Before the production of Need For Madness, a game called Maniac Racers was made by Radical Play. The cars were very similar to the Need For Madness Cars such as an EL KING looking-car called "Bad Boy". The game was a 2-D game, unlike the Need For Madness games. The controls are similar to Need For Madness, but the space bar is not used as there were no ramps, but the player can choose to waste cars or race through all the checkpoints just like in Need For Madness. Many cars from Maniac Racers also resemble the present cars, such as Jet Racer resembling Radical One, and Bull Dog bearing resemblence to Wow Caninaro. Originally, the game was to be the beta version of Need For Madness, but was not achieved due to a lack of simmilarities in controls and gameplay.