The reason this file remains a hot topic is its size and difficulty to edit.
1. The "Big" Barrier Back in the day, this file was a nightmare to extract. It is huge (often close to a gigabyte or more depending on the version). Tools like EA Sound Editor or BigGUI would often crash when trying to open it on older hardware. nfs most wanted copspeech big sound file rapidshare
2. The "RapidShare" Era
If you search for this file today, you will likely see old forum posts linking to RapidShare, MegaUpload, or MediaFire. Modders would extract the file, convert the proprietary .ast audio files into .wav or .mp3, and re-upload the extracted folder for others to use. The problem? Those links are almost all dead. The reason this file remains a hot topic
If you want to replace the police dialogue with your own voice or funny sound clips: It is huge (often close to a gigabyte
Note: You will likely end up with hundreds of .ast or .wav files.