Need for Speed II

1997 racing video game
VideoGame video_game Q1139035
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Summary

Need for Speed II is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,107 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Saki Kaskas[3]
  • Publisher: Electronic Arts[4]
  • Genre: racing video game[5]
  • Developer: EA Vancouver[6]
  • Part of the series: Need for Speed[7]
  • Software version identifier: Need For Speed II Special Edition[8]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[9], PlayStation (console)[10]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[11], single-player video game[12]
  • Language of work or name: English[13]
  • Distribution format: compact disc[14]
  • Review score: ★★★[15]
  • Input device: computer keyboard[16], computer mouse[17]
  • Country of origin: Canada[18]
  • Publication date: March 31, 1997[19]
  • Narrative location: Norway[20]
  • ESRB rating: Everyone[21]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 3[22]
  • USK rating: USK 6[23], USK 0[24]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Need for Speed universe[25]
  • PlayStation DataCenter URL: https://psxdatacenter.com/games/J/O/SLPS-00895.html[26], https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/N/SLUS-00276.html[27], https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/N/SLES-00658.html[28]
  • P14470: Games/Need_for_Speed_II[29]

Why It Matters

Need for Speed II has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . redump.org. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . redump.org. wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . Gen4. wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . USK Classification Database. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2h ago · Matthias M. · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → ★★★
    Usk rating → USK 6, USK 0
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'hy', 'it',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Usk rating: USK 0"
  2. 22d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Abandonware-france game id → 2781
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Abandonware-france game id: 2781, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275230|batch #275230]]"
  3. 4w ago · Jakub Vrána · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Databáze her video game id → 1072
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54523|batch #54523]]: Databáze her representative"
  4. 16w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Need_for_Speed_II
    Usk id → 2502, 2628
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  5. 18w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Esrb rating → Everyone
    Narrative location → Norway
    Publication date → —
    Genre → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Usk id: 2502, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142832652|Need for Speed 2 (#142832652)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'n'matc"
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