
releaseYear	1999 ⓘ
setting	fictional tracks based on European locations ⓘ fictional tracks based on North American locations ⓘ
supports	multiplayer ⓘ single-player ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Need for Speed → hasPart → Need for Speed: High Stakes ⓘ

subject linked to: Need for Speed (video game series)

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit → followedBy → Need for Speed: High Stakes ⓘ

Need for Speed: High Stakes → regionTitle → Need for Speed: High Stakes (North America) ⓘ

linked to: Need for Speed: High Stakes

Need for Speed: High Stakes → regionTitle → Need for Speed: Road Challenge (Europe) ⓘ